Life Dance Community

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.'. Social isolation is as harmful as smoking, poor dietary habits and lack of exercise, and much more harmful than alcohol or drugs. At no time in human history have so many people lived alone as in Western societies today. 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. The program will be integrative. Participants living with social, economic, physical or mental disadvantage, from different countries of origin or background, of different genders or ages and participants from the wider community will interact as one. Intergenerational activities will be a key focus, connections which are sustained outside the program. It will be joyful, fun! It will be guided by what has been learned by professionals in mental health and community development. We are a non-profit organisation and registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for Profits Commission. The new enterprise is intended to be a self supporting social enterprise after ($25K — in contrast, Australia spends over $210M per year on diabetes education and support). You are welcome to reach out if you wish to know more (see Contact Us page on website).