Sign up for a thrilling week of new adventures and friends in St. Charles or St. Louis. Watch as your climber gains the confidence to reach new heights! Campers engage in several activities throughout the day. They learn proper climbing etiquette and technique before developing these skills during the week. They also play games such as toga ball, four-square, and gaga ball which are supplemented with arts, crafts, and other downtime activities.

Sign up for a thrilling week of new adventures and friends in St. Charles or St. Louis. Watch as your climber gains the confidence to reach new heights! Campers engage in several activities throughout the day. They learn proper climbing etiquette and technique before developing these skills during the week. They also play games such as toga ball, four-square, and gaga ball which are supplemented with arts, crafts, and other downtime activities.

Sign up for a thrilling week of new adventures and friends in St. Charles or St. Louis. Watch as your climber gains the confidence to reach new heights! Campers engage in several activities throughout the day. They learn proper climbing etiquette and technique before developing these skills during the week. They also play games such as toga ball, four-square, and gaga ball which are supplemented with arts, crafts, and other downtime activities.

Sign up for a thrilling week of new adventures and friends in St. Charles or St. Louis. Watch as your climber gains the confidence to reach new heights! Campers engage in several activities throughout the day. They learn proper climbing etiquette and technique before developing these skills during the week. They also play games such as toga ball, four-square, and gaga ball which are supplemented with arts, crafts, and other downtime activities.

Sign up for a thrilling week of new adventures and friends in St. Charles or St. Louis. Watch as your climber gains the confidence to reach new heights! Campers engage in several activities throughout the day. They learn proper climbing etiquette and technique before developing these skills during the week. They also play games such as toga ball, four-square, and gaga ball which are supplemented with arts, crafts, and other downtime activities.

Sign up for a thrilling week of new adventures and friends in St. Charles or St. Louis. Watch as your climber gains the confidence to reach new heights! Campers engage in several activities throughout the day. They learn proper climbing etiquette and technique before developing these skills during the week. They also play games such as toga ball, four-square, and gaga ball which are supplemented with arts, crafts, and other downtime activities.

The Ballet Studio is COCA's Junior Ballet Intensive for ages 9–15. This full-day program runs Monday through Friday (with no class on July 3) for three weeks (JUN 29–JUL17) and includes classes in ballet, modern, and character techniques. The ballet curriculum focuses on pirouettes, petite allegro, adagio, pre-pointe, and pointe (for those already on pointe). The Boys Ballet program emphasizes jumps and turns. Students also concentrate on elements that enhance their training as performing artists, including musicality, expressive movement, and character development. One classical ballet is selected for in-depth study, and dancers learn the process of preparing for a performance, which includes both ensemble pieces and variations from the ballet. The intensive is divided into two sections based on each dancer's ability. Participants must have completed Ballet II, IIA, III, IV, or V (if currently enrolled at COCA), or have completed three years of classical ballet training, ages 7 and older. The program culminates in a free performance open to family and friends on Friday, July 17. Audition Requirement: Auditions take place at COCA's Regional Summer Intensive Auditions (RSIA) from January 16–18. Alternatively, you can contact Norma Gabriel, Ballet Studio Coordinator, at ngabriel@cocastl.org to submit a video audition.

Campers experiment with photography basics while using a variety of conventional and unconventional cameras and techniques. They learn how to use composition, light, and shadow as well as point of view to communicate their ideas. A Photo's Worth 1000 Words concludes with families receiving a digital link of their camper's work sent the week following camp. Art and technology supplies and equipment use included in price.

Campers explore a range of acting approaches and techniques designed to enhance their "toolkit" when approaching a character. They work on strategies to approach acting text, movement, physicality, and voice/speech. Through their work, they learn different methods for creating characters that captivate audiences and draw them into the world of the play. Actor's Toolbox concludes with a performance for family and friends during the final 20 minutes of camp.

Does your camper love to play with dolls? We design and decorate a rag doll using a variety of art materials, such as fabric paint, buttons, beads, and other embellishment. Then, we create clothing, construct and decorate houses, and make props for the dolls to use. All Dolled Up concludes with campers bringing home the work they created.

Students dance, draw, sing, and learn the basic language skills as they travel around the world. Working with a number of teaching artists, each day of camp explores a different country and region through various art disciplines, including dance, visual art, and drama. Around the World concludes with campers bringing home the work they created. Campers are expected to be fully toilet trained and use the toilet independently. Features multiple professional teaching artists to present a variety of arts disciplines.

Crafty campers with a keen sense of design and fashion enjoy weaving, braiding, and creating a wide range of wearable arts to share or show off. Using their imaginations to create content, they make boondoggle keychains and bracelets and weave embroidery thread. Beads Boondoggles & Bracelets concludes with campers bringing home the work they created.

Campers explore the galaxy in space shuttle imagination. We take a walk on the "moon" and other strange worlds as we experience zero gravity in our movement exercises. We create alien and astronaut characters and paint planets and animals that are out of this world. We even build reflective hats to communicate to friends in faraway places! Blast Off! concludes with campers bringing home the work they created. Campers are expected to be fully toilet trained and use the toilet independently. Features multiple professional teaching artists to present a variety of arts disciplines.

Students share and learn to draw the adventures of their favorite crime-biting canine and the world's evilest cat. They apply those cartooning strategies to their own characters, create stories in narrative panels, create dialogue bubbles filled with hilarious wordplay, and ink and color their cartoons. Get ready for an even newer breed of justice! Canine Comic Craft concludes with campers bringing home the work they created.

High-energy campers enjoy exploring the world of the circus with circus professionals. Campers practice circus skills and trampoline; work on stilt walking, rola bola, and rolling globe; and explore tightrope walking, juggling, spinning plates, balancing peacock feathers, diablo, flower sticks, and clowning skills. After exploring all the fun of the circus, campers select a skill to master and share. Circus Circus concludes with an in-person circus extravaganza to share with family and friends during the final 20 minutes of camp. Campers should wear shorts or shorts under skirts or dresses.