David Leventhal
The mission of Dance for PD is to provide dance classes with live music to enrich the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease, their families, friends, and caregivers in communities around the world through the building, maintaining, and training of a network of qualified dance professionals.
Why Did We Separate Medicine and Art?
EPISODE SUMMARY
Join Denise and her guest, David Leventhal, as they talk about the power of dance in individuals and the community. Through dance and art, David shares how they were able to create an environment of possibilities and opportunities for those who have movement disorders. Stay tuned!
EPISODE NOTES
Here are the things to expect in this episode:
Introducing dance to people with Parkinson’s disease.
Viewing people in the dance classes as artists and students rather than patients.
What are the dance classes like for people with Parkinson’s?
A lot of cultures have built rituals of health and healing around the art forms of dance and music.
And many more!