Joy of Motion Dance Center Youth

Joy of Motion is funded in part by the
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities,
an agency supported in part by the National
Endowment for the Arts.

Children who dance reap benefits that enrich all facets of their life and enhance their personal growth and development. Joy of Motion Dance Center provides a wide variety of classes throughout the year for young dancers from early childhood through 12th grade. Our Youth Program includes:

Dance Classes – inspirational, fun, and challenging classes for students in the 1^st – 12^th grade offered weekly from beginning to advanced levels in ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, tap, belly dance, ballroom, salsa, and beyond

KidMotion - dance classes specially designed for the pre-school aged student

Youth Dance Ensemble – award winning, pre-collegiate performing company and preparatory program

Youth Dance Companies – performing companies for young dancers wishing to practice performance skills in a particular dance style and perform throughout the community

Performance Dance Camps/Dance Intensives – summer programs for youth offering unique performance opportunities and intensive study in a particular style of dance

Youth dance classes and programs are by enrollment only and are designed to be age-appropriate in style of dance and material covered. For early childhood dance (13 months through kindergarten), placement is determined by age as of the first day of each semester. For 1st – 12th grades, placement is determined by grade as of the first day of our fall semester.

Youth Dance Ensemble Open House
Sunday, February 21, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
JOMDC Friendship Heights
Joy of Motion Dance Center's award-winning Youth Dance Ensemble invites you to their annual Open House. All five levels of the Youth Dance Ensemble will be presenting demonstrations that illustrate their classwork. This is a wonderful opportunity to see the training that goes into making this high quality program. Youth Dance Ensemble faculty will be on hand to answer questions and to talk about the work that they do with each level.

This event is free and open to the public! All ages welcome!

Joy of Motion Dance Center's Youth Dance Ensemble...the place where life lessons through dance are taught and where magic is created.

Audition: Youth Dance Project
Sunday, March 14, 5:00 p.m.

JOMDC Bethesda

Performance Date: Saturday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m. at The Jack Guidone Theater.
Register

Eligibility: All choreographers and performers must be between the age of 10-18. One work per choreographer. Any style of dance, not exceeding 6 minutes. Music may not contain any explicit words. Costumes and choreography must be age appropriate.

To Apply:

1. Complete the submission form. Register.

2. Attend the live audition, Sunday, March 14. Registration for audition is required.

3. Attach a brief description of your piece, together with an artistic resume of past performances, if available.

4. Include one high resolution still photograph, with photo credit to be used for publicity purposes, if selected.

For more information contact production@joyofmotion.org.