When children dance, they engage both their muscles and minds, activating skills such as critical thinking and abstract reasoning. In addition, arts training provides students with new approaches to learning and healthy avenues toward self-expression. The Chicago Dance Institute shares these benefits with Chicagoland students through free in-school dance-education programming and mentorship.
Fueled by the belief that every child's education should include the arts, the Chicago Dance Institute employs an integrated method of instruction developed at the National Dance Institute. During its two-week and 32-week in-school residencies, the organization provides dance instruction at no cost to schools or students, working in underserved communities where families might not otherwise be able to afford special arts instruction. A two-teacher team leads tiny dancers ages 8 to 11 in each class, moving to melodies generated by an in-room musician. Through these residencies, instructors are able to identify students with special potential and dedication to dance, and the Chicago Dance Institute would like to sponsor three of these students in a year to receive more advanced and personalized instruction in a private studio.
Join G-Team and donate $10 to help the Chicago Dance Institute continue the arts education of enthusiastic young dancers. For every $500 G-Team members raise, one student from an underserved community will get a yearlong dance scholarship for studio instruction.
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