DanceChance Facts, 2011–2012

• Francia Russell began DanceChance in 1994 with four partner schools in Seattle.
• Currently, DanceChance has 22 partner schools (18 in the Seattle Public Schools and 4 in the Bellevue School District).
• DanceChance screened 1500 third grade students this year.
• 71 third and fourth grade students enrolled in DanceChance this past fall.
• 36% of students speak a language other than English at home, with 12 languages represented.
• 81% of students enrolled are from minority backgrounds.
• 42 DanceChance students are enrolled in Levels 3–Level 8 of the School.
• Scholarships for DanceChance I and II students cost a total of $100,000 for the year.
• Transportation costs for the year will total $40,000.
• Four DanceChance graduates have gone on to professional careers in dance. Eric Hipolito (Pacific Northwest Ballet), Quinn Wharton (San Francisco Ballet), Carlos Cruz (Oregon Ballet Theater) and Alice Cao (Ballet Memphis).
• In the 2010-2011 program, classroom teachers at the partner schools reported 86% improved in their interest in the arts.  78% of teachers also reported that their student's participation in DanceChance positively impacted their peers' attitudes towards dance.
•  Parents of DanceChance students reported that 88% of students improved in self-motivation and 78% of students improved in their positive body-image
• 100% of parents reported that their students had a positive experience in DanceChance.

Enrollment numbers of DanceChance students, 2011–2012