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Summer Camps | Children | Teens

*Online Acting Classes For Kids 

*in person acting classes in Los Angeles 

filmmaking | acting camp

Ages: 8 - 12 & 13 – 17 years
Available: Online acting classes | In-person
- Shoot, act in, and edit your own film while discovering how movies are made.
- Learn the fundamentals of acting and filmmaking as you compose a story.
- Plan a production schedule, write the script, set up your lighting, and shoot your short films in HD, adding special effects as you edit.

What Students Learn:
- The movie-making process start to finish.
- How to use a camera to tell stories via shooting techniques.
- How to work in a team.
- How to give and receive constructive feedback.

What Students Create:
- 1 short film, commercial, or PSA.

More About This Course: Our filmmaking classes will teach you how to master the movie production process and express your own creative voice through storytelling! You’ll develop a story idea with a production team, then turn that concept into a script. Master creative camera angles and unique shots to create an exciting and unique movie all your own.

Acting Camp | theater camp

Ages: 8 – 12 years, 13 – 17 years
Available: Online acting classes | In-person
In this summer camp, students will develop a solid acting technique and foundation, working on:
- IMPROV WORKOUT: Fun improvisational games & exercises.
- AUDITIONING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION ON CAMERA: Practice auditioning techniques & get on-camera experience.
- SCENE STUDY: Learn through hands-on experience with direction. Work on scenes & monologues.
- VOICE INTENSIVE: Vocal and speech exercises Acting Classes For Kids in LA

YOUTUBE CREATOR

Start Your Own YouTube Channel – Content Creation & Streaming with YouTube
Ages: 8 – 12 years, 13 – 17 years
Available: Online acting classes | In-person
Be the star of your own show with a YouTube channel you create yourself. At the beginning of the week, students will learn how to utilize fundamental YouTube features and create content around their specific passion or interest.

By the end of the week, students will have learned to:
- Create their YouTube channel from scratch.
- Configure their live stream. Engage a live audience on Twitch.
- Create engaging content for YouTube.
- Plan a production schedule, write the script, set up your lighting, and add special effects as you edit.
- Create custom thumbnails and channel graphics.
- Learn how to post your polished pieces and build an audience.
- Shoot one final video in any style you choose.

Musical theater summer camp 

Ages 8 – 12 years, Ages 13 – 17 years”
Musical Theater Class
Focuses on singing, dancing, and acting.

In-depth musical theater training, including:

- Dance combinations
- Song preparation & vocal performance
- Scene work Offered at our Acting Classes for Kids in Los Angeles

Fairytales & Superheroes – Kids Acting Courses

Ages 5 – 7 years
online acting classes | In person Acting Class for Kids in Los Angeles.
Choose favorite characters from well-known literature like Cinderella, Rapunzel, Batman, and Spiderman.
Engage in drama games, music, and dance.
Collaborate to create a unique superhero and fairytale mini play!
Offered at our Acting Classes for Kids in LA.
KIDS AND TEENS – LEARN ACTING FOR FILM BY ACTING IN FILMS
Summer Camps Los Angeles| |Acting Classes for teens and Acting classes for kids.
If your child or teen is passionate about acting, the best place for them to start would be with our: Acting Classes for teens and Acting classes for kids.
Our performing arts school in Los Angeles trains actors to become professional working actors in Theatre, film and television. If you are not currently in Los Angeles we also offer Online classes for teens. Michelle Danner’s Los Angeles acting school Children & Teen Program offers comprehensive training to build and refine the skills you need to succeed in the business. To sign up for children acting classes and Summer camps for kids 310-392-0815

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IN-PERSON ACTING CLASSES

We offer acting classes in Los Angeles to help you hone your craft & jumpstart your career. Our acting school teaches every acting technique: Meisner technique, Lee Strasberg’s method, Stella Adler, Stanislavski’s method, Uta Hagen, and the Chekhov technique.

ONLINE ACTING CLASSES

Best training in the world no matter where you live!​

KIDS AND TEEN ACTING CLASSES

Learn to develop a solid acting technique and foundation. We focus on fun improvisational games, auditioning techniques, and working on scenes and monologues across comedy and drama. ​

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Study Acting or Filmmaking in Hollywood. F1 Student visa and M1 visa USA for applicants wishing to study the conservatory program

Short term acting classes

We offer customizable short-term Acting Programs that can be tailored to fit your budget and the length of your stay in Los Angeles.

Acting workshops

Join LA's Best Acting Workshop, Golden box and Breaking into Hollywood the roadmap to working. Film and television workshops for adults, children and teen

Our Mission

The Michelle Danner Acting School’s philosophy is that artists can draw upon all different acting techniques & form an individual “Golden toolbox” to use when approaching a role or a scene, whether it be for film, television, or theater. The acting school’s acting techniques are based on Meisner, Strasberg, Stella Adler, Uta Hagen & the Stanislavsky acting Technique.

Michelle Danner’s alumni include Penelope Cruz, Seth MacFarlane, Salma Hayek, Henry Cavill, Zooey Deschanel, Gerard Butler, Chris Rock, Chris Martin, Michael Peña, Michelle Rodriguez, Kate Del Castillo and many others.  

The acting school offers classes for all levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

• Classes include:

• Acting for Film

• Scene Study

• Cold Reading

• Musical Theater

• Movement

• Voice and Speech

We are one of the elite acting schools in California, known for training successful actors.

A variety of acting classes are offered in Los Angeles to help students hone their craft and jumpstart their careers.

What makes us different

Our acting program differs from other acting schools in Los Angeles, since we teach every acting technique & method, including the Meisner technique, Lee Strasberg’s method, Stella Adler, Stanislavski’s method & Uta Hagen technique.

Online Acting Classes

Scene Study & Monologues | Meisner acting technique | Cold Read Auditioning | Improvisation
- Develop a strong acting foundation.

- Learn to make powerful acting choices

Acting Techniques

• The Actor’s Golden Box (acting technique) | Meisner Acting Technique | Stella Adler Acting Technique | Uta Hagen Acting Technique | Stanislavski Acting Technique | Training & Workshops: | Audition Training Classes & Workshops (Film & Television) | Scene Study Classes & Script Analysis | Improvisation | Performance & Preparation: | Acting Demo Reels | Voice & Speech | General American Accent & Dialects | Industry & Career Guidance: | Breaking into Hollywood: The Business of Acting | Coaching Options: | Private Coaching (Audition Coaching, Dialogue Coaching, On-Set Coaching) | Online Coaching & Private Acting Classes

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Call us to find out about the best acting classes in Los Angeles and to learn more about our best acting teachers in Los Angeles, 310-392-0815 or email us at [email protected]

Unlock your full potential as an actor—enroll today  and take the first step toward mastering your craft with world-class training and personalized coaching

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