YMCA to Offer Film Classes for Children Ages 6-18
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The YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley will offer film making classes for children ages 6-18 starting January 11th at the New Hartford SACC Center.
Among the classes is the Children’s Film Making Program that runs for 24 weeks and teaches students the entire film making process. This program concludes with students showcasing their very own film with a red carpet premiere. The program is geared for children ages 10-18 and begins January 9th.
Younger children, ages 6-10, can participate in the Kids on Camera program. This program will introduce them to all aspects of film. Children must have the ability to read. Participants will have the opportunity to audition for the film produced by students in the Film Making Program. The Kids on Camera program begins on February 27th.
Children ages 10-18 can hone their acting ability with Advanced Acting Classes. Classes will begin on January 11th and are great for those actors that have had previous training and are ready for a challenge. The class will include advanced scene study.
All film classes at the YMCA are led by Chase Clifford. Clifford, a Utica native, attended the Joffrey Ballet School to pursue a career in the Performing Arts. Miss Clifford first earned a position with The New York First All Children’s Theatre Company (ACT), Directed by Meridee Stein. There she toured and performed Off-Broadway plays.
Continuing with her training, she moved to Hollywood to study for 3 years with widely respected acting coaches, Roy London and later with Bob McAndrew.
For the next 10 years she had the leading roles in several independent films, dance doubled many actresses in film, appeared in various television shows and performed with several theater groups including the Hudson Theater Group and the Rose Theater Group in Los Angeles.
In 1998 Miss Clifford decided to further her formal education and enrolled in a Journalism Program at Santa Monica College. While there, she edited the highly respected Corsair News Weekly. Upon graduating, she was offered a position at a Major Film Completion Company and continued to build her career working at three major studios, FX, NBC and Sony/GSN.
After many years, she has returned to the Utica area and is currently, she is the Arts and Humanities Coordinator at the YMCA in New Hartford. For more information about any of the Y’s film programs contact Chase Clifford at the New Hartford SACC Center at (315) 797-4787 or cclifford@ymcatrivalley.org. The New Hartford SACC Center is located at 25 Oxford Rd. Find the Y online at ymcatrivalley.org.