![Dancer beckoning to the camera with her hand in the sunlight.](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/07/olivia-bauso-nKWXb8EGzO0-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
As one of the oldest forms of communication, dance has been used to convey a range of emotions, and is recognized as a part of…
![Perfectionism, Dance, Mental health, Stress, Coping, Competition, Pressure, Success, Knowledge, Stigma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/03/Feature-Image-SIZED-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Imagine dancing for 30 hours a week at the cost of school and a social life. You are constantly told you are not good enough…
![Dancing with Cerebral Palsy](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif?x81652)
Jerron Herman was diagnosed with hemiplegia cerebral palsy at an early age. This condition caused the muscles on his left side of the body to…
![Look At Me](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/04/blogger-image-1832682796-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“Look at Me” is a spoken word performance, written and orchestrated by Azure Antoinette. Azure poetically expresses the seriousness of eating disorders in popular culture…
![Why Trust Is Worth It](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/04/trust-470x140.png?x81652)
As acrobats in Cirque du Soleil, Alya and Gael literally put their lives in each others hands.
![So You Think You Can Dance - Alex and Allison](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2012/12/So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Alex-and-Allison-275x140.jpeg?x81652)
From So You Think You Can Dance http://youtu.be/B03TjhI40aQ Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh Music: Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
![So You Think You Can Dance - Joffrey Ballet](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2012/12/So-You-Think-You-Can-Dance-Joffrey-Ballet-470x140.jpg?x81652)
From So You Think You Can Dance Choreographer: Tyce Diorio Music: This Woman’s Work by Maxwell
![Using Hip Hop to Heal Trauma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/05/BluePrint4-400x140.jpg?x81652)
“We don’t live for hip hop, it lives for us” – Talib Kweli Since its origins on the streets of the Bronx in the…