RENOVATE IS A HOUSE PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED IN RESPONSE TO A NEED. THE PANDEMIC HAD BROUGHT INCREASED INTEREST TO THE DANCE BUT THE NEW TREND OF ONLINE LEARNING MADE FOR DISRUPTIVE IN PERSON EXPERIENCES. STUDENTS KNEW MOVES BUT NOT CONTEXT. STUDENTS UNDERSTOOD FORM BUT NOT FUNCTION.

SO TOJI STARTED THE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO MAKE HIS OWN CLUB EXPERIENCE MORE ENJOYABLE BY EDUCATING THE NEW STUDENTS TO THE SCENE ON CULTURE, AND PRACTICES. HE SOON RECRUITED HIS LONG TIME FRIEND JESS SMITH AND THE TWO OF THEM EXPANDED ON THE ORIGINAL INTENTION. AS THEY GREW THEY SAW A NEED TO MEET THE DESIRE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SCAFFOLDED INSTRUCTION, GENTLE ASSURANCE AND COMMUNITY. THIS CULMINATED WITH THE FLAGSHIP TRAVEL STUDY PROGRAM, WHICH TOOK A GROUP OF 15+ STUDENTS TO A NEW COMMUNITY TO BUILD, LEARN, AND GROW WITH.

AS OF NOW THE TRAVEL STUDY HAS CONSISTED OF TWO INTERSTATE TRAVELS AND ONE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL TO MEXICO CITY. We are currently planning our next trip to summer dance forever for the summer of 2026.