ConfiDance joins AFA!
ConfiDance, a Middleton dance studio specializing in adaptive dance classes, is joining forces with us to increase opportunities for young people with disabilities of all kinds to engage with dance. Part of an AFA adaptive dance initiative made possible with support from a two-year grant from Madison Community Foundation, the inclusion of ConfiDance programming will fulfill an important part of the mission of AFA to bring more dance opportunities to a wider group of young people with disabilities.
“I love that AFA‘s mission lines up with my own,” said Jacobson (pictured at left), founder of ConfiDance and now a teaching artist at AFA. “We both recognize the real need for more opportunities within the arts and recreational activities for this very often underserved population.”
“Our shared commitment to ensure that the social, emotional, and physical benefits of dance are accessible to all people will expand our reach throughout the state,” said Christina Martin-Wright, Executive Director of AFA. “The timing of this opportunity is ideal because it allows us all to capitalize on momentum that's been building with the support of the Madison Community Foundation and the Department of Public Instruction.”
Programming for young people in dance will begin under Jacobson’s direction in September at MYArts in Madison.