A 12-week study has been taking place at Canada’s National Ballet School into the effects of dance on people suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. Says Rachel Bar “The objective of our study is to get a sense of what’s unique in the brain [related to dance] and specific for people with Parkinson’s disease.” It is a multipronged collaboration of Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS), Mark Morris Group’s Dance for PD, Dancing with Parkinson’s founder Sarah Robichaud, and two university reseachers, Dr. Joseph DeSouza at York University and Bar, who is currently doing a master’s in clinical psychology at Ryerson University .
