DanceStream Projects engages communities through diverse creative and educational projects.
Our community-based dance programs, Stories in the Moment and Every Body Moves are working with people living with dementia as well as diverse older adults living alone to offer joyous, expressive and community building programming while sparking and extending brain health.
Through Group Body Dance, DanceStream Projects is engaging creatives of all disciplines to engage in the practice of group dance improvisation as a vehicle for social change.
DanceStream Projects educational projects dismantle misconceptions and place power founded in evidence base in the hands of individuals and communities to be active agents in their own brain health.
In the last two years, our Brain Health Salons and Socials have partnered with communities in the US (California, New York, Virginia, Indiana) and beyond (Lithuania, Poland, Ireland, Nigeria) to engage in conversation around the interconnection of dance, creativity and brain health across the life course.
The BrainFM program developed in collaboration with Dr. Anusha Mohan, from Trinity College Dublin, is a co-creative educational tool that unites dance and storytelling to make learning about the brain, inclusive, fun and creative, and has engaged intergenerational audiences around the globe.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROJECTS AND COLLABORATORS
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Stories in the Moment
Stories in the Moment™ is dance, movement and storytelling program for and with people living with dementia.
Join us for an online or in person program in your community today!
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Stories in the Moment for ALL
Stories in the Moment™ for All grew out of a demand to expand access to this program to more diverse communities.
We connect in dance and storytelling to spark brain health, while collectively building spaces of heightened belonging.
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Rainbow Stories in the Moment
Rainbow Stories in the Moment™ grew out of a desire to connect with LGBTQ+ elders to amplify their individual and collective voice through dance and storytelling. The program is being developed with community elders as well as with national care partners and people living with dementia who identify as LGBTQ+.
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Every Body Moves
Every Body Moves uses dance to engage older adults in activities that support their brain health through physical activity, social connection and creative expression. The program was developed and continues to be offered in partnership with the Memory and Aging Center at UCSF.
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Group Body Dance
GROUP-BODY DANCE is a guided approach of group improvisation that offers a safe, inclusive and creative approach to communal dance exploration. Our Dance Incubator engages creatives of all disciplines in the practice of group dance improvisation as a vehicle for social change.
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Brain Health Salon & Brain Health Social
These interactive community events bring together people of all ages and backgrounds to engage in conversations about brain health. Both Salons and Socials invite us all to engage in dialogue as a community and try out some activities we can do that sharpen our brain at any stage in our lives.
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BrainFM
Developed in collaboration with Dr. Anusha Mohan, from Trinity College Dublin, BrainFM is a co-creative educational tool that unites dance and storytelling to make learning about the brain, inclusive, fun and creative. BrainFM has reached audiences of all ages around the globe.
