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Cooper Levenson Helps Boys & Girls Club Host Ballroom Basix Bash

BALLROOM BASIX BASH: The students at the Atlantic City Boys and Girls Club join with teachers (first row, left to right) Zoe Xandra, Sidney Grant ("Dr. Dance") and Stephanie Shapiro, and with program sponsors (second row, center and right) Donna Vecere and Kenneth Calemmo Jr. of Cooper Levenson, Attorneys at Law.                                               [Photo Credit: Steve Freeman.]

Students at the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City tried some new moves on April 22 at the Ballroom Basix Bash. Sidney Grant, also known as "Dr. Dance," and Ballroom Basix USA dance teachers led the students in the merengue, swing, rhumba, barn dance, and a special pandemic dance created to teach safety during COVID-19. The program was sponsored by Cooper Levenson of Atlantic City, which has worked with Ballroom Basix on other initiatives, including American Heart Association programs. Over a six-week period, the students practiced dances in virtual sessions and learned the history of the featured dances. The bash was the culmination of their studies, and the first time that students and teachers met in person. Ballroom Basix USA, first launched by Grant in Harlem, New York, in 2008, is an arts-in-education program using the fundamentals of ballroom, Latin and line dancing to enhance the educational, social and physical skills of all students served. The program also teaches etiquette, kindness, inclusiveness, and manners.

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