Everyone deserves a chance to dance; reflections from our International Student OT
Hello everyone! We kicked off 2019 by welcoming our first international student, Becca, from the University of South Dakota. Becca is a Doctoral Occupational Therapy student who spent four weeks with us and traveled to all of our studios. You likely saw her bright smile in the lobby and in our classes throughout the month of January! We asked Becca to reflect on her time with The Dance Ability Movement to share with the community. We hope you enjoy! Dancers on a Friday night! Why did you choose this placement? I chose this placement because I wanted [...]
OT Month Celebration Post
Hello Dance Ability community! As you know, October is Occupational Therapists Appreciation month. We want to recognize the amazing OT's that help make the Dance Ability Movement what it is! In this post, we want to recognize the wonderful Elyse Goodfield from our Richmond Hill studio JCB Danceworks who is new to the Dance Ability Movement this year! Q: What was your first interaction / experience with The Dance Ability Movement? A: My first interaction with The Dance Ability Movement occurred when I was an occupational therapy student. Mallory and Jade presented to our class and I was so excited [...]
OT Month Celebration Post
Hello again, Dance Ability community! In this post, as part of our OT celebration month, we would like to recognize and thank Sabrina Curatolo! Sabrina is our primary OT at June Lawrence School of Dance in Mississauga. Q: What was your first interaction / experience with The Dance Ability Movement? A: Attending a class at JCB Danceworks after reading about The Dance Ability Movement on The Children’s Treatment Network website. Q: Why do you work for The Dance Ability Movement? A: The Dance Ability Movement is truly an inspirational organization with a simple mission -- uniting people through dance! Dance [...]
OT Month Celebration Post
Continuing with our OT celebration posts, as October is OT appreciation month, we would like to recognize another wonderful member of our team, Rachel Martini! Rachel is the primary OT at our Ancaster location, Ballare Studio Dance! Q: What was your first interaction / experience with The Dance Ability Movement? A: I was lucky to first be introduced to The Dance Ability Movement for my final practical placement through the McMaster Occupational Therapy Program. I worked with Mallory, Jade, the dancers and volunteers for 8 weeks assisting to develop the program! Q: Why do you work for The Dance Ability [...]
OT Month Celebration Post
Hello Dance Ability Movement community! As you may know, October is OT month and we are celebrating the wonderful OT's that make up The Dance Ability Movement! In this post we would like to recognize Casey Cadeau, our primary OT at Elite Dance Corps in Bradford and secondary OT at the Dance Workshop in Alliston. Q: What was your first interaction / experience with The Dance Ability Movement? A: I was lucky enough to have it as the last placement of my occupational therapy degree. Q: Why do you work for The Dance Ability Movement? A: I love seeing how [...]
The Individuality of Expression
What do you think about when you see the colour green? When looking at the colour blue, what do you feel? These are some of the questions that Aiden opened up to our group when we had the pleasure of learning alongside him during a paint workshop this past week. Aiden Lee is an incredibly talented artist, specifically in the area of abstract painting, and enjoys sharing his gift through teaching others. As a past Dance Ability dancer himself, Aiden understands and advocates how creative arts are an important and valuable form of communication and expression. Aiden has a diagnosis [...]