Current Dance Your Ability Programs

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Dance Your Ability can infuse existing programs or stand alone.
The desire is to create connection.
Music & movement create a joyful space where it is easy to achieve connection. 
All bodies respond to beat and all souls respond to love. 

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Music for Life 
A specialized music & movement program for those living with dementia. Music has extraordinary therapeutic benefits, as well as being a great source of comfort and reassurance. Dr. Oliver Sacks, neuroscientist and author, states that "music brings back the feeling of life when nothing else can." Music plays a key role in enhancing the lives of people living with dementia as well as help in the alleviation of apathy.

Movement for Self Care 
A program featuring classes & workshops for teens, including those at-risk and with mixed abilities.  Using facilitated free movement & conscious dance to allow for slowing down and noticing what is going on inside of oneself, and then stepping out into the group body and noticing how it is to be part of the collective, we hold space for teens as they navigate the stresses, anxieties and difficult situations of everyday life.

Move it!
​From tots to pre-teen, Move it! offers kids an opportunity to have fun moving to music in a group setting. There are no steps to learn, but rather a facilitated conscious dance space for kids to experience themselves in motion and self-expression, while learning how to do that in a group of their peers. Partner & circle work combined with lots of free expression create an environment where ALL are invited to fully be themselves.

​Everybody Dance!
​Facilitated conscious dance classes for adults with mixed abilities. Dancing together provides space for self-awareness, self-expression and appreciation of the group. A great workout for mind, body & soul, everyBODY deserves the right to experience themselves in healing motion and collective joy. 

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Dance to the Music
Classes & Programs for the 65+ population. Encouraging movement and connection via the use of strengthening exercises, free expression, collective movements and great generational music, often with the use of chairs.  As our bodies begin to age there can be a tendency to withdraw and separate oneself. By coming together and moving with what is, aches & pains included, we are able to tap into our important place in the group's collective joy.  ​​

Transformation Through Movement
Series & Workshops for women who have experienced sexism, oppression, harassment, abuse or violence. Using the 5Rhythms Movement Practice, group exercises, partner work, writing, art and Trauma Informed Practice a healing environment is created where women are able to step into a new relationship with their bodies. Space is facilitated with a certified 5Rhythms Teacher & Sexual Health Advocates. 

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In development: 
Dancing for Life: Moving with Parkinson's
Art in Motion: Art & Movement Programs
Dancing with Cancer: Moving & Supporting the Self

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