2025 WINTER SESSION BEGINS ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2025 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.
We are so excited to announce a new program partner and location for our popular Everybody Dance Now program. We welcome the New England Ballet Theatre as our partner for the program and we thank The Gengras Center on the campus of the University of St. Joseph for allowing us to use their space to meet.
The Miracle League of CT and the New England Ballet Theatre ae thrilled to offer an adaptive dance program. Any child can express themselves through the art of dance. Adaptive dance is designed to include everyone who wants to participate and to utilize their unique individual abilities to their fullest. The program will include boys and girls of all abilities ages 4 and up. The style of dance will be expressive/jazz/modern – not ballet. The style will be adapted to each child’s abilities and interests. Click on the Register Now link below to register.
The program will be offered in the gym at the Gengras Center (on the campus of the University of St. Joseph) 1678 Asylum Ave. in West Hartford. Everybody Dance Now will offer 3 dance troupes described below.
Family Dance Party for Tiny Tots – An introduction to dance and movement for dancers aged 4-6. A parent or guardian must take part in the 30-minute class with their dancer each week. We will focus on movement to the music, some fun dance and movement games and we will learn a simple group dance to be performed at our Dancer Showcase.
Junior Troupe – This class is for dancers aged 7-11. We will explore dance and movement through games, and exercises. We will focus on learning a basic group dance for our dancer showcase focusing on individual movement. Dancers will be paired with volunteers although parents/guardians who wish to participate are welcome to join in the fun.
Senior Troupe – For dancers age 12+. The Senior Troupe will encourage our dancers to express themselves through the art of dance. While focusing on each dancers’ abilities, we will introduce more complex skills that include dancing with partners, synchronicity, and group moves. All the fun will culminate in a group perfomance at our dancer showcase.
Meet our Adaptive Dance Instructor – Miss Tamar Cohen
Tamar Cohen is an apprentice with New England Ballet Theatre and the coordinator of NEBT’s Adaptive Dance program. She grew up dancing at Santa Barbara Festival Ballet, traveling to annual festivals with Regional Dance America, and taking part in the Nutcracker at the Arlington. Tamar has also attended summer intensives with Cecchetti USA, Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet, The Rock School of Dance Education, and Pilobolus Dance Company. In 2017, she competed in the Cecchetti International Ballet Competition in Florence, Italy representing Cecchetti USA, before receiving the Rising Voices Fellowship with the Jewish Women’s Archive. Tamar graduated cum laude from Mount Holyoke College in 2022 and since moving to Connecticut, has gained hands-on experience in Special Education working for Cheshire Public Schools. She has been dancing with NEBT since September of 2023 and has received training from Boston Ballet School’s Adaptive Dance Program, and from Emily Kent at Pilobolus.
We need volunteers for the Everybody Dance Now program. All volunteers must be 14 years old and up. Please register as a volunteer by clicking on the registration link below.
Please note that at the end of the registration process, a window will come up with an invitation to join Active Advantage – PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK NO THANKS if you do not want it, or you will be charged for it.
The goal of the Miracle League of CT is to remove all barriers that prevent children with special needs from participating in recreational, educational, and cultural activities. If one of those barriers is a financial one, please email us at miracleleaguect@comcast.net to request a fee waiver for any of our programs. We will do our best to accommodate your request which will be kept strictly confidential.
