Square Studio Dance
Free Online Youth Dance Classes · About this organization
What you get
Free live online dance classes, with options from a hospital bed, chair, wheelchair, or standing with a parent.
How to start
Fill in the registration with movement, health, music, and contact details. Review the releases and staff will arrange a class time.
Good to know
- Requires live internet/Zoom access and a safe movement space.
- Hospital Project requires an adult present.
The details, as published
Free live Zoom dance classes for children from hospitals, Ronald McDonald Houses, or homes, with hospital-bed, wheelchair or chair, standing, and parent-child participation options.
What help you may get
School And Learning
Live online dance class
A free 30-minute live one-to-one or small-group dance lesson offering ballet, jazz, contemporary, and other styles tailored to the participant.
Noncash help · Recurring
1 support sessions per award
Can cover
- Live Zoom dance instruction
- One-to-one or small-group class
- Class link by email
- Classes are free of charge.
- Families may join drop-in classes; no maximum is published.
- Youth classes are described as 30-minute single drop-in classes.
Peer And Emotional Support
Peer connection during class
Small live classes let children connect with other dancers and build community while moving together.
Noncash help · Recurring
Can cover
- Live peer interaction during dance class
Why this may help
Peer And Emotional Support: The live dance classes let your child interact with other participants.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The program intends that any child can dance regardless of physical ability, and its official origin story centers on a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Age
Age 0 to age 18, measured at service date.
- Tiny Dancer serves up to age 6; standard youth classes identify groups ages 6–11 and 12–18. The separate Adults Dance Too project is not included in this pediatric record.
Treatment status
Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship
- Hospital participation is permitted from a bed, wheelchair or chair, or while standing; an adult must be present for the Hospital Project.
- Participants need internet/Zoom access and a safe space appropriate to their selected movement mode.
- Classes are free and no income test is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
- Participant must be able to join a live Zoom class at the coordinated time.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
- The official pages do not publish a treatment-location rule; virtual delivery is not evidence of unrestricted eligibility.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Live Zoom class — Classes are delivered live by Zoom to participants in hospitals, Ronald McDonald Houses, or homes.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian, Patient, Caregiver
- Gather participant, contact, emergency-contact, project, hospital/RMHC, movement, dance-experience, music, and health-accessibility details.
- Read the full liability and photo release, enter participant and signer details, and submit the registration.
- Contact the family to coordinate a class time and email the Zoom invitation.
Ways to apply or ask
- Web Form · Open form or page — Live registration includes class preferences and annual releases.
- Email · hello@squarestudiodance.com — The Hospital Project option says to email to set up a class.
Documents to prepare
- Embedded Full Assumption of Risk and Release of Liability and Photo Release, effective through January 1 following signature.
- After registration, staff contact the family to set a class time and email the Zoom link.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Limited |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Registration form was live; small classes are usually about 12–15 participants.
- Registration closes 24 hours before class time; classes are generally limited to about 12–15 participants.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Requires live internet/Zoom access and a safe movement space.
- Hospital Project requires an adult present.
- A liability and photo release covers activities through January 1 following signature.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Square Studio Dance · checked Aug 27, 2026
- The Hospital Project · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Projects · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Registration Form · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Our Story · checked Aug 27, 2026