Creative Learning Dance Project, 2024

For Teens, Adults and Seniors with Special Needs and Disabilities

September 19 - December 6, 2024

Project Information

About: Join us for a unique series of movement arts classes! Adapting ballet, modern, jazz, and Broadway dance language with yoga and gymnastics principles, we work together in nurturing and expanding upon students' capabilities -- while providing joy and human connection through the arts and public performance!

This program is open to all on a first-come, first-served basis. Pay-What-You-Can. Nobody will be turned away for lacking an ability to pay.

Who should sign up: Teens, Adults, and Seniors with Special Needs and/or Disabilities. Ages 13 and over are welcome.

2 weekly sections to choose from:

• Thursdays, 5 - 7 PM, September 19 - December 5, 2024. Enrollment limit: 10 individuals.

• Fridays, 5 - 7 PM, September 20, 2022 - December 6, 2024. Enrollment limit: 10 individuals.

Other Project Details: each section will meet for 10 contact sessions, concluding with a public presentation at which participants will demonstrate the dance skills they’ve learned and the choreography they helped create. Family, friends, and KMA supporters will be invited. Note: the final presentation dates are still to be determined but will be held sometime in December before the year-end holidays. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions, however attending on a drop-in basis is allowed. Please check KMA’s calendar to see the dates when each contact session and final presentation is scheduled for. Ages 13 and over are welcome.

Location: Clinton Cameo Studios, 307 West 43rd St. (just west of 8th Ave in Manhattan)

Cost: Pay-What-You-Can. Actual Value: $250 for entire series or $25 per class. We will accept whatever you can afford.

Registration Process: 2-Steps

Step 1 — Secure your spots: Choose your preferred section - Thursdays or Fridays. In the registration form, you will be able to book spots for each class date you will be attending by changing the “0” to a “1”. While signing up for all class dates is not required, it is highly recommended to ensure that student will be ready for the final presentation.

Step 2 — Payment: The forms above will ask how you would like to pay. Accepted forms of payment include: online with credit or debit card, cash or check in-person, Self-Direction reimbursement, or any other preferred method you may have. For those who would like to pay online or through Self-Direction, we will follow up with email instructions. Again, our policy is pay-what-you-can, and nobody will be turned away for lacking an ability to pay.

Choose your section by clicking one of these:

Liability waiver: First time students to Keoni Movement Arts, please sign our online form by going here.

Questions? Please contact us directly at info@keonimovementarts.org.

Major support for this project was provided by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Additional support provided by the Marta Heflin Foundation and our generous donors. Become a donor by clicking here.