20 Girl Power Songs (for dancers)
March is Women’s History Month, and we’re celebrating amazing women (& girls!) in dance history and pop culture. As we discussed with our 20 Self-Love Songs (for dancers) last month, we believe the world needs strong & inspired girls like us doing more of what we love.
So we’ve decided to continue our #movetolove series, and this month spotlight performances from our dance camps with the Friday Night Show theme, “It’s Great To Be A Girl.” We’ve chosen 20 girl power songs that echo our dance camp mission: to empower girls to move to love.
What exactly do we mean by “move to love”?
MOVE – to pass from one place or position to another.
LOVE – to access the part of our mind that is connected to Spirit; the source of peace, joy, happiness and a whole bunch of other “positive” emotions.
So move to love means to move to a new place (or state of mind) – the state of mind connected to your Spirit (peace, joy, happiness…all that positive stuff).
Girl Power Song #1 – “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyoncé
We’ve danced to “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyoncé more than 10 times at our dance camps nationwide! In this classic girl power anthem, Queen Bey reminds us that it is indeed “great to be a girl.” And at ADTC we’ve chosen “It’s Great to be a Girl” as our Friday Night Show theme more than a dozen times…
But we’ve got a lot we’re up against – just tune into the latest “reality” show, take a stroll down the aisles at a girls’ clothing store (or scroll down your daughter’s Instagram feed) and you’ll see that the messages us girls get about our bodies, sexuality, and about one another are often harmful and degrading.
That’s why we offer a tight-knit all-girl community at our dance camps – At ADTC, we aren’t bombarded by confusing, fear-based messages that tell us to be skinnier, wear makeup, and dress for boys. This space allows girls the chance to reconnect with the authentic “selves” so many of us struggle to hold on to during the school year.
Here’s a montage of some of our dance performances to “Run the World (Girls) by Beyoncé…
Performed at our CA Dance Camp
Performed at our VT Dance Camp
Performed at our CA Dance Camp
Performed at our CA Dance Camp
Performed at our VT Dance Camp
Performed at our NC Dance Camp
Performed at our MD Dance Camp
Performed at our IL Dance Camp
Performed at our NC Dance Camp
Performed at our CO Dance Camp
More About Our Dance Camp Mission
American Dance Training Camps is a company inspired by and created for strong girls. Doing what we love enables us to embody, model & teach our sixteen character values, or “movement manifesto.”
The ADTC Movement Manifesto is one way we promote our values within our dance camp community. It is an ever-evolving collection of bold thoughts that allow for some real conversations to take place at camp and throughout the year.
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