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Portland Youth Dance’s 8th Annual Exchange, March 2023
Read the Portland Press Heralds article here.

Portland Youth Dance’s 5th Annual Exchange
Read WCSH Article – March 12, 2017
Hundreds of hip hop dance fans turned out to watch dozens of dancers showcase their best hip hop moves Saturday at the Avant Dance Center in Westbrook. The show, called The Exchange, was conceived to bring street and studio hip hop styles into one venue.
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/03/12/hip-hop-for-all/

Portland Youth Dance Paying it Forward
Read WCSH Article or view the video below – March 20, 2015
Students with the Portland Youth Dance Company are required to pay it forward by participating in several outreach programs in the community
http://www.wcsh6.com/story/news/local/207/2015/03/20/portland-youth-dance/25098871/

Dancing their hearts out at Mayo Street Arts – for free
Read Portland Press Herald article – January 19, 2015
Neighborhood kids thrive on the dance floor at the Club Hip Hop weekly class
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/01/19/dancing-their-hearts-out-for-free/

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Two members of the Mayo Street Arts Outreach Dancers, a division of Portland Youth Dance, hold hands while dancing at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration hosted by the Portland chapter of the NAACP.
Two members of the Mayo Street Arts Outreach Dancers, a division of Portland Youth Dance, hold hands while dancing at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration hosted by the Portland chapter of the NAACP.

 

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