julie lunde, senior company dancer, organized a wonderful dance program at the academy this summer in conjunction with SEPTA (special education pta).  she loves dance so much, as do the other students teaching with her this summer, that she is sharing it with children who might not have another opportunity to take dance classes.

the classes are open to special needs boys and girls and our senior company teachers hope that the power of dance and music will help these new dancers feel like the stars they are!  the majority of the dancers are between the ages of 6-8 but we do have two 15 year old girls who will take some classes and work on more advanced steps while helping out the younger dancers as well.

the academy is very proud of our dancers for putting together this very special program.  thank you julie lunde, allison o’toole, elena adams, lacey waterhouse, grace osgood and julia edelman for your time, expertise and willingness to give back to our community.

This is a no-cost program and classes will run once a week until august 10th.  pictured below are julie lunde and allison o’toole getting ready for their first class setting up chairs so that parents can watch class and be part of the magic.

history and culture through dance, this number represents martin luther king jr.’s the dream realized performed by the sankofa ensemble of bishop mcnamara high school in maryland under the direction of victor bah.  what a wonderful way to learn and teach history.

chicago is playing at the shubert theater on january 30th and 31st.  call or purchase tickets online.  use the code word roxie and receive a 50% discount on mezzanine and balcony seats (enter code roxie in the box at the top of the online ticketing screen.  click validate to view screen with discounted prices).  new haven is a great city so why not make a day of it?  shopping, dining or a visit to the yale university art gallery (free admission).

did you know that attitude dance & activewear moved?  they are now only 1 mile from our studio at 330 westport ave. in norwalk.  map it.

kdny will be performing three world premieres to original music at the westport country playhouse on january 23rd and 24th.  click here to view a sample of their work.

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three magnificent shows this weekend at staples high school.  everyone from the tiniest angel to the sugar plum fairy gave their best and it showed in all three performances.  bravo to all performers!  thanks to all of the parent volunteers for their enormous help and especially to our stage crew, quite honestly the best men in westport!  we couldn’t put on such great performances for 28 years without the support of our town, westport, ct.  so thank you all who attended and continue to fill our audiences each year.

download your ticket order form today and fax to 203.226.1589 or mail/drop off to 345 post road west, westport, ct 06880

committee chairs submit forms the week of 10/5
nutcracker families submit forms the week of 10/12
academy families submit forms the week of 10/19
the general public submits forms the week of 10/26

performances at staples high school
north avenue, westport
reserved seating
tickets may be purchased at the door if available
adult tickets are $25
student/senior tickets are $15

show dates:
saturday, 12/5 at 3pm & 7pm
sunday, 12/6 at 2pm

remember that each academy student receives 1 free ticket to any performance (see order form for discount or use ticket voucher handed out during class in october).

Please pardon our appearance while we refresh our studios. If you have stopped by recently, you probably noticed swatches on the walls, tape around the windows and perhaps a few of us mulling over color charts! Read the rest of this entry »