ALAS: Language Through the Arts / Idioma Traves de las Artes

Ascential Dance School founded Language Through the Arts as a response to a request from the village of Merida on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua. Our call is to provide English/Spanish language classes to the communities of Altagracia (Volcan Concepcion) and Merida (Volcan Maderas) while using dance, music, art, theater and math as a ‘carrier’ form. September 2016 will begin our fifth tour to the island and we are in the final planning stages to expand our efforts into Moyogalpa, San Ramon and El Gineo villages. ADS has over 100 committed, regular students ages two to sixty four attending one to four classes per week at no cost to the community or the families.