Luna Dance Institute

Luna Dance Institute provides comprehensive professional development in dance for teachers and teaching artists, direct dance instruction to children and parents, and advocacy in support of dance education in California. Through its professional learning programs, the institute trains more than 600 educators each year. Its in-school arts education programs serve more than 4,000 children each year at public schools in the Oakland Unified School District, at no charge to schools. The organization also serves about 400 children and families at its studio in West Berkeley, through free or low-cost programming. This grant to Luna Dance Institute aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Youth strategy, and will support the organization’s adaptation planning and implementation.