What is Gentle Moves?
A GENTLE MOVES class offers participants the proven benefits of dance for anyone with a mobility challenge; those living with chronic pain, stroke recovery, Parkinson's Disease (PD), general frailty or early stage dementia.
Gentle Moves is a celebration of movement through dance & music!
No previous dance experience required.
Gentle Moves is a celebration of movement through dance & music!
No previous dance experience required.
GENTLE MOVES explores your imagination, renews strength, energy, confidence and builds a community - all to enrich your life.
Studies indicate that dance improves balance, muscle mass, flexibility, bone density, helps with stiffness and rigidity and builds brain neuro-plasticity.
Participants are encouraged to work at their own pace. Whether standing,
sitting or moving, all dances are modified to meet your individual abilities
and range of motion. Seated, standing or moving across the floor,
participants explore elements of modern dance, ballet, yoga,
rhythm & blues and social dancing.
The class is inclusive, welcoming, fun, and friendly.
Open to men and women of all ages.
Caregivers attend at no additional cost.
You'll love the moves, the music and the community!!
GENTLE MOVES
In - Person
Tuesday Mornings
10:00 - 11:15 AM
Fall Session I
Tuesdays September 21, 28, Oct 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov 2, 9 (8 weeks)
Fall Session II
Nov 16, 23, 30, Dec 7, 14, Jan 4, 11, 18 (8 weeks)
Try a Complimentary Class!!!
Tuesday, September 14th
Fees
Residents $93
Non-Residents $$116.25
25% Senior Discount for Residents $69.75
The class is inclusive, welcoming, fun, and friendly.
Open to men and women of all ages.
Caregivers attend at no additional cost.
You'll love the moves, the music and the community!!
Location: Rotary Place
100 University Avenue, Orillia, Ontario
Registration through Orillia Parks and Recreation
Click this link to register: HERE
About the instructor: Miriam Goldberger is founding teacher and executive director of What Dance Can Do, a health based arts organization in Central Ontario. Her passion is to share the joy of dance with those experiencing mobility challenges. She has a B.A. in Dance from Goucher College, 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
and the Mark Morris Dance Group in NY.
More about Gentle Moves
CTV in Barrie, Ontario visits a Gentle Moves class and asks why dancing helps those with chronic pain, acquired brain injury, arthritis or movement disorders.
Click to watch it: barrie.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1108879
Gentle Moves is based upon the internationally recognized Dance for Parkinson’s program. For in depth information about Dance for Parkinson’s
www.danceforparkinsons.org
To learn about research around the world on the potential benefits of dance for persons with Parkinson’s Disease visit:
www.danceforparkinsons.org/resources/research
Through animation watch what happens in the brain
of a person with Parkinson's.
of a person with Parkinson's.
Gentle Moves is affiliated with Dancing With Parkinson's and is a charter member
of Dance for Parkinson's Network Canada.
Click the link to locate Canadian Dance for PD classes: dancepdnetwork.ca/where-to-dance/
of Dance for Parkinson's Network Canada.
Click the link to locate Canadian Dance for PD classes: dancepdnetwork.ca/where-to-dance/
