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Halloween Party Week Pics
We’re Having A Spook-tacular Halloween Party Week! Come and see all of the fun we’re having at our Halloween Party Week Classes! Click below to find your class: https://photos.lidanceconnection.com/f159705736
Win a Free Recital Costume
Here’s your chance toWIN A FREE COSTUME! Just fill out our satisfaction survey and tell us what you think… Fill out our customer satisfaction survey for your chance to win a FREE COSTUME for our 2019 recital. Your feedback helps us continue to improve our educational programs and customer experience studio-wide. Your survey will be […]
Competition Team’s 2018-2019 Performance Season
Miss Mary was very excited to announce the competition team‘s upcoming performance season at their recent rehearsal and team meeting and we’re even more excited to share their season with all of you! Spoiler alert….it’s going to be AMAZING! Rock the City Convention To start off the season, the dancers are being given the opportunity […]
Earn Tuition Credit for Referrals!
Refer a friend and you both receive a $15 tuition credit! From now until October 6th, any Dance Connection student who refers a friend to register for any of our classes will receive a $15 tuition credit. The referred friend, who must be a new student and not a previously enrolled family at Dance Connection, will […]
🎄Holiday Show Auditions!🎅
Step into Christmas In December 2018, Dance Connection will produce its first ever Holiday Show, Step into Christmas: A Musical Holiday Spectacular, by the Boston-based playwright, Colleen M. Hughes. The show will be directed by Mary Naftal and produced by Dance Connection Theatrical with Joe Naftal, Producing Director. 100% of net proceeds will benefit Gavin’s Got Heart. […]
Dance Connection to produce first-ever Holiday Show
Dance Connection is proud to announce that this December it will produce its first ever Holiday Show. Step into Christmas: A Holiday Musical Spectacular will take place at CM Performing Arts Center on Sunday, December 16 at 11AM and feature a cute holiday story, exciting dance numbers, and a morning the whole family will enjoy! […]
Welcome | General Policies & Procedures
Class Placement Please trust our judgment with regard to your class placement. There are many factors we look for to place a dancer in the correct class, that you may not see by just watching through the window. We understand that you see different classes you might want to be in, whether it be because […]
Welcome to our new Faculty & Staff
We are very excited to welcome three new dance professionals to our faculty & staff team!
Jenn D’Auria to lead Wingman Program at Dance Connection
Artistic Director Mary Naftal has announced the appointment of Jenn D’Auria as coordinator of the Wingman League Program at Dance Connection. D’Auria is a dance teacher and choreographer and has worked at Dance Connection since 2004. Wingman is a powerful youth leadership program that inspires empathy, compassion and courage in all children. The Wingman program has […]
Dance Connection joins Wingman League
Dance Connection is proud to be the first Long Island member of the Wingman for Dance program. Wingman is a powerful youth leadership program that inspires empathy, compassion and courage in all children. The Wingman program has been successfully used in schools and sports clubs throughout Connecticut and it has now been adapted for use […]
Thinking of joining the Competition Team?
Try one of the first competition rehearsals! Come see what it’s all about… If you haven’t signed up for the competition team, it’s not too late! The competition team choreographers would like to invite everyone who is interested in joining the team to try out a rehearsal this week. So… if you’ve been thinking about […]
Islip Dancers Win National Titles
Emily Civitella and Thomas Henderson crowned at Dancer’s Inc. Nationals this summer ISLIP, NY, AUGUST 6, 2018 – Emily Civitella and Thomas Henderson, two members of the Dance Connection Competition Team competed at the Dancer’s Inc. Nationals Competition in New Jersey this past July. Thomas was crowned Mr. Teen Dancer’s Inc. and Emily was crowned […]
Local Dance Studio Experts on National Conference Panel
Dance Connection’s Artistic and Marketing Directors to present at Energize Conference in Chicago ISLIP, NY, AUGUST 6, 2018 – This year’s Energize Conference in Chicago will feature seminars given by Mary Naftal and Joe Naftal of Dance Connection in Islip, who have been brought in as industry experts in the field of Dance Studio Management. […]
TV Commercial
On June 18th, Dance Connection’s new TV Commercial began airing on local television and will continue airing until early September. You can watch the video above or if you subscribe to Optimum/Cablevision, you can watch us on TV around these times this week! Freeform (Optimum Channel 49) Tuesday, July 3 9:45PM Wednesday, July 4 […]
Congratulations to Our New Substitute Teacher: Miss Emily!
We’d like to congratulate Miss Emily on her promotion to Substitute Teacher in the Teacher Training Program! The Teacher Training Program is a forum for students to gain training in teaching as well as job responsibility. Enrollment in our Teacher Training Program will provide members with the highest standard of mentoring and guidance. Dance Connection […]
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