Dance for All Online Training - Spring 2025

Clory Rossi-Shewan, MA, LMFT has been a lead Dance For All instructor since 2011. Originally from Italy, she trained and performed as a professional dancer for over 20 years, specializing in ballet and modern dance at Balletto di Roma and IALS in Rome. She received a scholarship in 2001 to train with Ajkun Ballet Theatre and the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company in New York City and took classes at institutions like American Ballet Theatre and Broadway Dance Center. After discovering her passion for psychology, Clory earned an MA in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles in 2013 and is now a licensed psychotherapist working with college students at Mindpath College Health in Santa Barbara. She has facilitated therapeutic group activities, including art, dance-movement, and yoga for children with special needs at Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services and provided psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families at the Southern California Counseling Center. Clory is also the co-creator, with Vicki Alvarez, and lead facilitator of Let's Dance It Out, a therapeutic dance/movement program for special needs in Santa Monica. She is currently pursuing her Alternate Route - Dance/Movement Therapy training.

Vicki Alvarez, MS, BC-DMT was born and raised in San Francisco, where she began dancing at a young age training in jazz, ballet, tap, contemporary, modern, and hip-hop. She danced in companies that gave her opportunities to perform and compete, some including TV shows such as America's Got Talent and So You Think You Can Dance. After graduating from Cal State Northridge in 2016, where she received her Bachelor's of Arts in psychology and minor in dance, she furthered her education to pursue a Master's of Science in Dance/Movement Therapy at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. As a board-certified dance/movement therapist, she has worked with various populations such as adolescents, early childhood, special needs, young adults, and elderly with dementia. Vicki is also the co-creator and program director for Let's Dance It Out, a therapeutic dance/movement program for teens and adults with special needs based in Santa Monica. As a spiritual person who believes that the body serves as the unconscious mind, she finds many powerful ways to deepen connection and healing for all through the universal language of movement.

• Wear comfortable clothes and shoes to move in.
• Bring a pen and notebook for your insights.
• (optional) Snacks and water to keep you hydrated and energized.

Written by Dance for All (DFA) program developers, Kathy Cass MA, BC-DMT, NCC, C-IAYT, CAHC, AYT-NAMA, and Hilary Kern MA, LMFT, ATR, CYT, this comprehensive manual includes eight theme-based modules, each divided into three sections, which can be mixed and matched according to needs of the dancers. Step-by-step directions, pre- and post-discussion prompts, props/music suggestions, and helpful hints are included for all movement activities.

When registering for this DFA training, you can also purchase the DFA manual for 20% off. See the Promotions & Discounts section for details.

When registering for the DFA training, trainees can also purchase the accompanying print edition of our DFA curriculum manual for
20% off. After adding the training to your cart, visit our Curriculum Materials Section and add the DFA Curriculum Manual to your cart. When checking out, enter the following promo code to receive 20%-off the manual: DFAPM20.

We believe transforming lives through creative expression should be financially accessible. Please reach out to us at info@artsandhealinginitiatve.org for scholarship and payment plan information.

This is a online program through Zoom. A welcome email, which includes the link to join the program, will be sent to you after you register. Please check your inbox and spam folders.

By registering, you give Arts & Healing Initiative approval to record this event, still and/or moving images from which may appear in printed materials or digital channels for archival, educational, or promotional purposes.

Note that Zoom breakout rooms are not recorded.

In order to keep our programs affordable yet self-sustaining, we regret that we are unable to offer refunds for cancellation; however, we are happy to provide you with credit good for one year from the date of the program toward the next offering of the same program or a different one. Credit applied toward a program with higher registration fees will require payment of the balance. In addition, credit may be applied toward purchase of curriculum materials for any program. Unused fees after one year would then be tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law because no goods or services would have been received for them.

Exceptions to our no-refund policy may be considered in cases of personal emergencies. Please contact us at info@artsandhealinginitiative.org if any questions.