5th Grade Ballroom Program Information
The 5th Grade Ballroom Program has been offered in Baltimore County Public Schools for fifteen years. This one-week program is taught by professional dancers/teachers of ballroom dance. The program not only teaches students about the dance forms, their origins, and provides practical experience in social/partner dance, but emphasizes dance etiquette and decorum, both valuable character education components.
The Office of Performing Arts coordinates the ballroom program and schedules schools as part of the Rhythms and Dance Unit for Physical Education.
A typical week provides the following ballroom lesson progressions:
Day 1 – Merengue
Day 2 – Tango
Day 3 – Swing
Day 4 – Cha-Cha
Day 5 – Family invitation and dress up performance
The cost of the program is $600 and payable directly to the instructor. Interested schools are asked to fund the program in-house. Schools that are interested will need to look for funding sources, either in-house or through community resources such as PTA, 5th grade parent boosters, operating budgets, etc.
If you are interested in bringing the ballroom program to your school for 2022-23 school year, contact Darryl Pilate, Dance and Theatre Resource Teacher, Office of Performing Arts, [email protected].
The interest form can be accessed by clicking here.
