Arts Ignite is thrilled to bring the “Let’s Dance!” residency program back to The Young Women’s Leadership School of Staten Island for the 2025-2026 school year. For this program, we are seeking Dance Teaching Artists to lead one of five 4-week dance residencies from January-May 2026.
Each residency consists of weekly classes held in Staten Island where an Arts Ignite Teaching Artist will offer 6th-9th grade students the opportunity to engage in arts-rich learning. Classes will welcome a groups of 20 to 30 girls and gender-expansive youth to explore varied dance styles, vocabulary, and choreography over the course of each residency.
Teaching Artists will be responsible for lesson planning and working collaboratively with students and the Arts Ignite team to build a curriculum centered around a specific dance style. Each workshop will also focus on building students’ positive peer relationships as well as the core skills of creativity, confidence, collaboration, and communication.
Note: A background check and agreement to the Arts Ignite child safeguarding policy are required for final job placement.
For questions, please email marie@artsignite.org.
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