Our History
Vermont Youth Dancers is a community dance troupe of area elementary, middle and high school age students. It was founded by Jericho resident Mia Groff to provide young dancers in the area with opportunities to perform, and is co-directed with Theresa Robinson. Mia started the group with just 5 young dancers in 2006 and has grown to include 30 dancers from Jericho, Underhill, Richmond, Fletcher, and Essex, ages 7 to 17. VYD is completely a volunteer-led organization, devoted to supporting area students in dance and performing arts. Our 2010 performance of Cinderella Unwritten, 2011 performance of Forever Young, a Peter Pan Tale, last year’s Come With Me & Breatkthrough and this year's show Young Forever, Back to Neverland were all enthusiastically received at Mount Mansfield Union High School.
“We are thrilled to welcome back several of our veteran dancers this year, and are so excited to watch them mentor younger dancers and now help with our choreography. We are also so happy to welcome 5 new young dancers to who are about to experience the magic of their first big show. That is truly our mission, to help young people experience the joy of being part of a large scale dance production,” says Mia. “Along the way, we hope to cement in them an appreciation of dance and the performing arts, and to help them build friendships, confidence, discipline, and memories that will last a lifetime."
“We are thrilled to welcome back several of our veteran dancers this year, and are so excited to watch them mentor younger dancers and now help with our choreography. We are also so happy to welcome 5 new young dancers to who are about to experience the magic of their first big show. That is truly our mission, to help young people experience the joy of being part of a large scale dance production,” says Mia. “Along the way, we hope to cement in them an appreciation of dance and the performing arts, and to help them build friendships, confidence, discipline, and memories that will last a lifetime."