At first glance, there’s nothing special about the Sunday-morning adaptive dance classes at Ballet Academy East (BAE). A studio, a teacher, music, a smattering of young students trying to do ballet and occasionally misbehaving—these are common ingredients in any children’s dance class. But look longer and you’ll see there is something special here, starting with […]
I recently had the pleasure of attending, not one, but two workshops on teaching integrative dance. The first was a six-day intensive in February with Cork, Ireland–based Croí Glan Integrated Dance Company. The second was a three-hour workshop last night with Oakland, California–based AXIS Dance Company. Both companies are made up of dancers with and […]
Connecticut’s Greenwich Ballet Academy now offers free adaptive ballet classes for children with Down’s syndrome. Seventeen-year-old student Olivia Thurman created the program after seeing video footage of ballerina Keenan Kampa working with Boston Ballet’s adaptive-dance program. Inspired by what she saw, Thurman underwent training in adaptive-dance pedagogy at Boston Ballet and then held GBA’s first […]
The ballroom teacher who lost her foot in last spring’s Boston Marathon bombings captivated the nation with her vow to dance again. A Pittsburgh studio is giving other amputees that chance with an adaptive dance program. Pittsburgh Dance Center co-owner Holly Kirby came up with the idea after an elderly man with a cane came […]
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