YORKSHIRE DANCE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE LIVING WITH PARKINSON’S FOR A NEW PROJECT
#ParkinsonsAwarenessWeek
This week is Parkinson’s Awareness Week and in celebration Yorkshire Dance, the dance development organisation for Yorkshire, is calling for people living with Parkinson’s to join them this weekend as part of a new training programme.
An Introduction to Dance for Parkinson’s runs this Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th April and is designed for professional dance artists to learn how to structure dance classes for people living with Parkinson’s.
“We know through research and practice that dance can be extremely beneficial for people living with Parkinson’s,” explains Adie Nivison, Project Manager at Yorkshire Dance.
“This course aims to assist Yorkshire dance professionals in their work and naturally we want to involve the very people that will ultimately benefit to join us for part of the course.”
Anybody with Parkinson’s is invited to join the session at Yorkshire Dance’s home on Quarry Hill in Leeds city centre on Saturday from 2pm to 4.30pm.
Four taster sessions for people living with Parkinson’s and their carers have already been delivered in Woodlesford, Moor Allerton, Otley & Middleton, and from May Yorkshire Dance will roll out Dance For Parkinson’s – a 12-week pilot programme in Leeds.
Dance For Parkinson’s will take place at Middleton Community Centre every week from Wednesday May 9th and is free, thanks to funding from Leeds Let’s Get Active
“Leeds Let’s Get Active aims to provide more opportunities for inactive people to become active,” says Sam Coupland, Development Officer at Active Leeds.
“Our aim is for Leeds to be the most active city in the UK and projects such as Dance for Parkinson’s go a long way to ensure that we reach the people that other programmes don’t; it’s a great example of how working in partnership with organisations such as Yorkshire Dance and Parkinson’s UK can help overcome the barriers that stop people getting active.”
To join An Introduction to Dance for Parkinson’s this Saturday from 2pm to 4.30pm, and for more information on Yorkshire Dance’s work in this area, call Adie Nivison on 0113 243 9867