The RDT Heritage Project engages middle school-aged students in exploring and expressing their personal and cultural identities through creative movement. Offered at no cost to schools, the program engages students under the guidance of an RDT Dance Educator in writing, reflection, and collaborative choreography designed to deepen their connection to their own heritage while fostering greater appreciation for the broad backgrounds of their classmates. This process teaches movement and choreographic principles while also building empathy and awareness among classmates, supporting both academic and social-emotional learning. At the conclusion of the project, students transform their written reflections into a movement study that becomes part of an original dance piece performed at a school concert and featured in a showcase at the Rose Wagner or MidValley Arts Center each spring.
RDT would like to acknowledge and thank the following sponsors of the Heritage Project:
