From time to time, people ask me for resources for wheelchair dancing. Below is a video from DanceSport that shows partner dancing where one or both partners are in a wheelchair.
Just because a person has limitations of one kind or another doesn't meant they can't dance. It simply means they may dance differently. Dance/movement therapists regularly work with people in wheelchairs. Click here to find out more about dance/movement therapy.
You can hear dance/movement therapist Erica Hornthal interviewed by Lori LaBey about Dancing through Dementia on Alzheimer's Speak Radio Show. People with dementia often are in wheelchairs, so you may learn more by listening to this interview.
This photo is a dance performance dance/movement therapist Rachel Federman Morales choreographed with a semi professional dance company and a group of children with children with cerebral palsy at HMS school in Philadelphia. In this particular photo, they are using the Octaband.
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