DANCING TO CONNECT INSTITUTE, WEEK TWO
Our fantastic teacher trainees Hind Benali and Roman Baca started their practical training on Monday with New York City public school students from Gramercy Arts and Washington Irving High Schools. Battery Dance Company teaching artist Carmen Nicole is serving as DtC mentor. Special thanks to Principals Denise DiCarlo and Bernardo Ascona, and arts teachers Karen Eubanks and Rosemarie Bray and Etary Wagman for facilitating and supporting the program! Special thanks to Con Edison, corporate sponsor of Battery Dance Company’s arts education programs; and to the U.S. Embassy Rabat and The Mission Continues for support of Hind and Roman’s participation in the Dancing to Connect Institute’s pilot program.
