Mama dances is dedicated to research, creation, dissemination and education of contemporary Canadian dance. Its primary focus is to animate activities involving mothers and children dancing together, integrating the cultural diversity of Montreal. The objective of the company is to raise human spirit and promote well-being by establishing links between family, community, culture, physical health and corporal expression. The Mama dances vision is directed by choreographer, dancer and teacher, Eryn Dace Trudell.

Objectives of Mama dances performance project
1. Creation of new Canadian contemporary dance choreography
2. Highlight and bring awareness to the physical bond between mother and child
3. Present beautiful evocative images of hope, love and life.
4.To encourage the continuity of a dancers career after childbirth
5. Provide an alternative modality of dance to children and families.
6. To give powerful representation of the role of the mother on the dance stage.
7. Increase public appreciation of Canadian dance within family and young audiences.
8.To bring awareness and appreciation for the physical labour required in mothering.

Objectives of Mama dances classes and workshops
1. Inspire parents to dance with their children
2. Incite wholistic ways of being physical with our children
3. Prevent post natal depression and isolation
4. Affect healthy collective consciousness
5. Rekindle the ability for physical play.
6. Strengthen mind and body connection
7. Relieve stress and motivate energy
8. Develop bonds between families and their environment

History of Mama Dances
The original idea was born out of necessity to negotiate around or incorporate a child into an artistic practice. Six dancers performed in the premiere of Mama dances/1000 mains at Chateau Du Fresne in Montreal during Festival Transatlantique, Manifestation de la Danse, September 2006.

Philosophy:
Healthy mothering is at the root of building a healthy society.

Mama dances responds to today's socio-political climate by contributing modalities of hope, peace and love to the world. It is a simple yet powerful idea. Seemingly naïve, it has a profound intention. Peace on earth. The world requires powerful mothering.

In Dancing Women, Female Bodies on Stage, Sally Banes writes: "choreographers have created images of women that are shaped by – and that in part shape – society's continuing debates about sexuality and female identity. I argue that the dance stage has often reflected and reinforced, but has also formed and in some cases criticized cultural conceptions of corporeality – in particular, conceptions of women's bodies and identities-and that through dance, men's attitudes toward women and women's attitudes about themselves are literally given body on stage."…p1