Dance To Be Free
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Dance To Be Free’s mission is to radically improve the lives of incarcerated women through the healing power of cathartic dance. We launched our program at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility in 2015 and have since expanded to 17 prisons across the US. We offer live classes, DVDs of our filmed classes and a teacher training program. The regularity of the DVD program is critical in creating la
06/12/2026
Dallas from The Beacon down in Canon City read this rap/poem with so many nerves. The men were so supportive of him and he did such an amazing job!
“Hanging with the fellas at DOC
Dancing to the rhythm and stompin to the beat
Feelin real real good and light on my feet
Understandably it might not make a lot of sense
But at the end of the day, we gotta learn basics
Like the fundamentals, yeah I’m talkin about the elementals
We got fire, water, metal, earth
Ironically, it feels so damn good to dance till it hurts
We got hip hop and a little rock
No, I won’t stop. I’m going to dance till I drop.
Yeah, I’m breaking a sweat leave if you want
I ain’t done yet blood pumpin through my veins
Like I’m on the run. I’m not insane. I’m just havin fun
I came to get loose and dance to be free
At the very least I wanna thank you Maria and Lucy”💛
We are mostly supported by individual donors. If you want to support our mission while dancing, please consider signing up for our subscription site.
Our subscription site has a ton of material from over 10 years including choreography from our prisons and Soulpower Dance/Misa Terral and Chantal Pierrat. FREE 7 day trial! Link 🔗 in bio💛
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06/08/2026
Dallas from The Beacon down in Canon City read this rap/poem with so many nerves. The men were so supportive of him and he did such an amazing job!
“Hanging with the fellas at DOC
Dancing to the rhythm and stompin to the beat
Feelin real real good and light on my feet
Understandably it might not make a lot of sense
But at the end of the day, we gotta learn basics
Like the fundamentals, yeah I’m talkin about the elementals
We got fire, water, metal, earth
Ironically, it feels so damn good to dance till it hurts
We got hip hop and a little rock
No, I won’t stop. I’m going to dance till I drop.
Yeah, I’m breaking a sweat leave if you want
I ain’t done yet blood pumpin through my veins
Like I’m on the run. I’m not insane. I’m just havin fun
I came to get loose and dance to be free
At the very least I wanna thank you Maria and Lucy”💛
We are mostly supported by individual donors. If you want to support our mission while dancing, please consider signing up for our subscription site.
Our subscription site has a ton of material from over 10 years including choreography from our prisons and Soulpower Dance/Misa Terral - FREE 7 day trial!
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socialjustice dance
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05/30/2026
Our 🎓 graduates from The Beacon in Canon City. Such a sweet group who were completely into the choreography they created together💛 Wonderful to have with us💛
05/06/2026
So sorry friends we are canceling Wednesday May 6th at 10a at the Avalon💛 Hope to see you Saturday!
05/03/2026
Our DTBF grads from La Vista correctional facility co-taught here in Boulder and are now on our subscription site! Free seven day trial 💛 When you dance, you support our mission! With Bekah, Claudia & Alys
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