Celebrate the Beat (CTB) announces a partnership with CEPIA and La Paz Community School (“La Paz”) to bring arts education to communities in Costa Rica.  Through this partnership, CTB is collaborating with La Paz and CEPIA, the two most prominent non-profit organizations in the Guanacaste area, to create a self-sustaining program that leverages CTB’s method and experience and applies it to a specific Costa Rican cultural context. 

On Thursday, September 12, level five students at Tennyson Knolls Elementary (TKE) performed in front of a packed gym of students and parents. Celebrate the Beat (CTB) hires professional artist and musicians to come together and teach over 3,500 children annually thru choreographed dance.

“Dancing on top of the walls is what Celebrate the Beat emphasizes. Back in 2000, Tracy Straus, a Tony Award-winner and artistic associate at National Dance Institute in New York, was invited to Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to create Celebrate the Beat. Last year, CTB brought its programs to more than 3,500 children in 25 schools throughout Colorado and Mexico.”

CTB’s program in Mexico and its fantastic Lead Teacher, Colleen Macomber, are receiving international attention.

I couldn’t be more proud of our 12 dancers from Eagle County who had the special opportunity to perform at Aspen’s City of Wellbeing Event, Lead with Love, last Friday Oct 27th!

I am not sure if everyone knows this or not, but the original team of CTB was all discovered in the small mountain town of Crested Butte.

Celebrate the Beat at the Vail International Dance Festival.

Our founder, Tracy Straus, reflects on her time in Alaska at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp.

Kris Ashley looks back on the past year as a Celebrate the Beat instructor.

Colleen Macomber, our Mexico Program Director, reflects on the joys of teaching in Nayarit, Mexico.