Train to be part of an acclaimed global program that shares the joys of dance with persons with Parkinson's disease.
Dance for PD® Workshop
Madrid, España
July 5-6, 2014
Learn more and apply below!
About Dance for PD® workshops
Are you a trained dancer or dancer instructor who is interested in making a greater impact in the community? Are you a therapist or movement practitioner who is excited to learn new techniques that expand and deepen your practice?
Our workshops are designed to enrich, inform and inspire a diverse group of individuals who want to introduce people with Parkinson’s to the joys and benefits of a customized dance experience. During Dance for PD® workshops, our specially-designed training modules, demo class and interactive sessions provide a wealth of information to experienced dance teachers and other interested participants.
Our Madrid workshop--the first in continental Europe--is designed primarily for dance teachers, although therapists, yoga, fitness and Pilates teachers, group coordinators, Parkinson's community leaders, carepartners, allied health professionals and others are warmly invited to attend as Active Auditors through our Educational and Professional Enrichment program. More information is available below.
Since 2007, more than 350 people from 30 U.S. states and 9 countries have participated in Dance for PD® workshops, developed by the Mark Morris Dance Group and Brooklyn Parkinson Group in New York.
Workshop details
The Madrid workshop will take place July 5-6 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma, Calle Soria, 2, 28005 Madrid.
Enrollment is extremely limited, and workshop places are available on a first preregistered first reserved basis. Our workshops tend to become fully subscribed very quickly.
The workshop will be conducted in English with bilingual English/Spanish printed materials provided and a translator available for questions and summaries.
"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
Tuition: €99
Tuition includes all printed materials and sessions, as well as a one-year Dance for PD® program membership, which provides special access to continuing education materials and tools, as well as access to our international teachers' listserv.
Supplementary media (DVD and music CD) can be added to your tuition at an additional cost.
No payment is required to apply. Please click below to complete our application. We will notify you upon acceptance into the workshop and will include final registration and payment information at that time.
Apply and pre-register today!
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About Dance for PD®
Dance for PD® offers dance classes for people with Parkinson’s disease in Brooklyn, New York and, through our network of partners and associates, in more than 100 other communities 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. An on-going 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 has been presented at the International Congress for Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders in Berlin (2005) and at Neuroscience 2008 in Washington D.C. Dance for PD® was recognized as a model program at the Society for the Arts in Healthcare’s annual conference (2010). The World Parkinson Congresses in Washington (2006), Glasgow (2010) and Montreal (2013) included Dance for PD® demonstration classes, and the program was presented two years in a row at the Parkinson's Unity Walk in Central Park. 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 was introduced to the community of Madrid Parkinson's community in 2013, at the Teatro del Canal, through a community class co-presented by the APDCM and MMDG.
For more information about Dance for PD®, please visit www.danceforpd.org.
