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Transforming lives through creativity and connection. CityStep has flourished at Harvard University for over 30 years!

CityStep brings together teams of college students and city public school children in a transformative performing arts partnership. Throughout the year, teams of college students travel to public schools to teach yearlong classes designed to build creative self-expression, collaboration, and mutual understanding through dance. Each year culminates in an original production, created and performed b

CityStep Penn 2026 Show: ELEMENTS 05/15/2026

Congratulations to CityStep Penn on Elements, their end-of-year show on April 25! Watch video highlights from the show below. 🥳 Here’s to CityStep Penn’s amazing company for continuing to bring this energy forwards!

CityStep Penn 2026 Show: ELEMENTS This year, our performance invites you into a world shaped by the four elements: earth, water, fire, and air. Each element was brought to life by our classrooms in their own unique way. Through movement, storytelling, and music, our students explored the power, beauty, and meaning of these natural f...

05/06/2026

We’re just 2 DAYS AWAY from the chance to see CityStep UChicago’s company and many incredible city kids in their show this Friday!

If you think you might make it to the show in Chicago, advance tickets are not required, but go and RSVP at the following link so we know you’re coming and can keep you updated on details: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxwF1YKOoiOYVz42kZpLNBWNY0G4qDSvIJApeJYr6iQKSoww/viewform

CITYSTEP UCHICAGO: DREAMS

FRIDAY, MAY 8th @ 6:00 PM
(reception to follow)

St. Thomas the Apostle School
5467 Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60615

Join CityStep UChicago on May 8th for their Spring 2026 Show: Dreams

This year’s CityStep UChicago theme, Dreams, delves into the many shapes dreaming can take: aspirations, hope, imagination, and even nightmares. Through movement, storytelling, and the creativity of their students, the company is so excited to bring these dream worlds to life on stage. Dream big with CityStep UChicago!

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Photos from CityStep.org's post 04/30/2026

📣 THIS WEEKEND: Come see CityStep Harvard and Cambridge kids this Sunday in their end-of-year show!

Join the CityStep Harvard company on May 3rd for their Spring 2026 Show: Roots and Routes! And as an added BONUS: CityStep will perform at Harvard’s ArtsFest this Friday! ALL DETAILS BELOW:

CITYSTEP HARVARD: ROOTS AND ROUTES
Where we come from, Where we are going

SUNDAY, MAY 3rd at 1:00 PM
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
459 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
(a short walk from Memorial Hall)

Advance tickets not required, but RSVP at the following link so we know you’re coming and can keep you updated on details: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxwF1YKOoiOYVz42kZpLNBWNY0G4qDSvIJApeJYr6iQKSoww/viewform

BONUS | ARTSFEST 2026: STEPPIN’ TO IT

FRIDAY, MAY 1st from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Science Center Plaza
1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138

CityStep Harvard will be featured in Harvard ArtsFest’s (Harvard Arts) celebration of public dance! MORE INFO AT: calendar.college.harvard.edu/event/steppin-to-it

04/24/2026

ICYMI: CityStep Penn’s end-of-year show is TOMORROW! If you or any friends are around Philadelphia or would like to see the incredible work that the company members and city kids have been putting together, we hope to see you there. RSVP at the following link and see the details below! 🌟

RSVP at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxwF1YKOoiOYVz42kZpLNBWNY0G4qDSvIJApeJYr6iQKSoww/viewform

Time: Saturday, April 25th at 3pm

Location: Rainey Auditorium in Penn Museum: 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Description: Join CityStep Penn on April 25th for our Spring 2026 Show: ELEMENTS as our CitySteppers from Mitchell Elementary, Southwest Leadership Academy, and B.B Comegys gather on stage to walk you through the fundamental elements that shape who we are—earth, fire, water, and air. Through dance, interpretive movement, skits, and videos, our performers will explore how energy can be grounded like earth, fluid like water, expansive like air, powerful like fire, as well as how all these qualities live within all of us at different moments and how when these elements combine they create something greater than themselves.

Photos from CityStep.org's post 04/22/2026

Come see these upcoming shows featuring hundreds of city kids!
Think you might make it to one of the shows below in Philly, Cambridge or Chicago? Advance tickets not required, but RSVP at the following form so we know you're coming and can keep you updated on details!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxwF1YKOoiOYVz42kZpLNBWNY0G4qDSvIJApeJYr6iQKSoww/viewform

CITYSTEP PENN: ELEMENTS
SATURDAY, APRIL 25th @ 3:00 PM
Penn Museum: 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

CITYSTEP HARVARD: ROOTS AND ROUTES
(Where we are from, Where we are going)
SUNDAY, MAY 3rd @ 1:00 PM
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School: 459 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

CITYSTEP UCHICAGO: DREAMS
FRIDAY, MAY 8TH @ 6:00 PM
St. Thomas the Apostle School: 5467 Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60615

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Photos from CityStep.org's post 04/21/2026

We’re still feeling the joy from the CityStep Gala last weekend in New York City! 🥂🪩 🎉 We mingled and cheered honorees Bill Rauch and Amy Sloane-Pinel at a swanky cocktail party overlooking Manhattan and then hooted and hollered at the Broadway sensation, Cats: The Jellicle Ball. Guests were also thrilled to be able to learn some moves from the show’s co-choreographer Omari Wiles. The show’s co-director Bill Rauch will be the recipient of the Harvard Arts Medal in May.

We remain beyond grateful to all our supporters and friends for backing us so generously as we work to bring the CityStep experience of creativity and connection to more kids in more cities!

See more highlight photos from the CityStep Gala at CityStep.org/gala2026 🎊

03/25/2026

Don't miss the CityStep Gala on Broadway on Sat, April 11th!

03/14/2026

Just four weeks until the CityStep Spring Gala on Saturday, April 11th! Tickets to the Broadways sensation, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, plus a swanky cocktail party overlooking Manhattan, a talkback with the artistic team after the show--and an optional afternoon dance class with the show's choreographer! Proceeds fuel our mission to uplift and unify city kids through dance. Tickets and info at citystep.org/gala2026

CityStep All-Company Teacher Training Retreat 2026 03/04/2026

HEY CITYSTEP! 🌟 Nearly 50 college students from multiple schools gathered in NYC for the CityStep All-Company Teacher-Training Retreat! Two days of workshops, guest artists and fun, culminating in presentations by each company about the themes they plan to explore with their kiddos in their Spring shows. More fun to come soon 👀

Learn more and donate at CityStep.org! 🔗

(With Sabrina Peck CityStep.org CityStep Harvard CityStep Penn The Harlem School of the Arts and more!)

https://vimeo.com/1169390469

CityStep All-Company Teacher Training Retreat 2026 Nearly 50 college students from multiple schools gathered in NYC for the CityStep All-Company Teacher-Training Retreat! Two days of workshops, guest artists and…

CityStep 2025 Year in Review 12/14/2025

Our Year in Review for 2025 is here! Check out the video below: https://vimeo.com/1145459291

It's been a year of growth and expansion: CityStep UChicago, just one year old, has expanded to three local schools; CityStep Brown is in its pilot year; and CityStep companies at other colleges continued to inspire children in Philadelphia, New Haven, New York and Cambridge. We have deepened and expanded our programming, but our resources have not kept pace with the demand.

Won't you help us bring the empowering experience of creative self-expression, collaboration, mentorship and joy to more city kids? Please make a year-end donation to CityStep at citystep.org/donate 🔗👐

(with Sabrina Peck CityStep Harvard CityStep Penn and more!)

CityStep 2025 Year in Review This is "CityStep 2025 Year in Review" by CityStep.org on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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