Tanner Dance Program- Arts in Education


Tanner Dance Program- Arts in Education

Tanner Dance has been offering high-quality, nationally recognized arts-in-education programs since the 1960s. These programs are offered to classrooms and teachers at free or heavily discounted prices with support from people like you, as well as through generous grants from the Utah State Board of Education Professional Outreach in Public Schools (POPS), Salt Lake County Zoo Arts and Parks, and other arts organizations.

The Side-by-Side (SBS) Artist Residency Program offers weekly dance classes for students in Utah elementary schools. Our teaching artists and musicians are placed in elementary school classrooms to integrate state and national standards in dance with classroom subjects including math, language arts, social studies, and science. The program currently provides weekly dance classes and master classes to more than 7,700 students in Utah elementary schools, 50 percent of whom attend Title I or borderline schools.

Teachers gain resources to continue integrated-arts learning through the Professional Development Program, which offers a variety of training and mentoring opportunities to help educators develop new ways to stimulate learning in the arts and make connections between the various art forms and other curriculum areas.

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We can inspire through art and dance.