GROOVE THERAPY
Vanessa here with your second volume of our Mood Booster Playlist series. This month, I ask that you perhaps think about performative dance vs therapeutic dance. Rather than thinking of the performative elements of dance – how your body looks or how well you’ve executed the techniques you’ve learnt in class – think about the […]
Ever lamented to yourself thinking “are there dance classes near me?” only to realise that they were a little lacklustre or…in the wrong country? Well now you can take a dance class right in the comfort of your own home. These are adult hip hop dance classes for beginners who want to learn how to […]
What’s better than a big instagram scroll and email check as soon as you wake up? Literally anything. But with so many of us hunched over our smart phones and computers for hours each day, there is something to be said for simply breaking up that stagnancy with a 2 minute stretch. Why stretch? Let’s […]
We’ll be at the Splendour in the Craft Bus with We’re All Going To Die facilitating an installation that asks you to get off ya damn phone and sit across a stranger with some thought-provoking conversation cards. Rad huh? You see, Groove Therapy is more than a dance class organisation – we’re mental health advocates […]
Amy Zhang, our producer and general manager, has created this new series ‘Not Your Average Dancer’, in which she interviews incredible performance artists who have carved out a career path despite not fitting the typical ‘dancer mould’. Today we have our Gold Coast teacher Benny ‘Bucho’ Garcia on all things breaking, growing up and what […]
Words by Samantha Varghese (Vanessa Marian’s baby sister) When I sat down to write this article on how and why Groove Therapy is as we know it today, I realised it was something I’d given little prior thought to. I first found out about Groove Therapy over a trending Facebook post when my sister launched […]
Get on it. Stat. Have you been meaning to get to class but find something always comes up? Or are you an already converted faithful regular? Either way, it’s Vanessa Marian – founder of Groove Therapy here, and I’m going to list five of the fundamental reasons on why I decided to start this company. […]
We’re All Going To Die Festival is approaching and we think you need to jump on board. What are you afraid of? Not being able to keep up with the choreography? Being the wrong body shape for a dance class? Looking like Bambi on ice? All of the above? Well it turns out you’re not […]
I’m Samantha Varghese. I grew up dancing, not just in dance classes but also in my room. I guess it runs in the family since I’m the smarter and better looking sister of Groove Therapy’s founder Vanessa Marian. I think it’s safe to say that I know all about Groove Therapy and why Vanessa started […]
How to Dance: a recap of some of the stuff we cover in class We’re back with our instructionals fam. This edition is all about The Wop, although probably not the version kids are getting off the internet these days. The Wop is an example of a party dance, i.e. a social dance that was […]