'Dancing Classrooms' Sweeps Seth Boyden Off Its Feet

The NJPAC program for fifth graders teaches ballroom dance and social graces.

Merengue. Rumba. Foxtrot. Swing. Polka. Tango. These are not necessarily the dance moves that Maplewood and South Orange parents are anticipating their children will be bringing home, but, for the last three years, Seth Boyden Demonstration School's fifth graders have been doing just that. Seth Boyden has been the beneficiary of NJPAC's Dancing Ballrooms program since the spring of 2011. Dancing Classrooms Director Pierre Dulaine explained during a visit in 2011 that the program is based on respect, compassion and humor. "You have to respect the children at their level," said Dulaine. "What is important is that one does not abuse the power of an adult" when teaching. Anthony Mazzocchi, South Orange-Maplewood School District Director of …

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