On May 20-22 at Alameda Point, about 2,100 people experienced the talents of Uprooted, the third in the “Island City Waterways” series of free public cultural productions by Alameda’s Rhythmix Cultural Works.

Paden Elementary School teacher Marcia Gill, far left, joined Principal Katherine Barr, second from left, and fellow teachers Alison Cheren, Jenny Zippin and Kitrena Swanson in modeling the life skill of courage when they put their dance moves, including the Whip and the Nae Nae, on display in fr