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or call 973-493-2326!
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FAQs
Do you travel the entire country and internationally in-person?
- Yes! I do travel throughout the US and internationally.
What types of programs do you offer and how long are they?
- I offer assemblies & family events (in an auditorium, gym, cafeteria or stage – usually 45-60 minutes), residencies (traveling classroom to classroom or in a fixed room – usually 30-minutes for multiple weeks), and professional development events for 1-3 hours.
What is your maximum audience size?
- I can perform for up to 1000 people – probably can do more than that.
What equipment do you need?
- I bring all of my own equipment. Just book the show, kick back and relax!
Our Programs
Turtle Dance Music offers a variety of dynamic in-person and virtual content for children, teens, and adults, designed to both entertain and educate. Choose a program category to learn more …
Seasonal Programs | Reading & Arts Programs | S.T.E.A.M. Programs | Teen & Adult Programs | Special Programs
We can of course also customize any program to suit a particular audience or venue. We have over 52 weeks of programming. Just drop us a line to let us know more about your needs.
Reading & Arts Programs
The Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Reading Rocks! (*MOST POPULAR*)
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
This is our flagship show and the first one you should book! A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Reading Rocks! features wonderful classic and original children’s songs and tales. The show engages children with big giant bubbles, songs, comedy, dance, and loop station music technology. Join us for this novel performance which will be accompanied by visual and sensory experiences. Kids will dance, sing, laugh, use their imaginations and connect with new friends. The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and teachers!
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show For Autism Acceptance Month!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
Turtle Dance Music will present a special inclusive, neurodiverse event for children, teens and adults of all abilities for Autism Acceptance Month and for the entire year! There will be bubbles, laughter, dancing, games, incredible visuals, and a story that teaches children the foundations for autism acceptance. The show is crafted to be inclusive for audience members of all abilities and has variations for less verbal and less physical populations! Each song in the show is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Unearth Your Story! For Summer Reading 2026 (*Guaranteed to SELL OUT*)
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
Get out your cameras and your paleontology tools because we are about to go on a dancing adventure with some really rad dinosaurs! Kids will pop bubbles, dance, sing, laugh, use their imaginations and connect with the coolest dinosaurs that have ever walked this planet. The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and caregivers! Each song in our high energy show is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Sing With Seuss for Read Across America & Parents As Reading Partners
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
Welcome to the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss! This music concert celebrates Theodor Geisel’s best known works including The Cat In The Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, Oh The Places You Will Go!, Yertle the Turtle, The Sneetches, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street and many more! The show engages children of all ages with songs, comedy, bubbles, music technology and is also crafted for children on the Autism Spectrum. Each song is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time. Kids will dance, sing, and learn about the biography of Theodor Geisel. Parents, teachers and caregivers are also welcome to join the fun.
Seasonal Programs
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Autumn Rocks!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly S
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The Bubble, Comedy And Music Show: Autumn Rocks engages children with bubbles, comedy, songs, falling leaves, poems, music technology and children’s stories which foster literacy, storytelling and a lifelong love of your local library! The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children and a great time for parents and caregivers. Each song in the show is accompanied by hands-on, visual and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time. Kids will try out instruments, interactive music technology and dance through the whole show!
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Halloween Rocks!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
The Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Halloween Rocks! engages children with comedy, singing, the itsy-bitsy spider, bats, goblins, ghouls, music technology and a monster mash dance party for the kids! You’ll be “howling” with laughter! The show is crafted to be inclusive for children of all abilities and a great time for parents and caregivers. Each song in the show is accompanied by hands-on, visual and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Thanksgiving Rocks!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
Get ready for a turkey-tastic time with The Bubble, Comedy, and Music Show: Thanksgiving Rocks! This high-energy, interactive concert is packed with music, laughter, and sensory fun for kids of all abilities—and it’s just as entertaining for parents and caregivers! Children will sing, dance, and giggle their way through songs and silly stories celebrating family, friendship, turkeys, and pumpkin pie. With bubbles galore and hands-on, multisensory activities, this show is designed to keep every child engaged and having a blast! From gobbling like turkeys to wobbling like cranberry jelly, kids will be moving, grooving, and learning the whole way through. It’s the perfect way to kick off the season of gratitude—come ready to sing, laugh, and shake your tail feathers!
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Holiday Awesomeness!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
Turtle Dance Music is going to celebrate the Chanukah and Christmas Festivities (and I can tie in other religious holidays as well) with The Music, Bubble and Comedy Show: Holiday Awesomeness! We are celebrating the holidays with special songs about dancing menorahs, jingle bells, spinning dreidels, Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer and Santa Claus coming to town! There will also be big giant bubbles, a didgeridoo and a DJ dance party at the end of the show! The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and caregivers!
The Winter-Wonderland Music, Bubble and Comedy Show!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
“Sleigh bells ring! Are you listenin’?” The Winter-Wonderland Music, Dance and Comedy Show is a snowy “turtle-riffic” musical experience that is designed to engage children through winter songs, movement activities, children’s stories, and interactive music technology! The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and caregivers! Each song in the show is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: New Years Eve Rocks!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
“Start spreading the news!” We are celebrating the new year with a special Winter-Wonderland Music, Dance and Comedy Show: A New Years Celebration! The show will engage families with winter songs, New Years Songs, movement activities, children’s stories, and interactive music technology! At the end of the show we will have a special sing along to ring in the new year so bring your noisemakers! The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and caregivers! Each song in the show is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show! All You Need Is Love (For February/Valentines Day)
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: All You Need Is LOVE! is the perfect, most “turtle-riffic” musical experience that is designed to engage children through songs about love, bubbles, movement activities, children’s stories, and interactive music technology! The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and caregivers! Each song in the show is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
A Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Swing Into Spring!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!” The Bubble, Comedy And Music Show: Swing Into Spring! engages children with bubbles, comedy, swing music, jazz music, “March”-ing songs, poems, music technology and children’s stories which foster literacy, storytelling and a lifelong love of your local library! The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and caregivers! Each song in the show is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
S.T.E.A.M. Programs & Special Themes
Songs That Count! Add To The World
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
Whether your kids love to count or make original hip-hop beats, this show is for them and will help encourage a lifelong love of numbers and math. Full of music and movement, Songs That Count! is a fun, high-energy performance that includes books, music technology, and visuals about math subjects like counting, addition, and subtraction. It’s inclusive for kids on the autism spectrum, and will even have parents and caregivers dancing along!
Space! The Cosmos for Kids
The Sun, The Earth, the Moon and Revolution & Rotation
ALL AGES
This techno-space-dance-party for kids and teens is designed to help them learn and have fun at the same time. Each song in Space! The Cosmos for Kids includes bubbles, dancing, music technology, thumping bass beats and information about our universe. Meet aliens from outer space, learn about the history of NASA, sing about the planets in our solar system, participate in a rap battle with the sun, and learn the difference between revolution and rotation … and still be home in time for dinner.
Wally and the Water Cycle: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation & Transpiration!
ALL AGES
Join us on an extraordinary (and hilarious) journey through the water cycle. This interactive musical tells the tale of an anxious drop of water, Wally, who learns to overcome his fear of going through the changing states of the water cycle. This show will leave audience members laughing, clapping, and singing along as it celebrates nature science concepts like biodiversity, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, melting, and transpiration.
Why Ecosystems Rock!!!
Biomes, Food Webs, and Biodiversity
ALL AGES
This exciting program about biodiversity, biomes, and the food web encourages a love of both science and nature. Why Ecosystems Rock!!! engages kids with songs, comedy, and music technology, while also entertaining the parents, teachers, and caregivers in the audience. Each song in the show is accompanied by interactive cues designed to help kids dance, sing, have fun, and learn why ecosystems are so critically important for our future.
The Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: The Animal Party!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
Flap your wings, jump like little monkeys and come on down to Old McDonald’s Farm! This event features all of your favorite animals, bubbles, comedy and dancing! Kids will dance, sing, laugh, use their imaginations and connect with new friends. The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and caregivers! Each song is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
The Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: Reading Colors Your World!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
The Bubble, Comedy And Music Show: Reading Colors Your World! is a colorful “turtle-riffic” musical experience that is designed to engage children through songs about colors, bubbles, movement activities, children’s stories, and interactive music technology where colors make MUSIC! The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and caregivers! Each song in this high energy show is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
The Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: SHAPES NOW!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
The Bubble, Comedy And Music Show: SHAPES NOW! Is all about children’s favorite shapes! Triangles, circles, squares, rectangles, hexagons, pentagons, ovals and rhombuses! The world is filled with shapes! This “turtle-riffic” musical experience is designed to engage children through songs about shapes, bubbles, movement activities, children’s stories, and interactive music technology where shapes can DANCE and make MUSIC! The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and caregivers! Each song in this high energy show is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
The Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: The Concert For Little Superheroes!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
Turtleman! Turtleman! Does whatever a turtle can! Are you ready to save the world from villains and evil doers? This bubble, comedy and music show celebrates all of our favorite superheroes from our favorite comic books and TV shows! We also celebrate real life superheroes who help make the world a better and safer place! The show is crafted to be inclusive for all children, including children on the Autism Spectrum, and a great time for parents and caregivers! Each song in the show is accompanied by hands-on, visual, and sensory experiences designed to help kids learn and have fun at the same time.
The Bubble, Comedy and Music Show: The Purim Party!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
Shake your groggers, eat some hamantaschen and join us for a joyful and interactive Purim celebration like no other! A Bubble, Comedy, and Music Show: The Purim Party brings the festive spirit of Purim to life with delightful classic and original children’s songs, inspired by the story of Queen Esther. Kids will be enchanted by giant bubbles, hilarious comedy, lively dancing, and loop station music technology that creates an engaging sensory experience. Through music and storytelling, children will learn about the courage of Esther, the excitement of Purim traditions, and the joy of celebrating together. This inclusive performance is designed to captivate all kids, including those on the Autism Spectrum, while parents and teachers have a great time too! Get ready to sing, laugh, imagine, and connect with friends in this unique, fun-filled show celebrating the spirit of Purim!
Teen & Adult Programs
How To Become A YouTuber: Cool Apps For Making Beats, Content, Music and Editing
Ages 12-18
If you or your teens want to become Youtubers or Twitch streamers this is the PERFECT program for them. This program will show you step-by-step how to grow your Youtube or Twitch following, help teens open up their creativity, record their own original beats, and become a DJ in a day.
Teen, Adult and Senior-Citizen Music and Karaoke Program
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
The Teen/Adult/Senior-Citizen Music and Karaoke program is a HUGE HIT. Lot’s of centers want me back every year! Come with Mr. Matt as he pumps up the crowd for an exciting night of karaoke! This performance is inclusive for teens, adults and senior citizens of all verbal and physical abilities! Everyone looks good getting on the mic and singing. It’s a good vibes only environment. And if you want to just be a wallflower and hang out that’s also cool, too! This experience includes music technology beat making apps, karaoke, comedy, interactive games, and musical instruments from all over the world.
Special Programs
BIRTHDAY PARTIES!!!
ALL AGES
Sensory/Autism-Friendly Show
Do you want a show that is crafted for your child’s birthday party theme? Turtle Dance Music specializes in birthday party concerts. We can invite up to 1000 guests and tailor the concert around your child’s interest! This party isn’t only for your child. It’s also entertaining for the entire family – grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
