Youth & Community Dance Programs

Community Unity through Dance 

Dance
Drum
History
Culture
Health
Mental Health
Community
Relationships

In Partnership with Empire Dance under the Artistic Direction of Adolfo Indacochea.

Pro Latin Dance Assembly Performance

Featuring:

NYC-based Global Champions, Latin Soul Dancers!

45-minute auditorium performances, with drumming, education, history, audience engagement, and bilingual Q&A with the international pro-Latin Dance team.

Pro Latin Dance Artist Residency

LITTLE FEET, BIG BEATS: MAMBO MOVES FOR GROWING MINDS K-5

SALSA BLAZE: PROFESSIONAL MOVES, UNSTOPPABLE ENERGY 6-12

Trusted NYC DOE Vendor since 2017.

Forest Hughes & Associates is a NYC & NYS certified WBE. Our founder, Taryn Hughes, is a former professional dancer whose nonprofit, Youth-Abilitation, delivered trauma-informed dance and movement classes to thousands of youth nationally and internationally.

Bilingual Latin Dance programming for NYC scholars, their families, and communities is delivered in partnership with Empire Dance and the larger NYC Latin Dance community.

Latin Dance Community Engagement Events

DANCE THE BEAT: COMMUNITY UNITY LATIN DANCE EVENT

  • Two performances

  • 30-minute class

  • 45-minute DJ dance event

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Pop Up! programs for all NYC schools and,
Master Class Intensives exclusively for Performing Arts high schools and colleges.

Latin Dance Programming

  • Bilingual performances and lessons with international professional Latin dancers!

  • NYC & NYS Certified WBE

  • NYC DOE Active Vendor

  • Sole Source Provider

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