Student Dance Companies

Dance Connections, Inc. student companies Under the direction of Jen Aversa, Rebecca Dunphy, and Carly Faye and is comprised of students ages 8-18. We are a non-competitive, service based group that offers the benefits and experiences of a dance company without the competition side of dance. In a world where everything is becoming highly competitive, we offer an alternative. DC is where dancers can shine as well as work together, encourage others, grow at their own individual pace, and experience dance as an art form while learning concert style dance.

Our compass is excellence, kindness/empathy, service, and joy. In addition to having the amazing opportunity to dance with the Columbia Orchestra for their two Young Artists Concerts, DC companies dance at senior centers, nursing homes, school festivals, carnivals, sporting events, theme parks, and host their own benefit concerts. Our goal is to cultivate the joy and love of dance in both our dancers and our audience members and to make dance accessible to everyone.

While we love to dance in a theater, we can also enjoy and share dance in a gymnasium, on a basketball court, on a playground, on a school blacktop, in a nursing home dining room and in a church hall. Dance can be enjoyed anywhere and at anytime. If dancers are doing something that they love to do and also helping others at the same time, it’s a big win!!

Dance Connections, Inc hold 2 fundraising concerts per year and has raised over $50,000 for worthy organizations including the The Casey Cares Foundation, Called to Care for Orphans, BeMoreCaring, “Love You More Heart Home” in Beijing, China, Cornerstone Community House, People Who Need People, Catonsville Emergency Assistance, Child Life at Johns Hopkins, and most recently, Cool Kids Campaign.

Dancers are also involved throughout the year in other service based projects including holiday donations at Christmas time as well as making lunches and participating in the Chocolate Heart Challenge for the organization People Who Need People. We believe dance is a beautiful art form that can not only be used to express ourselves, but also can be used for service to our community. Dance can bring joy and happiness to everyone and help make the world a better place.

Where Dance Connections performs:

• Baltimore Blast pregame and halftime show

• Brightview Senior Living

• Columbia Orchestra Young Artist Concerts, Rouse Theater, Columbia, MD
• Charlestown Village Independent Living and Continuing Care

• Disney World Mainstreet Parade

• Half Time Performance for the Harlem Globetrotters

• Mount Hebron Nursery School Fair

• Sunrise Senior Living

• Take the Stage at Hershey Park

• Towson University Basketball halftime show

• Waterloo Elementary School Carnival

Dance Company auditions are held every year in June. If your dancer is interested in the dance company, please call us at 443-574-8990 or email at jennifer.aversa@verizon.net for more information.