MOVE | CONNECT | JOIN IN
A Celebration of Movement, Artform, and Wisdom
Building connection and resilience through dance—empowering all to thrive.
Time to Thrive Dance is an artistic and expressive 6-week movement program designed to cultivate deeper body-mind awareness in a safe, inclusive, and joyful space. This program invites older adults to connect, dance, learn, and celebrate their unique stories through movement.
What to Expect:
- Inclusive & Adaptive Movement: Designed for participants who prefer a gentler approach to dance. Options are offered for both standing and seated movement, with all mobility levels welcomed.
- Progressive Exercises: Each session begins with a guided warm-up to prepare the body for fluid and expressive movement sequences, supported by an uplifting and varied soundtrack.
- Physical & Cognitive Benefits: Exercises aim to enhance strength, mobility, balance, hand-eye coordination, memory, and musicality—while bringing joy and creative engagement.
- Guided Exploration: Facilitated by experienced teacher and dance movement therapist Jessica Lesosky, participants are supported to move confidently at their own pace, building awareness, control, and creative freedom.
- Supportive & Social Environment: A welcoming space to connect with others, boost mood, and build a sense of community and belonging through movement.
Who is this class for?
This class is ideal for those who:
- Seek a joyful, connected, and inspiring way to stay active
- Are returning to dance following illness or injury
- Live with chronic health conditions or limited mobility
- Use mobility aids (four-wheel walkers welcome)
- Prefer or require chair-based movement options
- Enjoy group exercise, yoga, or dance classes
- Are comfortable getting on and off the floor (an option)
Time to Thrive Dance offers a holistic and empowering experience. Celebrating the power of dance to connect, uplift, and honour every stage of life.
Jess Lesosky
Jessica is a Canadian born dancer, performer, and dance/movement therapist. She trained with the National Ballet of Canada and then moved into contemporary dance working with Toronto Dance Theatre. She now lives and creates on Wadawurrung Country. Jessica has a graduate Diploma from RMIT in Visual and Performing Arts (Dance/Movement Therapy) and works creatively and clinically as an Allied Health Assistant in community health services across Victoria’s Barwon Southwest.
Jessica was a founding member of Blink Dance Theatre 2013. She worked as Performer, Creative Director, and Producer for the company for over 10 years. She had the opportunity to lead the company as Artistic Director in 2023 and co-created and directed critically acclaimed work, Ravens at Boom Gallery in November 2023. She has an extensive career working and collaborating with artists across multiple disciplines, fueled by her passion for play and creative process. Jessica is currently designing and delivering Performing Arts workshops for all abilities communities in Victoria and NSW.
Jessica’s arts practice and work is to support people’s creativity, mobility, connection to each other, communication and social skills. Her workshops are designed to enhance participants' capacity to build and collaborate better relationships underpinned by the value of being seen. The creative connection between body, environment, and community. Jessica is an experienced workshop facilitator, teacher, and performance maker. Her practice spans across movement therapy consultation, teaching and delivering performance-making intensives supporting artists and participants through engagement, communication, and a safe space to trust the process, and share ideas.
Her practice is activated by exploring creative risks and experimentation, how her arts practice intersects with or is extended by cross disciplinary collaborations. Our relationships: A celebration of movement, artform and wisdom.
