COMMUNITY Connection
Rhythm and Movement
We use rhythm and movement as tools for self-expression, exploring equity and fostering community connection.
We use rhythm and movement as tools for self-expression, exploring equity and fostering community connection.
We're grateful to live in a territory that, since time immemorial, has been inhabited by many Indigenous nations including the Mississauga, Anishinaabek, Wendat and Haudenosaunee. Here on the north shores of Lake Ontario the Dish with One Spoon treaty was a long-standing, inter-nation agreement to peacefully share hunting grounds, protect and care for the land and leave plenty for others. European settlers agreed to the treaty, and evidently promises were broken. As settler/newcomers we're commited to learning our responsibilities within the process of Truth & Reconciliation.
We develop educational tools and resources through both film and online formats.
Click below to see an example of how we utilized film as an educational tool, through offering a framework to foster intergenerational learning.
Lesson's Learned: Bridging the Gap Between Seniors and Youth is a short, documentary-style film showcasing intergenerational connection as a catalyst for unexpected including soothing anxiety and loneliness (in both groups), interrupting cell phone addiction and lifting depression.
Click here to view the trailer
We offer interdisciplinary arts programming that uses creative expression as an entry point for conversation in high schools and non-profit organizations.
Students are supported to share in circle, create and express through the languages of body percussion, West African drum and dance, song, storytelling and spoken word.
Facilitator Collaborators featured above: Roxanne Christian (Live Love Life Music), Cora Reid (Black Rose Movement), Elisha MacMillan (Rhythm is for Everyone), Clayton Bobb (Precise AV Solutions) .
We coordinate community events and online programs that create opportunities for cross-cultural intergenerational connection.
We believe that sharing experience, stories, skills and wisdom between generations can nourish both community resilience and vitality.
Our events take place in-person (when possible) and online. Click below to contact us about current programs and offerings.
We are currently welcoming new senior and youth participants for a Spring 2021 online project.