This workshop will focus on the positive impact of dance and movement on the progression of Parkinson’s Disease and will provide participants with the basis to work with this population through dance.
As a medical doctor and a dance/movement therapist, Tania Lazuk will share her knowledge and expertise about the second most common age-related neurodegenerative disorder, and she will present research-based benefits and positive effects of specific movements, dance forms and improvisation for people with Parkinson’s Disease. The workshop will include a theoretical presentation, movement experiences and videos.
This event is presented by the National Centre for Dance Therapy and supported by the RBC Foundation. It is dedicated to all the dance professionals and health care professionals who are interested in bringing joy and pleasure through dance and movement to people living with Parkinson’s Disease.
To ensure that the studio capacity is respected, we are only accepting a small number of participants. Please reserve your spot below and, if you cannot make it, let us know in advance, so we can free your space for someone on the waiting list.
Tania worked as a psychiatrist and as a psychotherapist in Ukraine for more than 10 years prior her arrival to Canada. She has a doctorate degree in Psychiatry and has completed the Alternate Route training in Dance/Movement Therapy offered by the NCDT. She was Scholar-in-Residence (2019-2021) and she is a part-time faculty in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies at Concordia University. Tania teaches dance classes as well as dance therapy groups at Parkinson in movement and offers the dance therapy sessions with the NCDT. She is a cofounder of the Dance/Movement Therapy Association in Canada.
