Express & Release Therapeutic Dance: Redefining Dance and Movement

Meet Gabrielle Rivero - CMO and Founder of Express & Release Therapeutic Dance. Express & Release Therapeutic Dance creates a safe space for kids, adults and seniors to recognize and release emotions from their bodies through movement. Gabby and her greater team help communities learn how to accept the emotions that they feel, express these emotions through safe movements that do not harm the self, others or the environment, and if desired, then to release these emotions from the self. It is Gabby’s hopes and dreams for therapeutic dance to one day be normalized and be used as a stress relief and to cope with life’s daily transitions!

Express & Release helps individuals learn how to process emotions in their bodies through movement to find hope, healing, and restoration in their bodies. Research has proven that movement can be highly effective in the senior population:

- Reduces anxiety and depression

- Improves balance and lowers fall risk

- Boosts feelings of control and resilience

- Enhances health outcomes related to dementia

- Supports health outcomes related to Parkinson's disease

- Improves blood pressure, bone density, muscle tone, mobility, flexibility, balance, and coordination

Through S.A.F.E. Movement Practice, Gabby guides her clients through gentle movements that help them re-learn their mobility and confidence as they embrace safe movements that feel good to their bodies. In her movement sessions, she does not teach technique as she invites each individual to explore movement that feels comfortable and right for their own body. Gabby guides her students through remembering images, thoughts, sounds, feelings, and colors that are connected to their bodies.