CATS faculty, alumna present at Dance and Well-Being Symposium – November 4-5 in Toronto

The First National Symposium for Dance and Well-Being: Collaboratively Advancing Research and Practice is a two-day event presented by the National Centre for Dance Therapy (NCDT) of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, with the support of Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS), Université du Québec à Montréal's dance department, Concordia University, Université de Montréal, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal, York University and the Mark Morris Dance Group's Dance for PD® program. The event will present research on dance and well-being and provide various learning opportunities as participants exchange expertise.

Creative Arts Therapies professor Joanabbey Sack and Concordia Drama Therapy alumna Zuzana Sevcikova, both drama therapists and dance movement therapists, co-present on “The Use of Dance/Movement Improvisation with People with Parkinson’s Disease.”

Visit the Symposium’s program and download the Discussion Groups and Workshop Descriptions.