School director Viktoria Page talks about the OWL camp

Dear friends,

This week Oklahoma City Ballet partnered with City Arts Center and New View Oklahoma to participate in the OWL (Oklahomans Without Limits) camp July 26-30, 2010. This has truly been both a humbling and uplifting experience.

Myself and four other teachers from The Dance Center of Oklahoma City Ballet took groups of visually impaired campers and their sighted “buddies” through a week of ballet and movement classes. Groups of both girls and boys opened their minds and hearts to us and took great chances with space, emotion and movements that they had never discovered before. It was incredible to see how they truly did not allow themselves to have boundaries and enjoyed all their new challenges. These campers are fearless, wonderful, happy and motivated individuals.

This program not only changed the lives of the campers but changed us as teachers as well. Looking inside ourselves and others to imagine all the possibilities that exist.

Sincerely,

Viktoria Page

School Director

The Dance Center of Oklahoma City Ballet