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Dance Classes

Explore diverse dance classes, including Ballet, Hip-Hop, African, and more. Build skills, express creativity, and enhance well-being with professional instruction. Classes for all ages and skill levels.

African

Experience contemporary West African dance. Build stamina, coordination, rhythm, and endurance. Drop-in available.

Ballet

Master classical ballet with an emphasis on body alignment, barre work, and floor techniques using Cecchetti, Finis Jhung, and Vaganova methods.

Creative Movement for Kids

Engage children in creative activities and pre-ballet to enhance coordination, rhythm, balance, and motor skill development.

Acro

Blend dance and gymnastics to showcase grace, strength, flexibility, and agility in this partner sport.

Hip-Hop

Combine popping, locking, and breaking with modern jazz and African fundamentals to develop strategic dance messages.

Dance4Life

Address health challenges through movement, enhancing well-being for adults with conditions like memory loss, lupus, and fibromyalgia.

Intro2Dance

Introduction to Ballet, Jazz, Modern, and African dance for youth and adults, laying a foundation for expressive movement.

Boys2Men

Develop masculine expression through foundational techniques in African, Modern, and Jazz dance, preparing for advanced study.

Jazz

Introduction to the fundamentals of jazz techniques, development of body alignment, coordination, strength, flexibility, and rhythm. This class also includes Urban Contemporary/Hip-Hop.

Modern

Horton, Graham, Dunham, and Jeff technique-based studies to develop skills in space usage, body awareness, coordination, musicality, and dynamics.

Tap

It skills in basic tap steps and vocabulary, use of various rhythms fused into traditional Broadway style and contemporary hoofin combinations.

Theater

Development in the basics of acting skills and technique. There is an emphasis on personal engagement, with application to real-life situations expressed through impactful storylines. Thespians in Training.

Workshops & Other Classes

Explore our diverse workshops and classes, from intensive dance training to specialized movement sessions. Enhance your skills, discover new styles, and join a vibrant community dedicated to artistic growth.

All Male Courses

Foundational techniques based in African, modern, and jazz are geared specifically toward masculine expression through movement. Gentlemen will be prepared for more detailed study in diverse genres.

Vocalz

Enhance your vocal skills with scales, sequencing, composition, and articulation techniques. Join us to develop your unique sound and experience the joy of singing in a supportive environment.

Dance Comp/ Improv

Dive into dance composition and improvisation, enhancing creativity, spontaneity, and choreographic skills. This class encourages self-expression and innovative movement through structured and free-form dance techniques.

Movement Meditation

Physical conditioning class that integrates elements of Pilates, yoga, and calisthenics. Using elements of diverse dance training techniques to give these unique movement experiences a seamless flow. Designed for all fitness levels.

Yoga/Stretch

It incorporates breathing exercises, meditation, and poses designed to encourage relaxation and reduce stress.

Afro Carib

Traveling across the waters from the coast of Africa, we are moving in the rhythm of life with seasoning from all the Caribbean islands. Come and work out and have a dance getaway with awesome takeaways.

Our Programs

Divine Dance Institute offers a wide range of dance and drama programs, from enrichment classes to pre-professional ensembles. Explore our curriculum designed to inspire growth and creativity in every student.

Community Exposure

Focusing on foundational components that are building blocks of the six dimensions of health, we utilize those to parallel movement principles with the dance of life.

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Exposure to a viable art form enables participants to develop a creative expression that energizes the environment and offers the spectator an edifying experience. Our student population serves approximately 120—150 students annually and culminates with participation in the Summer Concert Series, allowing participants to apply skills and knowledge gained in a professional presentation.

Participants understand themselves, their inherent abilities, and their values and use the knowledge and skills gained to explore new possibilities, goals, and new ways to positively affect their community with this form of expressive art:

Individuals seek a strong sense of self
Individuals reinforce positive values
Individuals gain skills in the movement art of dance
Individuals seek creative ways to express themselves through movement

Individuals are introduced to discipline, active, natural, cognitive, and energy and how to apply it to artistic expression.

Community Empowerment

This scholarship program provides financial support for training and exposure to the art and theory of dance movement/presentation.

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This serves as a resource for disadvantaged youth and young adults to enhance their personal sense of value, reinforcement of academic skills, and development as a creative and innovative leader for the future. Being selected for the AAA scholarship Program will afford students the opportunity to express their artistic development and share their personal growth.

Those students who are selected must be:

At the minimum, seven years old (7)
Have a 2.5 (minimum) GPA
One (1) letter of recommendation and show passionate interest in expression through the art of dance, theater, music, and/or fine art

Through DDI’s community-wide dance program, students will participate in special workshops and community-wide performances and receive quality art education and mentoring for approximately nine (9) months.

Community Enrichment

Our enrichment programs offer integrated experiences, meeting diverse needs through Moving In His Rhythm, Divine D.E.S.I.G.N., and Pneuma Dance Project.

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The students will be exposed to the awesome realities of a purpose-driven existence, the kinesthetic cultivate environment, and explore ideals and values in order to develop high standards and positive feelings about themselves and others. This summer enrichment program will also provide a multi-sensory approach in the development of dance skills and academic development while providing exposure to the performing arts as a means of community service and performance. This program incorporates instructional strategies that reinforce assessment tasks and performance-based activities that focus on cognitive learning, creativity, problem-solving, reading comprehension, and verbal/written reflection of each process. The format encourages logical thinking, self-esteem, excellence in academic endeavors, preparation for community service, and, ultimately, life success.

Community Outreach

Through various outreach initiatives, Divine Dance Institute engages and enriches the community. Our programs foster artistic development and positive impact, bringing dance and drama to diverse audiences and creating meaningful connections.

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Safe Haven

Our mission is to provide an alternative source of recreation for youth ages 12–19 by providing information, support, and a safe environment through community intervention.

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The participants were given various options for leisure activities such as video games, a movie area, talent contests, recreational sports activities outdoors during the warm months, field trips as a group, teen talk group sessions, a music listening and dance station, and much more. The young people collectively work on social development within an environment that is conducive to positive growth. Good food and great conversation fostered the intimate embodiment of relaxed leisure in a safe environment.

“This was a great way for DDI and our motto: Moving in His Spirit of Excellence, to reach out to members of the surrounding communities offering an encouraging experience that is unparalleled.”

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Summer Concert Series

Since June 2003, Divine Dance Institute has provided students with an exciting experience through its June concert presentations.

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The annual staple of the dance institute, the concert, offers our students a professionally directed presentation that allows them to present to their communities—families, and friends the results of a year’s worth of hard work, dedication, and progress in demonstration of the practical application of technical training to deliver a message that, edifies people, and advances our society. The concert, now known as a danscial, infuses dance, mime, sign language, music, and drama into a presentation that is engaging and rewarding! This “Divine Experience” allows the participant and the spectator another opportunity to have an awesome encounter through the art of movement.

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Emerging Artist Showcase

The purpose of the Emerging Artist Showcase is to offer young artists the opportunity to share their own creative expressions through the arts.

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The participants were given various options for leisure activities such as video games, a movie area, talent contests, recreational sports activities outdoors during the warm months, field trips as a group, teen talk group sessions, a music listening and dance station, and much more. The young people collectively work on social development within an environment that is conducive to positive growth. Good food and great conversation fostered the intimate embodiment of relaxed leisure in a safe environment.

“This was a great way for DDI and our motto: Moving in His Spirit of Excellence, to reach out to members of the surrounding communities offering an encouraging experience that is unparalleled.”

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Apprenticeship

Teacher Apprentice Program (T.A.P.) for young aspiring dance educators and instructional professional development is committed to supporting and providing our teaching staff with high-quality learning opportunities in a variety of contexts and formats.

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Emphasis is on a rigorous teacher development program that provides knowledge and skills to effect practice and student achievement. This is best accomplished by developing the capacity of teachers through customized learning experiences designed to maximize teacher experience, development and effectiveness.

TAP is primarily responsible for developing, preparing, managing, delivering, and monitoring teacher professional learning opportunities. This program provides workshops, seminars, master classes, coaching and mentoring, internship experiences, and financial and material resources for teachers. In the future, with accreditation, the goal is to provide certification options for licensure and credits toward a degree. Moreover, the department is proactive by responding to emerging federal, state, and local mandates that impact the delivery of instruction work directly with teachers to model and provide professional learning related to key initiatives and interventions to develop the whole person through academics in arts.

Our Events Calendar

July 29 – August 9, 2024
Seedz Dance Lab & Pneuma Dance Project

Sunday August 4, 2024
CAST PARTY/OPEN HOUSE – 4:00pm

Sunday August 11, 2024
Back 2 School Engagement 1-5:00pm ?

Wednesday August 28, 2024
Brown Sugar Nutcracker Auditions 6:00-9:00
8/28/2024 – Black Non – profit GIVING DAY

Saturday, August 24, 2024
STAFF BRUNCH AND MEETING 12:30-3:30 pm

Thursday, August 29, 2024,
BSN Call Backs 6-9

Saturday, September 7, 2024,
FIRST DAY OF FALL CLASSES

Saturday, September 14, 2024,
BSN rehearsals begin/Ensemble Interviews.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Parent Connections – Information about DDI
(A Virtual Event) 7:00-8:15 pm

Thursday -Sun October 17-20, 2024
DOUBLE GOOD FUNDRAISER #1

Sunday, October 20, 2024
DDI NATION Hang out/PotLuck/Game Night

Mon, Oct 28 – Nov 2, 2024
Good Spirit Week (Fun wear for Class Attendance)

Monday, Nov 25-Nov 30, 2024
GRATEFUL for His Goodness WEEK (FALL BREAK)

Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024
GIVING TUESDAY (Please share)

Saturday, Dec 21, 2024
Last Day of Classes

Sunday, December 22, 2024
BROWN SUGAR NUTCRACKER 6:00pm

Dec 23-Jan 3, 2024
Winter Break

January 4, 2025
CLASSES RESUME!!!

January 17-18,2025
HeArt N’ Motion 2025

January 20, 2025
NO CLASSES – Martin Luther King Day

February 8, 2025
Alvin Ailey (Kennedy Center)

February 17, 2025
NO CLASSES – Presidents Day!

February 23, 2025
Blacktastic – A Review

March 16, 2025
Summer Intensive Auditions – 2025
Rising 4th-rising 9th grade students 1pm-3:00pm

Sunday March 30, 2025
Emerging Artists Showcase / 5:00pm

April 14-April 21, 2025
Spring Rest & Rejuvenate

Sunday, April 6, 2025
THE TOWER AUDITIONS 2:00-6:00pm

Saturday, May 17, 2025
Kaleidoscope Showcase (Community Wide Culmination)

Monday, May 19, 2025
CAST MEETING FOR BIBLE STORIES 2025 – 6:00pm

Saturday , June 28 & 29 2025
Bible Stories.. THE TOWER

Mon, July 28-Aug 8, 2025
Seedz & Pneuma Dance Intensive

Monday, July 29 – Friday, August 9, 2024
Seedz Dance Lab & Pneuma Dance Project Summer Intensives

Sunday August 4, 2024
CAST PARTY/OPEN HOUSE – 4:00PM

Wednesday August 28, 2024
Brown Sugar Nutcracker Auditions 6:00PM – 9:00PM

Wednesday August 28, 2024
Black Non – profit GIVING DAY

Thursday, August 29, 2024
Brown Sugar Nutcracker Call Backs 6:00PM – 9:00PM

Saturday September 7, 2024
FIRST DAY OF FALL CLASSES

Saturday, September 14, 2024
Brown Sugar Nutcracker Rehearsals Begin AND Repertory Ensemble Interviews

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Parent Meeting – Information About DDI [Virtual] 7:00PM – 8:15PM

Thursday, October 17 – Sunday, October 20, 2024
Double Good Popcorn Fundraiser #1

Sunday, October 20, 2024
DDI Hangout/Potluck/Game Night

Monday, October 28 – Friday, November 2, 2024
Good Spirit Week [Fun wear for Class Attendance]

Monday, November 25 – Friday, November 30, 2024
Fall Break – NO CLASS

Tuesday, December 3, 2024
GIVING TUESDAY Campaign

Saturday, December 21, 2024
Last Day of Fall Semester Classes

Sunday, December 22, 2024
Brown Sugar Nutcracker – 6:00PM

Monday, December 23, 2024 – Friday, January 3, 2025
Winter Break – NO CLASS

Saturday, January 4, 2025
Classes Resume

Friday, January 17 – Saturday, January 18, 2025
HeArt N’ Motion

Monday, January 20, 2025
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – NO CLASS

Saturday, February 8, 2025
Studio Field Trip – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

Monday, February 17, 2025
President’s Day – NO CLASS

Sunday, February 23, 2025
Blacktastic – A Review [Black History Program]

Sunday, March 16, 2025
Summer Intensive Auditions: 1:00PM – 3:00PM

Sunday, March 30, 2025
Emerging Artist Showcase – 5:00PM

Sunday, April 6, 2025
Auditions: “Bible Stories…The Tower of Babel” – 2:00PM – 6:00PM

Monday, April 14 – Monday, April 21, 2025
Spring Break – NO CLASS

Saturday, May 17, 2025
Kaleidoscope 2025 [Community Wide Program Culmination]

Monday, May 19, 2025
June Production Cast Meeting – 6:00PM

Saturday, June 28 – Sunday, June 29, 2025
“Bible Stories…The Tower of Babel”

Monday, July 28 – Friday, August 8, 2025
Summer Intensive: Seedz Dance Lab & Pneuma Dance Project

Monday, July 29 – Friday, August 9, 2025
Seedz Dance Lab & Pneuma Dance Project Summer Intensives