How much of a difference for good would that make?

And what if that money was coupled with the opportunity to restore the wonder of childhood dance while getting active and creative?

We have an opportunity for you! It’s a project we’ve been working on for months, and it is FINALLY here. It provides the chance for you to take home a $5,000 prize while also celebrating the art of healthy, age-appropriate children’s dance.

As a supporter of DA:NCE Awareness, we want you to be one of the first to know about it.

Our $5,000 Call for Choreography Challenge invites anyone – from professional choreographers and dancers to organizations, families, individuals, and groups of all sizes – to celebrate healthy, age-appropriate children’s dance by choreographing a dance to our song, ‘She Loves to Move.’

At the beginning of this project, we worked with award-winning songwriter and music producer Steve Siler (Music for the Soul) to create the song, ‘She Loves to Move.’ It wonderfully captures just how beautiful and innocent children’s dance can be. And with this call for choreography, we have one goal: to restore the wonder of childhood dance! Take a minute to listen to the song right now.

To share with colleagues, here’s the video invitation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFLFVLy7BMg

Here’s how to enter a submission:

1. Download the song, ‘She Loves to Move’
2. Choreograph a dance to the song. Use this judging rubric to direct your choreography.
3. Record your dance and upload your choreographed video for ‘She Loves to Move’ by June 30, 2023.’

Read the ‘Call for Choreography’ rules here. All eligible entries will be judged using the same criteria and one grand prize winner will be awarded $5,000. And it pays to enter early! The first five submissions will each automatically receive $100 cash prize – no strings attached.

We are excited about this project and invite you to participate. To get more details, visit www.danceawareness.com/shelovestomove.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out. Otherwise, join us in celebrating healthy, age-appropriate dance. ‘She Loves to Move’ will move your heart as you explore the beauty of this song in movement.

Join us for a wonderful year of healthy dance!

One of the goals of the DA:NCE is to highlight organizations we feel embody healthy dance. We are pleased to present: Scripps Performing Arts Academy, located in San Diego, California.

At an early age, young children are often being taught how to approach relationships and how to approach intimacy in the wrong way. The art of dance should not be used to divert young girls(and boys) from healthy sexual development. We need to carefully evaluate the cultural choices that entice young children to be viewed as adults. We need to produce healthy boundaries in dance so that girls and boys are protected relationally. Then, when they experience the beauty of dance, they can move as young children, not as adults.

You can make a difference by starting a petition in your own community. Your signature, and those of other concerned adults, can raise awareness and give a voice to end the sexualization of young girls through choreography and costumes in your own community!

Our Step by Step Guide to Educate Dance Studios provides helpful tips you can use when collecting signatures, and also outlines best practices for presenting the signatures collected to your local dance studio owner or teacher. And if you are ready to dive right in, download the local dance petition signature collection sheets and start collecting signatures. Your efforts will no doubt make a big difference in protecting young dancers in your community!

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