Spring Fling! Beginner Ballroom Dance Workshop

Presented by Newport Contemporary Ballet in collaboration with Newport Healthworks and Rachel Balaban’s DAPpers (Dance for All People).

Rachel is one of the instructors along with NCB company dancer Gregory Tyndall.

All proceeds will be donated to the RI Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association. Those afflicted with that disease are encouraged to participate and should feel free to bring a caregiver along as well.

Rachel Balaban has been teaching dance for more than 15 years, dedicating her career to teaching movement to people with neurological disorders, specifically Parkinson’s Disease and Autism. She is committed to helping people access their vitality and health through the use of their own bodies and to make dance accessible to all populations. She is a Teaching Associate in the Brown University Medical School and is a former dancer and Board President at Newport Contemporary Ballet.

Gregory Tyndall trained formally in dance at the Cobb County Centre for Performing Arts at Pebblebrook High School. He has also trained at the Atlanta Ballet, Kirov Academy, Rock School for Dance Education, Nashville Ballet, and the Cincinnati Ballet. He earned his BFA from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Ballet Theatre and has been a dancer with Newport Contemporary Ballet since 2018.