DanceQuake helps sustain and support some of the wonderful school programs bringing dance to youth. Current programs being supported: San Francisco Arts Education Project (SF ArtsEd) SF ArtsEd is distinguished by its wide array of arts experiences that ignite and educate the imagination. SF ArtsEd believes that the investigation of the arts enriches the lives of young people as it promotes personal growth and a commitment to life-long learning. The skills that SF ArtsEd encourages are invaluable tools for citizens of this new century in all walks of life. Benefits include: developing the forms of literacy including intuition, reasoning, imagination, and dexterity; learning to adapt to and respect different ways of thinking, working, and expressing ourselves; learning artistic modes of problem solving that bring an array of expressive, analytical, and developmental tools to every situation; and analyzing nonverbal communication and communicating in this way, giving children and youth vastly more powerful repertoire of self-expression. SF Arts Ed has identified five sites that DanceQuake will support. These are: Hillcrest Elementary Sunset Elementary Ida B. Wells High School Lawton Elementary School of the Arts Luna Kids Dance School & Community Alliances Luna Kids Dance (LKD) works with schools to build sustainable, high quality, standards-based dance programs for children pre-K through 8th grade using a unique professional development model. Currently LKD works closely with five schools in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), as well as the district as a whole, to increase the number of children from low-income families, second language or immigrant families or those with disabilities who have access to dance learning. LKD’s program targets low-performing schools within the Oakland Unified School District, bringing dance experiences to underserved, at-risk populations who have limited or no access to dance art resources. This year, LKD is providing regular, ongoing dance experiences to 990 children at the following sites: Tilden Elementary New Highland Academy Rise Community School Westlake Middle School Claremont Middle School Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company Destiny Arts Center exists to end isolation, prejudice, and violence in the lives of young people. By identifying isolation and prejudice as key social issues that intensify unresolved feelings of anger, despair and aggression, their award-winning martial and performing arts programs and published violence prevention methodology represent twenty years of best practice directly addressing and transforming these responses in youth ages 3 to 18. They continue to fulfill their mission by providing financially accessible dance, theater, martial arts, violence prevention, and youth leadership classes, taught by professional artist instructors, during after-school hours at their main site as well as in outreach programs at local schools and community centers. Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company is a dynamic, diverse collective of teenagers who creatively address challenging personal and social issues. They are guided through a pre-professional experience that utilizes the performing arts as a vehicle for social change. Their self-conceived productions are a trademark combination of various movement, dance, theater, and musical styles. A total of 620 students in grades 4-12 will attend the matinee performances from the following schools: Emery High School Cesar Chavez Elementary Horace Mann Middle School Envision Academy High School Claremont Middle School Community School of the East Bay San Francisco Community High School Piedmont Middle School KIPP Middle School Met West High School For specific questions about the DanceQuake program, please contact wayne@dancersgroup.org.