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Spotlight on Dance for PD
at the Amos Fortune Forum in Jaffrey, NH
Friday, July 25 at 8:00 p.m. sharp
The Arts as Lifeline:
Dance, Parkinson’s and Aging Well
with David Leventhal
Leventhal will explore the Dance for PD program’s origins and objectives, making the case for the role that the arts—and dance in particular—play in helping people maintain a sense of human identity in the face of health challenges. Using Parkinson’s as a case study that reveals entrenched ideas about the efficacy of healthcare, Leventhal will discuss how the artistic and creative elements of dance open doors for a wide range of people who otherwise risk entering a state of permanent medicalization, and how participation in the arts provides a lifeline that allows individuals and families to focus on possibilities rather than limitations.
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The Amos Fortune Forum lectures are held in the Meetinghouse located in Historic Jaffrey Center, 2 miles west of downtown Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
Photograph by Charles Marvin
About the Amos Fortune Forum
The Amos Fortune Forum was organized in 1946 to take advantage of the many widely known speakers on subjects of public interest and importance who live in and visit the Monadnock region. It was felt that most people would welcome the opportunity to cooperate in this Forum, each talking on whatever subject he or she considered most interesting and timely. Thus this small community might make a substantial contribution to the intellectual life of our country.
These talks on topics of current interest carry on the discussions held more than two centuries ago in this same Meetinghouse (pictured above). The Amos Fortune Forum, now in its 68th season, is free to the public.
Members of the Dance for PD class at the Mark Morris Dance Center take a bow at the end of class.
Dance for PD is a Registered Trademark of Mark Morris Dance Group and Brooklyn Parkinson Group.
