For those who do not know me, my name is Dani and this is my first year teaching in the Peninsula Bridge Summer Program. For the last four weeks, I have been teaching dance to five young ladies who, even after going through long hours of english and math, are still able to survive my class. We are beginning to wrap up in our fourth week and the students are doing great.
After running through a basic warm-up of walking, running (jazz style), and chassés/galloping , we have been able to learn dances from 'Nsync to Shakira to Foreign Films and Off-Broadway Musicals, such as The Triplets of Belleville and The Will Rogers Follies. Out of these various dances, the dance the girls enjoyed the most was the dance to "Waka waka (It's time for Africa)" by Shakira, also known as the World Cup theme song. During Crystal Springs first ever Open House, the girls did this performance in front of their parents and both groups enjoyed it.
By the end of this week, we will have a dance to perform at graduation that everyone will enjoy just as much as Open House.
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