Life Dance Community is a group of people who passionately believe in building the health of our community by creating meaningful social connections through dance. We believe dancing with others will help make each of us physically and mentally more healthy. We believe that dancing together will help those experiencing loneliness and social isolation and make our diverse community stronger. And we believe that access to social connection, joy and wellness should not depend on money, age or physical ability. We work hard to make our dance sessions available to all.

Life Dance Community’s vision, as outlined in the organisation’s constitution is to promote the prevention and control of diseases associated with loneliness and social isolation including dementia, heart disease, stroke, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders and substance use disorders, by encouraging early intervention and prevention. Our object will be advanced by the following activities intended to reduce the risk of occurrence and severity of diseases associated with loneliness and social isolation:

  • encouraging the development of social connections through the provision of group dance sessions for individuals at risk of developing diseases associated with loneliness and social isolation, including but not limited to First Nations people, refugees, stroke survivors, the elderly, people with dementia, people with physical disabilities, people suffering from mental health issues, people with a history of trauma, people from a low socio-economic background and people with substance use disorders;
  • establishing partnerships with community organisations that are working with groups of people at risk of or experiencing loneliness or social isolation to tailor the Company’s activities; and
  • establishing partnerships with universities and other educational organisations to research the efficacy of the Company’s activities.

 

These are the values which we try to live by as an organisation. We hope that you can relate to them — and we are always interested in knowing what you think about our ideals and how well we live up to them.

Life Dance Community has a clear vision to promote the prevention and control of diseases associated with loneliness and social isolation through dance. This is the plan for our first two years.

Our organisation is our community: participants, dance facilitators, administrators and Board, as well as partners and sponsors. We like the mantra from Karen Bass: no celebrity-style leadership*. So you won't see CEO here.