Grantee Database

Dance 4 Wellness

Grant Year

2017-18

Grant Program

Arts Education - Artists in Schools

Award Amount

$13,500.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, Dance4Wellness will continue to bring dance instruction to elementary schools in Ventura County, teaching primarily ballroom dance to students at two Title 1 schools in Port Hueneme and two schools in the Conejo Valley Unified School District. Twenty-four weeks of instruction will be taught reaching over 700 students total.

Organization Summary

➢ Provide turnkey performing arts education for schools, inserted into classroom curriculum during school hours.
➢ Inclusive 8, 12 and 24-week Program with “Whole Child” approach for students of all physical and mental abilities, cultures, and socio-economic statuses, thus promoting healthy children.
➢ Teach students about different cultures and historical periods through learning dances like Salsa, Tango, Ballroom, Swing, Hip Hop, Bollywood
➢ Expose students to the experience of performing in a theatre setting, thus encouraging teamwork, confidence, courage
➢ Promote a safe classroom environment of peer encouragement, respectful boundaries, and positive social interactions with the opposite gender.
➢ Leaders lead by example, our principals and teachers also participate and perform at our culminating Showcase.
➢ Partner with schools to help them fulfill state-mandated arts requirements.
➢ Partner with organizations and individuals in our community that support arts education.

Organization

Dance 4 Wellness

Address

PO Box 3652

Thousand oaks

91359

County

Ventura

Region

Central Coast

Phone

(805) 991-6113

Congressional District

California's 26th congressional district

State Assembly District

District 44

State Senate District

District 27

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