About This Video

In this guided dance video, Rachel and Jen lead participants through a Dreams and Waltz movement activity.

The video begins with a dreamy warmup. Participants place their hands near their hearts, sway, make rainbow shapes, open the chest, float their movements, make a wish, and move gently before beginning the waltz.

Rachel and Jen then introduce the waltz rhythm: 1, 2, 3. Participants practice swaying, stepping side to side, bringing the feet together, and moving with the soft rolling feeling of waltz music. The video also includes partner options, such as holding hands, using high fives, or connecting elbows while keeping a round shape and open heart.

The video ends with a gentle cool down using reaching, floating, resting, waking up, swaying like clouds, and returning to the heart. This video gives participants a guided dance activity focused on rhythm, partner awareness, body coordination, imagination, flexible movement, self-expression, and calm.

Good For

• Adults with IDD who enjoy dance, music, waltz, gentle movement, partner movement, rhythm, or guided exercise.

• Caregivers looking for a movement video with a gentle warmup, waltz instruction, partner options, repeated 1-2-3 rhythm, and a calm cool down.

• Adult day programs, home routines, or group activities about dance, body awareness, coordination, rhythm, social movement, self-expression, and movement safety.

• Participants who benefit from visual modeling, flexible pacing, repeated movement patterns, gentle partner options, and encouragement to move in their own way.

How to Use This Video

Use this video as a guided dance activity for a home routine, day program, small group, partner activity, or supported movement session.

Caregivers can help participants choose a safe place to move, clear the area, adjust the volume, and decide whether to dance standing, seated, with a partner, or with modifications. Participants can follow Rachel and Jen closely or adapt the movements to what feels good in their own bodies.

This video includes a dreamy warmup, taught waltz steps, partner movement, music, circling, and a calm cool down. Caregivers can pause between sections, repeat the 1-2-3 step practice, or use only the warmup or cool down if a shorter activity is needed.

Because dance involves movement, balance, coordination, music, space awareness, turning, and possible partner contact, caregivers can provide support with pacing, safety, hydration, breaks, volume, personal space, gentle hands, and movement modifications as needed.

At the end, participants can notice how their bodies feel, name a favorite dreamy movement, and return to this dance again to build comfort with the waltz rhythm and steps.