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¡Exprésate!

Exprésate! is a free, high-quality Spanish Immersion Dance program for students ages 7–15. Open to all, this inclusive program combines dance education with cultural exchange, offering instruction in both English and Spanish. Through movement and language, ¡Exprésate! fosters shared joy, understanding, and connection while supporting Chattanooga’s vibrant and growing multicultural community.

La Paz
809 S Willow Street
423-624-8414

Hixson Community Center
5401 School Drive
423-643-6480

2025 Schedule

La Paz
Tuesdays
Dance Technique Class: 6pm-7pm
TPUP Youth Ensamble, ¡Exprésate! Rehearsal: 
7pm-8pm

Hixson Community Center
Thursdays

1st-5th grade:
5:30pm-6:30pm 
6th-12th grade: 6:30pm-7:30pm

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Ensamble ¡Exprésate!

Participants also have the opportunity to join the ¡Exprésate! Ensamble, The Pop-up Project’s youth performing company—offering young dancers a platform to perform, grow, and represent the spirit of our community through dance.

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Our Teaching Artists

Dedicated. Passionate. Educators.

Lead Teaching Artist Andrea Solis Tankersley and Executive Director Louie Marin-Howard are uniquely positioned to bring Dance to Chattanooga’s Spanish speaking community. Alongside Teaching Artists Kendra Norwood and Tania Cuenca, they can create a sustainable program that shares and incorporates their diverse dance education and training while providing culturally relevant dance history references and highlighting Latinx influences throughout time.

Help Support Our Mission

Consider a tax deductible donation of any amount to help further and develop our mission in the Chattanooga area.

Contact

3214 Brainerd Road
Chattanooga, TN 37411

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The Pop-up Project is an equal opportunity employer and provider of services. We do not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations.

 

We believe that difference makes our organization stronger. Our artists and audiences come from all walks of life and from a variety of backgrounds. The Pop-up Project respects, celebrates, and reflects the diversity that positively contributes to our community.

The Pop-up Project is proud to be sponsored by The footprint Foundation, The Lyndhurst Foundation, The Benwood Foundation, The Bobby Stone Foundation, Arts Build, The Tennessee Arts Commission, Humanaut, The Chattanooga Theatre Centre, Urban Story Ventures, and many other individual donors and clients.

Thank you!

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