In 2002, Alan co-founded DanceAbility with Shara Weaver. DanceAbility operated as an outreach program of The School of Dance and served disabled people within the Ottawa region for several years. Within DanceAbility, Alan and Shara developed a dance program that was accessible to people with a variety of disabilities and that gave disabled people an opportunity to explore dance and movement on an ongoing basis. Alan’s experience in disability activism and community development greatly assisted in bringing new community groups into dance workshops and dance performance. Between 2002 and 2003, Alan
co-facilitated DanceAbility weekly workshops, along with outreach sessions with Shara Weaver. Since 2004 Alan has played an advisory role to the running of the DanceAbility program.

Due to the overwhelming interest and demand for dance and disability workshops, and for accessible dance training within Ottawa, Alan and Shara, along with dance artist Renata Soutter, recently founded and incorporated a non-profit organization under the name of Propeller Dance. Propeller Dance is an integrated dance company dedicated to providing inclusive and accessible dance training and performance opportunities to people with and without disabilities.