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CBS Miami - Teens Find Their

CBS Miami - Teens Find Their "Voice" Through The Power Of The Arts At AileyCamp Miami

The lives of more than a thousand underserved students have been strengthened thanks to Ailey Camp Miami at the Adrienne Arsht Center. The six-week program strives to provide a safe and artistic environment for campers through the arts. “We want them to understand they are powerful young people,” said Jairo Ontiveros with Ailey Camp Miami. That’s what’s instilled in the minds and hearts of the more than 115 students taking part in the free paid scholarship camp offered to all Miami-Dade County public school students.

WCIU - Alvin Ailey Camp: Chicago

WCIU - Alvin Ailey Camp: Chicago

Using the power of movement, the legendary dance company Alvin Ailey is touching lives of at-risk youth through AileyCamp, a six-week summer camp. It gives kids a creative outlet to feel good about themselves. Joining us was director of AileyCamp Chicago, Lizette Rayford and a current student in the program, Kristen Roberts.

AP - Summer Camp Uses Dance To Teach Students Life Skills

AP - Summer Camp Uses Dance To Teach Students Life Skills

Of all the mantras Anai Espinoza and her fellow campers recite each morning at AileyCamp, the eighth grader’s favorite is this: “I am in control.” “It makes me believe I have the power to choose the right thing,” she said. Anai is one of a thousand students in 10 states this summer attending AileyCamp, a free six-week program for youngsters in financial need or with academic, social or family challenges.

The New York Times - The Passionate Humility of Solomon Dumas

The New York Times - The Passionate Humility of Solomon Dumas

A dancer isn’t always born a dancer. Sometimes a mother has to step in. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago with his single working mother, Solomon Dumas was involved in community theater and interested in the arts. But dance wasn’t much of a presence in his life until his mother signed him up for AileyCamp, when he was 12.

CBS Miami - Mentoring Matters: Former AileyCamp Dancer Happily Giving Back To Younger Students

CBS Miami - Mentoring Matters: Former AileyCamp Dancer Happily Giving Back To Younger Students

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Standing on the stage where she first learned how to dance, 17-year old Dymon Smith softly describes her passion for the arts. “I found my heart in dance. It’s been my breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. I can’t imagine my life without it,” she said. Smith is a student at the New World School of the Arts but it was on this stage where she voluntarily spent six weeks of her summer mentoring and training younger dancers at AileyCamp Miami. Just a few years ago, Dymon was an Ailey camper. She was 10-years old when she was introduced to the power of dance.

News 7 Miami - AileyCamp Celebrates 10 Years Of Artistic Expression For Young Dancers

News 7 Miami - AileyCamp Celebrates 10 Years Of Artistic Expression For Young Dancers

Some talented students danced the weekend away in Downtown Miami, as AileyCamp held its 10th summer day camp. For the past decade, the free, six-week event has been welcoming students ages 11 through 14 and has strived to provide them with a fun, safe and artistic environment. AileyCamp Miami uses dance as a vehicle for developing self-esteem, creative expression and imagination.

The Miami Times - Camping With A Quilt

The Miami Times - Camping With A Quilt

The campers came, sewed and stitched to create a quilt to celebrate AileyCamp Miami's 10th Anniversary. The young dancers presented the quilt on July 18 in front of an audience of parents and relatives. AileyCamp Miami is a six-weep, full scholarship program that is funded by the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. During the time, campers work to boost their self-confidence and become fluent in West African, jazz, modern and ballet dance routines.

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