Speaker: Sarah Crowell, Artistic Director of Destiny Arts
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm

This session will introduce you to the programs and philosophy of Destiny Arts Center and include a dynamic blend of dance/theater performances by the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company and some simple community building games that incorporate movement that will be appropriate for folks ages 7-70.

Destiny Arts Center (www.destinyarts.org) is an Oakland-based nonprofit violence prevention and arts education organization that has been serving youth ages 3-24 for over 25 years through after-school, weekend and summer programs in dance, theater, martial arts, self-defense, performance and youth leadership at our Oakland center and in up to 45 East Bay public schools annually. Destiny uses the performing and martial arts as a platform to build peace, create awareness and effect social change. The Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company is a multicultural group of teens working with professional artist to create original performance art. Using hip hop, modern, and aerial dance, theater and martial arts, teens harness emotions and channel them through creative movement and performance.

Sarah Crowell has taught dance, theater and violence prevention to youth and educators for over 25 years. She is currently the artistic director at Destiny Arts Center where she has served in different capacities since 1990, including as the executive director from 2002-2007. She has been the artistic director of the acclaimed teen dance/theater company, the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company, since 1993. She is the recipient of numerous local and national awards, including the Alameda County Arts Leadership award, the Bay Area Dance Week award, and the KQED Women’s History Local Hero award. She was recently inducted into the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame and was a finalist for a Tony Award for excellence in theater education. Sarah has facilitated workshops at numerous national conferences since 2000 locally and nationally.

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