Boca Dance Studio
DA:NCE promotes safe, healthy children’s dance. This month we are highlighting Boca Dance Studio, located in Boca Raton, Florida. It is a healthy, thriving children’s dance studio It ensures child safety by training their teachers
Around the World with Confidance
One of the beautiful things about dance is its universality. I’ve had the incredible opportunity over the years to teach dance lessons, formally and spontaneously, all around the world: Italy, Spain, England, Singapore, the Philippines,
A Short Story for DA:NCE
It’s January 2022: a New Year with renewed memories. During the holidays, my heart remembered a short story that was made into a movie I loved as a child. Written by Charles Dickens in 1843,
Make a Difference: Donate to DA:NCE
“If dance wants to be shown (and to earn) equal respect, status, focus and funding with all of the other arts, we should take a look at how far off the track we are.”(source) Kristin
DA:NCE with Youth Protection Advocates in Dance(YPAD)
If you love dance and children, you need to know about this organization. “YPAD courses are the foremost, research based, educational courses for dance professionals and the dance industry as a whole. The intention of
DA:NCE Newsletter – September 2021
DA:NCE Newsletter - September 2021 CESE Summit: Healthy or Harmful: National Experts Talk About Children’s Dance by Mary BawdenThe NCOSE (National Center on Sexual Exploitation) CESE (Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation) Conference gives sight to
In His Steps
One of the goals of the DA:NCE is to highlight organizations we feel embody healthy dance. We are pleased to present: In HIS Steps, located in Pensacola, FL. “In HIS Steps” is a contemporary, Christian-based
Navigating Hyper-sexualization and Abuse Through the Male Gaze
*Trigger Warning: This article discusses themes of Child Abuse* There are very few experiences in this life that stimulate the mind, body, and soul in the way that dancing does. Dance has the unique ability
A Pedophile’s Dream
Exactly a year ago, well into a pandemic that unleashed a spike in child sex abuse, Netflix released the film Cuties. The storyline centered on an 11-year-old Senegalese girl living in France who, like all
CESE Summit: Healthy or Harmful: National Experts Talk About Children’s Dance
It happened slowly so I didn’t know it happened. I was 7 years old and everything was a blur. I thought that it was normal until the eye doctor tested my eyes and told my
It’s Time to Volunteer for DA:NCE
Boo-yah! It’s Time to Volunteer for DA:NCE. “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo Emerson The calls and emails have been consistent. And repeated. We’ve
Introducing ‘Wholesome to Hypersexualized: What Happened to Children’s Dance?’
So much to share. On June 12, 2021, DA:NCE released a new video resource titled ’Wholesome to Hypersexualized: What Happened to Children's Dance?' Perfect timing. 3 groups requested this resource when my schedule didn’t allow for