- Professionally training any willing, hard-working, inner-city youth in dance, singing, acting, instrumental music, video and sound editing, scene design, graphic arts, and photography
- Teaching older students to act as guides and teacher for younger students at our school
- Developing a strong sense of self-discipline and self-worth in all performers
- Encouraging students to develop individual and team skills, to share talent, to reach out to others, to build community within our program and a bridge to their own communities
- Obtaining professional opportunities, both volunteer and paid, for performers who are ready.
- Boston City Lights’ dance troupe has earned wide acclaim performing at the Inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton, opening for Ray Charles and Gladys Knight at Boston Garden, Boston Music Awards, Quebec Summer Arts Festival, London with Black Mime Theater, EuroDisney, and much, much more.
- Extending programming at City Lights North, a summer dance camp in Farmington, Maine.
- Dancing: Classes seven days a week (Dance, ballet, Chinese classical, krump, hip, hop, modern, Caribbean)
- Singing: Providing professional assistance to talented teenagers aspiring to launch a musical career.
- Acting: Professional training in acting.
- Sound and Film: Access to professional quality training and equipment.
Notable Alumni
- Russell Ferguson, So You Think You Can Dance
- Mali Smith “Pale Green”