Partners

“What you can accomplish with a partner
will always be greater than what you could accomplish alone.”
–Unknown–

 
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FRED ASTAIRE WEST SIDE DANCE STUDIO

Fred Astaire West Side is a community-based and community-concerned business.  Over the past several years, the West Side Studio has produced benefits and fundraisers for many charitable institutions, among them: Gilda’s Club, the Lincoln Center Institute, and DOROT.  It supports other organizations including Lincoln Center and the Chamber Music Society.  Fred Astaire West Side Studio is honored to work with the Youth and Community Dance Initiative.
Fred Astaire Dance Studios have given the joy of dancing to tens of thousands of people. Staffed by champion dancers, the company is known, internationally, for cultivating superior dancers with superior instruction and raising the standards of ballroom dancing to exceptional heights.  New York’s West Side is the original Fred Astaire Dance Studio, founded in New York in 1947.  Fred Astaire, the man and the dancer, personified style, sophistication and excellence.  No wonder New Yorkers have chosen Fred Astaire Dance Studios for more than 60 years – it suits them perfectly. 
Fred Astaire West Side professional and amateur dancers represent the Fred Astaire Dance Studios in national and world competitions, and consistently rank among the best.  The studio also ranks among the top studios in the Fred Astaire organization.

THE MAXINE GREENE HIGH SCHOOL FOR IMAGINATIVE INQUIRY

The Maxine Greene High School For Imaginative Inquiry (MGHS) is a learning community in which deep engagement with works of art integrated across the curriculum enhances the intellectual rigor expected of all students. This work is based on the philosophy of the late Maxine Greene, Philosopher-in-Residence at Lincoln Center Education (LCE), and the exploration of the LCE Capacities for Imaginative Learning which comprise our academic language used to support student success. In addition, through our Restorative Practices, MGHS works to foster the sense of self-worth, empathy and agency necessary for students to become participatory citizens who will create a more just, humane and vibrant world. 

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DANCING CLASSROOMS

Dancing Classrooms’ mission is to cultivate essential life skills in children through the art of social dance.  Its vision is to help create schools and communities where every child is connected, respected, and provided a safe environment in which to thrive.
Dancing Classrooms was launched in 1994 as a not-for-profit project of the American Ballroom Theater Company (ABrT) in New York City. It is an arts program teaching ballroom dance to the upper elementary and middle school students of participating schools throughout the five boroughs. ABrT was founded in 1984 as a ballroom dance performing arts company under the direction of Pierre Dulaine, Yvonne Marceau and Otto Cappel.  Dulaine and Marceau were acclaimed and award winning ballroom dancers whose notable awards include the 1977-79 and ‘82 British Exhibition Championships, the Fred Astaire Award for Best Dance on Broadway, Dance Magazine’s award for excellence, the NDCA award, the Dance Educators of America award, and the Americans for the Arts “Arts in Education” 2005 award.
Dancing Classrooms programs address several pressing needs simultaneously: the in-school residency provides high quality arts education where it is otherwise lacking, and the extra-curricular programs offer consistent positive engagement with the support of a network of Teaching Artists and peers.