Fall Registration is open!

Fall classes start September 11! Weekly classes for babies through adults include Family Dance, Adaptive BrainDance, Modern, Ballet, Hip Hop for all ages, and more. Fill your weeks with movement and joy!

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Sign up for August Camps

Award-winning multi-arts camps for ages 4-13 all through August. Musical Theatre (Matilda and Finding Nemo, JR.), Roots & Branches: Jazz | Ballet | Modern, Hip Hop, Dance & Drama, and our Teen Intensive!

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Concert videos are available!

Videos are ready from our amazing Alumni Benefit Concert, Afternoon of Dance 2023 featuring current CDC students, and Kaleidoscope’s 40th Anniversary Spring Concert! Order at the link below.

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SUMMER CAMPS still have space. FALL REGISTRATION IS OPEN! 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. 

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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.
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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.

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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

FALL REGISTRATION OPENS AUG 7
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! Fall session begins September 11. Learn More.
 
SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION IS ONGOING!
We are excited to offer our award-winning weeklong summer camps for ages 4-13 through August! Half day camps, or combine two camps for a full day of dance and fun! Learn More.
 
JOIN OUR ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN!

Share the gift of dance! Help us reach our goal of $40,000 for 40 Years of 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.