Vitality Dance isn’t just another exercise class — it’s a joyful, brain-smart movement experience designed to ignite your spirit and keep you feeling radiant from the inside out.

Unlike traditional fitness classes that focus only on muscles or repetition, Vitality Dance combines gentle, expressive movement with brain-based techniques (like Brain Dance, developmental patterns, and Brain Gym) to support healthy brain wiring, improve coordination, and boost your overall vitality. You'll experience fun, freedom, and flow — moving in ways that feel natural, creative, and deeply satisfying.

This program keeps your joints lubricated, your body fluid, and your mind sharp, helping you stay confident and connected at every age. More than just “working out,” it’s about reclaiming your joy in movement, nourishing your whole self, and celebrating your unique expression.

Can I Take this Material as a Dance Class?

YES you can take this class whenever Mariah-Jane is in one place long enough to offer a class package! Mariah-Jane travels a lot but often stays in one place long enough for an 8-10 week block of classes.

Please reach out to be on the list of when to be notified of upcoming classes and locations.

Vitality Dance Elements

This course brings together the depth of Mariah-Jane’s diverse training in dance, somatics, kinesiology, and movement education to create a programme designed especially for adult and senior dancers. Rooted in decades of experience, it offers practical strategies to support mobility, vitality, and joy in every class.

The programme is designed with flexibility in mind—you can teach it as a complete, stand-alone class, or integrate individual elements into your existing structure. Whether you want to revitalize your adult programmes or enrich your senior classes with new tools, you’ll gain adaptable techniques that can be applied right away.

By adding these approaches, you’ll not only meet the unique needs of your mature dancers, but also create classes that keep them engaged, confident, and thriving.

The element wheel beside is something that can be used to help create a balanced Vitality Dance Class. Alternatively, you can choose to expand upon each element in any combination that suits the needs of your dancers.

Learn More about Each Element In Depth

Pathways of Connectivity

Dive into the Developmental Movement Patterns and how profound it can be to introduce these patterns to dancers. These patterns are the underlying patterns of full body organization and coordination. Every moment spent developing these patterns allows for greater ease and efficiency of movement.

Brain Integration

The concept of Brain Integration and brain health is important to adult and elderly students, as it should be! Declining cognitive function and memory is a great concern to many seniors and dance is well known to support brain health. But, adding in the layer of brain integration strategies using movements from Brain Gym, will elevate your classes beyond simply a dance class.

Functional Anatomy

Living and moving pain free, with full mobility and ease is an often articulated goal of adult/senior dancers. However, many teachers do not realize that a missing piece may be understanding of HOW the body moves, not to produce specific dance movements, but in life. Clearing up many misunderstandings can be life changing!

Recuperative Principles

Rest and Recuperation are not the same thing. You can keep moving and recuperate simultaneously provided the movement experiences are structured to be 3D and follow functional anatomy, honour the design of the body, such as using fascial recoil. The additional element of addressing any retained reflexes is also highly illuminating and can be life changing for again dancers.

Laban Efforts for Expression

Opportunities for full expression thru movement are rare in everyday life but shouldn't be in a dance class. Utilizing the Laban system to ensure a full range of expressive opportunities are offered will not just satisfy the needs to express of dancers, but support added growth thru the use of the full range of possibilities.

Vitality Dance Teacher's Course

If you are a teacher of adults and/or seniors this course is for you.

The adult and senior's take dance classes for different reasons than children and teens. And giving them what they both want and need is part of being a great dance teacher.

KEEN ADULT DANCERS ARE ALSO WELCOME TO ATTEND

Here is a selection of elements that comprise a good dance class for adults/seniors:

What you’ll explore:

🌿 Patterns of Connectivity

Connectivity is the foundation of all movement.
Move with ease and efficiency instead of strain.
Prevent overuse and stop compensatory muscle work.

🌿 Built-In Recuperation

Recuperation isn’t rest—it’s smarter movement.
Balance your effort, restore your system.
Recover as you move, not just when you stop.

🌿 Movement as Expression

Vitality means moving as a fully expressive instrument.
Don’t let hidden limits silence your movement.
Discover your affinities and unlock your full expression.

🌿 Ease Through Knowledge

Ease of movement is the heart of vitality.
Knowledge is power for your body.
Unlock the brilliance of your joints’ true design.

🌿 Stress Release & Integration

Stress is part of life—but it doesn’t have to live in your body.
Use movement to release and reset.
Integrate brain and body for a calmer, stress-free state

Beyond Brain Health Component

Brain Dance & Brain Gym

Brain Dance and developmental movement patterns help reconnect your body from the ground up, creating ease and support so every movement feels natural and fluid. These foundational patterns reawaken your body’s original blueprint for effortless coordination, core support, and dynamic strength. Combined with Brain Gym, they keep your brain integrated, sharp, and resilient to stress. The focus on 3D movement keeps your joints happy and lubricated, supporting long-term mobility and longevity. Together, they don’t just strengthen your body — they rewire your brain for better balance, clarity, and vitality. This is true anti-aging and brain health: not just exercise, but intelligent movement designed to keep you radiant and thriving inside and out.

Perfect for Silver Swans Teachers

If you are a teacher of the RAD's Silver Swans Programme, this work would be a great addition.

It can be used as a warm-up, cool-down or sprinkled throughout the class.

The students will appreciate the additional material that supports the development of the vestibular system and proprioception.

Vitality Dance Teacher Training

Vitality Dance Training in 3 Parts

Learn how to implement this in your own classes.

Foundations
Application Strategies
Progressions

All of the Above Categories will be explored in layers for ease of learning.

Perth, Western Australia

September 15-17, 2025

9:30 am - 1 pm

In Person Recommended if it can happen for you!

Available Online: Both Live and Receiving the Recordings to watch at your leisure