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How the arts assist with healthy ageing

As the population ages, arts programs helping people face the challenges of growing older are springing to life.
31 Aug 2022 7:45
Christine Long

Performing Arts

The National Gallery of Australia’s Art and Dementia program, Kamberri/Canberra. Image supplied.

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Every Friday, former dancer Paris Wages connects people with the joy of movement through her Dance for Parkinson’s (Dance for PD) class at the YMCA in Melbourne’s Hawthorn.

The research-backed classes for people living with Parkinson’s disease had their genesis in New York in 2001 and are now offered in 25 countries.

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Christine Long

Christine Long is a freelance journalist based in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. She has contributed to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Travel + Leisure Australia, Galah magazine, and Australian Educator magazine.

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