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Our
Mission:
"To
bring together people from
all walks of life and to
unify them through the
beauty of dance and health"
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Flava’ Dance Studio was
established in 2002 in San Diego,
California by Marissa Hernandez.
The great amount of overweight children
and youth in America has been a concern
for years. The Flava' Dance Studio
started to travel to preschools,
elementary and middle schools sharing
dance, tumbling and arts while
educating children about fruits and
vegetables.
The youth programs were designed to
build self esteem, creativity, and a
knowledge of fruits and vegetables. At
the beginning of each class we teach
kids about the fruit or vegetable of the
day, from Alex Apple to Curtis The
Carrot, our teachers make it fun and has
increased the amount of fruits and
vegetables our students eat. We know how
important it is to have one fruit or
vegetable a day, so all our students
receive a Flava' calendar for the month
to document intake. On each calendar
there is a goal set for the month of
fruit and vegetable intake. Students are
encouraged to write down each day what
fruit or vegetable they eat. At the end
of the month if they eat the goal amount
of fruit and vegetable intake they will
receive a gift from Dole 5 A Day.
We also get parents involved by sending
out our monthly Flava’ newsletter with
healthily facts, encouragement and fun
recipes for the whole family.
In 2003 Flava’ Dance Studio did a three
month volunteer program called
Flava’ Kids with twenty youths in
the community. These twenty kids were
taught different types of dance such as
African, Modern, Ballet, Hip Hop, Salsa,
etc. After the three month program,
these students performed for an audience
of 200 and the community was impressed
with the confidence and creativity
children were exposed to. At the end of
2003 Flava’ Kids performed at the
neighborhood house association, where
they were awarded for their excellence
of programs.
In 2006 Flava’ Dance Studio has opened
up programs at recreation centers in
Orlando and Kissimmee. We now offer a
wide rage of classes such as Hip Hop,
Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Modern, Stomp, Salsa,
Adult Workout and Tumbling for
Children and Adults. All our classes
are unique and creative and we promise
you will not find dance like this
anywhere.
We continue to build healthy people in
America by bringing together people from
all walks of life and unifying them
through the beauty of dance and health.
That is our promise that we make here at
Flava'..."so, get up and get
dancing!"
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