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  • Dance for Veterans

    Queensland Ballet’s Dance for Veterans program aims to enhance quality of life for veterans experiencing PTSD or other trauma-related psychological injury.

    Details

    Price:
    Free – proudly funded by RSL Queensland

    Eligibility:
    Current or ex-serving Defence members

    Phone

    Dr Rick Maher

    07 3013 6666

    Details

    Price:
    Free – proudly funded by RSL Queensland

    Eligibility:
    Current or ex-serving Defence members

    Healing through dance 

    Through progressive instruction in dance manoeuvres, together with facilitated social connection, participants are supported to improve their psychological, physical, social and environmental health. The instruction program references historical connections between military movement and dance development, facilitating personal expression and confidence-building.  

    The program is delivered over eight weeks, with one session per week for four weeks followed by two sessions per week for the final four weeks. Sessions are held at the Queensland Ballet studios in Brisbane and facilitated by experienced dance teaching artists.

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    It was about service, and what that meant to the participants; there was not a dry eye in the house. The cathartic, silently expressive power of dance was on loud display.

    - Ballet Master Matthew Lawrence,

    Queensland Ballet

    Register for an upcoming event

    If no programs are currently available, you can register your interest for future events through the Queensland Ballet website

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