Twinkles Dance Program
Dance Street California, 2295 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107
About
Twinkles Dance Program offers assisted ballroom dance learning with sensory-friendly dance education. The program includes sensory-friendly classes, performances, and competitions as part of its activities.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Price: New Student Special Only $35
Twinkles Dance Program is described as an inclusive program for the community. The program’s mission is to be a leading inclusive dance program that fosters opportunities for creativity and adaptive pathways and empowers individuals of all abilities to achieve their dancing dreams, and it states that it hopes to inspire other dance studios to encompass inclusiveness in their own programs. Monthly social dance parties are described as one of the studio’s signature activities, and there are options for kids dance classes, master classes, and group or private sessions. All Master Classes are 60 minutes, are technique and choreography based, are open to advanced Latin dancers, and are taught by the owners Nikolay Voronovich and Maria Nikolishina.
In 2004, Maria Nikolishina laid the first brick for the Twinkles program at Dance Street studio in Pasadena, California. The leadership team is listed as Founder and Studio Owner Nikolay Voronovich, Founder and Studio Owner Maria Nikolishina, Dance Instructor and Studio Manager Rebekah Casillas, Dance Instructor Caroline McClarity, and Dance Instructor Sho Harvey. Maria Nikolishina is described as a special education graduate and champion ballroom dancer who became a top world dancer and earned the American Champion title. Rebekah is described as a ballet and ballroom dancer with extensive experience teaching neurodivergent individuals, Sho is described as equally skilled in instructing neurodivergent dancers and bringing analytical precision, and Caroline is described as a professional American Rhythm dancer and expert with neurodiverse learners.
Last updated April 1, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Price: New Student Special Only $35
Twinkles Dance Program is described as an inclusive program for the community. The program’s mission is to be a leading inclusive dance program that fosters opportunities for creativity and adaptive pathways and empowers individuals of all abilities to achieve their dancing dreams, and it states that it hopes to inspire other dance studios to encompass inclusiveness in their own programs. Monthly social dance parties are described as one of the studio’s signature activities, and there are options for kids dance classes, master classes, and group or private sessions. All Master Classes are 60 minutes, are technique and choreography based, are open to advanced Latin dancers, and are taught by the owners Nikolay Voronovich and Maria Nikolishina.
In 2004, Maria Nikolishina laid the first brick for the Twinkles program at Dance Street studio in Pasadena, California. The leadership team is listed as Founder and Studio Owner Nikolay Voronovich, Founder and Studio Owner Maria Nikolishina, Dance Instructor and Studio Manager Rebekah Casillas, Dance Instructor Caroline McClarity, and Dance Instructor Sho Harvey. Maria Nikolishina is described as a special education graduate and champion ballroom dancer who became a top world dancer and earned the American Champion title. Rebekah is described as a ballet and ballroom dancer with extensive experience teaching neurodivergent individuals, Sho is described as equally skilled in instructing neurodivergent dancers and bringing analytical precision, and Caroline is described as a professional American Rhythm dancer and expert with neurodiverse learners.
Last updated April 1, 2026.
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