Dancing with Parkinson's Canada

30/12/2025

Before the year ends…help keep the dance going 💛

As we count down the final days of 2025, one thing is clear: your support has helped thousands of seniors and people living with Parkinson’s move, connect, and thrive.

DWP’s program has touched the lives of dancers who join us online, in-person and in hybrid and congregate settings across the country and even around the world. Their words say it better than we ever could — and remind us why this work matters so deeply: https://vimeo.com/1147817185?fl=tl&fe=ec

Before December 31, please consider a year-end gift to help us finish strong. Your donation keeps our classes free, welcoming, and full of joy as we step into 2026.

✨ All gifts made before midnight on Dec 31 receive a 2025 tax receipt.

Thank you for believing in the power of dance and community. Click here to donate: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/dancing-with-parkinsons-inc/campaign/holiday-giving-2025/

29/12/2025

Getting Footloose in Ottawa!

Our amazing instructors, Kathleen, Nancy and Elysse, put together an incredible routine to the classic “Footloose,” and the Ottawa class performed it with absolute showmanship! The energy, the smiles, the teamwork — we love everything about this crew dancing together.

👉 Watch their performance here:

This is "Footloose in Ottawa" by DWP Canada on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

23/12/2025

As twinkle lights go up and the season is celebrated in so many beautiful ways, our hearts at Dancing with Parkinson’s are truly full. 💖

Before you press play on this special holiday message from our Founder & CEO,Sarah Robichaud, we want to pause and honour what we created together in 2025...

What moved us most wasn’t just the dancing — it was how you showed up for one another. Every milestone. Every hello. Every day. Through 40+ free weekly classes, national expansion, and intergenerational hybrid workshops, our DWP family lifted each other up with love all year long.

To our dancers, donors, volunteers, staff, partners, and Board — thank you. You’ve helped create a space where everyone is welcome, differences are celebrated, friendships flourish, and joy is shared across cultures and time zones.

As the holidays begin, we’re still here — with the Daily Dance Connect continuing right through December and into the new year. Because joy doesn’t take a day off, and neither does our community.

From our hearts to yours — Happy Holidays, in all the ways you celebrate. Thank you for dancing through life with us. 💝

This is "From Our Hearts to Yours This Holiday Season: Thank you from DWP!" by DWP Canada on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who…

18/12/2025

Can You Help Make Our Classes Even More Magical? 💖

As we prepare to launch our new Vancouver and Penticton dance classes in January, we are looking for caring volunteers to help bring these programs to life.

Volunteers play a vital role in creating a welcoming, safe, and supportive space where dancers can feel comfortable to move and express themselves. This is meaningful, heart-led work — an opportunity to give back to a beautiful community through art, connection, and self-expression.

Join us and be part of something that truly makes a difference in the lives of others! To learn more about becoming a Dance Class Assistant, visit: https://www.dancingwithparkinsons.com/dance-class-assistants

17/12/2025

📣 DWP is officially coast-to-coast! 🩵

Our recent time spent in British Columbia training instructors and meeting dancers in the Okanagan Valley and Vancouver was full of energy and heart!

In partnership with our great friend, David Leventhal from Dance for PD ®, and the team from the for PD Network Canada, we trained a new cohort of teaching artists in the research-backed Dance for PD® method. Watching this group embrace the work with such care and enthusiasm was truly inspiring.

Some of the most meaningful moments? Finally dancing in person with members of our Daily Dance Connect family who have championed DWP from across the country, and who have been instrumental in helping to make this dream a reality. The joy of moving together really is something special — every single time.

THANK YOU to our partners, instructors, and community members across BC for welcoming us so warmly. Stay tuned for news about regular weekly classes launching very soon in Penticton and Vancouver!

Until then, we’re carrying the glow of new friendships, shared laughter (and a few happy tears), and a beautiful reminder that connection moves us — everywhere we go ✨

To experience the magic we felt during our wonderful time on the west coast, click here: https://vimeo.com/1147399859?fl=tl&fe=ec

15/12/2025

✨ From living rooms to community centres, Dancing with Parkinson’s meets people where they are...

In BC, Malcolm joined the Daily Dance Connect while navigating MSA-P, a rare form of Parkinson’s. Each morning he and his wife, Charmaine, log in to dance together. And, when we hosted our inaugural community class in Vancouver in November, they and their kids drove 2.5 hours to join us in-person!

As Malcolm says, “DWP gives me a sense of belonging. This is a judgment-free space that makes me feel like part of the family.”

https://vimeo.com/1145695615?fl=ip&fe=ec

Stories like theirs are the heartbeat of our mission. The Daily Dance Connect is more than an online class — it is a lifeline of routine, resilience, and hope. As we continue to expand, we are reminded that distance doesn’t have to create disconnection.

This holiday season, help us keep everyone dancing, no matter where they are. 🎁 Click here to be part of sharing the joy and benefits of dance far and wide! https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/dancing-with-parkinsons-inc/campaign/holiday-giving-2025

11/12/2025

Mirroring Connection in Thornhill 💞

The way our Thornhill community lifts and inspires one another is truly heartwarming to witness. Their shared laughter, joy, and generosity of spirit fill the room every single week.

👉 Click here to experience the power of mirroring: https://vimeo.com/1140849078?fl=tl&fe=ec

If you're in the Thornhill area, join us on Tuesdays at 12:00 p.m. at Wonderland Dance! All of the details can be found here: https://www.dancingwithparkinsons.com/dwp-thornhill

This is "Connection through Mirroring at Thornhill" by DWP Canada on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

09/12/2025

🧠✨ DWP is Published in “A New Blueprint for Brain Health”! ✨🧠

We’re thrilled to share that Dancing with Parkinson’s has been featured in the Ontario Brain Institute’s new open-access publication, A New Blueprint for Brain Health!

Through our partnerships with the Ontario Brain Institute, the Evaluation Centre for Complex Health Interventions, and recent learning with Sanjeev Sridharan and Manulani Aluli Meyer at the University of Hawaiʻi’s Social Science Research Institute, we’ve strengthened and expanded how we understand our impact.

These collaborations go far beyond traditional research — helping us centre participant voices and combine both quantitative and qualitative insights to build more equitable, creative, and community-led approaches to brain health.

👉 Click here to read DWP’s contribution:

This open access book explores community interventions to provide health care solutions, which connect health to the social and community sector.

28/11/2025

✨ Join Us for a Very Special DWP x A a | a B : B E N D Workshop! ✨

On Friday, December 5th, our DWP community across Canada — and around the world — is invited to take part in an inspiring online and in-person workshop at TO Live, dancing alongside artists from A a | a B : B E N D.

This extraordinary production brings together choreographer Aszure Barton and composer Ambrose Akinmusire in a powerful, kinetic dialogue between dance and music. And our DWP dancers will have the rare chance to learn from and connect with this creative team firsthand.

📅 Date: Friday, December 5
⏰ Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET
📍 Location:
👉Join us online: Right after Daily Dance Connect on Zoom (receive the link by registering here: https://www.dancingwithparkinsons.com/senior-daily-dance-connect)
👉Join us in-person (refreshments will be served!): Meridian Hall, 1 Front Street East, Toronto

To watch the trailer and learn more about this captivating performance that will inspire our workshop, click here: https://youtu.be/6mXhGDJjqV0?si=iXGEcJmUmAX70p08

Email us at info@dancingwithparkinsons.com to RSVP for the in-person workshop!

We hope you’ll be part of this beautiful morning of movement, learning, and creativity. ✨

Tickets: https://tolive.com/Event-Details-Page/reference/Aszure-Barton-BEND-2025?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=bend2025&utm_content=trailer

21/11/2025

Thank you so much to the Penticton Herald for joining us to celebrate and share the wonderful news that DWP is launching a regular in-person class in the Okanagan Valley in the new year! Stay tuned for details, but in the meantime...read on!

Dancing with Parkinson’s makes everyone in the room feel young again.

12/11/2025

Attention friends in Vancouver!

Dancing with Parkinson's is coming your way!

David Leventhal, Founding Instructor of the world-renowned Dance for PD ® program, and DWP Founder, Sarah Robichaud, will be leading our first ever community class for people living with PD, care partners, family and friends this Friday, and we hope you will join us!

📅: Friday, November 14th
⏰: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
📍: The Dance Centre, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Level 6, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver

Don’t miss this very special opportunity to dance with David and Sarah, and to experience the joy and benefits of dance, community and creative self-expression.

We can't wait to welcome you! 🩵

03/11/2025

�💫 We’re Hiring! Join the DWP Team!�💫

Dancing with Parkinson’s is looking for a passionate and strategic Development Officer to help advance our mission through meaningful fundraising and relationship-building.

If you have 5+ years of experience in fund development, grant and proposal writing, and a love for connecting people with purpose, we would love to hear from you!

As our new Development Officer, you will:
�💫 Research and identify funding opportunities�
💫 Write persuasive proposals and manage donor relationships�
💫 Support fundraising campaigns and events�
💫 Work closely with our leadership team to grow programs that bring movement, joy, and community to people living with Parkinson’s and seniors across Canada

This role is ideal for someone who combines strategy with heart — who believes in the transformative power of the arts and wants to make an impact every day.

📩 To learn more or apply, visit https://ca.indeed.com/job/development-officer-ab51656eae3b3b82, or email annmarie@dancingwithparkinsons.com by November 12th, 2025.

�Let’s keep dancing — and building something beautiful — together 🩵