Young Dancer
Adaptive Dance Series
Adaptive Dance (6-10 yrs)!
Beginning in fall 2023, eXit SPACE will be introducing an adaptive dance class for neurodivergent dancers and dancers with developmental disabilities, 6-10 years of age. The program will provide a brave space for dancers with more complex support needs to explore their movement impulses and creative identities using an interest-based yet predictable approach. Dancers will engage in a full body/brain warm-up based on the brain-compatible dance education methodology, sequence through developmental patterns with songs and games, engage in creative improvisatory exploration, and learn adaptive dance skills central to non-locomotor and locomotor technique before cooling back down with a low-sensory activity. Caregivers are encouraged to watch and welcome to participate!
Please note that this program is run on a session-by-session basis, meaning enrollment is broken down into eight-week chunks with the hope that children continue to enroll throughout the whole season. We cannot support dancers experiencing incontinence or violent behaviors towards oneself and others at this time.
About the instructor:
Miranda holds a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education and a BFA in dance, but sees herself as a perennial student in the contexts of movement and accessibility. Miranda has spent the past 10 years teaching dance, preschool, and arts enrichment to early learners in Seattle and New York, she has presented at the Dance Educators Association of Washington Conference on adaptive dance for Parkinson’s, and has been awarded for her outstanding contributions in the classroom. In addition to her higher education training, Miranda is Autism Movement Therapy certified with experience teaching brain-compatible dance and adaptive dance for adults.
Miranda is allistic but neurodivergent, which informs her practice as a dancer, listener, and educator. Committed to uplifting the voices of autistic adults and prioritizing the well-being of neurodiverse children, she does not use ABA or compliance methods in the classroom but instead, seeks to empower children to embrace their lived identities.
Contact: Miranda >> for more information
Sign Up
- Current Students: Proceed to Step 2.
- If your dancer is not a current student, please set up their account.
- Siblings must have separate accounts -- parents can use the same email address but use a DIFFERENT PASSWORD
- Make sure to log out of the current account before working in a new account.
- Sign up for one of the series below.
- A missing sign-up button means online enrollment is closed or the class is full
- If space is available students can sometimes join the series once it has commenced. Contact Miranda >> to inquire.
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