Dance Programs Empowering Youth

The DEA Youth Dance Program has participated in several exciting events over the past two months! In May, the DEA Youth Dance Program was thrilled to bring 30 children from Carthay Elementary school in Los Angeles to perform at the DEA Educational Foundation benefit dinner honoring philanthropist Walter Wang. This event brought three wonderful news clips to ABC7 in Los Angeles, bringing a great deal of recognition to the program.

In June, the DEA Youth Dance Program was honored at the TV Critic's Choice Awards in Beverly Hills, CA. The DEA Youth Dance Program received a donation from thalo, in association with the "Inspiration Award" that was given to the acclaimed ABC Family television show "Bunheads" and presented to the star of the show, Sutton Foster. Over fifty television stars learned about the DEA Youth Dance Program at the event and signed posters for the DEA Educational Foundation.

And, on July 27th, The DEA Youth Dance Program was invited by the Dizzy Feet Foundation to participate in National Dance Day at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and at Grand Park in Los Angeles.  We are thrilled to be a part of the National Dance Day celebrations showcasing the importance of dance and how it can be such a postiive influence on the lives of so many people.

The program continues to grow! Several of our first year students have begun to take long-term dance through scholarship at local studios and we are preparing to launch programs in 21 cities for the 2013-14 school year in September and October. Thousands of children are turning to the positive outlet of dance instead of drugs and negative behaviors due the DEA Youth Dance Program. Thank you for your support!