Around the world, Dance Therapy is being used to heal and empower people from all walks of life. Research findings support significant improvements in motor performance, reduced stress, anxiety and depression levels, pain management and body image, self - esteem, self - expression, emotional stability and an overall sense of well-being – all thanks to the impact of dance therapy.

VICTORY’s Dance as Therapy Classes bring the power of dance to people with special needs.

Each class ranges in duration between 45 minutes and one hour, and follows a set structure that has proven to maximize the value that participants get from their participation in the program.

Dance as Therapy classes are currently held at:

• - Northshore Connexions Society, North Vancouver
• - Developmental Disabilities Association, Richmond
• - Developmental Disabilities Association, Vancouver
• - Down Syndrome Research Foundation, Burnaby

DANCE FOR GOOD is an innovative, viral volunteering program, which spreads joy through the power of dance performance. Volunteer dancers (The Shiamak Dance Teams, and / or student groups) put on inspiring and entertaining performances for people in senior centres, hospitals and not-for-profit organizations to put smiles on their faces and bring happiness into their lives thereby proving to be therapeutic.

The DANCE FOR GOOD program aims at:

• - Sharing the joy of dance to heal
• - Empowering performers with an opportunity to make a change
• - Bringing a smile of people’s faces and giving them hope
• - Giving an opportunity to people to take up a cause they support and give it visibility through dance
• - Encouraging team spirit
• - Reaching out to various locations and supporting multiple causes
• - Bringing communities together through dance and the performing arts
• - Creating awareness
• - The program works in two ways, the performers get a chance to DANCE at various platforms in turn doing GOOD for the community.