en Avant School
Youth Classes in East Palo Alto
en Avant School invites you to our dance and academic programming!
After-school Enrichment Program (Ages 6-13): en Avant School has a strong commitment to furthering the academic progress of students. Participants will learn from a team with strong education backgrounds. Students will receive a minimum of 5 hours of education assistance, tutoring, and homework help per week in addition to a minimum of 5 hours of dance per week, plus arts, crafts, nutrition and recreation. Our team of teachers are some of the best in the Bay Area and we are so excited to bring these teachers to East Palo Alto! Music training is also part of program.
Young Dancer Program (Ages 18 months-13 years):
Class sizes are limited to 12 dancers for Saffron level and up. Class size is limited to 10 dancers for our Mint level and 8 for our youngest level, Purple. Please look for the different classes and teacher available as we offer ballet, Mexican Folklorico, and Flamenco.
Classes are held at the dance studio at en Avant School — 1841 Bay Rd, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
International Outreach
 International Outreach
Mannakin Theater and Dance is actively engaged in reaching out to new populations both at home and abroad. In July of 2017, Nathan Cottam was invited to Bulgaria in order to lead the dance aspect of a project that provided recreation to children of refugee families from Syria and Afghanistan. This project culminated in a performance of Prokofiev’s classic Peter and the Wolf, for family and camp staff. In April of 2018, Nathan worked with the Bulgarian State Agency for Refugees and Caritas International to initiate a second visit to the refugee camps in Bulgaria, this time opening the adventure to students from the United States.
