For more than 25 years, Sonia Plumb Dance Company “endures in part because it’s so community oriented and accessible.” (The Hartford Courant). Artistic Director, Sonia Plumb, has received a National Artist Teaching Fellowship and Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fellowship. The Company is known for reaching beyond the arts community to a broad audience through Education, Outreach and Collaboration with concerts that featuring dynamic choreography and unique collaborations with composers, musicians, puppeteers, poets and professors! The Company delivers a nationally recognized Arts Integration program to schools in Greater Hartford connecting Dance to Science and Language Arts through Common Core Curriculum. The Company's Dance Apprentice Career Training is a new paid apprenticeship for talented, underserved high school graduates who wish to pursue a career in Dance. This program is supported in large part by The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Educational programs also include "Active Bodies/Active Brains", taught by a certified Company member to fill an important need for students on the Autism Spectrum. Learn more about the artistic work and educational programs of Sonia Plumb Dance Company and support our mission - To Enrich and Educate the Community through Innovative Modern Dance - at www.SoniaPlumbDance.org.
