Zumba Fitness Workshop a Hit with Special Needs Girls

A winter Motzei Shabbos can really drag on, but for one group of young women with special needs, it never seemed long enough.

The Friendship Circle of Brooklyn’s Teen & Twenties Division recently completed a 10 week Zumba fitness workshop. Under the direction of Mushky Borisute, Mushki Tenenbaum and Feigy Friedman, 25 girls got together on Saturday evenings for ninety minutes of dance, a hearty Melava Malka and a “Learn a Life Skill” session.

The final weekend culminated with a recital for all the mothers. As the program began, the girls performed three rehearsed songs, followed by each girl taking the lead and free-styling, with the rest of the group and moms following their lead and joining in on the fun.

Gifts were then given to the volunteers and coordinators by the director of the Friendship Circle, Mrs. Chani Majesky.

Watching the girls in action, some of whom never get the opportunity to take the stage, never mind perform, was truly a sight to behold. “My daughter literally came out of her shell!” exclaimed one mother, “She finally has a peer group that she is comfortable with, that makes her feel good about herself and the talents she has.”