Community Curated Art & Conversation: Sincerely Yours

Presented by Dance Express

About Dance Express

Dance Express is an inclusive dance company that works with dancers with disabilities and their families, improving lives through dance.

About the Project

Sincerely Yours addresses a question that families of people with disabilities live with every day: What happens later in life?

How do families obtain quality, consistent, supportive services such as stable living situations, housing, and end-of-life care for adult children with disabilities, once parents are no longer there as advocates?

Sincerely Yours is a multi-tiered project created to investigate and stimulate answers to this question. It includes:

1. A dance theatre production highlighting the issue
2. Community art projects with youth and young adults, with or without disabilities
3. Displays at appropriate venues
4. A short film documentary of interviews with parents, care providers, participants, and agencies advocating for a workable solution
5. Pop-ups, workshops, and community meetings in communities outside of Fort Collins

Events & Dates

Community Art Exhibition
September 2 – November 1, 2026: A community-curated exhibit at the Museum of Art Fort Collins.
On display during normal museum hours in the MoA for All Community Engagement Center on the second floor of the museum.

Dance Theatre Production
Friday, October 23, 2026: Ballroom at the Masonic Event Center – Time TBA

Short Film Documentary
Date/Time TBA: A short film sharing interviews with participants and care providers, offering insight into how to build the cross-sector alignment this work depends on –

Beyond Fort Collins
January 1 – May 7, 2027: An Occupational Therapy Capstone student will bring the project to other communities

Outcome

Sincerely Yours engages people now to plant seeds for future cultural solutions to a long-standing challenge facing people with disabilities. As feasible, the project engages city, county, state, and federal entities to improve long-term support for families and people with developmental disabilities, including Down syndrome, developmental delay, cerebral palsy, and autism.

Contact

More Information:

Mary Elizabeth Lenahan, MS, OT
(970) 493-2113 · [email protected]

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