General Mills and Young Audiences Keep it Moving

General Mills and Young Audiences Keep it MovingWith support from General Mills, YA-WNY will provide fitness and nutrition education through Keep it Moving! a 35 week after school dance residency. Led by Cindy Hanna, Sarah Hooper, Leslie Wexler and Kip Ralabate, this program will be offered at Buffalo’s Main Street Salvation Army and a Boys & Girls Club during the 2009-2010 school year.By teaching dance as a form of fitness as well as a form of creative expression, the residency’s primary goal is to give participants enjoyable, rewarding ways to keep moving. Each session will begin with a teaching artist’s performance on the dance style involved (styles covered include Ballroom, Modern, Jazz, Salsa, and Hip-Hop). After each lesson, a journaling activity will encourage reflection on what students have learned, and ways they can incorporate dance, a healthy diet and physical activity into their daily lives.Keep it Moving! hopes to share our teaching artists’ experience and passion for dance with children who may not otherwise have the opportunity to kick up their heels… and in so doing, learn that fitness can indeed be fun.

With support from General Mills, YA-WNY will provide fitness and nutrition education through Keep it Moving! a 35 week after school dance residency. Led by Cindy Hanna, Sarah Hooper, Leslie Wexler and Kip Ralabate, this program will be offered at Buffalo’s Main Street Salvation Army and a Boys & Girls Club during the 2009-2010 school year.

By teaching dance as a form of fitness as well as a form of creative expression, the residency’s primary goal is to give participants enjoyable, rewarding ways to keep moving. Each session will begin with a teaching artist’s performance on the dance style involved (styles covered include Ballroom, Modern, Jazz, Salsa, and Hip-Hop). After each lesson, a journaling activity will encourage reflection on what students have learned, and ways they can incorporate dance, a healthy diet and physical activity into their daily lives.

Keep it Moving! hopes to share our teaching artists’ experience and passion for dance with children who may not otherwise have the opportunity to kick up their heels… and in so doing, learn that fitness can indeed be fun.