Space For Students To Grow Creatively

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Free dance classes for all students with some of the best dance teachers around!

Deo Mwano works with students who attend Bring It! at Hillside Middle School, one of many opportunities for after-school enrichment, which include dance, soccer, homework help and mentorship.
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Our dance program is inclusive. We teach different styles of hip-hop and give students the opportunity to introduce dances from their culture. Our dance teachers integrate music and dances from various cultures represented at BRINGIT! in order to empower students to see themselves in the choreography. We use movement and dance to encourage our students to express themselves and overcome some of their negative self esteem.

PARTNERING WITH REFUGEE COMMUNITIES Participating in Bringing Refuges, Immigrants, and Neighbors Gently Into Tomorrow (B.R.I.N.G.I.T.) has allowed Deo to work with teens from all over the world, including Nepal, Iraq, Liberia, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Dominican Republic, Burundi, Haiti, Bosnia and Vietnam. B.R.I.N.G.I.T.

Every semester we host a performing arts showcase for the students to share their talents with peers, family members and teachers.

The showcase happens in December before the holiday break and in the end of May before the summer break. Students are recruited through out the each semester to sign up for the showcase. Once the students are identified, they rehearse with our dance teacher for a few weeks before the talent show. We welcome all types of talent to be showcased. In the past we have had singers, dancers, violinists, guitar players, flutists, rappers, soccer jogglers, you name it, we have had it. It is an awesome opportunity to celebrate our students and give them a chance to share their talents with those who may not see them in this type of environment.

BRING IT!!! is more than an afterschool program, it is a life changing program. Housed at Hillside Middle School in Manchester, this initiative is a partnership of more than 10 nonprofit and education entities, reaching over 350 students from throughout Manchester.