Kids discover the magic of dance at Orange County elementary schools

At just 9 years old, Ashley Rodriguez already has learned a technique for coping with life’s frustrations and stresses. When her soccer team is losing, for instance, “I like to go somewhere and dance it out,” she said.
Rodriguez, a fourth-grader at Jim Thorpe Fundamental Elementary School in Santa Ana, is among the students who got to dance it out last week during Dance Free Weeks presented by The Wooden Floor, a Santa Ana nonprofit that offers free dance lessons, community ser