Join us Fridays, 10 – 10:30 am EDT, for a fun online Morning Moves dance break that’s perfect for movers of all ages and ability levels. Kids, parents, teachers, caregivers, and teleworkers: now is the time to take good care of yourselves. Give your body and brain a lift!

(Use access code ‘511718‘ to enter the zoom room.)

BodyWise Dance offers therapy-informed performing arts training for people with intellectual and developmental disability.
A transformable performance that is small, smart, sustainable, and scalable. Perforum uses key ‘template’ elements while working with each presenter/community to craft a unique content-based experience.

The ability to work independently and collaborate, listen and focus, copy and invent, lead and follow, move and be still, compete and collaborate, investigate and translate, make and edit, rehearse and rehearse some more . . . these are the lessons of dance.

Margot’s approach is based on 20 years of experience in community arts engagement as a solo artist and as a professional dancer. Now, nationally recognized as a master teaching artist, she brings her work to a variety of settings to create dances that span age, health, and cultural spectrums.

BodyWise Dance celebrates 10th anniversary!

BodyWise Dance is an inclusive dance lab for people of all ages and abilities. We are a group of neurodiverse performers, including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. When we enter the rehearsal studio, we make work that matters to us on a...

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Launching Online Morning Moves

Regardless of how much toilet paper you may have, I'm sure you're experiencing some ups and downs as we all adapt to social distancing. For the short-term, we're keeping our friends and communities safe by staying close to home.   So here's something fun: Starting...

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Free Inclusive Dance Webinar: Rhythmic Body Percussion

In this recent webinar, hosted by the Eurasia Foundation, Margot Greenlee demonstrates how body percussion wakes up our skin, muscles, and bones. Body Percussion can be as simple or complex as you'd like and it's incredibly effective and valuable at helping people...

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BodyWise Dance programs inspire our residents who have limited physical & cognitive abilities to exercise both their imaginations and bodies . . . they look forward to these classes.

Sandy Douglass, CEO, Forest Hills of DC

People who have quality artistic training while in the hospital get better faster, ask for pain medication less, ask for nursing assistance less, and have a lower case of recidivism.

MET Life report, 2008

“Nonverbal movement exercises open up a whole new realm of communication.”

-Jessica Agneessens, Executive Director, Academy of Conscious Leadership for Whole Foods Market

Margot builds deep relationships with people she partners with, making certain that voices are heard and multiple perspectives are represented in all decision-making processes. She works with people from every walk of life and all age groups with equal ease and sensitivity. She is a brilliant problem solver and she keeps a cool head.

– Jane Hirshberg, Campus and Community Engagement Manager, Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts.