Dancing Parkinson’s at the High Performance Rodeo

In 2013 a partnership project involving Parkinson Alberta, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks and Dance at the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary brought together people with Parkinson disease, their spouses, friends or care partners, and professional dancers and an accompanist for weekly dance class. The project grew into a multidisciplinary research study supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Rozsa Foundation. Part of the study asked questions about whether dancing contributes to quality of life. “I Always Look Forward to Tuesdays” is a performance of the research project and the larger story of this community dance project. Performers include program participants (the oldest is 90), the dance teachers, neuroscientist Dr. Afra Faroud, and jazz musician Sheldon Zandboer. Video artist Noel Begin is a collaborator. Admission is free.

Location:

Cathedral Church of the Redeemer

Speaker:

Directed by Anne Flynn, who has been involved in the Calgary dance community as a performer, teacher, writer, administrator and dance education advocate. Anne Flynn is a professor in Dance at the University of Calgary, with a joint appointment in the Faculties of Arts and Kinesiology. She is co-investigator on the national partnership project “Arts for Social Change in Canada”.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/dancing-parkinsons-high-performance-rodeo