Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center On January 1, 2006 the dance training school known as the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center , merged with Dancefusion as a new division of the Dancefusion non-profit organization. The Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center has year-round training classes for children and adults and is dedicated to the education and preservation of dance as a performing art; teaching at the highest standards, the many disciplines of dance to students who will make up our next generation of dancers, artists, patron and public; using dance as a bridge to cross cultural, social and economic boundaries.

Ms. Bye and her staff of internationally recognized teachers have designed programs to help students grow as young artists and develop a strong technical foundation while having fun. Students will learn self-discipline, concentration, self-confidence and an appreciation of the arts. Graduates of the school have gone into the dance programs of TISCH School of Arts at New York University , Barnard, Wesleyan, Temple , SUNY Purchase, NY, Vassar, Goucher and University of the Arts. They have also entered programs at Alvin Ailey American Dance Center , The Juilliard School, Paul Taylor Training Program, Arthur Mitchell’s Dance Theatre of Harlem and The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Performing Arts. Admission reflects the high level of training students received from the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center School of Performing Arts. The school also offers numerous opportunities to perform. Upper division is eligible to audition for Dancefusion’s fusion2, a training ground for young dancers, made up of young dancers from the school, who perform throughout Philadelphia . All students, ages 3 and up may participate in the school’s culminating annual performance in June.

December 2007, the School presented over twenty-five students in “Holiday Dances” at the Iron Gate Theater. The school re-staged two dances from the Twelve Day's of Christmas and engaged a Choral group, The Freedom Choir of Philadelphia to sing a medley of Christmas songs. The second part of the concert premièred a new work The Angel of Christmas by the newest member of our faculty, ballet teacher/choreographer Jorge Laico .

Scholarship Program -  a limited number of partial and full scholarships may be awarded to students ages 9 to 18 who qualify and they are selected through an audtion. Scholarships are based on merit and financial need. Applications are available and must be submitted to the office by the deadline. Application to this program does not guarantee an award. The scholarship program is Directed by Assata Hazell  at the Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center,  for more information please contact the office.