The Dizzy Feet Foundation’s mission is threefold: (1) to provide scholarships and grants to talented dancers, choreographers and/or teachers working at or through accredited dance studios; (2) to establish national standards for dance education and an accreditation program for dance; (3) to develop, provide and support dance education programs for underserved children by working through and with community organizations.
Upcoming Conferences
- American Music Therapy Conference
San Diego, California November 13-15, 2009 Exhibiting Octabands - American Dance Therapy Conference
Portland, Oregon October 8-11, 2009 - Generations United 15th International Conference
Exhibiting Octabands at this conference focused on intergenerational programming. - International Expressive Arts Therapy Association, August 12-15, 2009, Cambridge, MA
Panel Presentation on Community Building through Creativity with and for Elders and exhibiting Octabands. - Map through the Maze, Westboro, MA
Presenting Non-Verbal Communication with Persons with Dementia and exhibiting Octaband.
Recent Posts
- Octaband at AMTA American Music Therapy Conference San Diego 2010
- Octaband Testimonia with Adults with Developmental Disabilities
- Quarryography, Dancing in the Quarry, Deer Island, Maine
- EXPRESS YOURSELF RECEIVES COMING UP TALLER AWARD IN WASHINGTON, D.C
- National Center for Creative Aging
- No Krumper Is Better than Any Other
- How To Enhance And Preserve Brain Power As We Age
- What is that? A brief reminder to be compassionate.
- A Warrior’s Return: Integrative Therapeutic Approaches to Support Transition from Battlefield to Community
- Slovak Dance Movement Therapy Association International Conference
Recent Comments
- dance on Francine Godfrey Is Taking the Octaband to the Ukraine
- dance on Dance around the world - The Big Picture - Boston.com
- Alison on Play Gets Us in Touch with Our Core Selves and the Joy of Life.
- Lora on Remembering Ted Kennedy, the Champion of the People
- Nichelle on Dance Advantage Offers Ideas for Dance Props
- Generic Viagra on Expressive Therapist Alysa Mayer Uses the Arts to Help Ease Pain and Anxiety
- Lora on Using the Arts for Social Change
- dans on Fun Swedish Music Video - Rap Hip-Hop Swing
- Buy Viagra on The world needs more dance/movement therapists – won’t you join our dance?
- Donna Newman-Bluestein on The world needs more dance/movement therapists – won’t you join our dance?
Dance Therapy Blogs
- Moving Towards Understanding
Lora Wilson’s beautifully written blog commentary on dance therapy. - Somatic Revelations
Ty Tedmon-Jones' blog devoted to information sharing, professional practices and diversity awareness & multiculturalism in the fields of Dance/Movement Therapy and Professional Counseling - The Dance to DTR
Blair Cronin's blog on the wonders, trials, and tribulations of becoming a certified dance/movement therapist in California
Dance Therapy websites
- American Dance Therapy Association
- New York State Chapter of the American Dance Therapy Association
- Movement Expressions, Suzy Rossol Matheson
- Hancock Center for Dance/Movement Therapy, Rena Kornblum
- Suzi Tortora Dance Therapy
- Damselfly Center
- Maryland/D.C./Virginia Chapter of the American Dance Therapy Association
- Rocky Mountain Chapter ADTA
- Lesley University | Master of Arts in Expressive Therapies, Dance Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Specialization
- Kinections clinical and educational services in dance/movement therapy
Dance Therapy Props
Related Websites
- John Zeisel's Blog
- ARTZ Artists for Alzheimer's
- The Well Street Station : a place on the path to wellness
- Green MOuntain Dance - Griff Goehring
- Barbara Mettler, Tucson Creative Dance Center
- Welcome to Kids MusicRound® - Early Childhood Music Classes and Teacher Training
- Welcome to ELZ Publishing - Home of The Music Box
- International Association for Creative Dance
- Yoga Shine, Vitalah Simon
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