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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
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What can Parkinson’s teach us about aging and
wellbeing?
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What can dance teach us about the significance of the arts in health?
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How might the intersection of dance and Parkinson’s
serve as a model for the field?
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Parkinson’s provides a window into the aging process. What can learn from it?
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Parkinson’s demonstrates the potential for permanent medicalization
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Parkinson’s demonstrates the potential for permanent medicalization while simultaneously suggesting a different model.
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Dance
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Strength | Flexibility | Gait
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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
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Where dance (and the arts) pull aheadCognition
Expression
Rhythm/musicality
Adherence
Movement sequencing (phrasing)
Social interaction
Relationship with partners
Self-esteem
MemoryCreativity
Mood
Aesthetics
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Cognition
Choreography: William Forsythe
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Dance for PD: Pune, India
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Rhythm/musicality
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Dance for PD: Urbana, Illinois
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Aesthetic goals
Mark Morris’ L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
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Dance for PD: Orlando, Florida
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Narrative/meaning
Mark Morris’ Dido and Aeneas
Mark Morris’ Romeo and Juliet
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Dance for PD: Boston (learning Dido and Aeneas)
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Expression
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Dance for PD in performance: Brooklyn Parkinson Group at Mark Morris Center
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Musical Moving: London, UK
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Relationships/Interaction/Community
Mark Morris Dance Group in L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
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Dance for Parkinson’s: English National Ballet
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Dance for PD: Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, NY
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Dance can help us build the case for the important role of arts and culture in healthy aging
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Dance can help us build the case for the important role of arts and culture in healthy aging and in chronic disease management
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Dance for Parkinson’s best practices
may be useful to the fieldas we move forward
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1. Focus on the art form—speak the language of dance, not disease.
Participants are dancers, not patients.
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2. Listen to our communities. Participants have a seat at the
table.
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3. Rethink the way we measure
impact—focus on changes in people
and in organizations rather than on
numbers.
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4. Context speaks volumes
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5. Foster community.
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www.danceforpd.org
www.danceforparkinsonsuk.org
www.communitydance.org.uk
www.musicalmoving.org
www.ballet.org.uk/learning/dance-parkinsons
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Join our panel discussion today at 12.00
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