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Welcome to the Lincoln Park Dance Company
The Lincoln Park Dance Company (L.P.D.C.) is a non-profit organization and serves to provide the members of the community at large with educational and performance opportunities exploring the arts; focusing on the traditional forms of dance and the performing arts of various cultural dance traditions. The company operates in cooperation with the City of Lincoln Park Parks and Recreation Department. The dance program has been under the direction of Lisa Allai-Stop since 1997.
The Lincoln Park Dance Company provides numerous performance opportunities for the participants including an annual recital, Christmas performance and various other events throughout the year. We encourage the community to invite us to your next event as we are most happy to perform at community events, fairs, hospitals and convalescent homes.
The dance faculty strives to provide various enrichment opportunities to our students along with continuation of our own dance education. This is accomplished through attendance of seminars and professional organization events, continuing classes, attending performances and procuring guest teachers on occasion.
Why Dance? The Benefits of Dance
1. Exercise: One obvious benefit of dance is the exercise component as dance provides a stretching routine and aerobic exercise.
2. Coordination: The mind body connection is established through dance by understanding the movement of our bodies and learning to control our motions.
3. Social and Leadership Skills: Dance is a performing art and by performing, students gain self confidence. This performance experience translates to the classroom by allowing students to also be comfortable in situations such as presenting reports at school. Dance also requires teamwork and synchronization. Dancers learn at a young age to be aware of others in their group and to work together.
4. Math and Reading: There are numerous studies relating the study and performance of dance with improved math and reading skills. Students gain an understanding of shapes and dimensions through formations and movement. Students also learn to recognize patterns in music and dance which translates into their studies of mathematics.
5. Spiritual: Dance provides an emotional and creative outlet for young people to express themselves in a positive manner.
6. Historical and Cultural Knowledge: Dance through L.P.D.C. does not focus only on the dance steps. The historical and cultural aspects of a dance are frequently discussed in class, particularly when studying an ethnic dance form.
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