81: Accessible Dance with Heather Stockton

Struggle Care

Dance is about more than just moving your body. With today’s technology, it’s easy to layer other elements in addition to movement to create a product of expression. Dance is all about expression, it is for everyone, and it shouldn’t be limited to specific people who “fit the mold.” I’m joined today by Heather Stockton, a content creator and dance teacher who I recently discovered on TikTok. We are discussing accessible dance. Join us!

Show Highlights:

● Heather’s background with dance as the “true love” of her life overriding everything as she grew up

● How Heather discovered in college that dance can be a means of communication, storytelling, and expressiveness

● How body issues affected Heather’s first experience of dance not being accessible

● Why Heather’s mission in life is to make dance accessible and inclusive for ALL bodies and break down the stigma that connects it to just one body type

● Heather’s job today as a dance educator in an elementary school and a dance program developer whose work is based on accessibility and inclusion

● How Heather teaches through multiple modalities that apply to every gen ed and special ed student in her classes

● How dance provides multiple benefits for both physical and mental health

● How dance for adults can heal their inner child, provide community, and allow them to be curious, playful, and expressive

● Heather leads us through a BrainDance exercise (developed by Anne Green Gilbert) that can be done by people of any age, from very young children to elderly adults

Resources and Links:

Connect with Heather Stockton: Website, TikTok, and Instagram

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