Dance for Parkinson ’ s: Where culture, health and wellbeing intersect
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Dance for Parkinson’s: Where culture, health and wellbeing intersect
David Leventhal | Program Director, Dance for PD | Mark Morris Dance Group | Brooklyn, NY USA
What can Parkinson’s teach us about aging and
wellbeing?
What can dance teach us about the significance of the arts in health?
How might the intersection of dance and Parkinson’s
serve as a model for the field?
Parkinson’s provides a window into the aging process. What can learn from it?
Parkinson’s demonstrates the potential for permanent medicalization
Parkinson’s demonstrates the potential for permanent medicalization while simultaneously suggesting a different model.
Dance
Strength | Flexibility | Gait
What gets addressed?
Cognition
Expression
Strength
Flexibility
Rhythm/musicality
Adherence
Movement sequencing
Social interaction
Relationship with partners
Tremor
Self-esteem
MemoryCreativity
Mood
Postural stability
Gait
Aesthetics
Where dance (and the arts) pull aheadCognition
Expression
Rhythm/musicality
Adherence
Movement sequencing (phrasing)
Social interaction
Relationship with partners
Self-esteem
MemoryCreativity
Mood
Aesthetics
Cognition
Choreography: William Forsythe
Dance for PD: Pune, India
Rhythm/musicality
Dance for PD: Urbana, Illinois
Aesthetic goals
Mark Morris’ L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Dance for PD: Orlando, Florida
Narrative/meaning
Mark Morris’ Dido and Aeneas
Mark Morris’ Romeo and Juliet
Dance for PD: Boston (learning Dido and Aeneas)
Expression
Dance for PD in performance: Brooklyn Parkinson Group at Mark Morris Center
Musical Moving: London, UK
Relationships/Interaction/Community
Mark Morris Dance Group in L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Dance for Parkinson’s: English National Ballet
Dance for PD: Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, NY
Dance can help us build the case for the important role of arts and culture in healthy aging
Dance can help us build the case for the important role of arts and culture in healthy aging and in chronic disease management
Dance for Parkinson’s best practices
may be useful to the fieldas we move forward
1. Focus on the art form—speak the language of dance, not disease.
Participants are dancers, not patients.
2. Listen to our communities. Participants have a seat at the
table.
3. Rethink the way we measure
impact—focus on changes in people
and in organizations rather than on
numbers.
4. Context speaks volumes
5. Foster community.
www.danceforpd.org
www.danceforparkinsonsuk.org
www.communitydance.org.uk
www.musicalmoving.org
www.ballet.org.uk/learning/dance-parkinsons
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