Photo of Kate Kelsall taken by Linda Crist
Costume by Ann Kennedy
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I knew that I was an anomaly as a person with Parkinson’s who plays the accordion. I was hoping that I wasn’t the only one with Parkinson’s who experiences the joy of dancing. I was delighted to learn that others feel the same: patients are dancing, journalists are writing, and doctors are researching the benefits of dancing for Parkinson’s patients.
The following is list of what I've discovered so far:
Articles:
Striking a Chord
By Anthony A. Davis
Apple Magazine, July-August, 2006, pages 26-30
http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/apple/2006_july-aug/apple_magazine_july-aug2006.pdf
Parkinson's Sufferers Get Their Groove Back Through Dance
By Anne Gehris
Columbia News Service Nov. 1, 2005
http://jscms.jrn.columbia.edu/cns/2005-11-01/gehris-parkinsondance
Finding New Life Through Movement
By Dawn Fallik
http://markmorrisdancegroup.org/press_releases/61?set=company_recent
Why Exercise Helps People With Movement Disorders
By Dawn Fallik
Neurology Now, Jan/Feb 2007
http://www.neurologynow.com/pt/re/neuronow/fulltext.01222928-200703010-00017.htm;jsessionid=HkpRLC2xSQDhHHWylPH2DGSD3vRGrkLLJNpn6M27G20TXGyD2gBR!238297732!181195628!8091!-1
Getting Their Groove Back, With Help from the Magic of Dance
By Rosyln Sulcas
New York Times August 25, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/arts/dance/25park.html?ei=5070&en=989d2d27ebaf65e2&ex=1189396800&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1189278084-bNgL9RX5+NOguENtaVGBxQ&pagewanted=print
Mark Morris Dance Class Aids Parkinson's Sufferers
By Joyce Shelby
New York Daily News, Oct. 23, 2007
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2007/10/23/2007-10-23_mark_morris_dance_class_aids_parkinsons_.html
Tango Improves Balance, Mobility In Patients With Parkinson's Disease
http://www.nwpf.org/news.asp?item=2107
Dancing: Could It Provide a Clue to Curing Parkinson’s?
By Cynthia Ross Cravit
http://50plus.com/Health/BrowseAllArticles/index.cfm?documentID=9680
Moving Through Parkinson's
By Pamela Quinn
Dance Magazine, December 2007
http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/December-2007/Moving-Through-Parkinsons
Dancer Stays on Her Toes - Despite Disease
CBS Evening News, April 15, 2008
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/15/eveningnews/main4018728.shtml
Book:
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
By Oliver Sacks
http://www.amazon.com/Musicophilia-Tales-Music-Oliver-Sacks/dp/1400040817/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201985986&sr=1-1
Blog:
Parkinson's Patients: Yes We Can Dance
http://parkinsonsdance.blogspot.com/
Related Story:
Rocking with the Rockyettes
http://katekelsall.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/03/rocking-with-th.html
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