kids dance class for seniors
Exercise and socialize through play!
how shall we play?
Seniors need joy, movement and socialization - we can do all that with playful dance classes!
Jackson is a K-12 Teaching Artist who loves to offer his lesson plans of kids’ dance classes to adults because we deserve to play too!
Classes are of simple, fun, freestyle movements, adapted to participants’ accessibility. There is no expectation of perfection.
“Dance is a non-pharmacological, effective, affordable, and engaging intervention that can be used as a complementary treatment for older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia… results indicated that dance interventions had a significant effect on global cognition, memory, balance, and significantly decreased depression.”
— Source
meet jackson
K-12 Teaching Artist
As a trained and trauma-informed Teaching Artist with UniverSOUL Hip Hop, Jackson has taught at 20+ K-12 schools, empowering the youth to express themselves and connect with their joy.
Street dancer of 16 years
Jackson practices many street dance art forms, including Breaking, Campbellocking / Locking, House, Krump and Hustle. He learned organically from the local street dance communities and was trained by World Hustle Champion Shay Dixon.
dance facilitator
As the resident dance facilitator of Proud Asian Men and the founder of Soulful Sundays, Jackson creates playful and personalized dance experiences to connect with ourselves, our bodies and our communities.
Footage shot by Maelys Renaud from a short version of my workshop for Hollywood Climate Summit in collaboration with Walk Good LA
“Jackson is a light who shares knowledge from a deeply embodied place. He invites participants to connect with their bodies through laughter and play, which makes embodiment accessible to everyone, no matter where we find ourselves on our healing journey.”
— LaUra Schmidt, Founding Director and Co-Founder of Good Grief Network
"…His movement prompts and accessible way of role-modeling movement brought us on a journey through our emotions and closer to each other. It was a terrific experience that I would totally do again!"
— John Ma, Organizer at Ground Game LA
“I think people are looking for spaces to be vulnerable, especially after the pandemic, and it was so beautiful to see some of our more quiet participants come out of their shells. I really feel like they shined that day.”