York County Libraries and Positive Energy Arts are partnering to offer youth, ages 7 – 14, two weeks of free dance camp this summer. The program is led by professional dancers from the Philadelphia-based dance troupe Illstyle and Peace Productions. Instructors will teach hip hop steps and choreography during dance camp which will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays from July 12 - 23.
Camp attendees will present a celebration dance at 6:00 p.m. Friday, July 23. Dance camp will be held at the Upper School location of the York Academy Regional Charter School at 2 Hamilton Avenue in York. Interested students must register by Friday, July 9 at yorklibraries.org/events to participate.
Positive Energy Arts delivers quality arts and dance education programming as a catalyst for positive change in communities across Central Pennsylvania. York County Libraries and Positive Energy Arts first started working together in 2016. And as a result of their debut event, Illstyle and Peace Productions had community members outside dancing on North George Street during the Olde York Street Fair. The troupe stayed in town as an artist-in-residence to deliver educational programs throughout the School District of the City of York and to teach the first
SummerQuest dance camp.
SummerQuest features a variety of educational events for youth from birth to 18 over the summer months. Thanks to the generous support of The York Water Company with additional support by WellSpan Health, and The GIANT Company, the SummerQuest program is provided
free of cost to participants.
York County Libraries include 13 libraries that provide the latest in print and electronic information, best sellers, Wi-Fi, story times, book discussions and more. Their librarians are passionate advocates for lifelong learning, providing opportunities and resources for all ages.
Through early childhood literacy programs, they ignite a love of reading and learning in young children and empower parents as their children’s first teachers.
