Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Dancing for our Aging Population

DAPpers is what Rachel Balaban calls her initiative in Providence. Connections to the Mark Morris program Dance for Parkinson's (registered trademark) brought me to a class yesterday at the Newport YMCA. The class on Cape has seemingly dissolved. Modern expressive dance done mostly in a circle was fun and easy. Only 6 students, but she has classes of 30 in Providence. Dance does better in the cities.
The support of the Dance for Parkinson's showed in songs and dance moves she presented. I could start with on-line training, and continue through a set of courses, travelling to Brooklyn, then attend 10 Dance for Parkinson's classes before applying for certification etc, onward through the $$$. Hmmm. Part of the course is how to set up classes through non-profits.

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