YWCA developing budding artists, hip-hop dancers at STEM camp

YOUNGSTOWN

Hadley Reese, 10, is a budding artist and spent this week honing his skill and learning some new ones at YWCA of Youngstown’s STEAM camps for youths.

“My mom signed me up because she knows I love art,” the Jackson-Milton Elementary School fifth-grader said.

He browsed Thursday through the Women in Art show inside the YWCA building, admiring the work.

“I look at this and I feel I should be doing this,” Hadley said, pointing to one of the works.

Since Monday, 15 students in elementary and middle school grades have been spending their mornings creating art and their afternoons learning hip-hop dance. Those are weeklong science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics camps offered by the YWCA this summer.

While art is what attracted Hadley to the camp, he’s enjoying the hip-hop portion, too.

“We’re dancing to ‘Can’t Stop the Music’ by Justin Timberlake,” Hadley said.

“For some of the moves, it really shows passion,” Hadley said.

Most of the dance is choreographed, but the routine includes a few seconds where the dancers can freestyle.

Read more about the camp in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.