Workshop "Dance, Health and Aging"
Training to teach adapted dance for the elderly (60-90+)
Workshop «Dance, Health and Aging »
Training to teach adapted dance for the elderly (60-90+)
Concept
A practical workshop for teaching artists and teachers looking at developing appropriate dance content and progression of learning to support senior learners and their physical and mental wellbeing (age 65-90+ years)
Discover teaching strategies to enable enhanced physical movement, range of motion, balance, fluidity and improved stamina for senior dancers
Develop the attention and focus capacity of seniors through optimal cueing language that facilitates movement skills learning for all publics.
Structure progression of learning and dance content to promote brain health and increase cognitive reserve at any age – warding off dementia
Introducing and progressing creative improvisation to challenge reaction time, executive choice function and periphery vision – components of falling
Building courage and risk taking through dance
Professor
Clare Guss-West, dance and health specialist.
Language
French