Ages 3-7
The Academy
Adaptive Dance
Dance Classes for students with disabilites in Kansas City
KC Ballet Adaptive Dance Programs offer creative movement and ballet classes in an open and supportive environment for children and adults.
Younger students will experience rhythmic activities guided by our team to stimulate fine and gross motor skills and speech and language development, as well as sensory, visual and auditory processing skills. Teens and adults will experience a traditional ballet class in an open and supportive environment. Class sizes are limited.
KC Ballet Adaptive Dance Benefits
- Provide activities that lead to, support, and reinforce an understanding of dance by encouraging movement, creative activity, and sensory awareness.
- Encourage appreciation and awareness of their own bodies and the bodies of others.
- Stimulate fine and gross motor development.
- Stimulate speech and language development.
- Stimulate sensory, visual, and auditory processing skills.
- Establish routines.
- Encourage attention, cooperation, and impulse control.
- Encourage exploration and self-expression through dance in a safe and structured environment.
PARTNERS
Make an Impact Today
To learn more about how to support Kansas City Ballet School’s Adaptive Dance Program, please contact Director of Gift Planning, Rebecca Zandarski.
Prepare for your first day!
Read our Social Story on attending ballet class at Kansas City Ballet School. Please review our updated Health and Safety Protocols before your child’s first day of class.
Get Moving
If you wish to have your student join our Adaptive Dance Program, submit a registration form online.
For questions, please contact Nora Burkitt-Davis the Adaptive Dance Coordinator.