AileyCamp Miami Final Performance at Arsht Center

Photography by Rodrigo Gaya on August 7th, 2015 in Culture

1-Alberto & Maria Carvalho, & John Richard1

Alberto & Maria Carvalho, & John Richard

Miami, FL – August 1, 2015 – The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts’ AileyCamp Miami program’s final performance culminated this past weekend. This is a unique free, six-week, full-scholarship summer day camp, which uses dance as a vehicle for developing self-esteem, self-discipline, creative expression and critical thinking skills. Now in its seventh year, AileyCamp Miami is used as the model for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s camps around the country. It is the only AileyCamp program that takes place within the main facility of a performing arts center. Campers take classes, practice and perform on the same stages as world-class dancers, musicians and actors. AileyCamp Miami is also entirely financed and run by the Arsht Center. Each year the 100 at-risk campers are bused to the Arsht Center from communities all over Miami-Dade County– provided breakfast, lunch, backpacks, dance clothing and T-shirts – all at no charge.

2-Alberto & Maria Carvalho, & John Richard