HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Wheelchair Dance: HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy is a weekly project conducted in collaboration with dance/movement therapist Rachel Federman-Morales.
The program partners dancers from Drexel with teens in wheelchairs with cerebral palsy for a yearlong process to create dances that will be presented at HMS and the Youth Performance Exchange Matinee.
In the News
- Drexel Students Help Redefine Dance, 6ABC/WPVI-TV, June 3, 2014
- This CBS Philly segment aired twice:
- Participating in the joyous dance of life, Philadelphia Daily News, May 30, 2014
- A different kind of dance: How the arts can be for everyone, Philadelphia City Paper, May 27, 2014
- KYW Newsradio 1060-AM [MP3], May 18, 2014
- Drexel Students Partner With H.S Students With Cerebral Palsy For Dance Performance, CBS Philly, May 18, 2014
- Dance as a Healing Art: Performance Pairs Drexel Dance Majors with Local Students with Cerebral Palsy, DrexelNow, April 15, 2014
Valerie Ifill
Assistant Professor, Dance Community Based Learning Coordinator
Dance