Non-Profit Organization Project (Determined)
Dancing Dreams
What they do...
Dancing Dreams is a non-profit dance program that gives children with physical and mental disabilities a chance to dance! They focus on their abilities rather then their disabilities and gives them the opportunity to dance. Dancing dreams wants to give everyone the opportunity to put on a tutu and allow them to achieve their dance dream.
On campus I am apart of the Millersville University Dance Team. By using my interests it wasn't difficult to find a non-profit organization. Dancing Dreams studio inspired me to use there company content because they have an inspiration mission for their studio and are doing good deeds for the community. I prompted by phone call by saying I was on the Dance Team at Millersville University. I didn't think it would be a smart idea if I stated that I was a graphic designer looking to use their dance studio concept to create my project. I simply incorporated questions that I would of asked as a designer but used my background experience in dance to get a more personal response.
Phone Call with Dancing Dream's Studio
Joann
1.) How did Dancing Dreams begin?
Joann's profession out of school was a pediatric physical therapist and during one of her sessions a little girl was unbelievably upset because she alway's wanted to dance but no professional dance studio would let her. During the child's sessions she would use dance techniques and have the little girl dress up into dance apparel. Joann said she knew she was changing the little girl's life. Joann said that she felt more fulfilled in life by giving people with mental and physical disabilities the change to dance and live our their dreams. She then open her studio and it has blossomed ever since.
2.) Are there any other studio's out there like yours?
Joann said that there are other studios out there in the U.S that give dancers with physical and mental disabilities a chance to dance. She explained how Dancing dreams is different from other studios because each of the dancers has there own student teacher that helps dance and perform with them in classes and performances. The student teachers are high school students that have a passion and background in dance that want to volunteer and get to know the dancers.
3.) What types of dance styles does Dancing Dreams offer?
"We mostly offer ballet classes as ballet helps strengthen the minds and bodies of the students. The dancers are challenged through choreography and the techniques of ballet. We do not push our dancers if they can not do all the positions or dances. We mostly encourage them to dance to the best of their ability and stray away from frustration."
4.) Is your company ADA compliant? Is your website ADA compliant?
"We must keep our studio ADA compliant as all the dancers have different needs and we must think of each girl or boy as an individual with individual needs. As a pediatric physical therapist I've learn that everyone has different needs in order to be comfortable in their environment. As for the website, I believe it is ADA complaint but at times I feel like the information is over crowded."
5.) What is the main purpose of the website?
Joann explained that the main purpose of the website was to give an overview about Dancing Dreams mission and the different programs/opportunities they offer. Most of the girls that registrar with our Studio call or set up an appointment to go over their child's needs upon entering the studio. At some point in the future Dancing Dreams would like to have a registration online for the dancer to sign up. As Dancing Dream's is still growing we are not overwhelmed and can still keep track of the information through spreadsheets and forms.
Other responses why someone would go onto their website is to registrar as a student assist or teacher. The website is also used as advertisement viewport from the different publications that have written about the studio like the New York Post and DailyNews.
My response:
I had to agree with Joann's comment about the content becoming over crowded on the website. Everything seems jammed together which makes it difficult to pick out the information you are searching for. I don't think the website is 100% ADA compliant because the font faces are switching constantly from script to extra bold, to serif and back to sans serif. The stars are distracting from the fonts because they sit right behind some of the text.
Reading
Visual Inventory: http://danielmall.com/articles/visual-inventory/
Daniel Mall focuses his efforts on creating responsive websites for his clients. As designers serve for the client we must analysis all the deliverables they would like to see in their website. Other process of creation examples besides visual inventories are style tiles, style prototypes, element collages, and moodboards. Visual Inventory focuses on the over feel of the webpage. Visual Inventory touch on questions such as: color, typography, concept, direction, tone, etc. In other terms the visual inventory is the look and feel of the website.
On campus I am apart of the Millersville University Dance Team. By using my interests it wasn't difficult to find a non-profit organization. Dancing Dreams studio inspired me to use there company content because they have an inspiration mission for their studio and are doing good deeds for the community. I prompted by phone call by saying I was on the Dance Team at Millersville University. I didn't think it would be a smart idea if I stated that I was a graphic designer looking to use their dance studio concept to create my project. I simply incorporated questions that I would of asked as a designer but used my background experience in dance to get a more personal response.
Joann
1.) How did Dancing Dreams begin?
Joann's profession out of school was a pediatric physical therapist and during one of her sessions a little girl was unbelievably upset because she alway's wanted to dance but no professional dance studio would let her. During the child's sessions she would use dance techniques and have the little girl dress up into dance apparel. Joann said she knew she was changing the little girl's life. Joann said that she felt more fulfilled in life by giving people with mental and physical disabilities the change to dance and live our their dreams. She then open her studio and it has blossomed ever since.
2.) Are there any other studio's out there like yours?
Joann said that there are other studios out there in the U.S that give dancers with physical and mental disabilities a chance to dance. She explained how Dancing dreams is different from other studios because each of the dancers has there own student teacher that helps dance and perform with them in classes and performances. The student teachers are high school students that have a passion and background in dance that want to volunteer and get to know the dancers.
3.) What types of dance styles does Dancing Dreams offer?
"We mostly offer ballet classes as ballet helps strengthen the minds and bodies of the students. The dancers are challenged through choreography and the techniques of ballet. We do not push our dancers if they can not do all the positions or dances. We mostly encourage them to dance to the best of their ability and stray away from frustration."
4.) Is your company ADA compliant? Is your website ADA compliant?
"We must keep our studio ADA compliant as all the dancers have different needs and we must think of each girl or boy as an individual with individual needs. As a pediatric physical therapist I've learn that everyone has different needs in order to be comfortable in their environment. As for the website, I believe it is ADA complaint but at times I feel like the information is over crowded."
5.) What is the main purpose of the website?
Joann explained that the main purpose of the website was to give an overview about Dancing Dreams mission and the different programs/opportunities they offer. Most of the girls that registrar with our Studio call or set up an appointment to go over their child's needs upon entering the studio. At some point in the future Dancing Dreams would like to have a registration online for the dancer to sign up. As Dancing Dream's is still growing we are not overwhelmed and can still keep track of the information through spreadsheets and forms.
Other responses why someone would go onto their website is to registrar as a student assist or teacher. The website is also used as advertisement viewport from the different publications that have written about the studio like the New York Post and DailyNews.
My response:
I had to agree with Joann's comment about the content becoming over crowded on the website. Everything seems jammed together which makes it difficult to pick out the information you are searching for. I don't think the website is 100% ADA compliant because the font faces are switching constantly from script to extra bold, to serif and back to sans serif. The stars are distracting from the fonts because they sit right behind some of the text.
Reading
Visual Inventory: http://danielmall.com/articles/visual-inventory/
Daniel Mall focuses his efforts on creating responsive websites for his clients. As designers serve for the client we must analysis all the deliverables they would like to see in their website. Other process of creation examples besides visual inventories are style tiles, style prototypes, element collages, and moodboards. Visual Inventory focuses on the over feel of the webpage. Visual Inventory touch on questions such as: color, typography, concept, direction, tone, etc. In other terms the visual inventory is the look and feel of the website.
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