Garcia - Sanchez School of Dance - Project1 Sounds from the Heart #37

Garcia- Sanchez School of Dance from Bacolod City, Philippines
On July 5, 1971, Janette Garcia Sanchez opened the Garcia-Sanchez School of Dance. Now in its 50th year, the school is being handled by her 2 daughters, Georgette Sanchez-Vargas and Gianne Sanchez- Sanson. They teach Classical Ballet, contemporary, and street jazz. Pre-covid, we had an average of 140 students. Now, we continue to teach online as face-to-face classes have not yet resumed. We have about 100 students via zoom. It was a challenge bringing in our kids to do the project because we could not film face to face especially with the students who are too young to be vaccinated here in the Philippines. So, we did the filming from our own homes. The advanced students were able to meet for just one time, face-to-face to film, and it was raining like there was a typhoon. How amazing that because of our love for dance, we really made a way for it to happen. The students easily picked up where they left off and felt so awesome to be dancing with each other in one space, after 1 year and 9 months! We learned that, no matter what, dance will find a way. It’s always an honor to be part of something that brings out the best in all of us.
Project1 is a global dance project connecting people from across the world to bring joy, hope, and encouragement and to celebrate together through a difficult time. The project was co-hosted by Heart Global and Jibun Mirai Club.