Active Youth is a fitness center specifically designed to help young people fend off childhood obesity. Kids can choose from group classes, one-on-one training, and nutrition presentations as they learn the importance of incorporating healthy habits into their lifestyle.

Classes include dance, gymnastics, various different sports, and general fitness. There is also an active play drop-off program, in which kids are supervised by instructors for up to two hours in the open gym.

Active Youth Fitness offers a Parents' Night Out the first and third Friday of each month. Birthday packages are also available.

AdventurePlex, South Bay's health and fitness center designed especially for kids, is a fun place to play, with an outdoor climbing wall, gymnasium and fitness center, challenging mazes, tunnels, and slides.

The indoor adventure structure includes an enclosed multilevel maze of tunnels, slides, and ladders, and is designed to improve children's body strength, coordination, balance, endurance, and social skills through play.

Class offerings include Yoga, Safe Sitter, Healthy Cooking, First Aid, rock climbing, a ropes course, fitness, CPR, dance, gymnastics, Tae Kwon Do, and Parent/Infant fitness.

Themed birthday parties are customized to take advantage of the unique activities at AdventurePlex, from the rock climbing wall to the adventure room. Prices start at $500 for 12 children.

Summer camp and school vacation camps are offered as well. Call for brochure.

AdventurePlex, South Bay's health and fitness center designed especially for kids, is a fun place to play, with an outdoor climbing wall, gymnasium and fitness center, challenging mazes, tunnels, and slides.

The indoor adventure structure includes an enclosed multilevel maze of tunnels, slides, and ladders, and is designed to improve children's body strength, coordination, balance, endurance, and social skills through play.

Class offerings include Yoga, Safe Sitter, Healthy Cooking, First Aid, rock climbing, a ropes course, fitness, CPR, dance, gymnastics, Tae Kwon Do, and Parent/Infant fitness.

Themed birthday parties are customized to take advantage of the unique activities at AdventurePlex, from the rock climbing wall to the adventure room. Prices start at $500 for 12 children.

Summer camp and school vacation camps are offered as well. Call for brochure.

All Olympia Gymnastics Center offers training for all gymnasts from the youngest beginners to Olympic hopefuls. The gym is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and in-ground pits.

Classes include Parent & Me groups for tots, classes for adult professionals, and everything in between.

Programs include Gymnastics (Boys & Girls), Ballet, Cheerleading, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Teams, summer, spring, and winter camp programs, and more. Call for specific school holiday camp dates.

Birthday parties making use of the gymnastic facility and equipment under the guidance of AOGC coaches are also available.

All Olympia Gymnastics Center offers training for all gymnasts from the youngest beginners to Olympic hopefuls. The gym is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and in-ground pits.

Classes include Parent & Me groups for tots, classes for adult professionals, and everything in between.

Programs include Gymnastics (Boys & Girls), Ballet, Cheerleading, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Teams, summer, spring, and winter camp programs, and more. Call for specific school holiday camp dates.

Birthday parties making use of the gymnastic facility and equipment under the guidance of AOGC coaches are also available.

Allegro Arts is a music and movement program for parents and children that provides an introduction to music and the arts.

Allegro Arts also offers a creative dramatics program for older toddlers and school-aged children that combines music, movement, story telling, improvisation, and imaginative thinking.

Angel City Athletics offers cheerleading classes and coaches nationally ranked competitive teams.

Instructors include squad members from the Laker Girls; UCLA, USC, CSUN, LMU and Northwestern squads; USA, UCA/UDA and NCD/NDA coaches; USAG and NCAA gymnastics
champs; and choreographers for film and television.

Classes are held in a 29,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility. Course offerings include Cheerleading Skills & Technique (beginners to advanced, ages six and up); gymnastics and tumbling camps and clinics; dance classes (Jazz, Lyrical, Hip-Hop, Pom-Pom, Turns, Jumps, and Specialty Tricks); Safety/Spotting Techniques; and more.

Blackbird Dance Studio offers 45 dance and fitness classes in over 17 styles of movement. Dance camps are available in the summer.

The studio also runs a dancewear shop, both onsite and online.

BoogieMamas is a dance workout for moms, dads, or caregivers with their kids. Kids play in a room full of brightly colored balls, dance with scarves, ride trains, and move to music from all over the world, while adults are encouraged to dance like nobody's watching.

The teacher, Catherine, is trained in dance, physical theater, and clowning and has worked extensively with children as a teacher and entertainer.

The Boxers and Ballerinas dance and boxing studio offers a variety of dance, boxing, and fitness classes for kids, tweens, and teens.

Birthday party packages with a dance theme are available for kids ages two and up; boxing birthdays start at three and up.

The California Dance Institute offers a program of weekly dance classes in elementary schools, primarily for third to sixth grade students. Classes are taught by professional dancers, accompanied by live musicians.

The athletic, high-energy dance style is appropriate for boys and girls alike. The 28-week program culminates in a public performance.

California Dance Institute is a project of Community Partners, a non-profit organization.

The California Dance Institute offers a program of weekly dance classes in elementary schools, primarily for third to sixth grade students. Classes are taught by professional dancers, accompanied by live musicians.

The athletic, high-energy dance style is appropriate for boys and girls alike. The 28-week program culminates in a public performance.

California Dance Institute is a project of Community Partners, a non-profit organization.

This fifty year old school of performing arts offers open enrollment classes in drama, music, and dance to children ages 2.5 to 18, in a beautiful and well-equipped facility.

The School's famed Zipper Hall presents dance and musical performances for families and children on a regular basis; check our calendar for more information.

Colburn School is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and has a faculty of sixty, some of them nationally-known performers.

The school offers after-school classes as well as a full schedule on Saturdays and Sundays, in four areas: early childhood classes, especially designed for pre-schoolers and toddlers; music classes, in piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and voice; dance classes in ballet, jazz, tap, and modern; and drama.

For the experience of working with an ensemble, Colburn School offers the possibility of performing with one of its four orchestras, or its children's choir, its jazz ensemble, or the dance troupe, the Colburn Kids Tap/LA.

Group classes are available, at varying tuitions. The spring and fall semesters are 16 weeks long, and cost from about $170 to $250, depending on the instrument and the instructor. The summer classes last eight weeks, and are priced accordingly.

Private lessons are $490 for a semester of thirty minute sessions, $690 for forty-five minute sessions, and $880 for sixty minute sessions.

Scholarships are available. Pre-registration is required.

This fifty year old school of performing arts offers open enrollment classes in drama, music, and dance to children ages 2.5 to 18, in a beautiful and well-equipped facility.

The School's famed Zipper Hall presents dance and musical performances for families and children on a regular basis; check our calendar for more information.

Colburn School is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and has a faculty of sixty, some of them nationally-known performers.

The school offers after-school classes as well as a full schedule on Saturdays and Sundays, in four areas: early childhood classes, especially designed for pre-schoolers and toddlers; music classes, in piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and voice; dance classes in ballet, jazz, tap, and modern; and drama.

For the experience of working with an ensemble, Colburn School offers the possibility of performing with one of its four orchestras, or its children's choir, its jazz ensemble, or the dance troupe, the Colburn Kids Tap/LA.

Group classes are available, at varying tuitions. The spring and fall semesters are 16 weeks long, and cost from about $170 to $250, depending on the instrument and the instructor. The summer classes last eight weeks, and are priced accordingly.

Private lessons are $490 for a semester of thirty minute sessions, $690 for forty-five minute sessions, and $880 for sixty minute sessions.

Scholarships are available. Pre-registration is required.

Creation Station offers dance classes for children ages 18 months up to 15 years. Founded in 1992 to teach dance, the program has steadily grown to include toddler classes, karate, theater classes, birthday parties, and even a summer camp.

Classes currently offered include ballet, tap, hip-hop, Jazz, musical theater, and more. Check the website for a complete schedule of classes.

Creation Station offers dance classes for children ages 18 months up to 15 years. Founded in 1992 to teach dance, the program has steadily grown to include toddler classes, karate, theater classes, birthday parties, and even a summer camp.

Classes currently offered include ballet, tap, hip-hop, Jazz, musical theater, and more. Check the website for a complete schedule of classes.

Creation Station offers dance classes for children ages 18 months up to 15 years. Founded in 1992 to teach dance, the program has steadily grown to include toddler classes, karate, theater classes, birthday parties, and even a summer camp.

Classes currently offered include ballet, tap, hip-hop, Jazz, musical theater, and more. Check the website for a complete schedule of classes.

Creative Seeds offer classes for children and parents to explore and express their creativity through movement, music, dance, and visual arts.

Some unique classes for multi-taskers include parent and child dance and movement classes conducted in Spanish and parent and child Pilates mat classes.

Creative Space offers a full and varied program of classes and after-school programs for pre-school and school-age boys and girls.

The directors spent months talking to neighborhood parents and educators, and put together a complete curriculum, with qualified faculty, designed to help kids learn and have fun.

Classes range from animation and bead-design to puppetry, cooking, film-making, yoga, and dance for school age kids. Mommy-and-me classes, as well as special pre-school programs in yoga, music, dance, and gymnastics, are also available.

Birthday party packages include a two-hour party on Saturdays or Sundays, entertainment, food and beverages for kids, and noshables for adults. Themes range from arty parties, dance parties, and magic to science, aromatherapy, make-your-own-doll, and animals. The space is also available for Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, sweet 16s, and grown up parties.

Summer Camp is based at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple campus, featuring playgrounds, a playing field, state of the art and fully air-conditioned athletic facilities, dance studio, black box theater, and an art studio.

Creative Space also has a Hawai'i Sleepover Camp, which includes airfare and two weeks of fun and cultural experiences on Oahu's north shore.

A toddler program is available for three-year-olds; children ages four to 12 may attend the day camp proper (Mon-Fri 9am-3pm).

For adults only, parenting, infant massage, nutrition, and exercise classes are also available.

Creative Space offers a full and varied program of classes and after-school programs for pre-school and school-age boys and girls.

The directors spent months talking to neighborhood parents and educators, and put together a complete curriculum, with qualified faculty, designed to help kids learn and have fun.

Classes range from animation and bead-design to puppetry, cooking, film-making, yoga, and dance for school age kids. Mommy-and-me classes, as well as special pre-school programs in yoga, music, dance, and gymnastics, are also available.

Birthday party packages include a two-hour party on Saturdays or Sundays, entertainment, food and beverages for kids, and noshables for adults. Themes range from arty parties, dance parties, and magic to science, aromatherapy, make-your-own-doll, and animals. The space is also available for Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, sweet 16s, and grown up parties.

Summer Camp is based at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple campus, featuring playgrounds, a playing field, state of the art and fully air-conditioned athletic facilities, dance studio, black box theater, and an art studio.

Creative Space also has a Hawai'i Sleepover Camp, which includes airfare and two weeks of fun and cultural experiences on Oahu's north shore.

A toddler program is available for three-year-olds; children ages four to 12 may attend the day camp proper (Mon-Fri 9am-3pm).

For adults only, parenting, infant massage, nutrition, and exercise classes are also available.

The D.C. Dance Center is directed by Diane Collins, who has been teaching children and adults dance techniques for over nineteen years.

The center offers children's dance classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, creative movement, and theatre. Free trial classes are available, and classes may be joined at any time.

This extraordinary music and movement class fills quickly with returning students: get on the waiting list early and hope for an opening.

The guitar-strumming teachers guide the kids (and parents) through an array of musical experiences: exploring instruments, marching and dancing to different beats, banging drums, and singing songs. The 45-minute classes are held at rented spaces in Studio City, West LA, Agoura Hills, Pacific Palisades and Encino.

Centrally located in the mid-Wilshire district, Dance Arts Academy offers professional quality dance training in all dance disciplines. Classes are available for students of all ages and levels of experience.

The state of the art facility offers over 10,000 square feet of space, bow truss ceilings, skylights, large open spaces for classrooms, and ample dressing rooms.

Dance In Motion offers classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, breaking, pointe, salsa, belly dance, and pilates. All ages and all levels are welcome.

The studio also offers a dance summer camp.

Dance In Motion offers classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, breaking, pointe, salsa, belly dance, and pilates. All ages and all levels are welcome.

The studio also offers a dance summer camp.

Dance Infinity offers classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, musical acting, belly dancing, salsa, and tumbling for dance.

The staff also has experience working with students with special needs.

Dance Studio No. 1 a ballet studio with two locations: one in the Westside Pavilion and the other, larger studio in West LA. The ballet program follows the guidelines established by the Royal Academy of Dance in London, including examinations. Recital and performance opportunities abound.

One Saturday evening per month, the studio runs a "camp" from 6pm to 9pm, which is a chance for students to broaden their knowledge of dance and the theater.

Summer dance camps are also offered, as are birthday party packages. Call the studio for details.

Dance Studio No. 1 a ballet studio with two locations: one in the Westside Pavilion and the other, larger studio in West LA. The ballet program follows the guidelines established by the Royal Academy of Dance in London, including examinations. Recital and performance opportunities abound.

One Saturday evening per month, the studio runs a "camp" from 6pm to 9pm, which is a chance for students to broaden their knowledge of dance and the theater.

Summer dance camps are also offered, as are birthday party packages. Call the studio for details.

DK Dance Factory offers classes for children and adults in ballet, hip-hop, jazz, creative movement, musical theater, tap, belly dance, simcha dance, and more. Birthday parties and summer camp programs are also available.

The Electric Lodge Theatre is a solar-powered visual and performing arts center in Venice. In addition to its theater space, it also has various studio spaces and is home to a myriad of classes, including parent and child music classes, dance, martial arts, and yoga. Particularly popular are the Moo Moo Musica classes.

The Encino Community Center is a Los Angeles City Department of Recreation & Parks facility offering a variety of youth programs, including camps, classes, and a co-op nursery school.

Fusion Dance Studio offers classes in jazz, hip hop, ballet, lyrical, acro, technique, musical theater, and tap, for kids ages two and up. Mommy and Me classes are also available, as are competition teams and summer camps.

Garri Dance Studio offers dance, fitness, and music classes for kids ages 18 months and up, with options that include tap dancing, ballet, jazz, hip hop, hula, musical theater, Pilates, breakdancing, and more. First class is always free, by appointment.

Kids can also host birthday parties at the studio - possible themes include Princesses and Pirates, Karaoke, a luau, pop stars, and more.

The store offers shoe fittings for ballet and tap shoes. Leotards, tights, dance skirts, and accessories are also available.

Garri Dance Studio offers dance, fitness, and music classes for kids ages 18 months and up, with options that include tap dancing, ballet, jazz, hip hop, hula, musical theater, Pilates, breakdancing, and more. First class is always free, by appointment.

Kids can also host birthday parties at the studio - possible themes include Princesses and Pirates, Karaoke, a luau, pop stars, and more.

The store offers shoe fittings for ballet and tap shoes. Leotards, tights, dance skirts, and accessories are also available.

Dance and exercise classes! Mommy-and-me and Daddy-and-me! Performing arts and visual arts! Chess, cooking, and French! Karate, and gymastics, and tennis! Even etiquette and babysitter training!

Glendale Parks, Recreation and Community Services has put together an amazing program of classes for children and teens. It also runs an Off-Track Day Camp, an on-going, supervised camp, for any time your kids are out of school.

Most classes run for ten weeks, although a few special ones meet for two weeks. Check our calendar for special classes. Classes are available on weekdays and weekends; most meet for an hour. Classes meet at various locations in the Glendale Park System; most are at Brand Library.

Registration:mail or walk-in to the Glendale Civic Auditorium, 1401 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale, 91208; telephone 818.548.2184; or fax 818.543.0793.

Fees run from about $45 to $125. Late registration fee is $15.

Heartbeat House offers kids dance classes, including
creative movement, ballet, and Hip Hop.

Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights has a recreation center that offers an after school program, summer and school vacation camp programs, and a variety of classes for kids.

The park itself has a lake, a skate park, barbecue pits, picnic tables, basketball courts, and a children's play area.

Hollenbeck Park is also the site of the annual celebration of children, the Feria de los Niños