After school, weekend and summer programs for children and teens at Destiny’s North Oakland center provide skills training in dance, martial arts and performance, as well as tools for confidence, leadership and expression through our esteemed violence prevention curriculum.
At Destiny, caring adult mentors coupled with an inclusive, multi-cultural community, and an innovative curriculum make our programs more than something to do, more than a place to go. Destiny gives young people a way to be.
Please refer to our Fees & Registration page for information on how to sign a student up for classes or camps.
TO SECURE A SPOT IN CAMP DESTINY PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:
For youth who have never attended a Destiny camp or class
1. Create a profile with your contact information at our online registration site
For all youth
2. Return the Camp DESTINY Information Form via email, mail or in person
3. Pay a non-refundable deposit of $50 per child, per week of camp
Registration is limited to 2 weeks per child. All participants must be at least 7 years old by the week of camp they would like to attend.
CAMP DESTINY FOR AGES 7 – 12
Hip Hop Dance | Martial Arts | Peace-building | Theater | Visual Arts
Outdoor Play | Community-building | Performance
One Week, Day Long Sessions
Monday – Thursday, 9am – 3:15pm
Friday, 9am – 6:15pm (performance for friends and family starts at 5:15pm)
WEEK 1: June 17 – June 21—-THIS SESSION IS FULL
WEEK 2: June 24 – June 28—-THIS SESSION IS FULL
WEEK 3: July 8 – July 12—-THIS SESSION IS FULL
WEEK 4: July 15 – July 19
$50 – $300/week per child, sliding scale
Optional pre-care starting at 8am ($25/week) and after-care continuing until 6pm ($25 – $100/week, sliding scale) are available.
Camp DESTINY builds an inclusive, high-energy community through our exciting day camp for 7 – 12 year olds. Youth learn hip hop dance, martial arts, visual arts, theater, and peace-building! All activities take place at our North Oakland community arts center and each week culminates in a dynamic performance for friends and family.
What will the Camp Destiny experience look like?
See last year’s photos here! Check out our 2012 informational packet with a camp schedule here!
Destiny is offering select class offerings for a 6-week summer session starting Monday, June 10th and continuing through July 20th. Please refer to each class listed below to see what will be available
School Year 2012-13 CLASS SCHEDULE
If a class is indicated as FULL or CLOSED, youth with completed registration forms will be placed on our wait list. Classes that are still accepting new students will feature a REGISTER link.
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Saturday
MONDAY
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
MODERN DANCE | ages 7-12 | Instructor: Denice Simpson | CLOSED
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
*MARTIAL ARTS | ages 7-18 | Instructor: Anthony Daniels | REGISTER (ALSO AVAILABLE FOR June/July SUMMER SESSION)
4:30 pm – 6 pm
MODERN DANCE | ages 13-18 | Instructor: Denice Simpson | CLOSED
*all martial arts students will take 4:30-5:30pm class; advanced students will be invited to continue class from 5:30-6pm
TUESDAY
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
HIP HOP DANCE | ages 7-12 | Instructor: Natasha Jacobs | CLOSED
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
*DJC | ages 9-12 | Director: Natasha Jacobs | AUDITION ONLY
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
TEEN HIP HOP DANCE | ages 13-18 | Instructor: Mika Lemoine | CLOSED (AVAILABLE FOR June/July SUMMER SESSION REGISTER)
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
**DAYPC | ages 13-18 | Directors: Sarah Crowell & Rashidi Omari | AUDITION ONLY
*DJC = Destiny Junior Company **DAYPC = Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company
WEDNESDAY
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
MODERN DANCE | ages 7-12 | Instructor: Denice Simpson | CLOSED
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
*MARTIAL ARTS | ages 7-18 | Instructor: Anthony Daniels | REGISTER (ALSO AVAILABLE FOR June/July SUMMER SESSION)
4:30 pm – 6 pm
MODERN DANCE | ages 13-18 | Instructor: Denice Simpson | CLOSED
*all martial arts students will take 4:30-5:30pm class; advanced students will be invited to continue class from 5:30-6pm
THURSDAY
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
HIP HOP DANCE | ages 7-12 | Instructor: Natasha Jacobs | CLOSED
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
*DJC | ages 9-12 | Director: Natasha Jacobs | AUDITION ONLY
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
TEEN HIP HOP DANCE | ages 13-18 | Instructor: Mika Lemoine | CLOSED (AVAILABLE FOR June/July SUMMER SESSION REGISTER)
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
**DAYPC | ages 13-18 | Directors: Sarah Crowell & Rashidi Omari | AUDITION ONLY
*DJC = Destiny Junior Company **DAYPC = Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company
SATURDAY
10:00 am – 11:00 am
HIP HOP DANCE | ages 7-12 | Instructor: Natasha Jacobs | CLOSED (AVAILABLE FOR June/July SUMMER SESSION REGISTER)
TEDDY BEAR MARTIAL ARTS | ages 3-6 | Instructor: Alonzo Young | CLOSED (AVAILABLE FOR June/July SUMMER SESSION REGISTER)
MARTIAL ARTS *ADVANCED* | ages 7-18 | Instructor: Anthony Daniels | REGISTER (ALSO AVAILABLE FOR June/July SUMMER SESSION)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
TEDDY BEAR HIP HOP | ages 3-6 | Instructor: Natasha Jacobs | CLOSED (AVAILABLE FOR June/July SUMMER SESSION REGISTER)
TEDDY BEAR MARTIAL ARTS | ages 3-6 | Instructor: Alonzo Young | CLOSED (AVAILABLE FOR June/July SUMMER SESSION REGISTER)
MARTIAL ARTS *ALL LEVELS* | ages 7-18 | Instructor: Anthony Daniels | REGISTER (ALSO AVAILABLE FOR June/July SUMMER SESSION)
Dance | Martial Arts | Performance Companies
After school programs are offered during the school year from September – June. Students are encouraged to start classes in September, January or March. To begin on a different month, please contact our Program Associate. During the summer months, July – August, we offer intensives and weekly camp sessions.
DANCE
Youth Hip Hop Dance
Destiny’s youth hip hop dance classes offer a high-energy and exciting challenge for the beginning and intermediate dancer. Students develop their dance technique, learn fun contemporary choreography, increase their physical strength and flexibility, improve their confidence to perform, hone their personal style and engage in our 5 Fingers of Violence Prevention curriculum through games and role-play activities.
Taught by Natasha Jacobs
Required uniform: Destiny T-shirt, movement bottoms (sweats, tights, etc. no jeans) and sneakers (no boots or sandals)
Tuesday | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | ages 7-12 | all levels
Thursday | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | ages 7-12 | all levels
Saturday | 10:00 am – 11:00 pm | ages 3-6 | all levels
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Teen Hip Hop Dance
Destiny’s teen hip hop dance classes challenge the beginning and intermediate dancer to develop their dance technique, learn exciting choreography, improve their confidence to perform, hone their personal style, build community as dancers, become aware of the historical and cultural contexts of hip hop dance and receive an intense workout that increases their strength, flexibility, and aerobic and cardiovascular stamina. These classes also cover the 5 Fingers of Violence Prevention through role-plays, group discussions and physical practice.
Taught by Mika Lemoine
Required uniform: Destiny T-shirt, movement bottoms (sweats, tights, etc. no jeans) and sneakers (no boots or sandals)
Tuesday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 13-18 | all levels
Thursday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 13-18 | all levels
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Teddy Bear Hip Hop
Teddy Bear Hip Hop gives our youngest students the opportunity to explore the creative movement of their bodies, learn age-appropriate choreography and play fun games that train them in our 5 Fingers of Violence Prevention.
Taught by Natasha Jacobs and assisted by Tilly Reclosado
Required uniform: Destiny T-shirt and movement bottoms (sweats, tights, etc. no jeans)
Saturday | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | ages 3-6 | all levels
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Youth Modern Dance
Destiny’s Youth Modern Dance classes offer an exciting opportunity for beginning and intermediate dancers to advance their dance technique. The class provides a strong skills foundation, preparing the dancer to explore many different dance styles. Students develop these skills by training in an eclectic modern style that draws on jazz, lyrical, ballet, West African and Hula traditions. Students learn to tone their bodies through extensive warm-up exercises, explore choreography relevant to their training, and embrace the rigor of performance.
Taught by Denice Simpson
Required uniform: Destiny T-shirt and movement bottoms (sweats, tights, etc. no jeans)
Monday | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | ages 7-12 | all levels
Wednesday | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | ages 7-12 | all levels
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Teen Modern Dance
Destiny’s Teen Modern Dance classes offer an exciting opportunity for the beginning and intermediate dancer to advance their dance technique. The class provides a strong skills foundation, preparing the dancer to explore many different dance styles. Students develop these skills through training in an eclectic modern style that draws on jazz, lyrical, ballet, West African and Hula traditions. Students learn to tone their bodies through extensive warm-up exercises, explore choreography relevant to their training, and embrace the rigor of performance.
Taught by Denice Simpson
Required uniform: Destiny T-shirt and movement bottoms (sweats, tights, etc. no jeans)
Monday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 13-18 | all levels
Wednesday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 13-18 | all levels
MARTIAL ARTS
Youth & Teen Martial Arts
Destiny’s legacy is rooted in martial arts training for young people. The foundation for our martial arts program is a traditional belt system through which we teach our specialized combination of Kajukenbo, Wu Chien Pai Kung Fu, Judo, Shotokan Karate and Taekwondo. Students study the martial arts forms, sparring and grappling techniques, and work to master the physical discipline itself. But students also learn to use the beauty and embodied philosophy of the martial arts to grow into “peaceful warriors,” expressive agents for peace who are skilled in physical technique and the art of respectful competition, and who animate their relationships with the principles of Destiny’s Warrior’s Code: Love, Respect, Care, Responsibility, Honor and Peace.
Taught by Head Martial Arts Instructor and Destiny Arts Center Co-founder Sifu Anthony Daniels and assisted by Joaquin Vargas.
Required uniform: white martial arts gi
Monday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 7-18 | all levels
Wednesday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 7-18 | all levels
Saturday | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | ages 7-18 | all levels
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Teddy Bear Martial Arts
Rooted in our 5 Fingers of Violence Prevention curriculum, our Teddy Bear Martial Arts Program trains our youngest students to increase their awareness, strengthen their verbal and physical responses to challenges, and develop basic self-defense and safety skills. As they grow in their martial arts practice, students cultivate technique and become prepared to participate in Destiny’s martial arts classes for older students.
Taught by Alonzo Young
Required uniform: black martial arts gi
Saturday | 10:00 am – 11:00 am | ages 3-6 | beginners
Saturday | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | ages 3-6 | intermediate
Ages 3-6 | Ages 7-12 | Ages 13-18
Destiny offers classes for a variety of ages throughout the year. Please refer to the Summer Intensives and Camp DESTINY tabs for our specific summer offerings.
AGES 3-6
Teddy Bear Hip Hop
Teddy Bear Hip Hop gives our youngest students the opportunity to explore the creative movement of their bodies, learn age-appropriate choreography and play fun games that train them in our 5 Fingers of Violence Prevention.
Taught by Natasha Jacobs and assisted by Tilly Reclosado
Required uniform: Destiny T-shirt and movement bottoms (sweats, tights, etc. no jeans)
Saturday | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | ages 3-6 | all levels
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Teddy Bear Martial Arts
Rooted in our 5 Fingers of Violence Prevention curriculum, our Teddy Bear Martial Arts Program trains our youngest students to increase their awareness, strengthen their verbal and physical responses to challenges, and develop basic self-defense and safety skills. As they grow in their martial arts practice, students cultivate technique and become prepared to participate in Destiny’s martial arts classes for older students.
Taught by Alonzo Young
Required uniform: black martial arts gi
Saturday | 10:00 am – 11:00 am | ages 3-6 | beginners
Saturday | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | ages 3-6 | beginners
AGES 7-12
Martial Arts
Destiny’s legacy is rooted in martial arts training for young people. The foundation for our martial arts program is a traditional belt system through which we teach our specialized combination of Kajukenbo, Wu Chien Pau Kung Fu, Judo, Shotokan Karate and Taekwondo. Students study the martial arts forms, sparring and grappling techniques, and work to master the physical discipline itself. But students also learn to use the beauty and embodied philosophy of the martial arts to grow into “peaceful warriors,” expressive agents for peace who are skilled in physical technique and the art of respectful competition, and who animate their relationships with the principles of Destiny’s Warrior’s Code: Love, Respect, Care, Responsibility, Honor and Peace.
Taught by Head Martial Arts Instructor and Destiny Arts Center Co-founder Sifu Anthony Daniels and assisted by Joaquin Vargas.
Required uniform: white martial arts gi
Monday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 7-18 | all levels
Wednesday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 7-18 | all levels
Saturday | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | ages 7-18 | all levels
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Youth Hip Hop Dance
Destiny’s youth hip hop dance classes offer a high-energy and exciting challenge for the beginning and intermediate dancer. Students develop their dance technique, learn fun contemporary choreography, increase their physical strength and flexibility, improve their confidence to perform, hone their personal style and engage in our 5 Fingers of Violence Prevention curriculum through games and role-play activities.
Taught by Natasha Jacobs
Required uniform: Destiny T-shirt, movement bottoms (sweats, tights, etc. no jeans) and sneakers (no boots or sandals)
Tuesday | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | ages 7-12 | all levels
Thursday | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | ages 7-12 | all levels
Saturday | 10:00 am – 11:00 pm | ages 3-6 | all levels
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Youth Modern Dance
Destiny’s Youth Modern Dance classes offer an exciting opportunity for beginning and intermediate dancers to advance their dance technique. The class provides a strong skills foundation, preparing the dancer to explore many different dance styles. Students develop these skills by training in an eclectic modern style that draws on jazz, lyrical, ballet, West African and Hula traditions. Students learn to tone their bodies through extensive warm-up exercises, explore choreography relevant to their training, and embrace the rigor of performance.
Taught by Denice Simpson
Required uniform: Destiny T-shirt and movement bottoms (sweats, tights, etc – no jeans)
Monday | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | ages 7-12 | all levels
Wednesday | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | ages 7-12 | all levels
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Destiny Junior Company (DJC)
The Destiny Junior Company is modeled after DAYPC and aims to give younger students the opportunity to develop dance, theater and performance skills at the intermediate/advanced level.
Directed by Natasha Jacobs
Tuesday & Thursday | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm | ages 9-12 | audition only
AGES 13-18
Martial Arts
Destiny’s legacy is rooted in martial arts training for young people. The foundation for our martial arts program is a traditional belt system through which we teach our specialized combination of Kajukenbo, Wu Chien Pau Kung Fu, Judo, Shotokan Karate and Taekwondo. Students study the martial arts forms, sparring and grappling techniques, and work to master the physical discipline itself. But students also learn to use the beauty and embodied philosophy of the martial arts to grow into “peaceful warriors,” expressive agents for peace who are skilled in physical technique and the art of respectful competition, and who animate their relationships with the principles of Destiny’s Warrior’s Code: Love, Respect, Care, Responsibility, Honor and Peace.
Taught by Head Martial Arts Instructor and Destiny Arts Center Co-founder Sifu Anthony Daniels and assisted by Joaquin Vargas.
Required uniform: white martial arts gi
Monday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 7-18 | all levels
Wednesday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 7-18 | all levels
Saturday | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | ages 7-18 | all levels
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Teen Hip Hop Dance
Destiny’s teen hip hop dance classes challenge the beginning and intermediate dancer to develop their dance technique, learn exciting choreography, improve their confidence to perform, hone their personal style, build community as dancers, become aware of the historical and cultural contexts of hip hop dance and receive an intense workout that increases their strength, flexibility, and aerobic and cardiovascular stamina. These classes also cover the 5 Fingers of Violence Prevention through role-plays, group discussions and physical practice.
Taught by Mika Lemoine
Required uniform: Destiny T-shirt, movement bottoms (sweats, tights, etc – no jeans) and sneakers (no boots or sandals)
Tuesday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 13-18 | all levels
Thursday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 13-18 | all levels
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Teen Modern Dance
Destiny’s Teen Modern Dance classes offer an exciting opportunity for the beginning and intermediate dancer to advance their dance technique. The class provides a strong skills foundation, preparing the dancer to explore many different dance styles. Students develop these skills through training in an eclectic modern style that draws on jazz, lyrical, ballet, West African and Hula traditions. Students learn to tone their bodies through extensive warm-up exercises, explore choreography relevant to their training, and embrace the rigor of performance.
Taught by Denice Simpson
Required uniform: Destiny T-shirt and movement bottoms (sweats, tights, etc – no jeans)
Monday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 13-18 | all levels
Wednesday | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | ages 13-18 | all levels
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Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company (DAYPC)
The Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company is a group of teens creating original performance pieces, in collaboration with professional artists, that combine hip hop, modern and aerial dance, theater, spoken word, song and rap. The productions are a dynamic, creative forum for the young people to express their fears, hopes and strategies for confronting challenging personal and social issues.
Co-directed by Destiny Artistic Director, Sarah Crowell and Rashidi Omari
Tuesday & Thursday | 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm | ages 13-18 | audition only
