Dance To Be Free

Dance To Be Free Dance To Be Free is changing the lives of incarcerated people through the healing power of dance!

Dance To Be Free’s mission is to radically improve the lives of incarcerated women through the healing power of cathartic dance. We launched our program at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility in 2015 and have since expanded to 17 prisons across the US. We offer live classes, DVDs of our filmed classes and a teacher training program. The regularity of the DVD program is critical in creating la

sting change and will give us access to prisons that are in distant or rural areas. The teacher training program gives our students the opportunity to lead and inspire others while gaining a skill they can use during and after their sentence.

Back to Wednesdays friends! We have a new song from Nebraska’s prison I’ll teach💛 10a at The Avalon - first clas...
04/14/2026

Back to Wednesdays friends! We have a new song from Nebraska’s prison I’ll teach💛 10a at The Avalon - first class free💛

SJ is teaching one more Wednesday tomorrow at 10a! We leave for NE on Thursday to work with a new group of women💛 Chanta...
04/07/2026

SJ is teaching one more Wednesday tomorrow at 10a! We leave for NE on Thursday to work with a new group of women💛 Chantal is guest teaching Saturday April 11th at 11💛

Got to spend some healing time with this beautiful angel Shadow which helped me with this big gap not teaching - so I’m ...
04/03/2026

Got to spend some healing time with this beautiful angel Shadow which helped me with this big gap not teaching - so I’m back for a full class tomorrow at 11 AM in the Tango room at the Avalon💛 First class free! We will be offering a workshop in the Women’s Prison in Nebraska the following weekend on 4/11 when Chantal will be our guest teacher💛

After 3 weeks in NY and our mother’s memorial I’m back to teach along with our fabulous DTBF grads Alys Susskind, Claudi...
03/28/2026

After 3 weeks in NY and our mother’s memorial I’m back to teach along with our fabulous DTBF grads Alys Susskind, Claudia Ibarra & Rebekah Acosta💛

Maria Cooper and I will also be teaching a few songs this morning at 11a at the Avalon in the Tango Room.

This Saturday, a very special dance with DTBF Grads. DANCE TO BE FREE, 11am-noon. 💛Alys is on a deeply personal & profes...
03/25/2026

This Saturday, a very special dance with DTBF Grads.
DANCE TO BE FREE, 11am-noon.
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Alys is on a deeply personal & professional journey toward becoming a psychodrama therapist, currently majoring in social work and attending monthly psychodrama trainings right in her home state of Colorado. She's a proud mom and a happy fiancé who genuinely loves her life nestled in the mountains. Each week she teaches Dance To Be Free, a practice she credits as a true catalyst in her own healing — making her not just an instructor, but a living example of the transformation she helps others find

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Claudia is living out her purpose every day, working with at-risk and justice-involved youth in Aurora & Colorado Springs, where she provides peer support, trauma support, and domestic violence support to both young people and their families. When she's not pouring into her community, she's savoring time with her kids, grandbabies, and her wonderfully supportive partner — building a life centered on the belief that everyone deserves a second chance. She brings that same spirit to her weekly Dance To Be Free recovery support group, showing up week after week for those who need it most.

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Rebekah has a passion for helping people show up as their best selves — whether that's through CrossFit coaching or her work as a Colorado Family & Peer Specialist in the recovery industry. Outside of work, she's focused on building a meaningful life with her partner, soaking up everyday moments, & making memories together. She also dedicates time each week to leading a Dance To Be Free support group for people in recovery, a role that clearly reflects her heart for community and healing.

Dance with SJ this Wednesday at The Avalon. Proceeds benefit Dance To Be Free. 💛 We dance to heal.
03/24/2026

Dance with SJ this Wednesday at The Avalon.
Proceeds benefit Dance To Be Free. 💛 We dance to heal.

Let's dance this Wednesday💛Thank you Maria!
03/16/2026

Let's dance this Wednesday💛
Thank you Maria!

This Saturday, at The Avalon. We dance. We dance in community. 💛
03/11/2026

This Saturday, at The Avalon.
We dance. We dance in community. 💛

Let's dance this Wednesday at The Avalon. 10am. Thank you SJ. 💛
03/10/2026

Let's dance this Wednesday at The Avalon.
10am.
Thank you SJ. 💛

Thank you / for teaching the next 3 weeks/Saturdays! Such a huge support during a difficult time. 11a in The Tango Room...
02/27/2026

Thank you / for teaching the next 3 weeks/Saturdays! Such a huge support during a difficult time. 11a in The Tango Room at the Avalon💛

Been loving the songs!

Look who’s back! Tomorrow at The Avalon Tango Room 11a First class free- & Chantal Pierrat/ will be bringing it! ...
02/20/2026

Look who’s back! Tomorrow at The Avalon Tango Room 11a First class free-
& Chantal Pierrat/ will be bringing it!



We are mostly supported by individual donors. If you want to support our mission while dancing, please consider signing up for our subscription site.

Our subscription site has a ton of material from over 10 years including choreography from our prisons and Soulpower Dance/Misa Terral and Chantal Pierrat. FREE 7 day trial! Link 🔗 in bio💛

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