WHO WE ARE
Our mission is to use the performing arts to inspire, educate, and communicate through joy
2022
Founded in Brooklyn
4,865
Audience members, 2024–25 season
8+
School partners across 3 boroughs
K–12
Grades served
WHAT WE BELIEVE
The arts are limitless in their reach. They nurture creativity, spark self-discovery, and open pathways to personal and collective growth. We are a community of artists, families, and visionaries who believe in the transformative power of creativity to heal and to build.
WHY WE DO THIS
Many people face challenges that pull them out of harmony with their natural rhythm, leaving communities creatively and spiritually depleted.
HOW WE RESPOND
Through a dynamic blend of art forms and proactive, habit-building practices, we create experiences that reawaken energy, restore balance, and strengthen connections, to self, community, and environment. This work makes new realities possible.
Our values
Family
Joy
Community
Creativity
Dance
Spirituality
Culture
Legacy
Our tools
Visual Arts
Meditation
Health
Performances for all ages
Drama
Workshops & Residencies
WHERE WE DO THIS
Four core program areas
Arts Partnerships
Residencies, immersion days, exhibitions, and original productions designed around your school community from a single day to a full year.
The Studio
Pre-professional dance training for ages 3–18 in Ballet, Modern, Tap, African, Hip Hop, and Jazz. Saturdays in Brownsville, September through June.
Annual Productions
Original mainstage theater and in-school presentations that blend dance, music, and storytelling led by Truth Be Told, Black History Is…
Community Activities
Live performance for festivals, celebrations, houses of worship, and civic gatherings bringing music, dance, and joy right to your event.
LEADERSHIP
The people behind the work
Lakai Worrell
Vision Leader
Award-winning choreographer and director whose work has appeared at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Kings Theater, Yale, and Oberlin. Recipient of the Torch Bearer Award for the Advancement of Black Theater.
Shani M. Worrell
Operations Manager
BFA from Towson University, trained at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Two decades as a professional performer, including an original cast run with The Color Purple's first national tour.
“Our children aren't 'bad', broken or beyond hope. Our children deserve the opportunity to flourish in the beautiful possibilities they imagine and create.”
Dionne Grayman
District 17
JOIN US
Whether you're a lifelong artist or stepping into the arts for the first time
Tue–Fri 9am–5pm · Sat 9am–4pm · Brooklyn, New York