The Gordon School to Host Dance Instructor Rodney E. López for Family Dance Day on December 15th
The Gordon School will host accomplished dance instructor Rodney E. López on Saturday, December 15th for a Family Dance Day.
Featured in the hit documentary Mad Hot Ballroom, Rodney is the Executive Director at Dancing Classrooms, which provides children’s ballroom dance classes in public schools in New York and in 22 other cities across its global network. Dancing Classrooms’ mission is to cultivate essential life skills through the practice of social dance. He was also the Director of the Salsa Program at Dance Manhattan, where his classes were named Best in New York by New York Magazine.
Rodney will lead participants of all ages through the basics of Merengue, Tango, and Swing before letting loose on the dance floor to high-energy tunes - the perfect antidote to holiday stress! There is no cost to attend and the event is open to the public as well as Gordon families.
When:
Saturday, December 15, 2018
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Where:
The Gordon School
45 Maxfield Avenue
East Providence, RI, 0214
Register online at www.gordonschool.org/families
About Dancing Classrooms
The Dancing Classrooms mission is to cultivate essential life skills in children through the art of social dance. Its vision is to help create schools and communities where every child is connected, respected, and provided a safe environment in which to thrive.
Through standards-based, in-school residencies, the vocabulary of ballroom dance is used to cultivate the positive feelings that are inherent in every child. The maturity necessary to dance together fosters respect, teamwork, confidence and a sense of joy and accomplishment, and ballroom dance is the medium used to nurture these qualities. For more information, visit www.dancingclassrooms.org/.
About Gordon School
The Gordon School, in East Providence, Rhode Island, was founded in 1910 as the state’s only non-public coeducational school. Since then, the school has evolved into a progressive institution that offers students academic experiences that have applications far beyond the classroom. With a practical hands-on, real-world instructional approach, each student comes to truly appreciate the value of multiple perspectives. Learning takes place among a diverse population of students and teachers who reflect the many cultures within Rhode Island’s community. Educating children from nursery school through eighth grade, Gordon’s goal is to graduate intellectual leaders and joyful learners who understand empathy, and young people who will make a positive impact on the world.
For more information, please visit www.gordonschool.org.
