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About Get Up and Move

Get Up and Move Foundation is dedicated to improving the health and happiness of children through entertaining fitness programs. It’s a private foundation, tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3).

Our story

The people behind Get Up and Move are game developers. They’ve been making music and rhythm video games since 2000, and dozens of their dance, music and rhythm games have been released.

In that time, they’ve seen dance games get people moving who never cared for sports: kids lining up for another turn at events, and friends who used the games to lose weight, stay fit and build confidence.

The foundation was set up to bring that to more kids, in PE classes, after-school clubs, gyms and community centers.

Families gather around a dance-game stage at a trade show — Families watch a dance-game demo at a trade show, 2004.

Around the world

Long before there was a program, schools and youth programs found our games. From an after-school program in Spain to a high school in Slovakia, they set up dance pads and a projector and got kids dancing.

We’re building what they had to work out on their own: a ready-to-run classroom program, help getting started, and a way for students to see their progress.

Four feet in colorful socks share one dance pad — Four feet, one pad. After-school program, Spain, 2004.

Kids at an after-school program in Spain dance to a game projected on the wall — After-school program, Spain, 2004

High school students gather around dance pads in a classroom with a projector, in Slovakia — At a high school, Slovakia, 2006

Two people dance side by side at a youth center demo in the Czech Republic — Youth center demo, Czech Republic, 2004

A room full of kids dancing on floor pads at an after-school program in Spain — After-school program, Spain, 2004

Two high school students dance on pads while classmates watch, in Slovakia — At a high school, Slovakia, 2006

Photos submitted by the StepMania community for public display in the stepmania.com events gallery. Faces blurred.

What we’re building

For schools

Dance Games in PE

An eight-week PE unit built around one dance machine and four rotating stations, so every student plays a song on the machine every class.

See the PE program →

In development

Whole Class Mode

One projected screen shows three levels of steps side by side, and every student dances every song on a taped floor grid. No dance machine needed.

See Whole Class Mode →

In development

StepUp

Where students and teachers follow progress: songs, personal bests, levels and badges. The demo shows what students would see.

Open the StepUp demo →

In planning

Exergame!

A drop-in dance-game activity for gyms, YMCAs, rec centers and after-school programs.

Tell us about your space →

The machine we recommend

Our former colleagues at Step Revolution make StepManiaX, and we highly recommend their StepManiaX DX. Its two five-panel stages and 65″ touchscreen are what the dance station in our PE program is built around.

StepManiaX · How a class runs

Foundation facts

Name: Get Up and Move Foundation
Status: Private foundation, tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3)
EIN: 85-4019920
Donations: Tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Donate
Email: info@getupandmove.info
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Teachers, principals, program directors, parents and supporters: tell us about your kids and your space.

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