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Audio: Please click on the photo to the right to hear Michael Brookes (in foreground of photo) speak to WNYC’s Brian Lehrer about his experience as a member of the Brooklyn Parkinson Group taking Dance for PD classes at the Mark Morris Dance Center.
Flagship program
Video: Inspiring Dancers on Better TV
Video: Dance Helps Parkinson’s Patients Harness Therapeutic Power of Movement on PBS NewsHour (by Special Correspondent Dave Iverson)
Audio: Parkinson’s Patients Find Grace in Dance on National Public Radio
Getting Their Groove Back, With Help from the Magic of Dance in The New York Times
Dance Class ‘Uplifting’ for Parkinson’s Patients in USA Today
Video: My Father, My Brother and Me on PBS Frontline (Dave Iverson, director)
Finding New Life Through Movement in Neurology Now
People with Parkinson’s Discover the Joy of Dance in Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Newsletter
Mark Morris Dance Class Aids Parkinson’s in New York Daily News
Dance for Parkinson’s Disease Comes to the Bay Area in Berkeley Daily Planet (reprint from Michael J. Fox Foundation newsletter)
Neuroscience 2008 in Neuroscience Quarterly
Dance Begins with a Cognitive Act for Professionals and Parkinson’s Patients in Dana Foundation Newsletter
The Benefits of Dance for People with Parkinson’s Disease in SmartMoney.com
Mark Morris Dance Group Reaches Out in The Hill/Brooklyn
Dance Therapy for Parkinson’s at Livestrong.com
Dance for PD Training Workshops
Dance for Parkinson’s Disease Teacher-Training Workshop in Dance Teacher Magazine
Pas de Deux with Parkinson’s in Dance Studio Life
Intercession Course Explores Dance for Parkinson’s Patients in Rollins College News
Affiliated Classes
Berkeley/Oakland, CA
Dance for Parkinson’s Disease Comes to the Bay Area (Berkeley Daily Planet)
Parkinson’s disease patients find rare physical freedom in Berkeley-based dance classes (San Jose Mercury News)
Video: Parkinson’s patients benefit from dancing (ABC7 News)
Birmingham, AL
Dance for PD classes set to begin at Alabama Ballet facility (Birmingham News)
Camden, ME
Keep on Dancing (Press Herald)
Dancing with Parkinson’s at Hutchinson (Waldo Village Soup)
Video: Easing the Burden: Parkinson’s Disease (Maine Public Broadcasting)
Chicago, IL
Video: Parkinson’s Dance (WebMD)
Video: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Dance for Parkinson’s class (CBS 2 News)
Cleveland, OH
Parkinson’s Boot Camp highlights the benefits of exercise in managing the disease (The Plain Dealer)
Columbia, MD
Dance program brings joy to participants with Parkinson’s (Explore Howard)
Daytona, FL
Getting Back In Step (News Journal)
Parkinson’s in the Park to spark awareness, hope (News Journal)
Denver, CO
Parkinson’s Patients Find Strength, Joy in Dance Class (The Denver Channel/ABC 7 News)
Rhythm and Grace (Personal blog)
Edinburgh, UK
Parkinson’s sufferers refusing to dance to the tune of crippling disease Edinburgh Evening News
Freiburg, Germany
Schönheit. Anmut. Freude (Badische Zeitung)
Gainesville, FL
Audio: Parkinson’s patients find relief through dance: an interview with Jill Sonke, from the University of Florida Center for the Arts in Healthcare Research and Education (WUFT-FM)
Indianapolis, IN
Dance Program for Those with Parkinson’s (IndyStar.com)
Keene, NH
Aspiring dancers learn their moves (Keene Sentinel)
London, UK
Ballet school takes steps to help sufferers of Parkinson’s (London Evening Standard)
Dance for Parkinson’s (LondonDance.com)
Dance classes for Parkinson’s Sufferers (Wimbledon Guardian)
Ballet Therapy for Parkinson’s Sufferers (Channel 4 blog by Matthew Cain)
Can Dancing Help to Tackle Parkinson’s? (Daily Express)
English National Ballet helps Parkinson’s patients (BBC)
Video: A pas de deux with Parkinson’s (Euronews)
Longmont, CO
Longmont a Select City for Creative Parkinson’s Disease Dance Class (Times-Call)
Video: Longmont Parkinson’s Dance Class (Times-Call)
Los Angeles–Venice, CA
Video: Dancing Through Parkinson’s (CBS 2)
Manhasset, NY
Video: A Dance for Life
Meadowview, VA
Park Parkinson’s at the Door (Herald Courier)
Middletown, CT
Parkinson’s Dance Class Helps Keep Things Moving (Record Journal)
Missoula, MT
Dance, art, more promote Parkinson’s outreach at Missoula conference (Missoulian)
New London, CT
Retired professor brings dance class for people with Parkinson´s Disease to Connecticut College (Connecticut College News)
Therapy Dance Class Focuses On Getting People With Parkinsons Moving (Norwich Bulletin)
Video: Dance Offers Powerful Treatment for Parkinson’s Patients (NBC Connecticut)
Omaha, NE
A Step in the Right Direction (Omaha World-Herald)
Petaluma, CA
Parkinson’s Sufferers Find Support, Community in Group (Petaluma Patch)
Philadelphia, PA
CHI hosts Dance for Parkinson’s (South Philly Review)
For people with Parkinson’s Disease, dancing a ‘liberating’ experience (Milestones)
Port St. Lucie, FL
Dance class helps people with Parkinson’s disease (TC Palm)
Princeton, NJ
Parkinson’s Patients Move to Music In Classes Held at Princeton Studio (Town Topics)
Providence, RI
Shall We Dance (Blog)
Pune, India
Video: Dance for Parkinson’s Disease- Hrishikesh Pawar
Healing Through Dance, Drama, Music & Art (DNA: Daily News & Analysis)
Doctor on the Dance Floor (Times of India)
I was born to dance and heal (Femina)
They gave up big salaries to do good for the world (Rediff Business–India)
Art-based therapies help improve mental health (Times of India–Pune)
Richmond, VA
Richmond Parkinson’s Dance Project (SE PADRECC News–The Newsletter of the Veterans Health Administration’s Southeast Parkinson’s Disease Research Education & Clinical Center at McGuire VAMC)
Rye, NY
Rye dance class offers freedom of movement to Parkinson’s patients (lohud.com)
Seattle/Puget Sound, WA
News Release about Dance for Parkinson’s (Evergreen Healthcare)
Dance class helps Parkinson’s patients use movement as a strategy (Seattle Times)
Video: Dance for Parkinson’s Project (Seattle Times Media)
Free-flowing Therapy (The Sequim Gazette)
Parkinson’s, MS dance class topic of support group (Peninsula Daily News)
Spartanburg, SC
Ballet Spartanburg Reaches Out (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Spokane, WA
Celebrate Dance at Kress Gallery (Gonzaga University News)
Dances of Compassion (Gonzaga Bulletin)
Dance for Parkinson’s Builds Layers of Joy (Gonzaga: The Magazine of Gonzaga University)
Sun City, AZ
Video: Dancing helps Parkinson’s Patients (NBC News National Report)
Sunnyvale, CA
The power of dance: Mind, body, emotion converge in Parkinson’s program (Los Altos Town Crier)
Dance for PD at the Parkinson’s Institute
Video: Dance for PD at the Parkinson’s Institute
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Movement Workshop Offered for People with Parkinsons (News Gazette)
Dance for Parkinson’s Gives Patients Medicine for the Soul (Daily Illlini)
Dance for Parkinson’s (The 217.com)
Waltham, MA
Dancing To Ease Symptoms Of Parkinson’s Disease (WCVB Channel 5)
Just the Right Moves (The Boston Globe)
Video: Dancing To Ease Symptoms Of Parkinson’s Disease (Boston Channel 5)
Washington, D.C.
People With Parkinson’s Discover the Joy of Dance (PDF in the News, originally published in AARP Bulletin)
Video: If I Can’t Dance—Dancing with Parkinson’s Documentary (Lucy Bowen McCauley Dance + Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area)
Video: Dance helps lift people with Parkinson’s disease (UPI.com)
Pas de Deux with Parkinson’s: How dance teachers can help in the battle against a degenerative disease (Dance Studio Life)
Wilmington, NC
Dance, exercise classes help those with Parkinson’s disease (Star News)
Dancing in the Stars (Read The Beat Magazine)
Dance for PD On Tour
Birmingham, AL
Body and mind: Connecting dance and Parkinson’s Disease (The Birmingham News)
Boston, MA
BIDMC Hosts Dance for PD (BIDMC News)
Health At A Glance: Movement to Aid Parkinson’s Patients (Boston Globe)
Brookfield, WI
Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month is More Than the Disease (Moving Forward blog, Froedtert.com/Medical College of Wisconsin)
Exton, PA
Dancing with Parkinson’s (Daily Local News)
New London, CT
Dance class brings joy to those with Parkinson’s (The Day)
Orlando, FL
Parkinson’s patients give dance a whirl
Orlando Dance for PD photo essay
Philadelphia, PA
Slide Show: Temple News photographs of Dance for PD Master Class
Phoenix, AZ
Dancing Away Parkinsons Disease (AZ Central.com)
Princeton, NJ
Every Move You Make: Bringing Dance to Parkinson’s Patients (West Windsor and Plainsboro News)
Tulsa, OK
Dance Class Beneficial to Parkinson’s Patients (Tulsa World)
Excerpt from MMDG company profile (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise)
Miscellaneous/unaffiliated classes
Abilene, TX
Physical Therapy Students and Parkinson’s Support Group Experiment with Dance (Hardin-Simmons University)