Dance in Elderly Care

A group of elderly people in wheelchairs dancing
Dance creates space for the joy of movement, community and poetry without words. We train coordination, mobility and memory. With dance, we can give space for the desire to tell stories and make room for the body's wordless storytelling. 
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It’s great that professionals like you can be found to brighten the lives of our seniors.

Erja Rajakangas, director, elderly home
Regnbågen/Palvelutalo

Let´s Dance together 

  • Dance and Storytelling

    Available on request

    Dance creates space for the joy of movement, community and poetry without words. We train coordination, mobility and memory. With dance, we can make room to tell stories and make room for the body's wordless storytelling.
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    ElinMaria dancing with a group of elderly people.

Dance and Storytelling

Available on request

150 euro

Dance and Storytelling is created for strengthening a sense of community and hold space for the wordless and imaginative language of the body. It will be a journey into the poetic world of dance with everything from colorful shawls to captivating music. We train memory, coordination and soften both body and bud. We bring to life a conversation about the moment, the season and life’s memories. There is room here for everyone, regardless of shape and body. ElinMaria accelerates the joy of movement and the enthusiasm for storytelling in the participants.

  • ElinMaria dancing with a group of elderly people.
  • A woman in a white dress dancing in a roomwith elderly people
  • A n old woman with a purple fabric in her hands
  • Gabriel holding hands with an older man
  • An elderly woman is playing with a ball in a nursing home.
  • ElinMaria dancing with a group of elderly people.
  • ElinMaria dancing with a group of elderly people.
  • A woman in a white dress dancing in a roomwith elderly people
  • A n old woman with a purple fabric in her hands
  • Gabriel holding hands with an older man
  • An elderly woman is playing with a ball in a nursing home.
  • ElinMaria dancing with a group of elderly people.
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With dance we maintain coordination, balance, mobility, rhythm and memory. We activate the brain and maintain the body’s motor skills. The dance is aimed at the healthy in a person and creates a space where everyone participates on their own terms. The focus is community and the joy where everyone can participate as they are today. The dance mostly takes place sitting on a chair. Associated props stimulate the imagination and memory, our tactile senses and are an aid for increased movement capacity.

ElinMaria has many years of experience leading dance in care for the elderly and never ceases to marvel at the magic that occurs when the body is allowed to take place and the music’s catchiness awakens memories and social togetherness. I have facilitated three development projects for staff in leading dance at several nursing homes, including people with memory illness, in Sweden in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Among other things, in collaboration with Lycksele municipality, study association in Åre and Balletakademien in Umeå. From 2023 I have been holding regular dances at the elderly care center in Korpo Finland.

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