Testimonials

What Teachers Say

What Teachers Say
What Students Say

“Whenever I have a day when I need a sub to come in who’s not necessarily a dance teacher they just have to behavior manage the room, hit the play button, and the kids have a blast for the next 40 minutes. Thank you so much Ella for your lessons!”

Julie Haggerty
High School Dance Educator

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“Excited to be using @crelata Salsa dance lessons in my class this unit!”

Lynette
Elementary School Dance Educator

Instagram post showing kids dancing with a Crelata video in a classroom

“My kids love @crelata”

Natalie Swan
Elementary School Dance Educator

“I’ve been using your lessons for my kids, especially for my 5th graders. They specifically love the Salsa series that you did because there is a very big Spanish population at my school. Thank you for everything you do Ella. I really appreciate it. You’ve been really helpful so keep doing what you’re doing.”

Ashlee Rapoza
5th-12th Grade Dance Educator

Elementary school kids dancing with a Crelata Salsa video in a classroom

“As a certified K-12 dance educator, I highly recommend Crelata. In one Salsa lesson I was impressed how many of my students were excited about a new style of dance and trying it! They were engaged and challenged, but guided step by step so they were successful in learning the movements.

Natalie Swan
Elementary School Dance Educator

“I tried this program with some of my most difficult classes (from lack of engagement to behavioral issues) and I was amazed to see how engaged they were! Even my gifted and talented students enjoyed this class. As a teacher I loved having a resource that could accurately teach a dance style I was unfamiliar with and my students got to see me be vulnerable and try something new with them. Overall it was the most engaged with dance my students have ever been. They didn’t complain and they were exhausted! I can’t wait to try out more of their programming.”

Bianca Megaro
K–8 Dance Educator

Middle school kids dancing with a Crelata video in a classroom

High school kids laughing and dancing in a classroom

“As a school we celebrate Hispanic Heritage month and having access to Crelata’s classes was great for our beginner and intermediate dance students. They all had a blast learning the steps and doing the different combinations. Since we are a boarding school, we have so many diverse students from all over the world. Thank you again!

Katie Valbeck
High School Dance Educator

“I have been using Crelata videos in my dance classroom, especially to meet the needs of students with special educational needs. Your nursery rhyme and seated BrainDance exercises have been tremendously helpful, and have allowed my students and I to warm up our bodies appropriately and prepare for amazing dance classes!
I admire the work you are doing at Crelata so much, especially your mission to truly make dance education accessible.”

Sophie Schilling
Dance Educator

Title screen from Crelata's "Nursery Rhyme BrainDance" video class

Title screen from Crelata's Lala video dance class

“I am SO impressed! You have thought of everything – built in formative assessments, opportunities to perform for each other and provide feedback, and real world connections with dancing creatively using the steps learned. What an awesome lesson! The class really loved this!

Gina Spears
Elementary School Dance Educator

“Crelata created a fun and exciting opportunity for our students to explore a new style! The video was very engaging and our students were up and moving for the majority of the video. Our ELL students were able to follow along and participate with ease. I loved how on the screen “this is your right side” and “this is your left side” text popped up to make sure students were clear on what side they were supposed to use. Fabulous program!”

Kaylin Carlucci
Middle School Dance Educator

Title screen from Crelata's Yembela video dance class

Title screen from Crelata's "Elements of Dance: Shapes" video lesson

“Crelata is made by a dance educator in the field for educators and students. The lessons are engaging, easily leveled, rich in content, appropriate, interactive, and could easily enrich a dance or physical education dance unit. I love the diversity in the content and presenters.”

Anna Haney
Dance Education Professor

“Crelata is a much needed resource for educators who want to bring dance into the classroom in an authentic way. As a dance educator in a K-12th grade school it was useful and convenient to use as a way to introduce a new style of dance into my classes. The videos kept my students engaged and as a teacher they were easy to pause to elaborate or go over a particular step with ease. I’m so excited to utilize more videos for the coming school year!”

Dina Gray
K–12 Dance Educator

Title screen from Crelata's "Beginning BrainDance" video lesson

Title screen from Crelata's "Popping Series"

“Excellent, educational, and professional dance education videos that will support and enrich any dance curriculum. Crelata can also help to introduce quality dance education to curious students and interested schools.”

Dina Denis
High School Dance Educator

“Great Salsa Lesson! Highly Recommended.
Hola Crelata :) Just a quick note to thank you for an amazing Salsa Lesson. All my students enjoyed it and learned some moves for the Homecoming Dance, tomorrow.”

Sonia Delgado
High School Spanish Teacher

Title screen from Crelata's "Salsa Series"

Two small children clapping in their living room

“It was engaging and very interactive. The steps were easy to follow.”

Dad
of two elementary schoolers

Elementary Schoolers (with boundless energy)

“The directions were very clear. They practiced the moves with you step-by-step so it was easy to understand.”

> Lena, 4th Grader

“I liked that it was hard because it let me learn. When stuff is too easy I can’t really learn.”

> Obi, 3rd Grader

“I had fun because it has always been my dream to do Salsa.”

> Eva, 2nd Grader

“I LOVE IT!”

> Eloise, 3rd Grader

“It was perfect. Period.”

> Maya, 3rd Grader

“It was my first time doing this and I loved it! It was challenging and I love challenges!”

> Anna, 2nd Grader

“My favorite part was the suzy Q because I felt very free.”

> Doris, 3rd Grader

“I would like to know if that is ALL the moves in Salsa. If not, can I learn more? If yes, THANKS!”

> Chidera, 3rd Grader

“Sometimes dancing makes me uncomfortable but I liked clapping to the rhythm because it was like learning an instrument.”

> Jackson, 5th Grader

“I was able to follow along very well because they taught it step by step.”

> Jara, 4th Grader

“I had fun because I got compliments.”

> Jaiah, 2nd Grader

“It was entertaining to watch them dance and then I danced. They did all the steps slowly and explained them. Transitions and steps weren’t too easy or too hard. It was just right.”

> Franklin, 5th Grader

“It was helpful when we assessed ourselves.”

> Amelia, 3rd Grader

“It was helpful when the video showed the moves on the top of the screen.”

> Carter, 3rd Grader

“I had fun because I got to learn new moves. My favorite part was the suzy Q because I felt very free. I was able to follow along with all the parts of the lesson because it was very clear. The difficulty level was just right because it felt like I could really follow.”

> Doris, 3rd Grader

Middle Schoolers (the toughest age group to please)

“It was so fun to learn. I loved the music and I loved everything! Don’t change a thing. The instructions and explanations were clear and simple. The lesson was hard but not so hard that I couldn’t have fun and understand. It was very instructional.”

> Nina, 7th Grader

“It was fun to learn a new style of dance. There was time to learn each step before adding to the full dance. I learned how to coordinate my feet for each step. It was easy to learn and enjoyable at the same time.”

> Cynthia, 7th Grader

“I had fun because I was able to dance with my besties and the music was nice. It was fun clapping and watching others perform.”

> Kandice, 6th Grader

“It was fun and easy to follow along to. It was more fun with classmates! The instructor made it very easy to follow along and explained it well. My favorite part was when we practiced multiple steps together because it was nice to try them together.”

> Anika, 7th Grader

“It was a fun dance and we did it as a group. It was explained and demonstrated well. I was able to hear what to do and see if I was correct.”

> Gulshan, 7th Grader

“I would recommend this to a friend because I don’t like dancing and this was really fun to do and learn. The steps were very well explained.”

> Elisa, 7th Grader

“My favorite part was dancing along to the music after learning something new because I was able to express myself in a new way when hearing the music. It was also fun to learn another person’s culture.”

> Elina, 6th Grader

“The steps were simple but they got hard when we put them together. My favorite part was the hip movement because it was fun and I felt like a real dancer. I loved the video! I learned how simple it can be to learn and have fun.”

> Avery, 6th Grader

“I would recommend this to anyone that wants to learn a cultural dance. It’s important to learn about and be exposed to other cultures. It has a perfect explanation and summary about the dance and background. The steps were also well explained and taught. At first I struggled a bit but later on in the video I was able to move at the same beat, tempo, and timing! I had heard of Salsa before and now I know how to dance it!”

> Samia, 7th Grader

“I had fun because people weren’t judging. I messed up a bit but then I got back on track.”

> Naveli, 6th Grader

“I enjoyed the different movements like turning and alternating steps. I really enjoyed the different techniques.”

> Nushrat, 7th Grader

“This video is a good way to learn dance for people who are introverts. I’m not a fan of dancing but it was a good experience. It wasn’t too hard but it wasn’t easy.”

> Wyatt, 7th Grader

“I would like to thank you for making this video. I wouldn’t improve it in any way. It was easy and fun to learn. They explained it well. It was unique and I learned how to do this dance correctly.”

> Yasmin, 7th Grader

“Dance is not super fun for me but my favorite part was the freestyle mix and match because I liked picking out the dances that I liked.”

> Zach, 7th Grader

“I don’t enjoy dancing but it was good. The teacher made it easy and the basic step made me look cool.”

> Momen, 7th Grader

“This was a very entertaining and fun way to learn. There was a good amount of time to both practice and learn. My favorite part was the dance party at the end because I could express myself. Keep doing what you are doing!”

> Leslie, 7th Grader

“I love the inclusiveness of the viewer in moving. I love to dance. I’ve danced before. The video taught me new steps that I could do. My favorite part was when we traveled (at the start) because I clapped alllllllll over the place! It was so fun and engaging!”

> Marcos, 7th Grader

“I learned a lot of useful steps. I’ve always seen my relatives doing Salsa, and now I know how. My favorite part was at the end when we did all four steps because it really tested our skills and it was fun when we did it fast. Everything became easier the more that we practiced.”

> Isabelle, 7th Grader

“As much as I’m not the best at dance, this was really easy to follow along. It was really interactive. Learning all the moves was really engaging, especially incorporating everything into one. I think you should continue making these because it was really engaging and it could reach a lot of people.”

> Sajid, 7th Grader

“I really liked how the instructor took things slow and that really helped me learn. I’ve never learned this dance style before. My favorite part was doing the movements with music because we got to put all we learned together.”

> Tanisha, 7th Grader

“It was fun to follow along to the steps, especially with my classmates. The video made it really easy to follow. My favorite part was when we put all the steps together because it was fun!”

> Nabonita, 7th Grader

High Schoolers (chasing freedom)

“I loved it. I was having so much fun. It was very inclusive of all levels and it was a good pace.”

> Safwat, 12th grader

“The teacher was really good. He went through and explained the steps very well. The breakdowns were extremely helpful for kids that don’t have a background in dance that want to start.”

> Ava, 12th grader

“I really liked it. The run downs and explanations were really cool and so was the history of the dance because if you don’t know what you’re dancing about or where it comes from you won’t get into it as much.”

> Javier, 11th grader

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