The Kennedy Center/Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) Community Dance Residency is in its third year. The program introduces classical ballet to students through lecture/demonstrations, workshops, live performances and training experiences. Coordinated by The Kennedy CenterĖs Education Department, the program has three community partners: the Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Washington, DC); the Nannie J. Lee Recreation Center (Alexandria, Virginia) and Suitland High School for the Visual and Performing Arts (District Heights, Maryland). There is an 8-week training opportunity for 130 youth between the ages of 10 and 17 at each community site and an intensive 8-week series of classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced students at The Kennedy Center. Classes are taught by principal dancers from DTH and the DTH School. Prior to the selection process for the training program, the DTH School Ensemble presents a series of lecture/demonstration performances in each community. These performances have reached an audience of approximately 13,500 students and their families since the fall of 1993. The Kennedy Center, in addition, provides study opportunities for students in theater through its Theater Training program and Traveling Young Players and in music, through the National Symphony Orchestra. Students also can attend performances for young people, master classes and special events designed for them.