What Dance Can Do offers those facing physical, cognitive or emotional challenges the opportunity to participate in innovative dance programs
in the Barrie, Orillia and central Ontario region.
in the Barrie, Orillia and central Ontario region.
WHO WE ARE
What Dance Can Do's founder and Executive Director, Miriam Goldberger, has a B.A. in Dance from Goucher College and has studied Dance Therapy at Lesley University in Boston and the Haliburton School of the Arts; Miriam founded Preggae Woman, Canada's first pre-natal/postpartum movement and support program in Toronto and is an advanced Dance for Parkinson's instructor through Canada's National Ballet School of Canada
and the Mark Morris Dance Group in NY.
and the Mark Morris Dance Group in NY.
OUR MISSION
What Dance Can Do strives to help everyone move through life
with confidence and creativity.
with confidence and creativity.
Our Programs
GENTLE MOVES
Rediscover the pleasure and fun of moving!
A dance class for those with chronic pain, movement disorders such as Parkinson's Disease (PD) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), acquired brain injury or early dementia.
Click here to learn more and view times and locations.
Gentle Moves programs are also available through
retirement homes, long term care facilities and memory units.
Contact us today to learn more about Gentle Moves on site programming.
Rediscover the pleasure and fun of moving!
A dance class for those with chronic pain, movement disorders such as Parkinson's Disease (PD) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), acquired brain injury or early dementia.
Click here to learn more and view times and locations.
Gentle Moves programs are also available through
retirement homes, long term care facilities and memory units.
Contact us today to learn more about Gentle Moves on site programming.
BALLET LIGHT
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MOVE FREE
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Move Free is a fun-filled, self-expressive dance, song and theatre experience for the adult cognitively impaired community. Click here for details.
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ENGAGING CONVERSATIONS
Engaging Conversations with Living Memories is a new initiative working in partnership with the Orillia Museum of Art and History to collect stories of Orillia's past. Visits with seniors at retirement homes and long term care facilities include enjoyable music, dance and museum artifacts that bring forth personal stories of Orillia's colourful history which are recorded and transcribed into the museum's historical database.