39: AileyCamp — so much more than a dance camp

As a kid, Makayla Bozeman could not stop dancing. She'd go to bed late because she was dancing. She'd wake up in the middle of the night to dance. When she was 13, she applied to AileyCamp — a six-week summer program run by Cal Performances at UC Berkeley where 11- to 14-year-olds from the East Bay learn dance from professional choreographers. She soon realized that AileyCamp was so much more than a dance camp — it was a chance to discover who she was and learn how to navigate her complex social world.Read the story and see photos on UC Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/09/04/podcast-ailey-camp-at-cal-performances/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.