(gentle music)
There are a lot of misconceptions about
children who may have a different need,
or I like to call them a special talent.
I started A Chance to Dance on behalf of my
youngest daughter Reagan who just turned eight
and is affected by autism and sensory processing disorder.
My daughter, because of her very rare genetic disease,
her life expectancy is 20 to 25.
So for her to be able to come here,
be a part of this program, it gives her an opportunity
to do things that she may otherwise not be able to do.
Before A Chance to Dance, Molly's peers and friends
were doctors, nurses, and therapists.
And since we've joined the class she has
friends in the class that are her age.
We have been so lucky to find Miss Kim and
A Chance to Dance.
Go to your parents and hand them your tap shoes
and then come right back.
We work with about 40 families now and they're all from
South Charlotte, Matthews, and these families are
super grateful because these kids are
involved in the program and they get to
perform annually in the recital.
It's been a huge blessing because the town of
Matthews and South Charlotte has really
embraced this program.
Being a Charlotte native and growing up in the South,
something that's very important to me is hospitality
and taking care of community,
and in this case taking care of all those who are different
regardless of their need and regardless of their age
and just truly giving back.
We're doing that here at A Chance to Dance
through the magic of dance.
It is important to have a program like this
in the community so that children that have special needs
are able to participate in a group activity
with peers that are similar to them.
Even my daughter, who sits in a wheelchair,
she has on her tap shoes and her foot plate is metal
and they literally tap her feet for her.
It's not just her being in the class,
she is involved.
So that's what makes is special and unique.
They're not just pushing her around in her wheelchair,
they are literally dancing.
I know that people with disabilities think that
they are not, well some people don't think
that they can do things.
And we can do things, we can dance, we can sing,
we can do anything.
We want to show the world that they can
instead of people thinking that they can't or
because they're lacking something that
they can't do something.
And that was a very important reason that
I wanted to start the competitive piece,
and why we have a recreational special needs program
and we have a competitive special needs program.
They went to two regional competitions last year and
they got an invitation to the World Dance Championships
as the first special needs team ever.
So just this past August first we went to
Secaucus, New Jersey where they performed
Singing In the Rain at the World Dance Championships,
and they were rewarded a performance award.
That was like the most special moment ever for these kids.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
I would say our biggest goal is just to promote
awareness for all these different needs and
to promote inclusion, and to share these kids
with the world in hopes that other dance studios
will open their doors and start a small program
like we did, because the need is out there.
To be able to share our platform of dance like this
is huge for these families.
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