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 [...]
Read more How to Keep Dancing Through a Pandemic (we need dance now more than ever!)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 [...]
Read more Virtual Dance Lessons, Workshops & Parties for SchoolsDancing 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 [...]
Read more Dancing as a Coping SkillIn 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 [...]
Read more In the News: Chicago Students Journey from Dance Class to Ballroom Dance FloorWhy Dance Belongs in the School Day (HINT: SEL is its Soulmate!)
16 Jul 2019
Years of research point to dance and Social Emotional Learning as a powerful combination with great potential to address issues of equity and inclusion. The most successful Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs use active forms of learning, and evidence suggests that dance out-paces [...]
Read more Why Dance Belongs in the School Day (HINT: SEL is its Soulmate!)Connection: A Dance Poem Compiled from Student Reflections
8 Apr 2019
Learning to dance with peers at school is an incredible journey in social development all by itself. When the goal is to eventually perform to live music played by your peers in the school orchestra, the experience rises to a whole other level. Students at Catalyst Circle Rock Charter School [...]
Read more Connection: A Dance Poem Compiled from Student ReflectionsSocial Emotional Learning & The Magic of Dance Part I
16 Nov 2018
Social Emotional Learning & The Magic of Dance – Part I Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is not just a buzz phrase here at Dancing with Class. In fact SEL is an important intervention that contributes to a person’s cognitive development and mental health from childhood into adulthood. In [...]
Read more Social Emotional Learning & The Magic of Dance Part IStudents Take the Spotlight at Edwards Elementary
14 Mar 2018
Richard Edwards Elementary is a Dual Language Fine and Performing Arts IB School that Dancing with Class has had the pleasure of partnering with for many years. It’s a right of passage for all 5th graders at Edwards to spend 10 weeks learning ballroom dance. In addition to sending a team of [...]
Read more Students Take the Spotlight at Edwards ElementaryCatalyst Circle Rock Ballroom Dancers: Camya and Corey
18 Dec 2017
Dancing with Class decided to follow one of our amazing partners, Catalyst Circle Rock, for the 2017/18 school year. Catalyst is a huge supporter of social dance and we wanted to highlight the star dancers in their DwC program. First up we celebrate Camya and Corey! Camya – 6th [...]
Read more Catalyst Circle Rock Ballroom Dancers: Camya and Corey