Registration is open for Summer Camps!

Dance, Explore, Create with us this Summer! Ballet Stories, Art in Motion, Musical Theatre, Global Dance, Hip Hop! Join us at CDC, where dance and brain development play together.
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Transform your teaching through embodied learning!

Dive deep into our teaching methodology, Brain-Compatible Dance Education, and learn how you can put it into practice. Fall workshop schedule will be announced soon.

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Meet the dance company that has performed across the globe.

Kaleidoscope and Mosaic 2021 Virtual Spring Concert is getting rave reviews. World Premieres by 10 professional choreographers. Available for anytime viewing on our films page.

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SUMMER CAMPS ARE FILLING FAST! REGISTER NOW! Fall Class Registration opens mid-August. 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.
Learn about our methodology
Brain-Compatible Dance Education BrainDance

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, 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 in the Fall of 2018. Mosaic performs with Kaleidoscope in two major annual concerts each year.

Creative Dance Center
Announcements

SUMMER 2021 CLASSES AND CAMPS!

Summer 2021 is here! We have in-studio and online options for camps and classes for all ages. Weeklong camps start July 5 and our 5-week Summer Session goes July 5 to Aug 7. Space is limited! Join the waitlist if a class is full as more spots might be added. Learn more.

UPDATED COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS

We are excited to welcome you into the studio for our Summer Session! We have protocols and procedures in place to ensure a safe and happy return to in-person programming. Read more about our COVID-19 safety policies HERE.

KALEIDOSCOPE VIRTUAL SPRING CONCERT

The amazing Kaleidoscope + Mosaic Dance Companies present a full-length virtual concert featuring choreography by 11 professional choreographers. This stunning Dance on Film presentation is not to be missed! Now available for anytime viewing! Learn more.

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