We are raising votes to win a corporate grant which will bring more swing dance to the students of Glenmont Elementary School.
TVC dancers Mike Jagger & Evita Arce jump for joy at your vote!
With this grant, Kinder - 5th grade students can learn about Frankie Manning, Lindy Hop, and what it means to dance with a partner with TVC dancers Michael Jagger and Evita Arce.
Overview
Building Community Through Dance brings together elementary students, their parents, siblings, grandparents, teen dancers, college students, and other senior adults in our community. Our mission is to use swing dance to build meaningful relationships within our community and to pass on the tradition of this American art form.
•Students will learn the Big Apple, the Shim Sham, and Lindy Hop moves from Vanaver Caravan dancers, Evita Arce and Michael Jagger.
•Older students will be dance partners with our younger students while they learn new steps. •Students will practice their dancing with college students from RPI's Swing Club.
•Parents will receive swing dance lessons from Isabelle's School of Dance high school dance team. •Each classroom of students will "adopt" a senior adult from an assisted living facility to share histories and to dance with.
•A Community Dance in June with live swing music will help everyone celebrate all of the social and communication skills we have learned.
Goals
- To teach children communication and social skills
- To build meaningful relationships in our school community
- To ensure, swing dance, an original American art form continues
- To learn swing dancing as a social activity
About Glenmont Elementary School
The Glenmont Elementary School in upstate New York has 400 students; 4.4% free lunch, 1.3% reduced lunch. Recently it has become more ethnically diverse. 19% of our students receive Special Education services, creating a greater need to build community.
How will the 25K be Used? | |
| $ 5000 | Alan Thomson Little Big Band |
| $ 6000 | 2 dance instructors - 1 week in April |
| $ 8000 | Peter Davis & Lindy Hop Heaven - 1 week |
| $ 6000 | 2 dance instructors - 1 week in June |
