10HL Partners with Elizabeth Public Schools on Dance to Learn

10 Hairy Legs will provide the Dance to Learn program to all second grade students at the Jerome Dunn Academy #9 in Elizabeth, NJ. The Creative Movement Residency includes 11 consecutive weekly classes during the school day taught to 100 students by 10 Hairy Legs Teaching Artists Shawn Brush and Danielle Mondi. Both are graduates of Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, earning BFA's in Dance, as well as current performing artists. The professional company will perform at the school on Wednesday, December 13 at 9:30 am with students in the program participating. The performance is free and open to the community.

10 Hairy Legs Executive Director Elizabeth Shaff Sobo noted, "We are pleased to return to Elizabeth Public Schools to provide Dance to Learn to all 2nd grade students at Jerome Dunn Academy #9. We greatly applaud that they embrace the value of creative learning through dance as an important component of their students' academic growth." Dennis Argul, Supervisor of Music for the district stated, "The Elizabeth Public Schools are thrilled to have the Dance to Learn program as partners once again this year! Our experiences with the partnership last year at William F. Halloran School #22 was so successful that we were able to hire a fulltime dance teacher and now offer dance as a performance art on that campus. The students at Jerome Dunn Academy #9 are eager to begin learning the art of dance and the untapped talents of these students will be a joy to watch come to fruition! I am eager to see the students grow and blossom as dancers and scholars!"