In Step With DC
In Step With DC
The Thrill of Competition
When summer starts to wind down it brings with it lots of familiar sights. Back to school sales of all kinds, shorter days, and at the studio, it brings the first rehearsal for our award-winning competition team. This is the rehearsal that anyone who is interested in being part of the Competition Team is welcome […]
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 […]
3 Reasons Ballet is Essential Training
Ballet can be a tough sell for young dancers. It isn’t as fast paced and “fun” as jazz, or as flashy and impressive as tap, but what most young dancers don’t realize is that those amazing jazz and tap routines wouldn’t be nearly as amazing without the essential training that is Ballet. Any one of […]
5 Reasons Why Dance Connection is Summer Fun Central!
We may be taking a break from our regular class schedule, but Dance Connection is still one of the best places to be even over the Summer! Here are my top 5 reasons why: We have the camps kids dream about! Do you have a Princess who adores fairy tales? How about a Superhero trainee […]
Dancing Our Way Through Summer
The temperatures outside may be climbing but we are enjoying some incredibly cool summer classes and camps here in the studios! Summer classes are under way and we are having so much fun with our students. We’ve had Princesses and Super Heroes in training in the studio, the Descendants stopped by for some villainous fun. […]
Backstage at Recital: The Making of Beauty and the Beast
The teachers and staff of Dance Connection love to put together a truly entertaining, professional quality recital. A major component to that is the opening number performed by our Recital Company. This past recital was a big undertaking for both the staff and students alike: Beauty and the Beast. Even before rehearsals can begin Miss […]
Backstage at Recital: The Making of Hard Knock Life
Every year at our recital, we have a group of performers who work incredibly hard to kick off recital with a fantastic production number. Those performers range in age from 7 – 20+ years and come together to create something wonderful that lets our audience know they are in for one entertaining show. This year, […]
Bringing “Arctic Blast” Back to the Stage
This past year Miss Mary and Miss Molly took on the daunting task of remounting an extremely “chill” precision tap number from a previous recital. If you remember the extra fun and entertaining tap number with all of the penguins, then you know exactly the number I’m talking about. This number has traveled all the […]
Dance Connection’s Competition Team Lights Up the Stage at Sea!!
This summer the Dance Connection Competition Team boarded Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas for a public performance in their beautiful Lyric Theater. The trip started at the studio, where our competition team dancers, teachers, staff, and their family and friends boarded buses to travel to Cape Liberty Cruise Port in New Jersey. Our group […]
Ninth Annual Ducks Performance A Success!
On June 30th, our Competition Team and Ducks Company dancers performed a pre-game show for ballpark attendees at Ducks Stadium. This is the ninth time Dance Connection has performed at the Ducks gam and the events are always a fun night for the whole family, featuring America’s favorite pastime, delicious ballpark food, a spectacular fireworks show, […]
Our Teacher’s 30th Anniversary Song Choices
While the fall schedule is still being finalized this week, our teachers only have ten more weeks to pick their recital songs for next year. This year’s recital is Dance Connection’s 30th Anniversary recital and all songs will be reprises of memorable dances from the past thirty years. Luckily for our teachers, they have 1,073 […]
Top 10 Highlights from our 2017-2018 Season
With the excitement of recital just ending, it’s important to remember the other exciting highlights from our 2017-2018 dance season…. 1. We hosted an Improv workshop with Cathi Murphy! In October, Guest Artist Cathi Murphy taught an improv workshop for our dancers. 2. We danced again at the Make-A-Wish Holiday Party! Each winter, our […]
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 and Happy Recital!!
Classes are finished for this year and we are officially loaded in and set up for Dress Rehearsal Week! It has been a truly amazing year here at Dance Connection and all of the fun and memories would never have been possible without our amazing students and their families. Everyone here at DC would like […]
Dress Rehearsal is the Best!
It is my favorite time of year at Dance Connection…Recital Time!! Soon we’ll be setting up at Holy Trinity for Dress Rehearsal Week and welcoming literally thousands of people into the auditorium to enjoy our wonderful students showing off a year of hard work. Dress Rehearsal is a big part of getting everything set, and […]
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