Our Mission

Footwork And Sole Dance Company (FASDC) is dedicated to teaching society that dance is more than entertainment. We strive to improve the education of dancers through dance conditioning classes, professional development courses, and professional performance. The aforementioned are signature services of our three dance departments. Each department intermittently offers specialty classes and workshops. But all of our programs are designed to be safe, fun-filled, and academically sound.

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Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director, Latoya N. Walker, founded Footwork And Sole Dance Company in 2016. During her undergraduate studies, Latoya sustained a knee injury that became the catalyst for our dance conditioning programs. These programs emerged from her frustration with the lack of athletic training made accessible, safe, and applicable to dancers. Over a few years, she codified and piloted the dance conditioning class structure by embedding elements of it in her teaching practices at local dance studios. The structure and exercises proved effective as student stamina, performance, and technique improved.

Since then two other dance departments have blossomed from Latoya's lived experiences and intersecting identities (e.g. first generation Jamaican-American veteran). The professional development department offers courses pertaining to entrepreneurship, sociological challenges of the dance profession, and more. The professional performance department exemplifies the impact of nonfiction storytelling through contemporary choreography.

Footwork And Sole Dance Company has served numerous communities throughout and outside of Connecticut. Our collaborations include Full Expression! Dance Collective in Colorado, Canyon Concert Ballet in Colorado, Colorado State University, HartBeat Ensemble, Arts for Learning CT, and CT Association of Schools.   ​​