Student Spotlight

Dancing Classrooms Teaching Artists work with school teachers to ensure that the students connect their ballroom dancing experience with art, music, history, language arts and physical education. This curriculum integration produces some wonderful works of art and poetry from the children.


POEMS

I Learned
I learned the
new step
My brother
learned the
new step
My mother
learned
the new
step
everyone
learned the
new step.
 -Victor, 4th Grade


Tango
Dancing the Tango is
feel that you are in an
elegant ballroom dance
restaurant. The sharp
shiny shoes stomp
the floor. Moving your
feet on a drum, you
move like a scorpion
your arms are ready
to sting. My partner
bows to me, like
saying hello and he
says "may I have
this dance?" I am so
nervous and reluctantly
say "with pleasure." When
I finish, the people
whistling and clapping
I bow to my partner.
 -Tomasa, 5th Grade


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QUOTES

"Para mi el baile de salon ha sido una experiencia inolvidable porque ademas de que es una disciplina y deporte, tambien es una diversion. El baile de Tango es el mas disciplinado de todos. El de Salsa requiere mucho movimiento de caderas y los otros son un poco mas faciles. Nuestro maestro Mr. Chris fue muy bueno con nosotros. Nos trato de ensenar los bailes uno por uno hasta que lo hicieramos bien. Durante la clase yo aprendi que el Foxtrot es un baile de mucha elegancia que tiene el ritmo slow-slow-quick-quick o sea despacio-despacio-rapido-rapido. Originalmente el Foxtrot viene de los Estados Unidos, pero los bailarines de salon lo bailan en todo el mundo.

For me ballroom dancing has been an unforgettable experience because aside from it being a discipline and sport, it is also a fun activity. Tango is the most disciplined of all. Salsa requires much movement of the hips and the others are much easier. Our teacher, Mr. Chris, was very good to us. He tried to teach the dances, one by one until we did them well. During class learned that the Foxtrot is an elegant dance whose rhythm is slow-slow-quick-quick, in other words (spanish translation). The Foxtrot is originally from the United States , but ballroom dancers all around the world dance this dance." -Jerlissa, 8th Grade


"I believe there are many benefits to knowing ballroom dancing. You can teach others how to, it gives you confidence and courage, it gives you guts to talk to a boy, its good exercise and it just helps you to enjoy life and keeps you happy." -Kayla