The Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation, through its program, everybody dance!, provides quality dance instruction at little or no cost to ethnically diverse, economically disadvantaged children in Los Angeles. The Foundation was established in memory of Gabriella Axelrad, a 13 year old who loved to dance. The Foundation's mission is to help each child it serves nurture self-confidence, acquire self-discipline and create a positive self-image through the arts.

Everybody dance! provides classes in ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop and modern to under-served Los Angeles children. everybody dance! intentionally offers an intensive and demanding program on the theory that children respond best when challenged to do their best. everybody dance! has grown from 35 students and 12 weekly classes to over 900 students and 103 weekly classes. Many dancers attend class two to five times weekly. To enhance their dance education, students regularly attend professional ballet, tap and jazz performances in order to learn first-hand what they are capable of attaining with discipline, determination and hard work.

The Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation was established in December, 1999 by family and friends in memory of Gabriella Axelrad, a 13-year old who loved to dance. It was the hope of Gabri's family and friends that under−served Los Angeles children might receive the same joy and benefits from dance that Gabri had in her short life.

In May, 2000, the Foundation's dance program, everybody dance!, opened its doors in a low−income housing project just west of downtown. The program started with 35 students in 12 weekly classes. Demand for dance classes was so intense, however, that the program was forced to keep adding classes and establishing wait lists. There are now over 900 students enrolled in 103 weekly dance classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip- hop and modern at three state−of−the−art dance studios in the Pico−Union, Rampart and Koreatown communities of Los Angeles.

In 2005, the Foundation opened a dance−themed public elementary charter school - one of the first such schools in the United States. Gabriella Charter School students study dance one hour each day and dance is infused into the standards−based curriculum.

With the help and support of many individuals and organizations, The Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation, through its programs everybody dance! and the Gabriella Charter School, is giving Los Angeles' underserved children a chance to expand their potential and broaden their horizons through the arts. Both school and dance programs strive to instill in our students a love of learning, dance and the arts, while increasing their chances for a productive future.