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Dancing Heart
A way to extend the benefits of Kairos’ work into weekly programming offering in-depth arts interaction and health education through interactive dance, music and storytelling.
What it is:
A nationally-recognized, evidence-based program which vitally engages older adults of all abilities – including those who are physically frail, with Parkinson’s, early-mid-to-late stage Alzheimer’s, and other forms of dementia – in weekly arts participation and health education through interactive dance, music and storytelling. We bring Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ to long term care and assisted living facilities, adult day care and senior community centers in the form of 90-minute sessions. Our work puts elders at the center of community life, and has shown to positively improve the health of participants.
Facilitated by the Kairos core artist team, designed by Master teaching artist Maria Genné, the sessions are designed as a creative collaboration between participants, caregivers and professional artists where the boundaries between performer and audience are dissolved. The program offers in-depth arts interaction in which participants are taught the languages of dance, story and theater, and arts & health education. Stimulated by movement and music, participants share experiences and memories that become the basis of dance and storytelling.
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