Tag: cognitive disability

Student of the Season-Reagan!

Featured by Jasmine's Beat® Adaptive Dance, posted in About Us


Reagan is a sophomore at Wakeland
High School who loves dancing, signing, music, traveling, and theater.  He especially loves combining what he learns in one with the others. Tap dance is his favorite to do and ballet is his favorite to watch.  

Dance has helped Reagan with motor planning and spatial awareness. It has also provided opportunities to expand social skills and connect with others. It’s also great exercise and helps him with gross and fine motor movements but in a way that is fun! He really enjoys Ms. Jasmine’s laugh and how she had fun with him when she teaches. Reagan has been an Adaptive Bollywood dancer and danced in Adaptive Theater shows choreographed by Ms Jasmine as well! We love all the opportunities Reagan has taken on!

Student Star of The Season

Featured by Jasmine's Beat® Adaptive Dance, posted in About Us

*Meet the aspiring actress, Karen!

Karen is a beautiful student, dancer, singer, actress and daughter. She has been active at North Texas Performing Arts for several years. Karen first started with the production of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown in the summer of 2014. She did plays with the mainstream kids’ shows until she aged out and then started performing with the Starcatchers Therapeutic Arts group. She is polite and kind. She is helpful and always checking on everyone else, greeting them at her first opportunity. Karen became a Jasmine’s Beat student through learning adaptive choreography at NTPA Starcatchers during several shows, including Beauty & The Beast, Elf, Jr., Summer Showtunes and The Wayfinder (currently). She works hard to learn her lines of major casting roles, figuring out choreography, and belting out beautiful songs! She portrays the perfect vision of recollecting oneself when you get overwhelmed, takes deep breaths, and begins again, trying even harder. This is exactly what we teach our students and clients as well, for stress management. We could learn a thing or two from Karen!

Here is a picture of Karen at our latest AMP awards at NTPA, making the most of 2020!

Karen in Elf, Jr. :

Karen taping for the virtual Summer Showtunes, 2020:

We can’t wait to see what she is going to do next!