The Wooden Floor

About us

Founded in 1983, The Wooden Floor is one of the foremost creative youth development organizations in the country. We transform the lives of young people in low-income communities through the power of dance and access to higher education. In Orange County and through national licensed partners, we use a long-term approach grounded in exploratory dance education to foster the confidence and gifts within each child to innovate, communicate, and collaborate.  100 percent of students who graduate from The Wooden Floor immediately enroll in higher education, become change agents and beacons of hope within their own families, their community, our world.