Two years ago, we started out as a few co-workers who got together with the idea that our other colleagues would appreciate the opportunity to learn social dance in a non-intimidating environment. We also wanted to provide ourselves and other non-professional dancers with an avenue through which to explore teaching.
It was never was and still is not our intention to disrupt existing models of professional dance instruction. Rather, it has been our aim to compliment such services by providing an entry-point to experiencing social dance. In fact, we hope that our efforts will provide growth within the dance community, which should lead to an increase in business for professional dance instructors.
Over time, our philosophies and understanding of why we dedicate our time and energy to this effort have progressed, fueled by endless conversation amongst ourselves and plenty of positive feedback from those who have taught and learned with us. We came to realize that we didn't want to limit the scope of our impact to just our co-workers and set our sites toward the more ambitious vision of reaching the entire community in which we live, and hopefully some day the entire world!
As such, we started to organize our loose-knit group some months ago, testing organizational structure and developing operational processes. At this point, we feel ready to take the next big step, as we proceed to form an official non-profit organization.
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