Roll into Spring Mini Sessions!

Our 11-week mini session for Nurturing Baby, Hip Hop Pulse, Adaptive BrainDance, and Adult Modern classes begins March 18! Register today!

Register for summer camps!

Registration is open for our award-winning, multi-arts camps. Fill your summer with dance, storytelling, art, music, laughter, and song.

SDIT 2024 is open

The Summer Dance Institute for Teachers is July 15-19, 2024! Learn Brain-Compatible Dance Education and BrainDance from the source as Anne Green Gilbert and Dionne Kamara lead this inspiring, transformational weeklong course.

Your Support is Vital!

Our Annual Giving Campaign is in full swing! Help us grow rich programming, bringing joyful dance to more people of all ages and abilities and sharing our mission: Connecting bodies and minds to transform lives through dance.

Afternoon of Dance was a success!

Thank you for joining us for the Afternoon of Dance, a celebration of community, creativity, and collaboration that provides our students with the opportunity to perform on stage in front of friends and family. Watch this space for a link to purchase the performance video!

AFTERNOON OF DANCE IS MARCH 10! Spring Mini-session begins March 18 for babies and adults. View all announcements.

“Our Brain-Compatible Dance Education supports joyful self-expression and transformative learning!”

Terry Goetz, Creative Dance Center Director & Instructor

What Makes Creative
Dance Center Unique

Our focus on creativity, collaboration, and developing mind-body connections allows students to learn and grow in an environment where personal uniqueness is celebrated. We recognize that people of all ages are capable artists. We encourage students to express themselves through exploration, improvisation, reflection, and choreography. Students who experience this approach to learning have the opportunity to become skilled dancers, critical thinkers, innovative creators, successful collaborators, and respectful responders. This is at the heart of the teaching methodology we use in all our classes, Brain-Compatible Dance Education (BCDE), developed by our Founder Anne Green Gilbert. 

Key Components of
Brain-Compatible Dance Education

  1. The 5-part lesson plan used in all our classes.
  2. The use of principles and strategies based on brain research to create an environment where students experience deep learning.
  3. The Dance Concepts: Space, Time, Force, and Body.
  4. The BrainDance, a body-brain warm-up based on fundamental movement patterns.

Kaleidoscope
Dance Company

Kaleidoscope Dance Company is the Northwest’s unique modern dance company of young people between the ages of 7 and 17. Founded in 1981 by Anne Green Gilbert, and now directed by Anna Mansbridge, this engaging company delights audiences with their mesmerizing and expressive performances. Kaleidoscope has performed for hundreds of thousands of children and adults in schools, theaters, and other community settings across the world.

Mosaic
Dance Company

Mosaic Dance Company is comprised of children between the ages of 7 and 13. When in session Mosaic offers performance opportunities to interested Creative Dance Center students. First formed in 2006 by Anne Green Gilbert, the company was reconvened by Anna Mansbridge and ran for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. Mosaic performed with Kaleidoscope in two major annual concerts each year.

Creative Dance Center
Announcements

AFTERNOON OF DANCE MARCH 10
Come see what CDC is all about at our inspiring school show! All independent classes perform in one of two shows at Shorecrest Performing Arts Center on Sunday March 10. An amazing opportunity to see the creativity and growth that happens here in all our classes. Get your tickets today! Learn More.
 
WINTER/SPRING REGISTRATION IS ONGOING
Classes for all ages and abilities, babies through adults, in a plethora of genres! Creative Dance, Family Dance, Nurturing Baby, Creative Modern, Pre-Ballet, Hip Hop, Ballet, Modern, and more! Win-Spr session began January 29 but you can join class anytime. Tuition is prorated after week 3. Learn More.
 
EDUCATOR/COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS
Our Spring workshops are open for registration!  BrainDance Birth to 5-years & Primary Grades with Terry Goetz April 28, 2024. Open to anyone interested in diving into the BrainDance! Learn More.
SDIT REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Join Anne Green Gilbert and Dionne Kamara to take your practice to the next level! This incredible course explores the foundations of Brain-Compatible Dance Education and BrainDance, in a nurturing and inspiring environment. July 15-19, 2024 at CDC in Seattle. GET DETAILS
JOIN OUR ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN!

Share the gift of dance! Help us reach our goal of $100,000 to support joyful, brain-compatible dance education. Your gift supports programming and tuition assistance for families, children, teens, and adults. Please join us and invest in the youth of today, artists of the future, and educators eager to utilize our inclusive teaching methods! Support CDC.