Portland Ballet has partnered with Easter Seals Maine to offer ballet classes for children with disabilities. Each of these very special students lives with physical and / or mental challenges including various cognitive and mobility disorders. For an hour each week, these youngsters enjoy a ballet class just like other children. This class is taught by PSB faculty with multiple teaching assistants to ensure a low student/teacher ratio. The children enter a studio where elegant music is played, and they get a taste of movement that is graceful, smooth, supple, and refined. This is a great opportunity for these youngsters to feel the sheer joy of moving and to be proud of themselves - a place where leg braces and walkers don't matter.