Clone of 2024-25 Youth Exchange Registration

Mondays, 4:00-5:30pm
Ages 7-10, Grades 2-5

Youth Exchange / Aftercare at Dance Exchange

Creativity • Collaboration • Care

Youth Exchange is Dance Exchange’s movement and dancemaking program for youth, designed to nurture imagination, confidence, and community. In a supportive, inclusive, and youth-centered environment, young movers explore the foundations of dance, creative expression, and collaborative artmaking. Led by Dance Exchange Lead Artists and trained assistants, Youth Exchange invites students to move, create, reflect, and share in ways that honor their ideas, identities, and growing leadership.

Youth build skills in collaboration, communication, and creativity as they learn to make and perform dances—sometimes weaving in visual art, music, storytelling, or poetry. The session culminates in a joyful community sharing, where families and friends are invited to witness students’ original creations.

What Young Movers Can Expect

Compassionate check-ins that help students notice how they’re feeling and build trusting relationships.
A physical warm-up or game adapted for all bodies and abilities.
Creative exploration through improvisation, where young people make choices, express ideas, and practice attentive listening.
Solo, duet, and group choreography, guided by student imagination.
Opportunities to perform and respond, learning how to share work and offer thoughtful feedback.
Integration of multiple art forms—movement, drawing, poetry, music—based on student interest.
A final performance that celebrates their artistry with family, friends, and community.

Youth Exchange as Aftercare for Local Schools

A seamless, creative, and caring end to the school day

Beginning in 2026, Youth Exchange will also operate as a full aftercare option for students from area schools, including:

Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School
Takoma Park Elementary School
Piney Branch Elementary School
Other neighborhood public, charter, and independent school.

Families may opt for Youth Exchange / Aftercare, a companion program that extends the day with an intentional blend of rest, creativity, and community. This option is designed especially for schools seeking an enriching, movement-based aftercare partnership.

Youth Exchange / Aftercare continues the spirit of Youth Exchange while meeting the practical needs of working families. Students arrive and transition into an afternoon that balances quiet time with creative play, deepened movement exploration, and supportive social connection.

What Youth Exchange / Aftercare Offers:

Time to decompress through reading, journaling, drawing, or quiet reflection.
Guided creative play—movement games, improvisation, mini-choreography prompts, and storytelling.
A nurturing environment for all bodies, abilities, and energy levels.
Connection and collaboration, deepening friendships across schools and ages.
Caring adult leadership from Dance Exchange artists and teaching assistants trained in youth-centered, trauma-informed, and arts-integrated engagement.

This structure ensures that Youth Exchange doesn’t just fill time—it enriches it. Students leave feeling more grounded, connected, expressive, and ready to return the next day with confidence and creativity.

Youth Exchange / Aftercare Tuition (2026):

Pay-It-Forward Rate: $20/class = $380
Standard/True Cost Rate: $18/class = $342
Supported Rate: $16/class = $304
* Special Rate for Breakthrough Montessori School families: $288

Limited scholarships available. If price is a barrier, please indicate this in registration or email registration@danceexchange.org

Class Location:
Dance Exchange, 7117 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912

Dates: January 5, 2026 - June 8, 2026
Class Time: 4:00-5:30pm

Class Dates:

Monday, January 5, 2026
Monday, January 12, 2026
Jan 19 - NO CLASS: MLK Day
Monday, January 26, 2026

Monday, February 2, 2026
Monday, February 9, 2026
Monday, February 16, 2026
Monday, February 23, 2026

Monday, March 2, 2026
Monday, March 9, 2026
Monday, March 16, 2026
Monday, March 23, 2026
March 30 - NO CLASS: MoCo Spring Break

Monday, April 6, 2026
April 13 - NO CLASS: PG / DC Spring Break
Monday, April 20, 2026
Monday, April 27, 2026

Monday, May 4, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026
Monday, May 18, 2026
May 25 - NO CLASS: MEMORIAL DAY
Monday, June 1, 2026
Monday, June 8, 2026

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Special Rate for Breakthrough Montessori familiesThis rate is for families registering from Breakthrough Montessori School.

$288.00 Quantity

Youth Exchange / Aftercare - Pay-It-Forward Rate ($20 per class)This rate helps cover your participation and supports scholarships for others. If you are able to contribute at this level, you help make Youth Exchange / Aftercare more accessible for all.

$380.00 Quantity

Youth Exchange / Aftercare - Standard Rate / True Cost ($18 per class)This reflects the actual cost of running the Youth Exchange / Aftercare. Choosing this rate helps us sustain the full scope of the program.

$342.00 Quantity

Youth Exchange / Aftercare - Supported Rate ($16 per class)This reduced rate is available for those who need it. We invite you to select this option if the standard rate presents a barrier to participation.

$304.00 Quantity

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