Come dance at The Move!
Every Friday 7:30pm-9:30pm
Dovercourt House
805 Dovercourt Rd, 2nd floor
Toronto, ON
$10 waged / $7 unwaged
No experience is necessary, only the willingness to dance free style and listen to the teachings of your own body, heart, and soul through movement.
- wear comfortable clothing to move in
- bring water
- all ages, genders, cultures, and sizes (children welcome when accompanied by an adult)
- please no talking on the dance floor
- alcohol and recreational drug-free space
We started THE MOVE because we all love to move and groove. Simply put, for the sheer love of dance!! We recognize that while the love of dance is essential to create dance gatherings, we also want to create a loving, safe, and fun space for all to enjoy! Collectively, after many vibrant meetings, we came up with a strong vision. Here are the main values we hold near and dear for our dance collective. We welcome new members, movement lovers shy or bold dancers to join and be co-creators of this wonderful vision we are unfolding...
We hold the strong intention to honour movement and dance as an essential and powerful expression of self and connection to others. The healing and artistic nature of movement is acknowledged by us movers, who recognize fun, play and humour are vital to this practice. We commit to providing an ongoing inclusive space that is body loving and body positive and encourages movement for men and women, people of a variety of ages, sizes, and backgrounds. We celebrate our connection to each other, to the earth, and to the dance of life, in our weekly dance gatherings called THE MOVE.
We dance in silence, which allows us to drop deeper into the experience of body movement and non-verbal connection through dance. For those who wish to talk, we request that you go outside in the hallway to speak.
No one person or movement teacher is the leader or the way or the path of THE MOVE. Some of us are influenced and inspired by our study of embodied movement and/or spiritual practices such as Soul Motion™, The 5Rhythms®, Contact Improv, Continuum, Dance Our Way Home™, Eurythmy, and Soul Voice™.
We embrace both inner and outer flexibility, change, and transformation. Flexibility means choice for involvement. For those who just want to dance, cheers to you and see you on the dance floor. For others, who want to become more involved, or prefer not to pay in money for THE MOVE, let us know, and we do have a few roles that include organizational roles in the Community Advisory Council at the Move, DJ and door positions that are paid or exchange position, and we have scholarships available.