Danspace - Dance for PD

Danspace and PD Activein association with the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Brooklyn Parkinson Group chair movement

with the generous support of the Gould Foundation offer

Weekly Classes
on Thursdays from 10:30-11:45 am
No class on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 24

Taught by Mary Armentrout, Sam Blanchard, Yasmine Oiknine, Freesia Paclebar-Huth and Claudine Naganuma.
Live musical accompaniment by Roz Aronson.

To register please call: 510.479.6119
or email at dance@pdactive.org
Space is limited and registration is required.

About the class
These classes are appropriate for anyone with PD, no matter how advanced. No dance experience is necessary. The classes combine elements of modern dance, ballet, hula, butoh, and social dancing to create an enjoyable, stimulating, non-pressured artistic experience for people with PD. Dance for PD started as a a unique collaboration between the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Brooklyn Parkinson Group, a chapter of the National Parkinson Foundation. The Dance for PD teaching method is built on one fundamental premise: professionally-trained dancers are movement experts whose knowledge is useful to persons with PD. Dancers know about stretching and strengthening muscles, and about balance and dancer circle

rhythm. Most importantly, dancers know how to use their thoughts, imagination, eyes, ears and touch to control their movements. While dancing, whether in chairs, at a barre, or standing, everyone in the class explores comfortable dance movements in an enjoyable, non-pressured, social environment in which live music energizes, enriches and empowers.

About the instructors
MARY ARMENTROUT is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, currently also getting her certification as a Feldenkrais Practitioner. Mary Armentrout is the facilitator of the FieldSF.

SAM BLANCHARD is the Artistic Director of Eclipse Dance Theater and Rehearsal Director for Danspace's resident company, dNaga. She started teaching Dance for Parkinson's in 2010 and has been working with dancers with PD in dNaga's critically acclaimed "Peace about Life: Dancing with Parkinson's" since 2009.

FREESIA PACLEBAR HUTH has been teaching dance for 20 years in the Bay Area. She is an advocate for the healing power of dance and has taught dance to many different communities.

CLAUDINE NAGANUMA is the Managing Director of Danspace and choreographer and creative director of dNaga. She started teaching dance for Parkinson's in 2008 and premiered PEACE about Life; Dancing with Parkinson's in 2010.

Danspace was founded in 1976 offering classes for children, teens and adults. Information about its programs can be found at www.danspace.com. The school has been residing at its location in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland, California since 1985.