This dance student's comment captures the way a lot of us feel after our dance classes.  What makes this dancer's class different is that the students have Parkinson's Disease (PD) or are caregivers to someone with Parkinson's.  

 The Dance for PD program was developed in 2001 as a collaboration between the Brooklyn Parkinson Group (BPG) and the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG). The driving principle is that professional dancers and people with PD deal with the same challenges ----  things like balance, coordination, rhythm, movement sequencing, etc. "Dancers do it exquisitely," says BPG Founder and Executive Director Olie Westheimer, "and persons with Parkinson's do it in order to function every day."

"People think of PD as a movement disorder, but it's really a quality of life disorder," says Dance for PD Program Director David Lenventhal. "Depression, isolation, changing relations, diminished sense of ability ----  these really start to wear away a person's identity. Your sense of who you are can change from a holistic, healthy person to full-time patient. This program takes people to the feeling of being dancers and away from feeling 'medicalized' as just patients." READ MORE.

Miss Anna and Miss Angelica are the new owners of A-Team Dance Center in Amityville, NY. "Angelica and I both studied at L.A. Dance Studio (the now newly named A-Team Dance Center) as young children where our teachers sparked our love of dance," says Anna. "We loved it so much we couldn't wait to be old enough to teach, choreograph, and share our passion for the art with all our fellow students and, lucky for us, we had the encouragement and support to do so.  L.A. Dance Studio stayed open for 30 successful years. When the previous owner Linda Accardi decided to retire this past year, she passed the torch to us knowing she was leaving it to two loyal and dedicated teachers who will absolutely give their all to our students. With the passing of the torch we decided to take L.A. Dance Studio to the next level." READ MORE.

Where can you see Angela Lansbury, Chita Rivera, James Earl Jones AND dancers from ABT, Alvin Ailey, DTH, Ballet Hispanico and SO many more all in one place on one magical evening? Get your tickets now for the annual Career Transition for Dancers' Anniversary Jubilee NEW YORK NEW YORK a helluva town on Monday, October 6th.  You will have a wonderful time at this NYC one-night-only entertainment event of the season while you are supporting CTFD's vital mission.

Applications are now open for Peridance Capezio Center's 2015 APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) Showcases! Peridance will be presenting choreographers and dance companies at the Salvatore Capezio Theater during the 2015 APAP conference week in NYC. Performances will take place the weekend of January 9-11, 2015. The Peridance fully curated APAP programs are designed to showcase a high caliber array of artists to the conference attendees. Apply ONLINE now! Application deadline is September 30, 2014. Please contact Emily Bufferd and Yarden Ronen at apap@peridance.com with any questions. 

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