Wellness MOVES Community Dance Collective

10/14/2025

04/11/2025

Special day remembering special people. Help to find a cure!

03/26/2025

Excited to see this program back in Port Hope. ❤️😀

JOIN US ! As we partner with Dancing with Parkinson's Canada to offer an in-person class:
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Wednesday April 9th
3:30pm
CHCN (99 Toronto Road, Port Hope)
Room 205.
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The class is led by a specially trained Dancing with Parkinson’s instructor who delivers fun, effective programming centered on movement and meaningful connection, however, participants do not need to be living with Parkinson’s to join the class.

Anyone who is interested in moving to music can join. Participants of all abilities are welcome - dances can be modified for safe enjoyment for everyone.

🔵For more information and to register, please contact Carolyn at [email protected] or 905-885-2626 ext. 209🔵

05/24/2024

Help keep this program accessible to all. Vote every day until May 31st to help them win funding to be able to continue to offer this free and accessible amazing program in Belleville, ON. Simple!

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04/29/2024

Wishing everyone a very happy International Dance Day!

How have you been celebrating?

04/11/2024

Today is World Parkinson's Day. 💙 A very important day to remember, support and raise awareness for people and families impacted by Parkinson's.

Join us today in Toronto at Yonge-Dundas Square for World Parkinson's Day, as we bring together music, dance, and spirit to honour and raise awareness for those impacted by Parkinson's. Don't miss out on the world premiere of a new song from Martha Johnson & Company (Martha of Martha and the Muffins) and special guests from Dancing with Parkinson's Canada and a live Sit to Stand event. Together, we can make a difference!

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4aKMjgm

03/18/2024

In honor of Social Prescribing Day we would like to share "Arts on Prescription: An Emerging Model of Mental Healthcare", a Psychology Today article written by IAM Lab's Director of Research Dr. Tasha Golden. Social prescribing is an approach that connects people to activities, groups, and services in their community to meet the practical, social and emotional needs that affect their health and wellbeing. It can help change the circumstances that make people unwell, and empower people to manage existing health problems.

Through arts on prescription programs, healthcare providers and social service agencies "prescribe" arts activities, cultural experiences, and/or time in nature to support their patients' or clients' health, wellbeing, and quality of life. Take a moment to read more about how social prescribing can help our communities and follow to learn about events and practitioners around the country.



https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-art-effect/202309/arts-on-prescription-an-emerging-model-of-mental-healthcare

https://socialprescribingusa.com/

12/22/2023

Dance Magazine's new article about neuroaesthetics explores the positive effects of movement and dance on our neurobiology.

Dance by default integrates a host of somatic and cognitive systems and when done collaboratively generates cascades of nervous system activity as you dynamically interact and respond with the dancers around you. It's not only an art form but engages a range of body systems and is a powerhouse of benefits for the mind and body of the performer and the observer.

Neuroimaging of individuals or groups of individuals engaged in movement has proved a technical challenge. One approach to work around this difficulty has been developed by three neuroscientists in partnership with the Vangeline Theater / New York Butoh Institute in the Slowest Wave project, which utilizes semi-portable electrode caps and a particularly slow and fluid form of dance called butoh.

IAM Lab's Director Susan Magsamen was asked to share her thoughts on the topic of dance and neuroscience. She states that dance would be the art form she would recommend, saying "It does it all. It brings all of this physiology and psychology and multiple biological systems together simultaneously."

The nascent neuroscientific study of dance is beginning to align with what dancers and dance appreciators have always known - there are potent and tangible benefits to engaging with dance on your psychological and biological systems.

https://www.dancemagazine.com/neuroaesthetics-and-dance/