Congrats to this dance program for sticking out for so long. The program like any other has strengths and weaknesses, but they've been around for a long time, so they must be doing something right. From the SF Chronicle.
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At City College, you can dance if you want to
Affordable, little-known program celebrates its 70th anniversary
Mary Ellen Hunt, Special to The Chronicle
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Even though members of Gail Barton's Latin dance class at City College of San Francisco are taking their final exams, on this warm, sunny afternoon there is an air of easy conviviality -- the sense that anyone who walks through the studio door will be immediately accepted. But then that's the feeling that pervades all the dance classes at City College.
"So what, I'm not going to be a professional, but I can take class here with amazing teachers who tell us that we're all dancers, no matter who you are," says Suzanne Scott, a graphic artist who regularly takes a modern class with Luana. "Where else could you take 16 weeks of dance for $26? It's the best-kept secret in dance in the Bay Area."
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