First Draft of the 'Macarena Project' video

Students’ C.R.E.A.T.E. is a nonprofit organization for high school students passionate about creative thinking. From music theory to theater, visual art to video editing, performing arts to production, our goal is to nurture their talent and provide creative learning opportunities to showcase the arts beyond a typical classroom. This includes professional artist collaborations, master classes, and community outreach. This dedicated group of students conceived, organized, and executed a town wide National Dance Day in Easton, CT called “The Macarena Project – Can You Dance To It?” Their premise was that you can dance the Macarena to any music genre, breaking boundaries of age, race, class, gender, and religion—and, just like Students’ C.R.E.A.T.E, it brought these groups together as artists and as people. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CscX2gtGH70

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Pre-register/RSVP with us at our fb page and you will receive a free t-shirt! If you are interested in volunteering or dancing, please let us know along with your t-shirt size! Get ready to dance!

Making the Macarena even MORE AWESOME

On Sunday, our directors hit New York City to visit the premier dance school, Steps, to add some new moves to the Macarena. Choreographer, Caitlin Gray, helped us make the Macarena even cooler! Yes we made added some snazziness to the Macarena. Here are some pictures to prove it:

Our Flyer

Save the date!

Saturday, July 30

In conjunction with National Dance Day

Students’ C.R.E.A.T.E. invites you to:

Can you dance to it?

“The Macarena Project”

ECC Gazebo 1-4:00 pm

Come help us show the nation Easton can dance!

Food and refreshments by Easton Village Store

Event will be taped and submitted to the National dance day “so you think you can dance” website

Students’ C.R.E.A.T.E. (Coalition for the Reinforcing of Enrichment for Adolescents through Exploration) is a group of present and past ECDS high school students dedicated to the creative arts.

For more information:

http://studentscreate.blogspot.com/                                                      www.dance4yourlife.org

 https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241987012486611                  

National Dance Day 2011-Easton, CT

What:

National Dance Day, a grassroots initiative that encourages the nation, young and old, to move! , families, organizations, and communities from across the nation come together through their creative expression in dance.

Easton Country Day School is organizing a town wide effort to participate in National Dance Day. Specifically,  Students’ CREATE (Coalition for the Reinforcing Enrichment of Adolescents Through Expression), a group of creative high school age students, wants to celebrate National Dance Day by showing what a small creative force can make happen. We invite you to come join “The  Macarena Project – Can You Dance to it?” with us and to test our theory; you can dance the Macarena to any song! We will be submitting a tape of the two wide performance to the National Dance Day website.

When:

            Saturday, July 30^th from 1pm-3: 30pm

            *Our Macarena dance (that will be filmed) will occur at 2pm

Where:

            Easton Community Center

Why:

            National Dance Day continues to generate the national awareness for dance and the arts. And it has proven it’s value in bringing individuals of all ages together through a positive force that has no boundaries and cultivates imagination and passion. 

Students CREATE (Coalition for Reinforcing Enrichment of Adolescents Through Expression)