(Hartford, CT)
      A group of dedicated and talented performers and artists with the
      goal of promoting and retaining Chinese cultural arts.
      Provides performances, dance, martial arts and
      cultural arts educational programs to schools,
      churches, corporations and different sponsoring
      organizations. Performed in numerous international
      festivals across Connecticut and Massachusetts, and
      fund raising events. Performing troupe consists of
      youth artists from ages 10 through 17 as well as
      adult artists. Founder Stephanie Sum is also the
      dance instructor at the Chinese Language School of
      Greater Hartford, CT. For more info: asianperformingarts@yahoo.com
     

Caribbean American Dance Company
     (Hartford, CT)
      Promotes excellence and professionalism through the dedication and
      discipline of its members. Mission is to preserve and establish the
      finest traditions of many unique cultures, with emphasis on
      Afro-Caribbean folk, roots, modern, American jazz, Caribbean folk,
      modern contemporary, popular reggae and ballet. Culturally unique
      program for students 5 and up who participate in a comprehensive
      dance program learning various styles of dance emphasizing Caribbean
      and American heritage. For more info: Judy_Soutar@hsb.com

Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
     (Hartford, CT)
A half-day magnet high school that is open, by audition, to public high school students throughout the Greater Hartford area. Pre-college arts training program designed to prepare students to pursue post-secondary studies and professional careers; curriculum is professionally oriented and academically rigorous. Dance program is committed to creating a climate of professionalism; encourages students to expand their technical knowledge and creative abilities as dancers. Ballet, modern, dance history, composition, music for dancers, improvisation and dance skills, and other dance forms offered as elective classes. www.crec.org/academy

Hartford Conservatory
     (Hartford, CT)
      The Diploma School at the Hartford Conservatory offers a two-year
      dance major in performance or pedagogy. This total immersion
      program is rigorous, requiring the student to be motivated and in
      excellent physical condition. Dancers take technique classes in
      modern, jazz, tap and ballet, with related studies in Dance History,
      Anatomy, Kinesiology, Music for Dancers, and Choreography.
      Pedagogy majors study teaching methods combined with apprentice
      teaching and Performance majors focus on
      repertory combined with additional
      performance and internship opportunities.
      This program is accredited by the New
      England Association of Schools and Colleges,
      and licensed by the State of Connecticut
      Department of Higher Education.
      The community program at the Hartford Conservatory offers people of
      all ages and abilities the opportunity to study with our faculty, dance
      classes in ballet and flamenco, Pilates-Yoga classes and creative
      movement classes for kids. www.hartfordconservatory.org

MetaArts / Judy Dworin Performance Ensemble
     (Hartford, CT)
     Offers educational residencies that explore the
     themes of the repertory and use movement as
     a tool for expanded learning and personal and
     community development. Long-term residency
     at Parkville Community School in Hartford
     recently began 9th year utilizing movement and
     the arts as catalysts for learning, individual
     growth, and community building. www.jdpe.info

Miss Porter's School
    (Farmington, CT)
     Miss Porter’s School challenges girls in grades nine through 12 to become resourceful, informed, responsible, and ethical global citizens. Our demanding curriculum—academic, artistic, athletic, and residential—prepares young women for college and for life. Founded in 1843 and located in an historic community, Miss Porter’s is a college preparatory boarding and day school, with a diverse student body hailing from 28 states and 13 countries. Miss Porter’s School offers dance both as a Sports requirement for all interested students and as an Arts elective for those who audition and are accepted into to our student dance company, Dance Workshop. We have class four days a week and offer ballet, jazz, and modern dance as well as
     Pilates body conditioning, African, Improvisation, Choreography,
     Hip- hop, and Capoeira. Our Dance Workshop members rehearse an
     additional six hours a week and present four performances during the
     year on campus. These dedicated and experienced dancers also
     perform throughout the state and among professional companies.
     Dance Workshop has presented work at Connecticut Dance Alliance’s
     Dance Alive Festival, the Ted Hershey Dance & Music Marathon,
     Hartford's Dancing and at the opening of the Belding Theater at the
     Bushnell Memorial Performing Arts Center in Hartford. The girls have
     performed pieces by a number of professional choreographers including
     Judy Dworin, Laura Glenn,Ted Hershey, Deborah Goffe, Shari Azar, Ruth
     Lewis and Avis Hatcher. www.missporters.org

Saint Joseph College - Carol Autorino Center for the Arts
    and Humanities
     (West Hartford, CT)
     Home of the Saint Joseph College and Hartford Conservatory dance
     ensembles and the Saint Joseph College dance program. Site of the
     summer Saint Joseph College Multiple Intelligences Institute and Dance
     Camp for ten and eleven year-olds.
     www.sjc.edu

Spectrum in Motion Dance Theatre Ensemble
     (Hartford, CT)
     Under the direction of Olivia Davis, this ensemble is dedicated to
     people of color and the American experience and
     embraces movement from the world’s cultures,
     celebrating music ranging from classical to
     contemporary. This young company is currently
     engaged in a teaching and performance
     residency for Hartford youngsters.
     For more info: spectruminmotion@gmail.com

Trinity College - Department of Theater & Dance
     The Studio 47 Series invites choreographer, performance artists and
     musicians in the region to share their work in less formal setting. The
     monthly performances give audiences an opportunity to ask the artists
     questions about their process and vision and a chance for the artists
     to share both finished work and work-in-progress in an environment
     the encourages dialogue and interaction.
     www.trincoll.edu/depts/thdn/performing.html

Wesleyan University - Center for the Arts
     (Middletown, CT)
      An 11-building center which presents more than
      325 public performances, exhibitions and
      residency activities annually in collaboration
      with visiting artists and the university's
      departments. Serves as a cultural center by
      presenting artists who are testing the
      boundaries of their art forms; true innovators in their fields whose
      work emanates from the widest spectrum of world cultures. Annual
      highlights include DanceMasters, a showcase performance by leading
      contemporary companies as well as a weekend of master classes for
      dance students and professionals; the Navaratri Festival, a Hindu
      celebration featuring music and dance performances by Indian artists;
      and the CFA's three innovative performance series: the Breaking
      Ground Dance Series, Crowell Concert Series and Outside the Box
      Theater Series. www.wesleyan.edu/cfa

University of Connecticut
     (Storrs, CT)
      Jean Sabatine is Head of the Movement/Dance Area and Professor of
      Dramatic Arts in Movement and Dance. Ms. Sabatine is a leader in the
      fields of Jazz Dance and Movement for Actors. She has extensive
      training and experience in both academic and professional areas. She
      trained extensively in New York City in modern dance, ballet, and jazz
      dance and studied acting at Herbert Berghof Studio. Ms. Sabatine is
      the founder of Jazz Dance Theater (Wayne State, 1970, Penn State
      University, 1974, and UConn, 1980), the first jazz company in a
      university. Jazz Dance Theater and Ms. Sabatine's choreography have
      been hailed as powerful and innovative in both national and local
      media. Films and video tapes of Ms. Sabatine's concert level jazz
      dance choreography, as well as a documentary on her work in
      movement for actor's training, are now a part of the New York Public
      Library's permanent Jerome Robbins archive at Lincoln Center.
      www.uconn.edu

University of Hartford - Hartt School - Community Division
     (Hartford, Avon and Glastonbury, CT)
Offers students, ages three-and-a-half and up, classes in ballet, tap, jazz, and various modern dance techniques. Carrying on traditions of the School of the Hartford Ballet and the School of Dance Connecticut. Students learn from highly qualified faculty and professionals. Students with high aspirations can participate in the Intensive Program, which begins around eight years of age, with either ballet or modern theatre dance.
www.hartford.edu/hartt/community