Classes are Cancelled today

Due to the weather & school closings, there will BE NO CLASSES today or night at CMC.
Today is Tuesday, October 30th 2012

We wish you all a safe and dry Tuesday- see you all soon!
Thank you :) Your friends at CMC

Saturday Morning Art Classes

Saturday morning we had an art class here at CMC!  Ms. Kathy Holland and her students had a fabulous time creating festive halloween themed crafts. Check out these pictures!

DCNEO Dance Marathon

 

Last Friday, October 12th Creative Movement Center
hosted the 2nd annual fundraiser / DANCE MARATHON for Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio!
Participants took master classes in African Jazz with LIVE DRUMS and Bollywood! They also showed their moves in a talent show & took part in the
"Dancing Classrooms Experience!" It was all for a great cause!

Here is the "thank you" email we received
from the founder of DCNortheast Ohio, Miss Jo Jo ...

Dear Creative Movement Center participants & faculty,

You Participated, You Danced, You Made A Difference!
A 24 Hour Dance Marathon is no small under taking and, because of YOU, it was a tremendous success.
We are incredibly grateful to the Fred Astaire Cleveland and Creative Movement Center communities for their generosity and support of Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio. Your efforts were humbling and helped to make our 3rd annual 24 Hour Dance Marathon the biggest success yet. The event (between both locations) earned a net profit of more than $3,740! We can only hope to have the opportunity to organize and grow this event with all of you once again.
An extra special THANK YOU to Andrea and Lisa at Fred Astaire and Hayley at Creative Movement Center. You three generously gave your time, talent, and creativity in support of our cause and we are grateful. We find ourselves overwhelmed with a warm welcome each time we are in the presence of each studio's "family" you have cultivated, it's a pleasure to be a part of it.
Sincerely,
Jo Jo Graham
DCNEO Director & Founder


WAY to go, CMC dancers & families!!!
It's sooo fun to help others through the art of dance!

Thank you again,
Your CMC faculty

Spirit Week

The first week of October was CMC spirit week! Each day had a different theme and everyone expressed their love for dance. 

Our little ones showed their CMC spirit on rock star day!


Thanks to everyone who participated and joined in the fun.  CMC is the place to be!

Michelle Millard Master Classes

On October 6th we had a fun filled day of master classes from the wonderful Michelle Millard.  Michelle is from up-state Michigan and is now choreographing for the Ann Arbor Dance Theatre.  She is a long time friend of Miss Hayley's and it was so nice of her to come teach class for us.  Michelle brought a great energy and taught some amazing combinations.  Her presence here was refreshing and she was as up-beat as possible.  Big thanks to Michelle for her classes here at CMC!

Summer News

This past summer was full of growth, inspiration and many memorable moments.  CMC was always full of students, teachers and artists.

We had multiple camps including princess camp, cheer camp, rock-star camp and teen dance camp.  Students returned to continue learning while new students arrived to be apart of the CMC family.  Every camp had a fun-filled performance at the end of their session.  While our adorable princess campers just followed along, our teen dance campers choreographed their own dances to perform.  With a different master class once a week during the teen dance camp, students learned to embrace new teachers and styles.

We also traveled to Chicago to attend Kate Jablonski's summer intensive, Camp Kate.  There, Halle Ferry took the beginner classes while Emily Gaffga took the advanced session.  The girls danced for three days straight for six hours each day.  There were about twenty-five students in Halle's camp while there were seventy in Emily's.  We met many amazing dancers as well as got the chance to be taught by a internationally known choreographer.  There was a performance after each session where they showed the dances they learned and scholarships were given.  Our Emily Gaffga received a Contemporary Stand-Out Scholarship for $100 off next years camp!  We cannot wait to go back next summer!

In the beginning of August, we traveled to New York City with a group of our teenage dancers! There we took classes at Broadway Dance Center for three days.  Everyone took around nine classes and learned from some of the most famous teachers in New York.  When we weren't dancing we went out to dinner to bond as well as saw a performance from Tracie Stanfield's Company.  On our last day in New York we all took a stroll around Time Square and took dance pictures.  Not only did we have fun doing this, people walking by had fun watching us!

This past weekend we hosted an Open House to benefit a CMC family member.  There was dancing, a DJ, raffles and family fun.  Many people showed up to support this cause and we are very thankful for our students and families.

Overall, this summer has been one to remember.  We cannot wait for our fall season to kick off!

Summer Master Class Series

Creative Movement Center presents... Our 3rd Summer ANNUAL MASTER CLASS SERIES

Every Monday this summer, we have hosted amazing master classes taught by

professional dancers and artists from around Cleveland . 

 Thank you to our talented line up of teachers & to all dancers who have come out to share in their love for dance!  We conclude the 2012 series with two more classes -

Monday, August 13 : Musical Theatre with Katie Nejman

 &

Monday, Aug. 20 : Hip Hop with Nate Smith   6:30-8:00 pm $12 drop in fee

Check out some pics from our

Hip Hop Master class with Kris Terry and our

BBOY class with SWIFT ALI !