The Klein Competitors

Starting Arts is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is the promotion and preservation of quality arts education in public schools. Starting Arts currently serves over 18,000 students in 11 school districts in the Bay Area with instruction in theater, dance, music, and visual arts. Now registering for Summer 2011 camps.

Founded in 1996, CityDance is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization recognized as an arts and education leader throughout the DC metropolitan area. With its mission to transform lives and communities through dance, CityDance produces and presents world-class dance; trains young dancers for professional careers; and uses dance to prepare youth for academic, professional, and personal success. CITYDANCE PRESENTS brings acclaimed national and international companies to the region’s most prestigious performance venues. CITYDANCE IGNITE supports rising choreographic stars to create, produce, and perform their own work. CITYDANCE SCHOOL & CONSERVATORY prepares young dancers for 21st- century careers by providing students unparalleled opportunities to work and perform with professional artists and superlative training in ballet, contemporary, and world dance forms. CITYDANCE POP! DANCE & FITNESS STUDIO in Tenleytown, D.C. is CityDance’s destination for high quality, fast-paced fun. POP! offers more than 20 classes for all ages. Classes start as early as 18 months and include genres ranging from Mommy & Me and Pre-Ballet to Zumba and break dancing. CITYDANCE DREAM is an after-school program that provides dance classes and performance opportunities; mentoring and tutoring to students from D.C.’s most underserved communities. DREAM’s mission is to use dance as a pathway for youth to graduate high-school and discover and pursue their full potential. Established in 2005, the DREAM program serves youth in grades three to twelve at public schools and community sites across the nation’s capital. DREAM is the recipient of the 2015 President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award and the 2010 D.C. Mayor’s Arts Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education. In 2018, DREAM will anchor a new arts center in downtown D.C., The DREAM Center for Dance.

Whether you’re just beginning your journey into the world of performing arts or are ready to embrace the next step in pursuit of a dream, EMC can help.