Community

Community In Motion addresses the need for children in our community to gain skills for school and life through creative, skill-building and inspiring dance classes. This program is at the heart of our mission. We travel each week to preschools, social service agencies, K-12 schools, and academic and early intervention programs to impact more than 1200 students during the school year and hundreds more each summer. It has two components:
Movement to Music classes benefit preschool children and children with disabilities and learning differences.  Classes are active, fun, and tied to building developmental goals.  Through dance, music, and creative play, teaching artists and musicians weave storytelling, dance, and songs together to transform the classroom into a world of imaginative learning.

Arts In Education classes are designed for K-12 students who are in need of academic support, are English language learners, and students who have disabilities or learning differences. These classes harness the active and improvisational energy of dance to support academic goals and social skills using three curricula: Dancing With Words (language arts content), Math In Motion (math content), and Brain Body Balance (social emotional learning).

Our Movement to Music Partners:

Bell Center for Early Intervention

Brookwood Forest Elementary School*

Canterbury Child Development Center

Canterbury Day School

Cherokee Bend Elementary School*

Crestline Elementary School*

Elizabeth Perry Rushton Child Development Center

First Church Early Learning Center

Hall Kent Elementary School*

Harris Early Learning Center

James Rushton Early Learning Center

Mitchell’s Place

Mountain Brook Elementary School*

South Highland’s CDC

YWCA Child Care Center

YWCA Kids Corner / Child Care for Kids in Distress

*early intervention programs

Our Arts in Education Partners:

Booker T. Washington Elementary School

Burkett Center

Hall Kent Elementary – R.I.S.E. Program

West End Academy

Our Additional Partners:

Alabama Dance Council

Forge Breast Center Survivor Center

Greater Birmingham Arts Education Collaborative

People in Motion

UAB Early Start

 

We welcome you to contact us to learn more about these programs and how to participate!