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Citystep is also successful in breaking down the stereotypes that males may have about dancing, she says. "Dancing is cool and expressing yourself through movement is cool and that comes through to the boys as much as the girls," says Roth. "It's extremely successful in getting guys to loosen...
...Youth supervisors were key to the function of the Saturday program," says Roth, who did the additional choreography needed for the Saturday program. The approximately 20 youth supervisors pick students up at their homes on Saturday afternoon and take them to either the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) or the Currier House Dance Studio for rehearsal and return them to their homes following the practice...
...Saturday program is particularly good for the show because it brings experienced dancers back to the show, organizers say. The veteran Citystep children show much improvement from their first year to their second, says Roth...
...Their basic level of co-ordination is different. The kids who went through Citystep as fifth graders pick up steps quicker. They're used to thinking in counts. They are used to thinking in terms of right or left or up and down," Roth says. "I can teach a step in half the time that people in school programs do," she adds...
Having experienced dancers has proved so beneficial to the program that organizers this year founded the Step Ensemble, for third year veterans of Citystep. "The Step Ensemble is an incredibly talented group if kids," Roth says. Their training includes an intensive dance workshop in addition to working on the steps for the show, Roth says...