Building
Respect Through Dance
About Us
 Adrian Flores
is a professional Ballroom Dancer who retired from competition in 1992. He now
teaches a program called Building Respect Through Dance™.
Building Respect Through Dance™ is
a multi-faceted program that brings ballroom dance to K-12 classrooms, to promote
physical, emotional and social health and well-being; and to encourage and support
healthy, productive relationships defined by respect, cooperation and tolerance
among all people. This program is designed to use the dance art form to practice
respect. The outcome is to show how we can use dance teams to prove that the
language of respect can be fun and very effective.
There are 13 Steps to a great dance team that will produce
fantastic results because it is all about teamwork, being a team player and
the respect we must have for ourselves as well as our team. Once you learn the
language of a great dance team you can create a team effort in everything you
do in your private or professional life.  The issues we are addressing in this
program are obesity, domestic abuse, gangs, raising our children with both a
mother and a father, safe neighborhoods, success in our jobs, success in our
relationships, never feeling alone, respectful dating, boundaries, the patriotic
spirit, a connection to our family, friends and social consciousness. This we
do through dance because it is an artform that requires cooperation between
two people, usually a man and a woman.
We must respect each others gifts as gender
opposites and not be in competition with each other. We must gain the stability
as a country by connecting citizens to their responsible roles with integrity
as friends, family and responsible partners on the same team.
We will start another year of what is now a cross generational "Building
Respect Through Dance" team, ages 8 years to 88 years. Training will begin
after we meet with interested parties at a meeting at the Santa Clara County
Office of Education, 1290 Ridder Park Dr., in San Jose, on Saturday, January
5, at 3pm.
A business can sponsor a child or a senior for this
program or you can sponsor yourself and get double benefit. The program costs
$295 and includes your Tuxedo or Gown, a graduation with a Certificate of Achievement
given to you by the Chief of Police, Rob Davis, Food and Tickets to the Professional
Show "The
Elegant Era" (the show where everyone dances) and a picnic the following
day after the show and lessons with the Stars of the Professional Show.
 For more
information either call Adrian Flores at (925) 766-8136 or send $50 as a deposit
for your commitment to Adrian Flores, checks payable to Building Respect Through
Dance, a 501 C-3 non profit organization.
To see the impact we are making with
the training and the enjoyment we are creating with dance, go to www.adrianflorespresents.com |
