Martha's Dance Center

Galentine’s Zumba Party! 💖
Come join us this Wednesday, February 11th for a fun Galentine’s Zumba class!

✨ Wear pink, purple, red, or anything with hearts ❤️
✨ Enjoy goodies & refreshments after class
✨ Bring a friend! If you and/or a friend purchase a class card, you’ll receive a special gift 🎁

💃 Drop-in: $15
💃 10-Class Card: $100

Please contact us if you’re interested in attending—we’d love to dance with you! ☺️ 347-277-4203

💖 Galentine’s Day Zumba Party! 💖

Wednesday, February 11th at 7PM

Grab your BFF and come dance, sweat, and celebrate Galentine’s Day with us!
Get healthy, have fun, and enjoy a festive night full of energy, music, and laughter.

✨ Post-class treats & refreshments included!
👚 Wear red, pink, or Valentine’s-themed attire!

📍 Martha’s Dance Center
475 Onderdonk Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Entrance on Harman St)
📞 347-277-4203
🌐 marthasdance.com

💲 $15 Drop-In
💳 10-Class Card: $100

🎁 Special Galentine’s Deal:
Come with a friend — if both purchase a 10-class card, you both receive a free gift!

❤️ Dance. Sweat. Celebrate friendship! ❤️

❄️Monday Afternoon Classes- Winter Weather Update❄️

Due to accumulation of snow and the chance of refreezing in some areas this evening, all Monday afternoon classes are canceled today.

SPECIAL ZUMBA MONDAY!
This Monday January 19th at a special time — 7 PM!

Come join us for 45 minutes of sweat, fun, and dance!
Bring a friend promo:
If you and your friend both purchase a class card,
you BOTH receive a FREE GIFT! 🎁

📍 Martha’s Dance Center
475 Onderdonk Ave, Ridgewood, NY
(Entrance on Harman St)

💲 $15 Drop-In
💳 10-Class Card: $100

📞 347-277-4203
🌐 marthasdance.com

Happy new year!
Whose looking to get fit for 2026 in a fun way?

!🎊 NEW YEAR, NEW YOU! 🎊
ZUMBA® FITNESS PROMO!

Start 2026 dancing, sweating & smiling!
🔥 NEW MEMBERS SPECIAL 🔥
$60 for an Unlimited Class Card
valid for the entire month of January 💃🕺

📍 Location

475 Onderdonk Ave, Ridgewood, NY
(Entrance on Harman St)

📞 Call/Text: 347-277-4203

🌐 Visit: marthasdance.com

💥 Let’s shake off last year and dance into the new one!
🎶 All levels welcome — come join the party! 🎶

🎃 Happy Halloween, dancers! 👻
Just a reminder — the studio is closed today for the holiday. Have a spooktacular night trick-or-treating and celebrating! 💃🕺

Misty Copeland will take her final bow tonight with the American Ballet Theatre at Lincoln Center, marking the end of a historic 24-year career as the first Black woman to become principal dancer in the company's 85-year history!

Tonight's performance includes excerpts from "Romeo and Juliet" and "Sinatra Suite," as well as special tributes honoring her extraordinary impact on arts and culture. "It's been [nearly] 25 years at ABT, and I think it's time," Copeland said in an interview this week. "It's time for me to move to the next stage. I feel like this is me saying 'thank you' to the company. So it's a farewell. (But) it won't be the end of me dancing. ... Never say never."

Copeland's journey to the pinnacle of the ballet world took a path that was far from traditional -- she began training at age 13, extraordinarily late by ballet standards, while living out of a motel room with her mother and five siblings in San Pedro, California. She described going "from day to day, night to night not knowing where we were sleeping, not knowing if we were going to have food." At the time she took her first lesson at her local Boys & Girls Club, she was anxious and saw herself as undersized and gangly.

“I was never, you know, the popular one, the pretty one,” she reflected. “These big long feet and skinny legs and skinny limbs were all these things that I thought were negative things in how we view beauty in our society, and then when I was introduced to the ballet world, all of those qualities were beauty for a ballerina.”

Copeland’s talent, however, was obvious immediately, and within three months, she was already dancing on pointe, a technique that many dancers work for years to achieve. At the age of fifteen -- two short years after starting lessons, and competing against girls who would have been training for ten or more years -- Copeland won the Los Angeles Music Center’s Spotlight Award. That’s where she caught ABT’s eye, and soon, they had offered her a spot with the company. In 2007, six years after joining the company, she became their second ever African American soloist. Copeland became ABT's first Black woman principal dancer in 2015.

Despite her meteoric rise, she faced considerable adversity. Throughout her career, Copeland faced discrimination and isolation as often the only Black woman in the company, with early years marked by being told to lighten her skin and even being denied roles because of her skin color. "People make comments. For some people, I don't look like a ballerina," she told Elle magazine.

Yet she persisted, using her platform to transform ballet's culture. Beyond her artistic triumphs, she became a bestselling author and founded The Misty Copeland Foundation, which through its BE BOLD program ensures that ballet is affordable, accessible, and fun for children of all backgrounds.

As New York City Ballet soloist India Bradley, the company's first Black woman soloist, noted, Copeland "has completely left a snail trail for us to glide down a lot easier than the women before her," forcing major companies to actually consider Black ballerinas in principal and soloist ranks. As Copeland stated in her recent Instagram post, "Although I'll be saying farewell to the stage, I'll always be committed to opening doors, creating space, and making ballet a place where everyone belongs."

Misty Copeland is the author of a gorgeously illustrated book celebrating 27 women of color who have influenced ballet: "Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy" for ages 9 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/black-ballerinas

She is also the author of a delightful picture book inspired by her early ballet experience, "Bunheads," for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/bunheads

Young kids can learn more about this trailblazer in the picture book "My Little Golden Book About Misty Copeland" (https://www.amightygirl.com/golden-book-misty-copeland) and the chapter book "You Should Meet: Misty Copeland" for ages 6 to 8 (https://www.amightygirl.com/misty-copeland)

To learn more about Misty Copeland's inspiring story, we highly recommend her excellent memoir older teen and adult readers: "Life In Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina” at https://www.amightygirl.com/life-in-motion -- and its Young Readers Edition for ages 9 and 13 at https://www.amightygirl.com/life-in-motion-young-readers

For picture books about Mighty Girls who love to dance, visit our blog post "Dancing Her Heart Out: 20 Picture Books About Mighty Girls Who Love to Dance," at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=12378

⭐Happening tonight! ⭐

✨ ZUMBA with Cynthia ✨
🎶 Every Monday 8:30 PM & Wednesday 8:00 PM

📍 Martha's Dance Center
475 Onderdonk Ave, Ridgewood NY
(Entrance on Harman St.)
📞 347-277-4203

👯‍♀️Bring a friend!

🪜 All Levels Welcome!

💃 Come dance, sweat & shake your worries away!

💲 Drop-In: $15
🎟 10-Class Card: $100