Grossi Dance & Performing Arts Academy (GD&PAA) has been the Hartford area's premiere dance studio for the past 50 years. Proper dance and performing arts training is beneficial in so many ways. Thorough technique promotes good posture and coordination, muscle strength and flexibility. Good training promotes musical appreciation and artistic and creative expression as students learn to channel their energy constructively. Dance and theater arts training encourages poise, style and polish, giving a healthy respect for one's body and mind. Discipline learned in the dance and theater classes can be applied to life and school work as students learn to be better organized and gain responsibility and admiration for themselves and for the others in class.
Classes are held in a wide array of dance genre and performing arts programs. Two fully appointed dance studios with specialized dance flooring Dancers and Company Performers and are involved in community outreach and service, enrichment activities, special appearances, collaborative and volunteer engagements such as Relay for Life, Special Olympics, Vernon Community Arts Council (VCAC), performances for The Bushnell, Senior Moments Presentations, Library lecture demonstrations, GD&PAA family field trips to musicals and productions, dance workshops, Master Classes, National Dance Conventions, and more!
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Autumn has studied ballet and modern dance at both Belhaven College in Jackson, MS and Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm, FL. While in school, she had the opportunity to study under choreographer Demetrius Klein and gleaned much from his tutelage while performing with the PBA Dance Ensemble. She has taught ballet and modern dance at various dance...
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MAY 16 - 21, 2022
Costumes worn to class
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2022
Family dance rehearsal
30 Lafayette Square
Suite 116
Vernon, CT 06066
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