CAP21 Educational Programs

D.A.R.E. Dance

 

The D.A.R.E. Dance Program begins at a participating school with an assembly led by a professional company. The professional company demonstrates different styles of dance to appropriate musical choices, speaks to the students as role-models, and asks student volunteers to try out movement during the performance hour. Students then may elect to register for a free 10-week dance class series led by a professional dance instructor. At the end of the ten weeks, students perform in a community or school performance setting, bringing family and other students together. Finally, students are encouraged to apply for scholarship at a local studio for the long-term study in dance. Students targeted to participate in the program are primarily in upper elementary and middle school years.

Classroom goals include incorporating D.A.R.E. themes such as: participating in positive alternatives to drugs and gang violence, the building of self-esteem, team-work, resisting negative peer pressure, and focusing on positive health and attitude.