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Mark Morris Dance Group and Inspirees Institute,
in partnership with Peking Union Medical College, present

A Dance for PD®

Introductory Workshop

for dancers, dance teachers, students, therapists, and allied health professionals

Friday, June 8 - Sunday, June 10, 2018

Peking Union Medical Hospital

Beijing, China

We invite you to apply at the link below!

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► Learn best practices and methods from one of the program’s founding teachers.
► Hone your teaching skills.
► Deepen your knowledge with our specially-created modules and acclaimed interactive sessions.
► Participate in an actual Dance for Parkinson's class with members of the Beijing Parkinson's community.
► Enhance your learning experience with our acclaimed online review course.

Workshop conducted in English with simultaneous translation in Chinese.

"A dynamic workshop and a fabulous life experience. I could not have been more pleased with time well spent.”—Dance for PD workshop trainee

"Dance for PD® is a hands-down success. It’s one of the most important programs for Parkinson’s disease in the country."—Mary Ellen Thibodeau, RN
RI Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association

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Courtesy of People Dancing (photo by Rachel Cherry)

About Dance for PD® workshops and seminars

Since 2007, more than 2,000 people from 30 countries have participated in Dance for PD® (Parkinson's Disease) workshops and seminars, designed and produced by the Mark Morris Dance Group.

Our educational programs are designed to enrich, inform and inspire a diverse group of individuals who want to learn about the unique approach of this internationally acclaimed community arts & health program from its original creators. To learn more about our complete four-step training program, including the pre-requisite online course, please click here.

This workshop

Our introductory workshop is specially designed to help dance teachers adapt your expertise to work effectively and comfortably with the Parkinson’s population under the guidelines and methodology of the Dance for PD® program. You'll cover special modules that focus on class structure, pedagogy and exercise design, and participate in a practicum class to develop class content and teaching techniques with founding teachers and other trainees, in addition to covering general modules about safety and working with Parkinson’s participants.

Although this workshop is specifically geared toward dance teachers, we welcome a diverse group of individuals who may be interested in the workshop for Educational & Professional Enrichment (EPE). In this workshop, you will participate in all group discussions and modules, while observing the teaching practicum on Day 2. The EPE program is designed to provide a comprehensive and intimate look at core components of the Dance for PD® program so that a wide variety of individuals without dance training or dance teaching experience can learn about our methods and benefit from our resources.

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Time and location

The workshop will take place on *Friday-Sunday, June 8-10 at the Peking Union Medical Hospital, Beijing.

Schedule (作坊安排)

Start and stop times are set; hourly schedule subject to change.

Friday, June 8
10:00-11:00 Welcome and Introduction 舞动帕金森项目介绍
11:00-12:00 Parkinson disease: background and teaching considerations帕金森疾病:背景介绍与教学注意事项
12:00-13:00 Dance for PD Core Curriculum I (seated work) 课程剖析第一部分
13:00-14:30 Lunch 午餐
14:30-16:00 Dance for PD Core Curriculum II (supported standing) 课程剖析第二部分
16:15-18:00 Dance for PD Core Curriculum III (center work)

Saturday, June 9
13:00-13:45 Safety and assists
14:00-15:30 Dance for PD demonstration class 舞动帕金森教学演示课
15:30-16:15 Post-class discussion and analysis课后讨论与分析
16:15-16:45 Snack break 休息时间
16:45-18:00 Dance for PD Core Curriculum IV (center work) 舞动帕金森基础课程

Sunday, June 10
10:00-11:00 Teaching Practicum 1教学实习
11:00-13:00 Teaching Practicum 2 教学实习
13:00-14:00 Lunch 午餐
14:00-16:00 Teaching Practicum 2 (continued) 教学实习

Tuition includes:
* comprehensive 4-module online review course (completed after the workshop, available in English and Chinese)
* all printed materials and sessions
* a one-year Dance for PD® program membership with special access to continuing education materials and tools, and access to our international teachers' listserv.

Registration

To learn more about tuition and registration, please contact Ocean Lee at y.lee@inspirees.com, +86 13818231669 or click the button below.

Questions?

For questions about eligibility or workshop content, please email david@danceforpd.org.

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Foundation for Community Dance (UK), Photographer: Rachel Cherry

Workshop Reviews

"Extremely well coordinated, very respectful and appropriate content for a broad range of learners!"
—2012 workshop attendee

"This workshop was completely satisfying, both on personal and professional levels. I thoroughly enjoyed each day's activities and the way in which [the trainer] conducted the discussions and experientials. His teaching ability is outstanding, along with his understanding of group process...I feel uplifted and inspired by all I witnessed..."
—2012 Trainee

"My staff reported to me that this was the only training they had ever received in movement/exercise other than cursory information during nursing assistant or nursing training. They were so excited to start using the tools immediately and have other staff to partner with for spontaneous play with each other and the residents."
—2012 workshop attendee and assisted living facility senior manager

"I learned more than I could have ever imagined and I love to dance more than I ever imagined. I have already utilized some of your ideas into my treatment approaches with my patients and they have worked GREAT!"—2011 participant and DPT

Facilitators for these workshops

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David Leventhal is a founding teacher and Program Director for Dance for PD®, a collaborative program of the Mark Morris Dance Group and Brooklyn Parkinson Group that has now been used as a model for classes in more than 250 communities in 25 countries. He leads classes for people with Parkinson's disease around the world and trains other teachers in the Dance for PD® approach. Since 2007, he has trained more than 600 teachers in the Dance for PD® approach in 25 cities around the world. He's co-produced three volumes of a successful At Home DVD series for the program and has been instrumental in initiating and designing innovative projects involving live streaming and Moving Through Glass, a dance-based Google Glass App for people with Parkinson's. He received the 2016 World Parkinson Congress Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Parkinson's Community and was a co-recipient of the 2013 Alan Bonander Humanitarian Award from the Parkinson's Unity Walk. He has written about dance and Parkinson's for such publications as Dance Gazette and Room 217, and has a chapters about the program in two recently published books: Moving Ideas: Multimodal Learning in Communities and Schools (Peter Lang), and Creating Dance: A Traveler's Guide (Hampton Press). He is in demand as a speaker at international conferences and symposiums, and has spoken about the intersection of dance, Parkinson's and health at the Lincoln Center Global Exchange, Edinburgh International Culture Summit, University of Michigan, Rutgers, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Brown, Stanford, Columbia, Georgetown, Tufts, and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège (Belgium), among others. He's featured in the award-winning 2014 documentary Capturing Grace directed by Dave Iverson. As a dancer, he performed with the Mark Morris Dance Group from 1997-2011, appearing in principal roles in Mark Morris' The Hard Nut, L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, and Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet, on Motifs of Shakespeare. He received a 2010 Bessie (New York Dance and Performance Award) for his performing career with Mark Morris. He graduated from Brown University with honors in English Literature.

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Maria Portman Kelly is Dance for PD's Programs and Engagement Manager and has supported the New York City based flagship program since 2011. She created a Volunteer Training Program, and has co-facilitated Introductory Training and Professional Development workshops for dance teachers, movement experts, and medical professionals, and developed Theater Movement for PD for the Brooklyn Parkinson Group community. Maria acted as production assistant for three volumes of a successful At Home DVD series for Dance for PD, and has been instrumental in supporting innovative projects involving live-streaming and Moving Through Glass, a dance-based Google Glass App for people with Parkinson’s. She has represented the program at various panels and events, including Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Arts in Aging, the Lincoln Center Global Exchange, and the World Parkinson Congress, and was invited to co-facilitate an art and entrepreneurial residency with The Amahoro Dance Troupe of Gisenyi, Rwanda. She is a former dancer with the Louisville Ballet, Susana B. Williams Modern Dance Company, and Ballet Español, and has performed as an actor with Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. In collaboration with The Bushwick Starr, where she worked as General Manager for four years, she co-created classroom curriculum for Big Green Theater, their environmental education initiative. Maria holds a BFA from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Medgar Evers College. She was selected by the New York Foundation for the Arts as an Emerging Leader, and is pursuing an MA in Disability Studies from CUNY School of Professional Studies.

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About Dance for PD®

Dance for PD® offers dance classes for people with Parkinson’s disease in New York City and, through our network of partners and associates, in more than 250 other communities in 25 countries 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. Originally launched as a 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. The Dance for PD® method, supported by several peer-reviewed scientific research studies, has been presented at the International Congress for Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders in Berlin (2005), the World Parkinson Congress in Washington, D.C. (2006) and at Neuroscience 2008 in Washington D.C. The program was recognized as a model program at the Society for the Arts in Healthcare’s annual conference (2010). The World Parkinson Congresses in Glasgow (2010), Montreal (2013) and Portland (2016) included Dance for PD demonstration classes. Features about the program have appeared on PBS NewsHour, NPR, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, and Reuters, and in The New York Times and USA Today, among others. The program has been honored by several awards, including the Parkinson Awareness Award, Alan Bonander Humanitarian Award, the ADA Sapolin Public Service Award from the New York City Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, and the William Pearson Tolley Medal for Distinguished Leadership in Life Long Learning. Evidence from 38 peer-reviewed scientific studies serves to underpin the effectiveness and benefits of the Dance for PD teaching practice.

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