www.dancingclassrooms.org

Annual Report

July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014

Founding Director, Pierre Dulaine, was invited to present a TEDx Talk earlier this year. In his talk, Pierre discussed how ballroom dancing cultivates mutual respect and self-confidence in a world dictated by technology leading to isolation and a decline in human interaction. Pierre also discussed his return to his birth city of Jaffa where he taught Jewish and Palestinian Israeli children how to “dance with the enemy” in the documentary “Dancing in Jaffa”.

Furthermore, Dr. Robert Horowitz, PhD from Teachers College Columbia University concluded his first year of multiyear research study of the DC program. Dr. Horowitz’s study will focus on the following three areas: codifying the Dulaine method as a pedagogy, developing an evaluation and assessment tool that will track the outcomes of the DC program and conducting research on our 7th grade pilot program. Dr. Horowitz’s is expected to complete this study next fall.

In celebration of Dancing Classrooms’ 20th Anniversary, below please find a quote from a fifth grade student who experienced a significant transformation following the completion of our program.

“I feel like I was dead all these years. When Ballroom Dancing came, I felt like somebody pushed the ‘on’ button and turned me on for the first time. I started to live life like a human being should. When I dance, I feel all my troubles melting away. The amount of fun I am having cannot be described in words, but by action. Instead of losing energy, I gain energy. Instead of being dead, I am alive. Instead of a nightmare, it is a dream. I used to be scared of this, but now I have nothing to be scared of. I can now soar into the limitless sky with my wings unclipped.” -Pak, 5th grade student, PS 69

On behalf of all of us here at Dancing Classrooms, I thank all our individual, public and private supporters who make all of the above possible, as well as our principals, teachers and teaching artists who guide all the work that we do. You are indispensable partners in our work.

I’m pleased to share with you our results,

John G. SchultzExecutive Director

Message from the Executive Director

Dear Friends of Dancing Classrooms,

This past year marked the 20th Anniversary of Dancing Classrooms NYC! This has certainly been an exciting year for us; here are some of the highlights:

• We delivered 718 residences in over 197 schools in NYC• 542 students enrolled in our Dancing Classrooms Academy• We successfully launched our 7th grade pilot program • We are one of the select few who have been accepted

into Youth Inc.’s Celebration of Service Program.

Our mission is to cultivate essential life skills in children through the practice of social dance.

Our vision is to have schools and communities where every child is connected, respected and provided a safe environment in which to thrive.

Through standards-based, in-school residencies, we use the vocabulary of ballroom dance to cultivate the positive feelings that are inherent in every child. The maturity necessary to dance together fosters respect, teamwork, confidence and a sense of joy and accomplishment.Ballroom dance is the medium we use to nurture these qualities.

One step at a time ....for over 20 years

Mission and Vision

Message from the Executive Director

I just wanted to thank you and the incredible Team that works with you. It has been a fantastic year of learning and experiences for my children. They are walking away with awesome memories and a substantial part of those experiences come from your program.

This has been one of the most difficult years we have ever had to endure having lost two of our children -one to tragedy and one to a prolonged illness. As you know I am very attached to this community and all of the children which made everything just that much harder to bare. My hopes were that we could still keep it together and allow our children to end the year with some sense of normalcy. This was especially true of my fifth graders for several reasons. First, they are leaving me to go off to the Middle Schools that are not always as nurturing as they should be and secondly because because the tragedy with Nishat was particularly real to them given that the sibling who witnessed the death is part of the 5th grade cohort.

I value the fact that they had Ms. Alexandra and ballroom dancing to look back on and remember the good times. Alexandra joined them for graduation this year and just made their day that more special!

I firmly believe that challenges make us stronger but it is in the way we learn to deal with them that we shine and my children really SHINED this year and Dancing Classrooms contributed to that Sparkle!

Each year I can see how your program changes lives and I value all that you do for children in general but especially for mine. I will be adding some milestone celebrations around the program next year to expand ballroom dancing leading to the final event and since I think of Alexandra as one of my own teachers and as a valued member of this community, I feel that it will lead to an even greater experience for the children.

I thank you again and wish you and all of your Team the greatest summer! Please convey my appreciation to all!!!

Respectfully,

Enid MaldonadoAssistant Principal, PS 152Q

An Educator’s Note

“My children really SHINED this year”

Dancing Classrooms programs address several pressing needs simultaneously: the in-school residency provides high quality arts education where it is otherwise lacking, and the extra-curricular programs offer consistent positive engagement with the support of a network of Teaching Artists and peers. Dancing Classrooms provides an equal emotional, cognitive and behavioral education to children of all backgrounds, whether their home lives are chaotic, or organized and protective. By cultivating a positive support network with ballroom dance at the core, Dancing Classrooms’ ultimate goal is to create motivated, engaged students with essential skills for a successful life.

Dancing Classrooms is a distinctively rich in-school experience that helps children succeed in life by using the joy, discipline and teamwork of social dance to unleash rapid development of essential social, emotional and cognitive skills, while creating mutually respectful and effective learning environments. Dancing Classrooms is made up of four main programmatic components:

1.) The Core Program, an in-school 10-week residency held twice weekly for a total of 20 hours of instruction by professional Teaching Artists;

2.) Dancing Classrooms Academy (DCA), a weekend program designed for students who complete the Core Program series in their schools and wish to continue with their dance education;

3.) Colors of the Rainbow Team Match, a competition designed to bring children from around the city together to demonstrate that they are part of a larger dance community; and

4.) The Youth Dance Company (YDC), which provides the most promising DCA students the opportunity to perform in prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center, Madison Square Garden, Lincoln Center, and PBS. Currently, the Core Program is targeted for fourth/fifth and seventh/eighth grade students, but participants can remain in the DCA until their high school graduation.

Quality for All Students

Who we are

• Many students come from lower-income, immigrant communities and do not have regular access to either extracurricular or enrichment activities.

• Approximately 41.7% of the participants are Hispanic, 15.2% are African American, 19.3% Caucasian, 1% are Multi-racial, .8% are America/Alaskan, .4% are Hawaiian /Pacific, and 22% are Asian.

• 49.2% of participants are female and 50.8% are male.

• 86.4% of students are designated in general education and 13.5% special education.

• Dancing Classrooms’ Teaching Artists serve as mentors and role models for positive behavior and social interaction that translates into all other aspects of participants’ lives.

• Many students develop a long-term passion for dance that they did not have prior to the program and themselves become role models for other students in their community.

714 Residencies | 197 Schools | 21,540 Students

Who Our Students Are

714 Residencies | 197 Schools | 21,540 Students

Dancing Classrooms was launched in 1994 as a not-for-profit project of the American Ballroom Theater Company (ABrT) in New York City. It is an arts program teaching ballroom dance to the upper elementary and middle school students of participating schools throughout the five boroughs. ABrT was founded in 1984 as a ballroom dance performing arts company under the direction of Pierre Dulaine, Yvonne Marceau and Otto Cappel. Dulaine and Marceau became dance partners in 1976 and won numerous awards and accolades. Notable awards include the 1977, ’78, ’79 and ‘82 British Exhibition Championships, the Fred Astaire Award for Best Dance on Broadway, Dance Magazine’s award for excellence, the National Dance Council of America award, the Dance Educators of America award, and the Americans for the Arts “Arts in Education” 2005 award.

The 2005 award-winning documentary Mad Hot Ballroom followed the students in the Dancing Classrooms Core Program from the classroom to the culminating Colors of the Rainbow Team Match. The documentary highlights the impact that Dancing Classrooms has on our students and the transformation that occurs from the first day of class to the final competition. Dancing Classrooms’ uniqueness was also highlighted in the 2006 feature film Take the Lead, which starred Antonio Banderas as the organization’s founder. The movie chronicled Dulaine’s efforts to utilize ballroom dancing to help New York City youth regain a sense of self-respect, pride, and confidence. In 2014 IFC (Independent Film Channel) released a third film, Dancing In Jaffa, which chronicled the implementation of the Dancing Classrooms program in Pierre’s birth city of Jaffa. There, Pierre spent 10 weeks teaching Jewish and Palestinian Israeli children to dance and compete together. These films greatly accelerated nationaland international interest in Dancing Classrooms.

Our First Steps

Dancing Classrooms New York City (Core Program)

Our Core Program consists of professional Teaching Artists instructing ballroom dance to fifth and eighth grade students attending public schools through a 10-week series held twice weekly for a total of 20 lessons. Some exceptions to include second semester fourth graders are also made. Every class in the series introduces new dance steps, while reinforcing what has been learned previously through practice and repetition. Students are taught the history and geography associated with each dance, thereby promoting intercultural understanding: curriculum connections include writing and art projects which also form an integral part of the program. All courses culminate in a special family activity geared toward providing students with an opportunity to feel a sense of accomplishment, shine for their friends and demonstrate competency to their parents. The ultimate objective is to use dance to develop participants’ self-esteem, creative expression and critical thinking skills while fostering an appreciation for dance as an art.

The Core Program also helps students overcome the social and emotional challenges they face. Lily Woo, principal at Manhattan’s PS 130, reinforces this with her observation that most of her students, who come from immigrant homes, “get to middle school, and they don’t know how to interact, socialize, or approach a young lady or man and not feel awkward.” The Core Program is, in large part, a response to such problems and offers participants the skills to understand and triumph over these challenges.This year, Dancing Classrooms is introducing a first year curriculum for middle schools that address the particular needs of seventh and eighth graders, a pilot which began in 2012. The average size of all classes is 30 students.

10-week residencies

Culminating Family Events

Social Development

Physical Development

Intercultural Understanding

Dancing Classrooms Programs

Dancing Classrooms Programs

The Tango

by Steven Lee

The Tango is the dance that is like no other,As serious as school, as smooth as butter.

Spelling T-A-N-G-O like the ABCs,Rocking back and forth counting 1,2,3.

Look over your shoulder, a dramatic corteThe movement shows beauty like an original Monet.

The music seems louder, as we walk in,One arm in the air the scorpion we begin.

By the time the Tango has come to an end,We think it’s too short and want to do it again.

Reflection by Even Chen, PS 130M

When I first started ballroom I felt disgusted in many ways, and I felt weird because I still didn’t get why we had to escort our partner. But, in the present, I really enjoy Ballroom a lot mostly because it’s fun to just dance around everywhere. Another reason is that ballroom is a exciting activity where you can act like a real gentle man (which I am not). So basically what I’m trying to say is that I have changed my opinion about ballroom dancing and I have to admit it’s my favorite activity in the whole 5th grade year.

Colors of the Rainbow Team Match

During each semester (Fall, Winter, Spring), schools can choose to participate in the Colors of the Rainbow team matches, a dance competition among schools to highlight what the students have learned over the course of the 10-week Core Program. Competitions begin at the local level, move to the borough level, then the citywide level, and end with the Grand Final. Each school sends a group of 12 children (6 teams) to dance the merengue, foxtrot, rumba, tango and swing, with one group serving as an understudy. Each school group is accompanied by its Teaching Artist, and the competition is staffed with a DJ, scrutineer, and judges. The competition was designed to bring children from around the city together to demonstrate that they are part of a larger dance community and to show the diversity of cultures and ethnicities that make up New York City.

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With Community Support, Our Reach is Even Greater! 1,692 Participating Students141 Teams Compete4,040 Families, Friends and Community Members Attend

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Dancing Classrooms Academy

The Academy is a weekend program designed for students who complete the Core Pro-gram series in their schools and wish to continue with their dance education. The Academy demonstrates and solidifies the impact made during the Core Program, providing a positive activity and space to develop socialization and communication skills while engaging with peers from different schools and boroughs. The Academy also offers a solid foundation for participants during the critical teen year, acting as a stabilizing factor thanks to the support network of the teaching artists and the friendships students establish with one another.

Classes are team taught by two Teaching Artists, one male and one female, from 10AM to 7PM, every hour on the hour both Saturday and Sunday. Parents/guardians witness the value and transformation that first occurs in their children during the Core Program and are therefore willing to spend time on the weekends at the Academy to cultivate their children’s self-esteem, poise, grace and mutual self-respect. Classes are an hour for ladies and two hours for gentleman. The gentleman are asked to dress in slacks and button-down shirts, while the ladies wear dresses or skirts and blouses, emphasizing that students are mak-ing a choice to participate in an elegant manner, and are taking their participation seriously. This past fall, 542 students between the ages of 10-18 enrolled into the Academy and over 276 students participated in the 8th Annual Dance Festival held each Spring.

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Youth Dance Company

Under the artistic direction of Alee Reed, a seasoned choreographer and dance educator, the Youth Dance Company was created in 2006 in response to the demand for performances by “the kids from the movie Mad Hot Ballroom.” The Youth Dance Company provides the most dedicated and promising Dancing Classrooms Academy students the opportunity to build upon their social dancing skills – dancing for mutual enjoyment with a partner – and transfer those skills into the art of performance – dancing for the enjoyment and enrichment of an audience.

Past performances have included: Kennedy Center’s 35th Anniversary Gala, Madison Square Garden, Lincoln Center, PBS, The Today Show, Jacob’s Pillow, National Dance Foundation of Bermuda with Yo Yo Ma, The US Open and CBS Inside Edition. Furthermore, The Youth Dance Company has collaborated with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Cross Borders Orchestra of Ireland, the Little Orchestra Society, and the InterSchool Orchestras, as well as with legendary cellist, Yoyo Ma. The company has also appeared in Vogue magazine, as well as on the cover of Dance Teacher magazine.

After decades of on-the-ground experience and impact research, the educational establishment is recognizing that social and emotional learning (SEL) is key to overall success in academics – as well as in careers and in life overall. By extension, SEL is also critical to the impact of the Common Core Standards. As Edutopia.com notes, SEL has evolved from a concept thought to be “‘wishy-washy’ to being an integral part of educating the whole child.”

According to the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, SEL rests on a number of core competencies or life skills. Some life skills – self-management, responsible decision-making, self-discipline and self-control – are clear in their contributions to the development of basic learning and study skills, as well as to the creation of well-functioning classrooms. Other life skills – civility, relationship skills, self- and social awareness – promote effective collaboration and teamwork and provide young people with interpersonal skills essential for success. Finally, effective SEL techniques enable teachers to break through emotional and psychological barriers in young people to truly engage them in a subject and to awaken a motivation to learn, to overcome challenges, and to achieve mastery.

Dancing Classrooms provides an equal emotional, cognitive and behavioral education to children of all backgrounds, whether their home lives are chaotic or organized and protective. By cultivating a positive support network with ballroom dance at the core, Dancing Classrooms’ ultimate goal is to create motivated, engaged students with essential skills for a successful life. The most effective schools integrate the Dulaine Method into their culture, honoring their students as “ladies and gentlemen” throughout the school day, reinforcing the skills learned during the Core Program, and strengthening the classroom environment.

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is key to overall success in academics – as well as in careers and in life overall

Dancing Classrooms’ Core Elements

Updates to teaching methods abound in the current educational landscape, and Dancing Classrooms is right there offering dynamic programming that engages students and intrinsically teaches them skills that are critical to achieving success in a global economy in which interpersonal interaction, responsibility, adaptability and self-direction are just as necessary as technological know-how, critical thinking and content knowledge. This is achieved through the use of an alternative teaching style – the Dulaine Method – to engage participants and make them the catalysts for positive change and direction in their lives.

The Dulaine Method ensures that all Teaching Artists instill the following in their students.

Respect & CompassionParticipants are referred to as “Ladies and Gentlemen” and emphasis is placed both on mutual and self-respect.

Being PresentTeaching Artists are actively and dynamically engaged in each interaction with students, staying in the “here and now.”

Creating a Safe SpaceThe classes are havens in which each student’s feelings are respected - everyone is equal.

Command & ControlTeaching Artists are taught to understand how to use the group to help the individual.

Verbal & Body LanguageTeaching Artists’ physical effect is one of openness, warmth, and genuine affection, while the verbal repertoire consists of positive reinforcement.

Humor & JoyTeaching Artists are appropriately playful so that students can sense that the lessons are meant to be enjoyable.

The Dulaine Method Dancing Classrooms Global Network

In 2006, Dancing Classrooms began expanding throughout the US and internationally. It currently operates its programs in over 27 cities, 18 states, 5 countries and the US Virgin Islands, serving more than 40,000 students annually in over 450 schools and 1,400 + classrooms. In addition to New York City, Dancing Classrooms has successful programs in Newark, Omaha, Fort Worth/Dallas, Toronto, Philadelphia, Suffolk County (NY), Southeast(Chicago), New Mexico, Great Richmond (VA), Los Angeles (CA), Fort Myers & Florida Keys (FL), Cleveland, Lake Charles (LA), Israel, Geneva (Switz), Pittsburg, St. Louis, US Virgin Islands, Western Maryland, Winston-Salem, Seattle, Phoenix, Boston, Amman (Jordan) and Zurich (Switz). Each affiliate site has an Executive Director and/or Site Directors and staff, and must raise its own funding to support the programming in its area.

* Toronto, Canada; Zurich and Geneva, Switzerland; Amman, Jordan, and Israel are not shown.

450+ Schools

40,000+ Students

1,400+ Residencies

Dancing Classrooms Global Network

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Dancing Classrooms Financials

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents Investments Accounts receivable Unconditional promises to giveTemporarily restrictedPrepaid expensesSecurity depositsProperty and equipment, at cost, net of accumulated depreciation

2013

$ 8,937 1,156,770 276,477 75,723 77,200 61,907 24,465 41,406 $ 1,722,855

Total Assets

Liabilities and Net Assets

Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses Due to founding Board Member

Deferred revenue

Total LiabilitiesNet Assets Unrestricted Board-Designated Undesignated Total Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted Total Net Assets

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$ 71,000

33,246

104,246

$ 58,925 377,399

31,805

468,129

$ 666,270 360,275 1,026,545 101,594 490,500 1,618,639 $ 1,722,885

$ 666,270 -119,134 547,136 160,000 676,500 1,383,636 $ 1,851,765

Revenue Expenses67%

9%

7%1%

7%9%

2014

$ 16,909 1,326,514 233,125 69,277 100,000 28,045 39,465 38,430 $ 1,851,765

67%

9%

7%

1% 7%9%

Dancing Classrooms NYC

Global Network Expansion

Dancing Classrooms Academy

Youth Dance Company

Management and General

Fundraising

Dancing Classroom Supporters

Institutional Donors

$100,000+Randleigh Foundation Trust Locke Lord LLP

$25,000+Elaine Dannheisser FoundationThe Pierre and Tana Matisse FoundationNew York State Council on the Arts Salesforce

$10,000+William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable TrustThe Knickerbocker Cotillion, Inc.NYC Department of Cultural AffairsOrphanides & Associates, LLC

$5,000+Allen & Company LLCThe Bay and Paul FoundationsThe John N. Blackman Sr. FoundationCouncilmember Daniel GarodnickCouncilmember David GreenfieldHeisman Trophy TrustThe Hyde and Watson FoundationCouncilmember Karen KoslowitzThe Lucius N. Littauer FoundationRiverside Church/Sharing FundVenable Foundation, Inc.

$2,500+42nd Street Development CorporationThe Harkness Foundation for DanceThe Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, Inc.

$1,000+Arthur Murray International

$500+New York Dance Festival

Individual Donors

$100,000+Anonymous Glen and Maria de VriesSteve and Agatha Luczo

$25,000+Sheila and Robert HoerleClay and Garrett KirkJeanne S. and Herbert J. Siegel

$2,500 Cont’dLydia and Michael MarshallJoseph and Amy PerellaSari Roboff and Joseph SussmanPatrice TanakaDavid and Leigh Bishop TaubSherrie and David WestinLouise Yamada

$1,000+ Steven AldenMary Jane BrockSharon CasdinMarge ChampionPierre de VeghJohn and Lucy DuddyDaniel EntwistleFrances FrawleySusan FrostJoseph Gantz and Paula BlumenfeldPerry and Donna GolkinCourtney Morris GuzmanJennifer and Matthew HarrisNancy HaywardJohn David HicksElihu and Harriet InselbuchHeidi Gage JenkinsGeoff and Linda KatzRobert LaughlinEdward and Joan LeffermanJamie and Caroline Le FrakTatiana Lingos-WebbRodney and Noni Thomas Lopez Bob Lync and Dianne BraceDiane Nabatoff MachinistCameron and Ann MacRaeYvonne MarceauCrystle and Pavel MatsibekkerGary and Maria MilgromJoseph Missbrenner and Jean McCabeDavid and Elaine NordbyAnna Lynn and Stephen OppenheimerA. Wright PalmerMarguerite and David Platt

$10,000+ Bovin FamilyOlivier and Jeannie Egas-Trouveroy Jean and Jay EntwistleBarbara and Bradford EvansMadeline and Ian HooperHoward and Maryam Newman Family Foundation

$5,000+Stephanie and Gavin AlbertMitchell and Hilary BayerRobert and Genie BirchMr. DelanyAnna-Karin DillardCory and Shelly DouglasPierre DulaineBarbara and Joseph FriedmanSteven HirschfeldCarol and Alan MateoAnne and Jacques NordemanNora and James OrphanidesLinda and William PopeSteve and Eileen SchlossTarek SherifCarrie SteinmetzPhilip R. Toews

$2,500+Jody and John ArnholdJohn E. AveryWilliam B. BramJoseph and Linda CamardoHarry and Mary Latimer ChungCathering and Michael DiefenbachPaul Holt Patricia KoyceMichael and Blitz Leahy

$1,000+ Cont’dAlan and Michele Redway-SugarmanAnn ReinkingElizabeth RoweCaroline Rubinstein and Philip WinegarChester and Arlene SalomonJohn G. Schultz and James P. BurgessRichard SchutteRobert and Polly SheehanJay SherwoodJames SinclairJeffrey SolomonRachel and Bryan SpielmanPatrice TanakaJohn TuttleMary Weiser

500+Soo Won Hwang AbramsAndrew BarryLouis BernsteinKaren ChinLisa DiStefanoNewton DuarteWalt and Vera EverstadtNicole FinitzoJohn and Carol FrenchSamuel GuilloryJack GuntherJack and Judy HadlockPatrice HaiderJoan HeathLoretta HennesseyConstance HoguetJason and Kim IsalyRichard JohnsonChristina KirkLaura KirkRichard KossmannJayme KosyznPatrice KoyceHelen KultgenBarbara KummelRussell LeeJesse and Elisabeth Lunin-PackArene Price McKayTony Meredith

$100+ Cont’dSana ChalikSusan Chin-LouieDominique and Gail ClavelSusan CutterBonne DiazLori ElliotMary and Terry FaulkenberryMarcia FeinsteinLew-Christiane FernandezMarguerite FlynnMary GarabedianJill GriderAlicia GuyBonnie HallLolita HanomanMarian HennemanJoseph HoopesSonia Hayes HoytJohn HullAndrew and Great HyattEmily JenkinsDavid JohnsonRhonda and Morris JonesSuzanne KelsonChristopher KiddElizabeth KingEric KrausPaul Kurman and Jim BoutonWai LeeShelly and Jay LipmanKathleen MaloneyErica and Lark MasonJulie MitchellRana MumtazJill NeibergBebe NeuwirthSuzanne O’BrienWanda PenaLynn and Michael PollackBarrie RaffelRetome FamilySusan RollinsAlaena RomanThomas RuskinElain and Howard SchainVirginia SchwartzAlisa SerkisD and J ShapiroLucy and Dan SherryAmanda Spector

$100+ Cont’dGillian SternJason and Lis Koppelman TamesJack and Gita TaubConcetta TraversMary Beth TullyJing-Mae WangStaci WolfYvonne Zoomers

Thank you to all of our additional supporters who have contributed to Dancing Classrooms.

500+ Cont’dChris and Noel MomsenRovert PerlsteinJane SextonRichard StaffordKionon ThomasGail TiranaJim and Connie TricaricoCarissa and Greg Weiss

250+Israel Abramov and Elaine HallLynda Lees AdamsJeffrey BankGeorge CampionJames ChangeYang ChenTim ClarkStacy CooperSharon DunnSue EvansRory HaydenAnn and Steven HenningLaura HenselDavid HoutsDavid KatzAngela KingDavid LangAlbert and Emily LemerMichael McGovernEdward and Judith MorganChuyen NguyAnna Maria PasserKathy and Michael PrestoElizabeth SaigerValerie SamuelKent and Donna StraatBebe Winkler

$100+AnonymousKaren BachusJulie BakerC. Wayner and Beatrice BardinMichael BaumanRacher and Peter BeadleMichael BernsteinNilda and Paul BloombergPamela BrociousMelissa CanoniSusan Campbell

Board of Directors & Staff

ChairmanGlen de Vries

Vice ChairAnne S. Nordeman

TreasurerHarry Chung

SecretaryHilary Wolf-Bayer

MembersLeigh Bishop Taub*Pierre DulaineJeannie Egas-TrouveroyJohn J. EntwistleColin GlaumSheila A. HoerleMichael J. Leahy*Yvonne Marceau Courtney Morris GuzmanMichele Redway SugarmanSari C. RoboffPatrice TanakaHilary Wolf Bayer

* Honorary

Founding DirectorPierre Dulaine

Artistic CouncilKaren AkersRosamond BernierPatricia BirchMarge ChampionSuzanne FarrellJudith JamisonPeter MartinsKevin McKenzieDavid ParsonsAnn ReinkingTommy TuneHeather Watts

Executive DirectorJohn G. Schultz

Artistic Director Yvonne Marceau

Global Program DirectorRodney E. Lopez

Director of Dancing Classrooms NYCAdriana Borzellino

Global Operations DirectorMatthew Longhurst

Global Quality Control ManagerAlee Reed

Program CoordinatorCalvin Tsang Conor Sullivan

Dancing Classrooms Academy DirectorChristopher Gasti

Youth Dance Company Artistic DirectorAlee Reed

Director of Finance Abel Cantillo

Office ManagerWhitney McIntosh

BookkeeperSuzanne Amidzich

Executive AssistantStephanie Carvajal

Dancing Classrooms PhotographerLinda Camardo

LiaisonsSabrina CataudellaMelissa Corona Ivelisse HornyakVictoria MalvagnoMary McCatty

Senior Teaching ArtistsEva CarrozzaSilvia GuerreroAlexandra VidalDanielle LimaMeghan GrupposoFelix Pitre

Teaching ArtistsSuzanne AmidzichBarbara BarrAviva BumgardnerPeter BuznyAriana CarthanRay Davis Simon DuncansonJoy GradTamara GrantJamia JordanJacqueline JoynerAkemi KinukawaJenna KirkNicole Lacy-ThompsonEnrico MayugaMarlon MillsMari Meade MontoyaKarla MyerstonJana OelbaumDiana PettersenAli Rosas-SalasEric SydnorLeticia TaylorGinger Tidwell-WalkerBeata TerrasiAriel Tharpe

BuddiesDwayne BeachLou BrockmanLinda CamardoBenjamin LavonManuel RojasSusan Rollins

Our NYC Area Schools

BrooklynPS 7KPS 9KPS 25KPS 26KPS 29KPS 34KPS 38KPS 58KPS 59KPS 69KPS 84KPS 90KPS 94KPS 100KPS 105KPS 107KPS 110K PS 112K

BronxPS 1XPS 5X PS 14XMS 22XPS/MS 29XPS/MS 31X PS 32XPS 42X PS 51X PS 72XMS 80XPS 86XPS 95XPS 96XPS 102XPS 106XPS 119XPS 121XPS 153X

Staten IslandPS 1RPS 3RPS 5RPS 26RPS 39RPS 48RPS 52RPS 53RPS 58RPS 80R

New JerseyWoodrow Wilson School

Westchester CountyHeathcote ElementaryHutchinsonAmani Public Charter SchoolOsborn SchoolQuaker Ridge Elementary School

PS 123KPS 127KPS 151KPS 154KPS 160KPS 161KPS 163KPS 169KMS 171KPS 190KPS/IS 192KPS 197KPS 199KPS 202K PS 204KPS 205K PS 214K PS 215K

PS 221KPS 238KPS 245KPS 247K PS 249KPS 255KPS 257KPS 260KJHS 292KPS/MS 306KPS 315KPS 376KPS 503KMS 577KPS 682KHS 605K UFT Charter Elementary School

PS 160XPS 195X PS 196XPS 204XCS 211X PS/IS 224XPS 226XMS 228XMS 244XPS 277X PS 306XMS 326XPS 340X MS 363XPS 396XMS 459XPS/MS 498XSuccess Academy 1Success Academy 2

Immaculate Conception School (ICS 151)Icahn Charter School 3 Icahn Charter School 4Izquierdo Charter SchoolSacred Heart SchoolSanta Maria SchoolSt. Athanasius

PS 128MPS 130MPS 137MPS 150MPS 152M PS 180MPS 189MPS 198MPS 206MMS 247MMS 334M MS 349M

ManhattanPS 1MPS 6MPS 11MPS 40MPS 42MPS 48MPS 51MPS 57MPS 64MPS 75MPS 87MPS 89M

MS 260M The Clinton SchoolHS 420M HS 515MMt. Carmel Holy Rosary SchoolNEST + MOur Lady Queen of AngelsSchool of the AscensionSt. Brigid’s SchoolSt. Mark the EvangelistSuccess Academy Harlem 1Success Academy Harlem 2 Success Academy Harlem 3Success Academy Harlem 4

QueensPS 16QPS 19QPS 22QPS 29QPS 31Q PS 35QPS 36QPS 41QPS 45QPS 50QPS 63Q PS 69Q MS 72QPS 76QPS 81Q

PS 101QPS 108QPS 115QPS 129QPS 144QPS 122QPS 129Q PS 134QPS 139Q PS 144QPS 152QPS 155QPS 160QPS 162Q PS 169Q

PS 174Q PS 175QPS/IS 178QPS 184QPS 186Q PS 196QPS 201Q PS 205QPS 207QMS 210QIS 230QPS 221QPS 229Q PS 295Q PS 306Q

PS 877QHoly Child Jesus SchoolMerrick AcademyOur Lady of Mercy Our Lady’s Catholic Academy Resurrection AscensionSacred Heart SchoolSaints Joachim and Anne SchoolSt. Joseph Catholic AcademySt. Mary Gate of HeavenSt. Robert Bellarmine

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“Dancing Classrooms has been committed to encouraging the social consciousness, character development and self-esteem of young adolescents through dance. The hard work of teachers at Dancing Classrooms has provided an outlet for thousands of New York City public school children to express themselves in a positive manner.”

– U.S. Senator Charles Schumer