How can the non-verbal act of dance interact with the dementia experience?
Barbara Stephens provides insight into the Dance for Life programme, a joint venture between Dementia Pathfinders and Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures & Re:Bourne dance company, that involved providing dementia training for professional dancers to deliver dance interventions for people living with dementias in care home settings.
You will hear about:
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The effects of the programme on the people living with dementias who participated in the sessions
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The sustained benefits of the programme
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How the professional dancers responded to the programme
CREDITS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY IMAGES AND FOOTAGE ‘Dance for Life’ mini-documentary produced by Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures and Dementia Pathfinders.
Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives
Dementia and the Arts: Sharing Practice, Developing Understanding and Enhancing Lives
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