| Dancing Clasrooms in your School? |  | |
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| Shall We Dance? |  | |
Dancing Classrooms has no boundaries! |
| Curriculum Integration |  | |
DC students create art with their hands, hearts, minds AND feet! |
| 2009-2010
Colors of the Rainbow Team Match |  | |
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| Youth Dance Company |  | |
YDC at US Open Tennis Match. Learn more.
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| Annual Gala Benefit Evening
February 15, 2010 Roosevelt Hotel
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Dancing with one another fosters respect, teamwork, confidence
and a sense of joy and accomplishment in children. We think that's true for everyone! Join us for an evening of dinner and dancing AND support Dancing Classrooms.
Call us at 212-244-9442 for tickets. |
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May I Have this Dance, Please!
2010-2011 is just getting started and Dancing Classrooms is anticipating 64 schools for the fall semester. That's only a portion of the 200+ schools we will be visiting this year. Along with developing into new areas and communities, we are establishing new partnerships, growing new relationships and planning new events for you to be a part of. Welcome to all new members of the Dancing Classrooms family who are committed to providing this unique and high quality social development program to children. |
| It's Official! American Ballroom Theater rebrands as Dancing Classrooms | | New Brand, New Image
  After 10 years as a performing dance company, American Ballroom Theater has officially changed it's name to Dancing Classrooms to represent its growth into a social development program for 4th, 5th, 8th and 11/12th graders. This better supports our mission of building social awareness, confidence and self-esteem in children through the practice of social dance. Through the help of Colin Glaum, formerly with OgilvyAction, a new marketing campaign is set to begin in November 2010. Join us......we're on the move! |
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Winners PS 69 Staten Island | News at Dancing Classrooms
- The Better Business Bureau has reviewed the status of American Ballroom Theater Company/Dancing Classrooms and we correctly meet all required BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.
- Our weekend program, Dancing Classrooms Academy, reopened Sept 25 & 26 with over 575 registrants, an increase of 11% over 2009-2010.
- PS 69 Staten Island were the winners of the 2010 Sheila A. Hoerle Challenge Trophy at the Grand Final Colors of the Rainbow Team Match held at the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center, June 23, 2010. Besting 178 schools, this is the first time a Staten Island school has taken 1st place.
During the 2009-2010 school year Dancing Classrooms touched 50,000 children in 525 schools in 19 cities across the country and internationally.
- The studio space, home of Dancing Classrooms Worldwide, has been given a face lift with new painting and carpeting. More improvements to come. Come by and visit anytime. We'd love to see you!
Read more news on our website: www.dancingclassrooms.com |
| Supporters |  The Heckscher Foundation for Children supports Dancing Classrooms and the
Dancing Classrooms Academy
We're grateful to everyone at the Heckscher Foundation for their belief in our work--transforming children, their families and their communities through the vocabulary of social dance. No contribution is ever too small (or too large!) to make a difference. Want to help? Click to see ways you can partner with us and change a child's life. |
| Reading, Writing...RUMBA?! | Improving the educational experience of children
Dancing Classrooms is not a dancing program; it's a social development program that utilizes ballroom dancing as a tool to generate social change in the participants and overall school culture. Learning to dance with one another fosters respect, teamwork, confidence, and a sense of joy and accomplishment in participating children.
Multiple research studies have been completed on the Dancing Classrooms program and the results support our mission.
- Social Development Research - two research projects indicate that DC does make a positive change in participant social development (ask us for the full breakdown of research findings)
- Childhood Obesity Research - two additional research projects indicate that DC has a positive impact on some of the variables that lead to childhood obesity (ask us for the full breakdown of research findings).
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| Join our Dancing Classrooms Family |  Want to know what Dancing Classrooms is doing in greater depth? Attend one of our monthly "Legacy" events. These are small gatherings hosted by Pierre, John and Yvonne to share with you Dancing Classrooms anecdotes, current happenings, and future plans. We have a terrific story! We want everyone to know it!! Events are at the stuido, 6:30-8:00pm, Oct 20, Nov 17, Dec 15. Join us! Just call Yvonne (212-244-9442) to let her know you're coming. We wouldn't want to run out of champagne! |
Here's to a whole new school year of transforming children, their families, and communities all over New York City and beyond! We always love hearing from you. Do you have ideas, talents, resources or simply just a fan of the program? Let us know on our Website, Facebook or LikedIn.
Your friends love hearing from you, too. Share this newsletter with them and together we will continue our mission of building social awareness, confidence and self-esteem in children through the practice of social dance. After all, Dancing Classrooms is a community effort!
TRANSFORMING CHILDREN! IMPROVING ACADEMICS!
Sincerely,
Yvonne Marceau
Artistic Director/Fund Developer
Dancing Classrooms |
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