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. And, if you have wanted to expand into teaching older adults then this course would be an ideal start.

Older adults and seniors take dance classes for very 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

The elements of Vitality Dance go beyond dance/exercise to include additional essential pieces that this population will specifically appreciate.

What you’ll explore in this course:

🌿 Patterns of Connectivity

Connectivity is the foundation of all movement
Discovering and enhancing these foundational developmental patterns will allow for coordination and support through all movements
Move with ease and efficiency instead of strain due to compensation
Prevent overuse and stop compensatory muscle work that is what is so often the cause of pain and discomfort

🌿 Built-In Recuperation

Recuperation isn’t rest—it’s smarter movement
Balance your effort, restore your system
Discover the fascial system and its ability to respond with resiliency
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.

Why do the Teacher Training Mentorship?

The content of the Vitality Dance Programme is the culmination of decades of teaching and complimentary training.

There is No class or workshop you can take that is just a Vitality Dance class. These classes are done directly with the population that they are designed for.

However, you CAN learn how to implement these principles, or teach your own workshop or classes. See below

Benefits for YOU of Learning the Vitality Dance

Demonstrating the Brain Dance and Integrative Brain movements means that YOU are enhancing your own wiring every class
You will lower YOUR stress while simultaneously building greater resiliency
Demonstrating the various expressive qualities means YOU are expressing yourself in a diverse way balancing out yourself in the process
You will know you are doing something truly good for someone, beyond teaching dance, you are giving them the enhanced basic skills they need for potential in all areas of their lives
The potential to take back your evenings if you choose to teach in the daytime instead of typical dance studio hours: great for parents of school age children!!

Why the Investment will be Worth it!

Ideally all investments have a high ROI (Return on Investment)

This programme will give a great financial return through additional classes and workshops that are generally higher paid then studio classes
AI will never duplicate live in person movement teachers
Future proof your income by teaching beyond dance studios
Dance studio income is dependent on many economic factors that may be out of your control
People will always invest in their child's core development, although maybe cut back on extras like dance classes
The elderly and those who care for them, will always prioritize health, with a new emphasis towards brain health
Dementia and Alzheimers are heartbreaking, costly and scary for everyone so introducing brain health specifics into a dance/movement class updates this work for the current climate

Teacher Training Pathways: Multiple Options

Choose the Option that works best the for your current schedule AND desires

Add to Existing Classes

These principles are perfect for additions to any adult classes.

If you already teach a programme, like the RAD Silver Swans, they would appreciate these additions.

Teach Workshops

Workshops can be run at various studios or at establishments that cater specifically to the elderly population.

Frequency of workshops can be at your discretion.

Add New Classes

New classes at the studio can be a whole new source of revenue. Classes at outside venues can fit nicely into ongoing work outside of regular studio operating hours.

See Examples of the Opportunities:

Your 3 Potential Pathways:

Focus on 1, 2 or all 3

Class Additions: Adult/Sr. Ballet

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

Various elements 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 enhancing balance which is often a big issue for aging dancers.

Using the functional anatomy elements will accelerate learning and ease of movement, along with lots of enjoyment in the use of imagery to add artistry along with the ease.

Teach a Brain Dance Workshop

Concerns for maintaining brain health has never been higher with the boomer population. Offering information and tools is gift that will be well received and well paid for.

For people who would not want an hour long movement class, introducing the Brain Dance which can be done in 5-7 minutes is perfect!

You can work with host institutions, such as a care home or organize your own, working around your regular teaching schedule.

Mornings and early afternoons work great and are the preference, so your regular teaching hours will not be affected.

Ongoing Classes and Sessions

Weekly classes is the best option for dedicated adults who wish to truly enhance their mind-body health.

Scheduled regular classes or 8-16 week sessions at various locations can be done with one of two options:

You travel to their location
You rent studio space and they travel to you

Scheduling will never need to conflict with regular studio hours, making this option an easy one to add and increase income.

Ready to Learn the Vitality Dance?

Opening up these opportunities requires a 2 part process:

Learning Foundations
Year Long Mentorship in the Application

In order to apply Vitality Dance in your existing classes, run a workshop or start classes of your own, you will need to first learn the various elements.

The elements are fully explored in several of The Radiant Dance Teacher Course Suite already created.

Learning Foundations:

Course Suite Requirements:

The Brain Dance Course

Deeply understand the Brain Dance/Developmental Movement Patterns
Discover application of Laban Movement Analysis principles

The Diamond Method Course

Fully embody Brain Integration Principles along with Nervous System Integration

Free Course: Creating Effective Imagery

Gain skills on how to utilize functional anatomy imagery
Focus on the Spine and Pelvis

Upper Body Placement and Port de Bras Secrets Course

Ease of movement and ideal open posture will become easy once the anatomy is understood and honoured

Understanding the Dual Nature of the Feet

Upon understanding the dynamic changes in the feet, your cuing will forever change leading not just to happy feet but also happy knees!
Most people have foot pain by their golden years, and it is due to poor function

****All of these courses are ideal for enhancing effective studio teaching.

Bonus: These are the building blocks of the unique and highly marketable Vitality Dance Programme

You will be mentored in each of these classes if you are on the road to certification in Vitality Dance so that you have a thorough understanding.

Mentorship in Application:

Monthly Mentorship in all the additional elements unique for this population:

Proprioception, Vestibular and Balance development
Recuperation Strategies
Choreography Guidelines
Music Choices

All 3 Opportunity Areas will be Supported:

Class Additions
Workshops
Ongoing Classes

At the end of a year long mentorship, you will be thoroughly versed in the principles to point that you can successful teach workshops and classes.

During the mentorship year, you are encouraged to apply the principles into your existing classes.

Why Learn this Programme?

Age proof YOUR mind-body while having more cardio and diverse expression than if you teach a single dance form (such as only ballet)
Teach students whose primary focus is: JOY and FUN!
Support a population that very much needs it!
Teach students who will be very grateful AND without the challenge of preparing for recitals or competitions
No dealing with parents!
Create a contract that works for you and start with a short session to ensure easy compatibility
Earn additional income that you would be able to during regular studio hours
Up-level and enhance ALL your dance

Win-Win-Win:

Everyone Happy and Healthy

Is there competition in the market? NO!

Exercise and Yoga classes for seniors exist.

Exercise has been shown to be good for brain health. But it is well known that DANCE is even better!

Why is Dance Better than Exercise?

Spatial Awareness
Memory and Embodied Learning
Social Interaction
Music and Rhythm beyond simply keeping the beat

What is Vitality Dance the BEST?

All the Additions specific for Brain Integration and wiring for movement along with opportunities for specific artistic expression!

Exercise for Exercise Sake is rarely inspirational long term. It feels like a chore that "should" be done. Dancing is a treat!