VICTORY endeavors to use the power of dance as a therapeutic medium to bring joy to individuals with special needs. Through its various programs, VICTORY has made dance accessible and made people understand its power to educate, entertain, empower, enlighten and enable. Since 2004, VICTORY India and later VICTORY Canada have touched the lives of over 15,000 individuals across 250 not-for-profit or
ganizations in 15 cities in both countries. Mission
Everybody experiences and shares the power of dance and the performing arts and its ability to change the world. Vision
VICTORY makes dance available across gender and ability - healing and empowering in the process. It provides a platform to address social causes and concerns, and opens doors to include dancers with special needs into the performing arts community. Our Philosophy
Have Spirit, Will Triumph! Dance is therapeutic and has the power to heal. The philosophy behind VICTORY is to -
- Educate the masses through dance
- Entertain them with dance performances
- Empower them with the ability to learn
- Enlighten them with knowledge for the body, mind and soul
- Enable them to spread the joy of dance
DANCE AS THERAPY CLASSES
Around the world, Dance Therapy is being used to heal and empower people from all walks of life. Research findings support significant improvements in motor performance, reduced stress, anxiety and depression levels, pain management and body image, self - esteem, self - expression, emotional stability and an overall sense of well-being – all thanks to the impact of dance therapy. VICTORY’s Dance as Therapy Classes bring the power of dance to people with special needs. Each class ranges in duration between 45 minutes and one hour, and follows a set structure that has proven to maximize the value that participants get from their participation in the program. DANCE FOR GOOD
DANCE FOR GOOD is an innovative, viral volunteering program, which spreads joy through the power of dance performance. Volunteer dancers (The Shiamak Dance Teams, and / or student groups) put on inspiring and entertaining performances for people in senior centres, hospitals and not-for-profit organizations to put smiles on their faces and bring happiness into their lives thereby proving to be therapeutic. The DANCE FOR GOOD program aims at:
- Sharing the joy of dance to heal
- Empowering performers with an opportunity to make a change
- Bringing a smile of people’s faces and giving them hope
- Giving an opportunity to people to take up a cause they support and give it visibility through dance
- Encouraging team spirit
- Reaching out to various locations and supporting multiple causes
- Bringing communities together through dance and the performing arts
- Creating awareness
- The program works in two ways, the performers get a chance to DANCE at various platforms in turn doing GOOD for the community.
