Making the Connection: A Student Occupational Therapist Perspective

As a student occupational therapist, one of the main concepts that have been instilled in me is the profound impact that engaging in meaningful activities has on one’s health and wellbeing. When you break down this idea, it truly does make sense as our lives are made up of doing things we like, or need [...]

By |2020-05-29T08:58:31-05:00May 29th, 2020|0 Comments

#KeepDancingChallenge – Week 9: Come dance with us to brighten up your day!

Missing the sweetness to your day? If you feel your moves lack flavour, let us show you that dancing is a piece of cake! Come dance “Kid in a Candy Store” by JoJo Siwa with us to brighten up your day! A big shout out to all our dancers, teachers and volunteers who participated in [...]

By |2020-05-19T15:34:56-05:00May 19th, 2020|0 Comments

#KeepDancingChallenge – Week 8: Join us in celebrating all of the mom figures of our wonderful community!

This week’s video is a special one! In honour of Mother’s Day, we are celebrating all of the mom figures of our wonderful community. We were blown away by the energy and talent of everyone who participated in this special choreography! Every look, every move and every smile filled our hearts with joy and reminded [...]

By |2020-05-19T15:30:35-05:00May 12th, 2020|0 Comments

Week 7 of our #KeepDancingChallenge – What do you do when you miss your friends?

What do you do when you miss your friends? We DANCE! On this week’s #KeepDancingChallenge video, we had a lot of fun dancing with some of our friends from the Special Friends Network! A heartfelt thank you to Elaine Cray from Special Friends Network for organizing the virtual dance party and to everybody who participated [...]

By |2020-05-06T08:22:07-05:00May 6th, 2020|0 Comments

Congratulations to Kaily Bowen, our Volunteer of the Month for April!

This is Kaily's first year volunteering with us at our Bradford location at Elite Dance Corps and we have seen in her the true spirit of connection and kindness.  Kaily has been consistently dedicated to showing up for our Kids Class and has been a great source of calm for the group! Although Kaily's dancing buddy wasn't [...]

By |2020-05-04T10:29:48-05:00May 4th, 2020|0 Comments

Believe in yourself, try new things and thrive!

From left to right: Nancy from National Ballet School, Hayley and Crystal Every year, Canada's National Ballet School runs the Take the Lead workshop in Toronto. This year, we were thrilled to have Hayley, one of our dancers from Bradford, among the forty young women from across Canada who attended the workshop. It [...]

By |2021-05-07T09:01:04-05:00May 1st, 2020|1 Comment

Week 6 of our #KeepDancingChallenge – Are you feeling bored? Let’s shake it off!

On this week’s #KeepDancingChallenge, we love seeing your family members and even your cute dogs joining in! It really shows how dance can bring us together even in difficult times! A special thank you to our dancers, volunteers and family members for helping us spread the joy of dance! You can watch the video on [...]

By |2020-04-28T08:35:16-05:00April 28th, 2020|0 Comments

Dance is a universal language – Interview with Hinano Toda

Hinano Toda, our second international student, and first from the other side of the globe, who volunteered with us this season, is living proof that dance is a universal language. Hinano is from Japan and came to Canada to further her language studies. Although Hinano could speak only a few words in English when she [...]

By |2020-04-22T08:24:45-05:00April 22nd, 2020|0 Comments

Week 5 of our #KeepDancingChallenge – Grab your love ones and just follow after us!

We absolutely love this week’s #KeepDancingChallenge song! Here are some clues: you will need to get real loose, get comfortable, grab your loved ones and just follow after our awesome dancers, volunteers and teachers! Did you guess it? Let’s dance and have some fun with “The Git Up” by Blanco Brown. Check out the video [...]

By |2020-04-21T08:48:45-05:00April 21st, 2020|0 Comments

Week 4 of our #KeepDancingChallenge – Let your inner dancer shine!

Do you feel better when you are DANCING? If you answered YES, you can’t miss this week’s #KeepDancingChallenge video. We will let our inner dancer shine with “Better When I’m Dancing" by Meghan Trainor, song chosen by two of our dancers from our Alliston location. A heartfelt thank you to our amazing volunteers, dancers and [...]

By |2020-04-14T09:19:19-05:00April 14th, 2020|0 Comments
Go to Top