transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project
transcenDANCE is a nationally-recognized creative youth development organization that works with teens in underserved San Diego communities. Our programs change the trajectory of students’ lives by building resilience, confidence, and creativity and by instilling life-changing skills such as leadership, collaboration, and community engagement.
CREATE & CONNECT Virtual
We have created new ways to connect through art in times of physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through virtual classes, rehearsals, and one-on-one therapy sessions we are creating material for our 2020 CREATE Performing Group performance, Home within a Home, a transparent look at our experiences during this unprecedented time.
In addition, alumni of the CREATE Performing Group are creating material for a new film series Portraits of Space. Portraits of Home.
INTERGENERATIONAL Family Dance
Dates: Tuesdays 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Zoom
Instructor: Cybele Peña
All are welcome! Enjoy by yourself or get the whole family moving. With only a small amount of open space, you will be able to join our community of dancers.
transcenDANCE is pleased to offer this free event at a time where all people need the gift and joy of dance most!
JANUARY – MAY 2020 Highlights
Our core after-school program, the CREATE Performance Group was invited to join Grammy-winner Jason Mraz in a new musical adventure!
CREATE is now year-round and features both Middle and High School cohorts.
Programs go virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic.
IMPACT
transcenDANCE measures our impact using the PEAR (Program in Education, After School, and Resiliency) assessment tools developed at Harvard to monitor student progress and success. This quantitative data validates the work that transcenDANCE is doing to keep youth in school and help them pursue college, seek leadership positions, and pursue careers. Learn more about our measured impact.