Established in 1998 by founder Sheila Pilc, Moving Miracles opened its first season with four students. Moving Miracles now works with more than 150 children, adolescents and adults of all abilities. We are proud to be WNY's leader in adaptive dance education.

In 2014, Moving Miracles became part of SASI, a not-for-profit provider of supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities based in Elma. Today, Moving Miracles is part of Community Classes of WNY, an affiliate of SASI. While sharing administrative resources with SASI, Community Classes of WNY is a separate not-for-profit corporation with its own volunteer board of directors.

Through our full-time, Day habilitation, and Community Outreach programs, Moving Miracles offers classes in tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, and creative movement. We also provide an innovative non-ambulatory program for dancers who utilize wheelchairs. Our student body ranges in age from children as young as three years old to adults in their 70s. Many of our dancers have a form of Cerebral Palsy; Autism, Down Syndrome, complex seizure disorders, developmental delays, visual and/or hearing impairments, ADD/ADHD, and behavioral issues.

Moving Miracles also runs its own national touring dance company. The "Company" dancers travel to promote Moving Miracles and share their gifts and talents with a wide audience. They have been invited to perform at local events throughout WNY such as Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk, Cradle Beach Harvest Festival, Music is Art Festival, Dance Days of Buffalo 2016 Contemporary Choreographers Showcase, Fredonia State College’s Dancing with the Athlete’s event, National Dance Day, SASI Celebration, Moving Miracles Annual Fall Fundraiser, and Moving Miracles Annual Christmas Party. In addition to these outreach events, Moving Miracles began a collaboration with Stage Door Connections and has hosted Master Classes in studio with performers from Broadway Touring Musicals "Kinky Boots," "Pippin," "Dirty Dancing," "The Little Mermaid," and "Hamilton." 

For more information on our program, please contact our office at (716) 656-1321 or [email protected].