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NEWARK — Dance teacher Wayne Williams stood at the lip of the Newark Arts High stage, his back to the two dozen black-clad students lined up behind him.
"Where are your hands?" he asked over his shoulder.
"Out" they shouted.
"Chin?" he called.
"Up," they said.
"Stomach?"
"In," they replied, a few giggles disrupting their perfect unison.
Williams and his students were finishing up a modern dance class this morning during the first week of AileyCamp, a national summer arts program being offered in Newark for the first time.
The camp, created by the famed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, gives 100 of the city’s 11- to 14-year-olds the chance to use dance to spark their creativity, build self-esteem and prepare for life.
"We’re giving them confidence, new information, insight into who they are creatively, socially and physically," AileyCamp national director Nasha Thomas-Schmitt said. "Who am I and is this who I want to be?"
Newark is the 10th city for the AileyCamp program, which first launched in Kansas City, Mo., in 1989. Other host cities are Atlanta, Berkeley, Calif., Boston, Chicago, Miami, Bridgeport, Conn., New York City and Kansas City, Kan.
More than 200 students applied for the 100 slots in the Newark program, which is free and presented in collaboration with Newark Public Schools and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. The campers were chosen for their enthusiasm and interest, not their dancing abilities.
Shaeed Greene, 11, is one of 16 boys participating in the six-week program. He said he wanted to have fun this summer.
"I didn’t want to stay home and watch TV," Shaeed said, adding that he wants to be a dancer someday. "I hope my kids can see me on TV."
Alvin Ailey has a relationship with each of the 10 cities that includes performances and community programs. The professional dance company performs at NJPAC each spring, and provides in-school programs for Newark students. The summer camp extends and strengthens these ties, Thomas-Schmitt said.
The campers arrive at Arts High each morning at 8:30 and take ballet, modern, jazz and West African dance classes, and an African drumming class. They also take creative communications, a blend of poetry, writing and visual art, and a class called personal development that focuses on drug prevention, nutrition, conflict resolution, self-esteem and sexual responsibility.
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