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Dance students in York University's Faculty of Fine Arts have received specialized training to lead weekly dance activity classes for more than 250 seniors at partner institutions across the GTA. The program, supported by the Government of Ontario's Healthy Communities Fund, focuses on the positive health effects that dance can have for older adults. It features carefully designed movement exercises that build strength, encourage flexibility and full range of motion, proper alignment and coordination, and cardiovascular conditioning.

"The benefits of dance and music for physical and mental health cannot be overestimated," says Dance Professor Mary Jane Warner, the project manager. "Blending fitness and recreation through dance with the opportunity for creative expression is powerful motivation. Fitness strategies like this can help seniors stay active, in their homes and out of hospital beds."

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