Dance to Health

Dance to Health is a programme created and delivered by AesopArts and Society. Our vision is a future where arts solutions forsociety’s problems are valued and available to all who need themDance to Health is our flagship programme using dance to helppeople improve or maintain their strength and balance and sohelp reduce falls.All our dance artists have the same postural stability instructortraining as NHS physiotherapists and they integrate thesetechniques in to dance routines. You may not even notice they’rethere!Our classes are led by dance artists with a passion for dance and alove of sharing it with others. Each has a unique approach todance and may draw on a range of techniques from ballet toballroom, latin to contemporary. In all our sessions the focus is onhaving fun, being creative and making new friends.An independent evaluation by Sheffield Hallam Universitydemonstrated that Dance to Health reduces falls by 58%.Additionally 96% of participants said it had improved their mentalwellbeing.Dance to Health is a fun and creative approach to falls preventionand exercise.