FREE Parent and Child Dance Classes

Dancing is a wonderful way to connect with your child and build strong bonds. These fun and accessible classes, taught by Isabelle Rousseau, are also a great place for parents to be in community with other parents. Dance games and movement activities nurture our co-regulation and executive functioning skills, which are important building blocks for developing little ones. This class offers a welcoming, gentle and exciting space to build our capacity for moving and connecting. This free-to-attend class is supported by the City of Edmonton.
More about Isabelle Rousseau:
Isabelle Rousseau is a dance artist based in Amiskwaciwaskahigan (Edmonton), on Treaty 6 territory. She is a dancer, a choreographer and a teacher. She first trained as an actor at l’UQÀM in Montreal where she also started training in dance. There was a time when she was a professional radio announcer. She loves any form of communication, especially non verbal. She is devoted to dance as a catalyst for personal transformation and social innovation. Her dance roots include experiential anatomy, authentic movement, contemporary dance, ballet, hip hop, traditional dance and butoh. She loves creating engaging and welcoming spaces where all are welcomed to express themselves. Rave culture has been a long-lasting influence on her dance practice, as well as the decades she has spent alone in the studio exploring and creating. She’s grateful that nowadays many people join her in class or studios to dance and expand bodies and minds together. As a child, she would listen to music and dance in the living room. She remembers taking creative dance classes in the elementary school gym just around the corner and loving it so much, feeling so happy. This is where it all comes from for her.