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How to Keep Dancing Through a Pandemic (we need dance now more than ever!)
11 Aug 2020
Dance provides expression, connection, laughter, release, and hope. These are all of the things that we need now more than ever. Dance provides the human connection many people are missing right now, and while we cannot use touch to connect, we can still feel close human connection by [...]
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4 Creative Movement Games To Enjoy Outdoors
5 Jun 2020
Today we are providing 4 movement-based activities that encourage kids to go outside (safely), interact with nature, and develop their social and emotional skills. While summer break starts this month for many, this summer may feel different due to previous and current COVID-19 restrictions. [...]
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Black Lives Matter
5 Jun 2020
Dancing with Class sees, hears, and stands with the Black community, and is outraged by the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others before them. We recognize the importance of protest as a catalyst for change in bringing an end to systemic racism. [...]
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2 Resources for Building Literacy Through Movement
27 Apr 2020
2 Resources for Building Literacy Through Movement This month, we are sharing 2 books that can help children continue building literacy through movement, whether at school or home. The school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic have put children in front of screens and placed new burdens [...]
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Virtual Dance Lessons, Workshops & Parties for Schools
22 Apr 2020
Bring JOY & CONNECTION to Students with an Online Dance Workshop & Celebration In this time of social distancing, finding ways to create community through shared experiences of joy and celebration is more important than ever. Our team of professional teaching artists offer a [...]
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Dance and Poetry Together as a Symbol of Hope
3 Apr 2020
In honor of national poetry month, our April post sheds light on the natural connection between dance and poetry, while also honoring the renaissance woman, Maya Angelou, who bridged poetry and dance throughout her professional career. Angelou’s body of work is just one example of how [...]
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Dancing as a Coping Skill
22 Mar 2020
Throughout the history of humankind, we can find evidence and examples of how people use dancing for celebration, story-telling, problem-solving, physical self-protection, and self-expression. In addition to all of these benefits, dance can also be a natural coping skill. Coping skills are [...]
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In the News: Chicago Students Journey from Dance Class to Ballroom Dance Floor
6 Mar 2020
In a 2-part series, a reporter from ABC 7 Chicago followed a group of Chicago Public School students from their weekly dance classes at school all the way to a city-wide performance at the Chicago Cultural Center. The series cast a spotlight on Dancing with Class, a program that helps students [...]
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Black History Month Spotlight: Dancer Katherine Dunham
26 Feb 2020
In honor of black history month, Dancing with Class honors African American dancer, Katherine Dunham. She raised awareness to African Dispora cultures (cultures of African decent that were displaced to different countries due to slave trade like Jamaica) by merging Caribbean cultures’ [...]
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2 Children’s Dance Books with Social Emotional Learning Themes
20 Jan 2020
Being a child can be hard… No seriously! Children can be easily influenced by others and are vulnerable to making comparisons to others. This is because they are in the beginning process of building their own identity and self-security. In this blog post, I will be reviewing two [...]
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