I Can Arts & Resource Center

ICAN! Dance Little Rock Dance Dynamics

I CAN! Dance - The Floor Jonesboro

I CAN! Dance - Doxa Arts Academy

I CAN! Dance - Arkadelphia DancePraize

ICAN! Dance-Garland Co. Lakeside School

ICAN! Dance-Garland Co. Fountain Lake Schools

ICAN! Dance-Conway, Sonshine Academy

I CAN! is offering spring and fall classes for the following locations: Arkadelphia, Benton, Conway, East End, Garland County, Pulaski County and Jonesboro.

A buddy in dance class might assist a child in a wheelchair by pushing the wheelchair while the child with special needs performs dance moves with her arms. Buddies do attend a brief workshop to give them insight into some of the special needs they might encounter.

I CAN! Dance is offered in multiple locations and gives these children an opportunity to perform on stage with bright lights and fancy costumes. It also shows the audience that these children CAN dance and have the same interests and dreams as other children.

Dance programs are offered for children with special needs from ages 4 through adult. Satellite dance classes are offered in Conway, Benton, Arkadelphia, Jonesboro, Garland County, and Central Arkansas.

Zoe is currently a sophomore at Henderson State University majoring in special education after finding a passion of working with special needs children through volunteering in the I Can! Dance class. She has volunteered with I Can! Dance for as long as she can remember and has taught classes at the East End location for the past two years.

I CAN! Dance class began when 2- year-old Katie Mayberry – born with spina bifida and mobile through the use of a wheelchair – asked her mother if she could take a dance class like her big sister, Ellie. Based on the Bible verse from Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” the first class began in 2005 with two students, both in wheelchairs. It has now grown to nine full classes. Each class has approximately ten children, ages four to adult, with disabilities including spina bifida, Down’s syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism and other developmental delays. The classes also include dancing “Buddies.”

I CAN! Dance class is inspired by a 2-year-old born with spina bifida who asked if she could take a dance class like her big sister. The class was formed to include other children with disabilities and began in 2005 with two students in wheelchairs, now grown to nine full classes.

I CAN! of Arkansas has need of supplies for dance classes. We also provide care packages to families when their loved one with special needs must experience unexpected and prolonged hospital stays.