Press & News
Love That Max: Dancing on Wheels and Every Which Way
"Alexa, a 13-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy, travels close to four hours round-trip to participate in D.R.E.A.M. She does so with her two siblings, her mother, an adapted van, a power wheelchair, a suctioning apparatus, and a nurse."
Dance Network: National Dance Institute’s D.R.E.A.M. Project Performance
"By now, fans of Dance Network are familiar with the National Dance Institute’s D.R.E.A.M. Project and its amazing vision, and I’m proud to report— it’s still doing incredible things. I was able to see the final performance of this summer’s D.R.E.A.M. program, and the students were inspiring, motivated, and transformational."
The Associated Press: Program Helps Disabled Children Learn to Express Themselves through Dance
"Whether it's jumping, waving, or something as expressive as moving your eyebrows, anyone can dance. That's the idea behind a program at the National Dance Institute where disabled children learn to express themselves."
Paste Magazine: Everytown Releases Sia-Soundtracked Gun Safety PSA Ahead of Upcoming Midterm Elections
"The video is backed by Sia’s “I’m Still Here” and features young dancers from National Dance Institute. It opens with an elementary-aged student walking into school, grabbing a balloon from a get-out-the-vote table organized by fellow students and playing with the balloon until it pops—triggering every student in the school..."
Dance.com: Flex Dancers Pause The Battles to Train As Teachers and ‘Get Low’
"Meet Droid and Karnage: They’re experts in flex dance, the Brooklyn-born street style that evolved from hip-hop and b-boying into a genre with highly controlled, tight movements, a few contortions and optical illusions."
Dance.com: In The Happiest Ballet Class Ever, A Ballet Star Teaches City Kids To Soar
"American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Isabella Boylston led a special ballet class for students of National Dance Institute in Harlem."