Welcome to the official Dance for PD® site
  About Dance for PD Dance for PD® offers dance classes for people with Parkinson’s disease in Brooklyn, New York and, through our network of partners and associates, in more than 75 other communities around the world. In Dance for PD® classes, participants are empowered to explore movement and music in ways that are refreshing, enjoyable, stimulating and creative. An on-going collaboration between the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Brooklyn Parkinson Group, the Dance for PD® program also provides teacher training and nurtures relationships among other organizations so that classes based on our model are widely available. Learn more.     |
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Upcoming events
►Register for the Dance for PD Manhattan classes in February. ►Register for a Dance for PD community class at The Kennedy Center January 28. ►Register for a Dance for PD community class in Fayetteville, AR February 2. ►Register for a Dance for PD community class in Tulsa, OK February 4. ►Register for our Teacher Training Workshops in Brooklyn. ►Just launched: the Dance for PD Membership Program. Join now Latest News
►Classes start in Cincinnati, Duluth, Orlando and Phoenix in 2012. ►New preliminary research on dance and Parkinson’s from Freiburg, Germany. more ►Listen to Robert Rodgers interview David Leventhal on Parkinson’s Recovery blogtalkradio channel ►Research into the benefits of dance for people with Parkinson’s in the UK. more ►See what participants are saying about Dance for PD classes here. ►Dance for PD® featured on PBS NewsHour. Watch the segment here. ►More program news here Why Dance for Parkinson’s Disease?
Watch an excerpt from the Brooklyn Parkinson Group/Mark Morris Dance Group film Why Dance for Parkinson’s Disease?, made possible by a grant from the National Parkinson Foundation. For more resources, please click here.
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