Our mission is to foster creativity, confidence, and community through dance. As a non-profit organization, we are dedicated to providing accessible dance education and performance opportunities for all ages and backgrounds. Through our programs, we aim to enrich lives, promote inclusivity, and empower individuals to express themselves through the art of dance while contributing to the well-being of our community.”
E-mail: barbara@miamidanceproject.com
Address:
Miami Dance Project 8940 SW 129th,Terrace Miami, FL 33176
Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9:00 – 4:00PM
Saturday: 9:30 –1:30 PM
Sunday: Closed
Ballet is a classic dance style, that’s all about technique, grace, and discipline. At our Pinecrest dance studio, we offer a full program in ballet to develop your child’s technical proficiency and artistic expression through the progressions of instruction.
It starts with general classes that allow the young dancer to be introduced playfully to the basic positions and movements. In advanced stages, students develop those skills into more complex choreography.
In intermediate levels, more advanced techniques and elements of performance are introduced to improve coordination and artistic expression. Classes for older students then focus on advanced techniques and classical repertoire for further ballet training or performance.
With the one-on-one attention provided by our experienced teachers in a warm and nurturing environment, each dancer can develop their skills and self-confidence while having a structured ballet education.
Flamenco is among the most passionate dance styles that originated in Spain. The Flamenco program at our Pinecrest dance studio introduces kids to the world of Flamenco dancing with passion.
Classes start right from the basics: Young children learn the fundamentals of Flamenco, basic steps, rhythm, and body movements. The early classes emphasize fun, making a creative space for strong technical coordination.
As the student progresses, he or she is taught more complex Flamenco techniques and choreography. Variations of the styles of Flamenco are pursued in the intermediate class to further the dancer’s proficiency and knowledge of the dance. Emphasis will be placed on the perfection of the footwork, performance quality, and individual style.
Our experienced teachers are committed to each dancer’s growth in a supportive and inspiring space so that one may gain a full and enriching Flamenco education.
Miami Dance Project at Pinecrest, Fl, offers Autism Movement Therapy. A program that will help improve cognitive, emotional, and physical skills in kids with autism, by utilizing music and motion.
In this method, rhythmic dance with specific structured activities engages in expanded communication, social interactions, and improved motor coordination.
This secure environment allows participants to make creative use of one’s self while developing life skills in their own special way. Inclusion and growth commitment for neurodivergent dancers at Miami Dance Project is possible with dance as a tool of therapy.
Our Facility in Pinecrest, Fl, has modern state-of-the-art classes that will provide the best environment for dance training. Further, our studios are designed with high-quality sprung floors for reduced impact and prevention of injuries to enable dancers to train safely and effectively.
Each studio has full-length mirrors that help with technique, observation, and correct movements.
Pinecrest takes very seriously the importance of education and personal growth, which aligns with our dance programs.
The community encourages young talent and enriching experiences that support our mission of ensuring excellence in instruction and development for each student in our studio.
Choosing Pinecrest for your child’s dance education means convenience, safety, cultural diversity, and educational growth. We are truly grateful to be a part of such a wonderful community and to be able to provide the best dance education experience.
Whether you are just starting out or looking further to improve your dancing, at Miami Dance Project, we’ve got your back.
Diverse classes, experienced teachers, and a warm setting mean that everyone from tiny tots to adults can get the most fun while enjoying dance.
It is simple to register for one of our dance classes here at Pinecrest. You may log onto our website and fill out the online registration form or you can call into our office and we will be able to register you.
Our staff will guide you through the process and help you pick the best class suited for your needs.
Feeling ready to try out Pinecrest dance classes for yourself? Then enroll now and join our dance family. We are waiting to see you here at Miami Dance Project’s Pinecrest Dance Studio to start your classes.
Miami Dance Project, established in the year 2000, stands at the forefront of the dance industry, known not only for its advanced training programs and innovative choreography but also for its profound commitment to serving the community.
Miami Dance Project
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to