Seidman Academy

12/20/2024

Eight days and counting to the next In-Home Academy session. Plenty of feedback and coaching with Hollywood and New York talent agents, Broadway stars, and numerous other industry people.

Six day 24/7 program with no phone use--100% unplugged, students making all their own meals every day from a comprehensive booklet of healthy kid-friendly recipes, and following a tight all-day-long schedule of classes, coaching, meetings, and other activities from wake-up time to lights out.

Pretty much the same as how things happen when we're on location.

I'm very proud of this program and even more proud of the exceptional hand-picked kids who participate.

Webinar hosts are welcome to audit. Please contact me next week for a Daily Schedule and Zoom login info.

See you all soon.☺

09/21/2024

Tomorrow night--honored to have a another select group of young people work with leading Los Angeles talent rep, Milton Perea, agent with AEFH, rated one of the top four youth agencies in the world. We've had Milt work with quite a few of my "finds" over the years, both on-location in Hollywood and online. In addition to his knowledge and experience, his approach to children, teens, and young adults is always caring, supportive, and actor-centered. Very much appreciate that he's taking time on a Sunday night to help our kiddos.

09/15/2024

I want all of these animals.

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09/08/2024

Well, this is something only an old person might say. But I'm gonna say it anyhow:

There's talk of banning TikTok in the US. I keep up a modest TT account. But when I heard it might be shut down, I was reminded of one of the songs in A Chorus Line:

I dug right down to the bottom of my soul...
And cried.
'Cause I felt...
nothing.

😎

07/26/2024

Pleased to announce master session with Los Angeles' Abstract Talent Agency inc. lead agent Jan Rosenthal this Sunday night for some of our invited alumni. Very proud of these kids, watching them move toward their goals in a healthy, intelligent, and highly fruitful way. Thank you, Jan, for another insightful meet.

06/25/2024

Just completed another excellent In-Home session. About 24 highly appealing young people, ages 11 through 20's, two outstanding and deeply caring chaperones-- Josh Madsen and Haley Jenkins, and dynamic industry leaders from both coasts.

This Sunday night, a vocal technique master class with Broadway's incomparable Jeanne Lehman French. I adore this woman, as a human being, brilliant instructor, and accomplished artist--I think in that order😇

Stay tuned for some screenshots and (if we ever get them downloaded) a few video snippets of classes and coaching.

Thank you everyone--it was a true pleasure.

04/23/2024

How many of you know today is the date Shakespeare was born . . .and the date he died! Yep. Poor man only lived one day 🥲

Looking forward to our next on-location London session.

07/28/2023

I think there needs to be more research. Your reference to biochemistry aside, there's only been one significant study on food-combining, and it was soley to see if it affected weight loss.
It didn't. As admittedly anecdotal as the following is, since I'm not a clinician, I, my family, and thousands of young people whose eating habits I've been in a position to influence over the past 40 or so years have felt better with at least a rudimentary level of food combining--say, just separating fruits from fats or protein. As you know, the body is apparently equipped to handle foods that naturally contain a mix of fat and protein, such as nuts, or fat and carbs, such as an avocado. That's not an argument against food-combining. Overall, if not entirely, UNnatural fruit/carb/protein combinations are uncommon in both human evolution and nature. The exception seems to be green vegetables which are carbs, but, consistent with their abundance and proximity to sources of protein and fat in nature, seem to go with anything. Conclusion? To me, how people FEEL when practicing food combining versus when they're not, seems for now to be a persuasive barometer of the validity of the practice, especially given only one major study on the topic. To me, everything else is just opinion, including mine and yours, with all due respect for biochemistry. Anecdotal as it is technically, my observation over the years is that the people have felt better, reporting less gastro-intestinal distress, more energy, even better mood, doing at least some degree of food combining. Placebo effect? Maybe. But it's doubtful with this many "subjects" reporting positive results. As I mentioned, there needs to be more research.

Recently it’s come to my attention that there’s a growing trend of “influencers” promoting a dietary pattern known as food combining. I decided to do some research and the further I delved, the angrier I became. This is not just a case of someone on instagram saying “I’m eating this way ...

07/17/2023

This month's virtual session features: Brandon Sierra, Director of Talent for the first-ever agency in Los Angeles to represent dancers and choreographers exclusively: McDonald Selznick Associates with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Just my opinion, but I believe they have the best client reel of any agency we've ever worked with:
https://youtu.be/jtTjBotQPJU . Enjoy. Not to mention Brandon is an absolute sweetheart with our kiddos--warm, supportive, but honest. Looking forward to Sunday night and also seeing Brandon again for his second visit to our on-location session in Hollywood over Thanksgiving!

06/22/2023

So many wonderful agents, casting people, Broadway stars and others lined up next few months--still marvel at the technology that allows us to bring people from New York, Hollywood, and London into dozens of kiddos' living rooms each month.

Funny how at first you struggle so reluctantly against the advance and necessity of all things virtual--couple of years later, its not only indispensable, it's overwhelming to imagine going back to the cross-country drives, the hotels, and all the time and effort necessary to give live talks.

Still, I miss very much being in the room night after night with the kids and parents. Those live on-location Academy sessions--Hollywood, New York, London--they're like too-infrequent oases of real life and closeness.

But mostly I worry about all the fear which virtuality breeds. Kids slowly but surely growing up to be afraid of direct interaction and communication. Afraid to make a phone call, talk to people. Even more afraid of sending an email than a text.

Growing grammatically lazier, less coherent, a gradual stranger to the most advanced feature of humanity:

Words.

Texting is the ultimate perveyor of all that, and a breeder of fear and distance--keeping everyone at several arms' length.

The chronic texters don't realize it--they think it's just expedience and speed.

It's that of course, but it loses the full-spectrum of human communication, until that becomes alien and something to be feared.

Exactly what's happening to so many people, especially kids.

To be blunt, if I could run things the way I run my workshops--even my virtual sessons--I'd prohibit texting until age 21, and enforce it.

Just as I prohibit phones, social media, and sugar. Just as I require them to arrive fully prepared, have a good healthy breakfast each morning, and get to bed early each night.

Bet all that sent a ripple of discomfort down a few readers' spines.

But, just like everything else one does that's good for kids, yet challenging, they all do eventually thank you for it.

With good reason.

And I can prove it:

https://www.seidmanacademy.org/testimonials

Btw, you can tell I'm old. I'm communicating all this on Facebook.

Thanks.

Peter

1000+ unsolicited letters and emails from students & parents everywhere!

06/22/2023

So many wonderful agents, casting people, Broadway stars and others lined up next few months--still marvel at the technology that allows us to bring people from New York, Hollywood, and London into dozens of kiddos' living rooms each month.

Funny how at first you struggle so reluctantly against the advance and necessity of all things virtual--couple of years later, its not only indispensable, it's overwhelming to imagine going back to the cross-country drives, the hotels, and all the time and effort necessary to give live talks.

Still, I miss very much being in the room night after night with the kids and parents. Those live on-location Academy sessions--Hollywood, New York, London--they're like too-infrequent oases of real life and closeness.

But mostly I worry about all the fear which virtuality breeds. Kids slowly but surely growing up to be afraid of direct interaction and communication. Afraid to make a phone call, talk to people. Even more afraid of sending an email than a text.

Growing grammatically lazier, less coherent, a gradual stranger to the most advanced feature of humanity:

Words.

Texting is the ultimate perveyor of all that, and a breeder of fear and distance--keeping everyone at several arms' length.

The chronic texters don't realize it--they think it's just expedience and speed.

It's that of course, but it loses the full-spectrum of human communication, until that becomes alien and something to be feared.

Exactly what's happening to so many people, especially kids.

To be blunt, if I could run things the way I run my workshops--even my virtual sessons--I'd prohibit texting until age 21, and enforce it.

Just as I prohibit phones, social media, and sugar. Just as I require them to arrive fully prepared, have a good healthy breakfast each morning, and get to bed early each night.

Bet all that sent a ripple of discomfort down a few readers' spines.

But, just like everything else one does that's good for kids, yet challenging, they all do eventually thank you for it.

With good reason.

And I can prove it:

https://www.beginningsacademy.org/testimonials

Btw, you can tell I'm old. I'm communicating all this on Facebook.

Thanks.

Peter

1000+ unsolicited letters and emails from students & parents everywhere!