Celebrating 20 years of empowering and propelling youth through performing arts. Fueled by the passion of our 20-year legacy, we are committed to continuing our work and with your help we can reach farther and deeper, and accelerate the PACE.
For more than 20 years, Performing Arts and Creative Expression Community Development Center (PACE, CDC) has provided hope and opportunity through the arts and education to the youth of West Philadelphia, and other underserved communities. Over the years PACE has collaborated with artists, musicians, dancers and singers from the surrounding community to produce major theater performances, proudly featured at many of the premier performing arts venues of Philadelphia like Freedom Theater, Mandel Theater, Arts Bank, and The Kimmel Center for Performing arts, to name a few. Each year, PACE impacts the lives of hundreds of youth through the education of various art forms such as dance, musical theater and vocal performance.