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Social Emotional Learning & The Magic of Dance – Part IV
10 Dec 2018
Social Emotional Learning & The Magic of Dance – Part IV SEL is an important intervention that contributes to a person’s cognitive development and mental health from childhood into adulthood. In this 4-part series, we have defined Social Emotional Learning (see Part I), examined the [...]
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Social Emotional Learning & The Magic of Dance – Part III
25 Nov 2018
Social Emotional Learning & The Magic of Dance – Part III SEL is an important intervention that contributes to a person’s cognitive development and mental health from childhood into adulthood. In this 4-part series, we have defined Social Emotional Learning (see Part I), and examined the [...]
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Social Emotional Learning & The Magic of Dance – Part II
19 Nov 2018
Social Emotional Learning & The Magic of Dance – Part II SEL is an important intervention that contributes to a person’s cognitive development and mental health from childhood into adulthood. In this 4-part series, we are specifically setting out to define Social Emotional Learning (see [...]
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Social 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 [...]
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DwC Teaching Artist Spotlight: Miss Itza Riedas
3 Jul 2018
We are excited to announce our Summer DwC Teaching Artist Spotlight: Miss Itza Riedas! Miss Itza has been bringing a great amount of joy and energy to her students at Dawes Elementary, as well as many other schools, for over 4 years. See below for her perspective on her residency at Dawes! I [...]
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Fourth Graders Reflect on Dance in School
21 May 2018
This year, a group of 4th-6th graders at Chicago’s Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy took the Dancing with Class core program journey, spending 10 weeks learning different styles of partner dance and then traveling to a Dance-Off event for a friendly competition with other schools. The program [...]
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Jewel Makes Her Choreographic Debut
15 May 2018
Jewel Baker is a high school sophomore who we first met when she was a fifth grader at Poe Classical School. She represented Poe at one of our city-wide Dance-Off events and was nominated to join our scholarship program, the DwC All-Stars. Since then, she has been one of our most reliable and [...]
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Students 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 [...]
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Miss Denita talks about what it means to teach the DwC All-Stars
13 Dec 2017
Denita Inez, the Director of Outreach, talks below about what it means lead the DwC All-Stars. “I joined Dancing With Class 7 years ago. I have always wanted to work with an organization that taught dance to young people because I knew the power of social dance. The past years of working [...]
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