We Can Dance

“What could you discover about yourself through Kizomba?”
Dance can reveal abilities we didn't know we had, building confidence, creativity, and connection along the way.
Meet Tboy Peleve, an Atlanta-based Kizomba and Semba instructor whose journey includes international mentorship and years of teaching dancers to grow through movement and musicality.
At Dance in the Dark™: Groove to Give Festival, Tboy will bring his passion and energy to the dance floor, inviting you to explore Kizomba and discover new possibilities within yourself.
Join Tboy and the We Can Dance community on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at Elements Dance Studio in Atlanta.
Connection Beyond Sight.
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“What does it take to create a dance floor where everyone feels they belong?”
For Nicole Vezenegho, it starts with creating opportunities for people to participate, connect, and express themselves through movement. A dancer since age five, Nicole has trained and performed in Latin and aerial dance nationally and internationally and previously founded an Atlanta nonprofit arts center focused on expanding access to aerial dance.
Today, as a We Can Dance board member and dance instructor, Nicole brings that experience directly to the dance floor. She has taught inclusive Kizomba classes bringing blind, visually impaired, and sighted dancers together, helping create an environment where everyone has the opportunity to learn, connect, and belong.
At Dance in the Dark™: Groove to Give Festival, that same spirit of inclusion becomes part of the experience. A dance floor where everyone belongs doesn't happen by accident. It is created with intention.
Join Nicole and the We Can Dance community on Saturday, November 14, 2026, in Atlanta.
Connection Beyond Sight.
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“One ticket can help someone discover a place where they belong.”
At Dance in the Dark: Groove to Give Festival, your ticket is more than admission to a day of dance, music, learning, and connection, it creates opportunity.
Every ticket purchased helps We Can Dance expand accessible dance education and inclusive community programs, creating more opportunities for blind and visually impaired individuals to dance, connect, build confidence, and experience belonging.
Come dance with us, experience Connection Beyond Sight, and help make the dance floor a place where everyone belongs.

Saturday, November 14, 2026 | Atlanta, Georgia�

Buy your ticket now: $25-$65. Your ticket creates opportunities for others through dance. Dance Belongs to Everyone.

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Close your eyes. Could you still connect with another person through dance?
Dance in the Dark: Groove to Give Festival | Connection Beyond Sight
Connection doesn't begin with what we see. It can begin with a hand, a rhythm, a shared movement, or the trust between two people on a dance floor.
Connection Beyond Sight is about discovering how movement, trust, and human connection can be experienced beyond what we see.
At Dance in the Dark, blind, visually impaired, and sighted people will come together for dance workshops and social dancing. During the dance workshops, sighted and visually impaired participants with light perception, will have the opportunity to dance while wearing blindfolds, encouraging them to rely less on visual information and pay greater attention to rhythm, touch, communication, trust, and connection with their partners.
The blindfold experience is not intended to simulate blindness. Instead, it offers another way to experience dance and explore how we communicate and connect beyond sight.
We believe accessibility creates new ways for people to connect, communicate, and experience dance together. When we design dance so that more people can participate, we don't just remove barriers, we create new possibilities for connection.
Hosted by We Can Dance, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
📅 November 14, 2026�
Elements Dance Studio | Atlanta, Georgia
Come experience connection differently. Join us on the dance floor.
Buy your ticket now($25-$65)
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What happens when one person’s challenge becomes an opportunity for others?

Before becoming blind in 2018, Dr. Samuel Vezenegho (affectionately known as Samy Vez) was a scientist, Kizomba event host and dance instructor for more than 10 years. He also placed second in Urban Kiz at the 2017 North American Kizomba Olympiade.

Blindness didn’t end Samy’s journey, it inspired him to create We Can Dance, where blind, visually impaired and sighted people can experience dance, connection and belonging together.

On November 14, 2026, that vision comes to life at Dance in the Dark: Groove to Give Festival, a day of inclusive dance workshops, connection and social dancing.

Hosted by We Can Dance, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
�📅 November 14, 2026�📍 Elements Dance Studio | Atlanta, Georgia
Come experience connection differently. Join us on the dance floor.
Buy tickets ($25-$65): https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/we-can-dance-atl-dance-in-the-dark-groove-to-give-festival--2026

( photo of Samy Vez in gray sweat pants and hoodie posing in the same stance as the statue of the ancient king of Persia behind him, holding his cane as a King’s staff/scepter like a true leader, choosing to be empowered by challenges)

“Everyone deserves a place where they feel seen, valued, and connected.”
That belief is why Dance in the Dark: Groove to Give Festival , Connection Beyond Sight exists.
We believe dance has the power to remove barriers and create meaningful human connection. By bringing blind, visually impaired, and sighted people onto the same dance floor, we create opportunities to experience one another beyond what we see.
This is more than a festival. It’s about creating spaces where people can connect, participate, and belong.
Come dance with us and experience what happens when we move beyond sight and connect through movement, trust, and shared experience.
Hosted by We Can Dance, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Saturday, November 14, 2026 | Elements Dance Studio | Atlanta, Georgia�Buy your ticket now: $25-$65. Your ticket creates opportunities for others through dance.



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“What if one dance could change the way you see the world?”
Dance in the Dark: Groove to Give Festival, exists to bring blind, visually impaired, and sighted people together through a shared experience of dance, movement, and human connection.
It’s more than a dance event. It’s an inclusive community experience where we move beyond what we see and discover new ways to communicate, trust, connect, and belong.
Through inclusive dance workshops, including opportunities for sighted, and visually impaired participants with sight perception to dance blindfolded, we invite you to experience connection differently and discover what becomes possible when barriers are removed.
Join a movement that celebrates accessibility, connection, and community. Come experience Connection Beyond Sight.
Hosted by We Can Dance, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Saturday, November 14, 2026 | Elements Dance Studio | Atlanta, Georgia�Please, share and visit wecandance.org for more details.

Hello Atl dancers,
We have 3 key events coming up this March for you to note and SAVE the dates:

1. Dance class at Elements dance studio on Sunday March 15th from 4:30-6pm

2. Dance in the Dark social at the library on March 28th from 2-5PM

3. Dance class at Elements dance studio on March 29 from 4:30-6pm

Remeber to register before hand!!!