Dancing Dreams’ Program for Disabled Girls Expands to Manhattan

Special to DNAinfo UPPER EAST SIDE — Glitz and glitter know no boundaries at this dance studio, and wheelchairs are welcome. “I never thought of being different, but knew I was,” said Veronica Siaba, a 14-year-old with cerebral palsy who’s been dancing for eight years with the Queens-based Dancing Dreams program. “I’m no longer self-conscious,” Veronica said before adding a typical teenage disclaimer: “Well, maybe a little.” Girls aged 3 to 17 with physical and medical disabilities have gotten help achieving their dancing dreams at the Bayside program for 11 years, enthusiastically embracing a favorite studio saying: “You can never have too […]

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