Dancewave is a dance education organization based in Brooklyn, New York City, with approximately 4000 youth and adult dancers.
[2] In 1995, Dancewave's founder Diane Jacobowitz, began hosting the Kids Cafe Festival.
As the Kids Cafe Festival grew in popularity, a youth dance company was established in 2001.
[7] Dancewave offers year-round dance programming for youth and adults in a wide range of techniques and genres including Creative Movement, Ballet, Modern, Hip Hop, Barre Vida, Broadway Stars, Contemporary Jazz, and Zumba.
The pre-professional Dancewave Company provides opportunities for young dancers, ages 7–18,[8] to work with internationally acclaimed artists such as Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp,[9] Bill T. Jones, Garth Fagan, Mark Morris, Lar Lubovitch, and more.