Addressing Parkinson’s through Dance

AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID LEVENTHAL Born from the idea that people with Parkinson’s can benefit from the specific techniques and methods used by dancers to guide their own bodies and minds, Dance for PD® strives to increase coordination, balance, flexibility and strength through music and movement for people with Parkinson’s […]

June 26, 2017  |  Read Article

Stephanie Salts: Dance Felt Important Again

BY STEPHANIE SALTS Across the street from where I used to work was the business headquarters of Johnson & Johnson. The building had a big beautiful lawn with leafy trees and flowers. I would watch the maintenance workers out the window as I did barre. Every day, they would mow […]

January 11, 2016  |  Read Article

Ballet from a Beginner’s Perspective

BY EMILY DOLSON These days, whenever I find myself in socks on a hardwood floor, I cannot help stretching my toes over the smooth boards into the firm point of a tendu. Sometimes, I prance around my Brooklyn apartment pretending that I know more steps than I do, but putting […]

March 6, 2014  |  Read Article