22/09 : Conference and workshops23-24/09 : Professional training workshops

22/09 : Conference and workshops


Conference

De 8h30 à 12h30    

  • 8.50 am | Welcome to the Mosa Ballet School
    Damien Comeliau, Co-Founder & General Manager, Mosa Ballet School
  • 9 am |  Introduction to the Quand on Danse program
    Laura Dethier, Societal Impact Program manager, Mosa Ballet School
  • 9.20 am | Dance for Health and Innovations in Health-Promoting Care for the Elderly
    Clare Guss-West MA (CH), Specialist in dance-based health
  • 10.00 am | Dance as a Tool to Improve the Quality of Life of People with Dementia
    Mirjam Brocknäs (SE), Psycho-Gerontologist, Dance and Dementia Project
    and Joakim Stephenson (SE), Dancer and Choreographer, Dance and Dementia Project
  • 10.40 am | Break & exhibition
  • 11.10 am | Dance, Parkinson's and the Artistic Imperative
    David Leventhal (USA), FoundingTeacher and Program Director, Dance for PD® (Parkinson's Disease)
  • 11.50 am | Dance Psychology- The science of dance and dancers  
    Dr Peter Lovatt (GB), Dance Psychologist


Lunch & networking

De 12h30 à 13h30    


Workshops participatifs

From 1.30 to 3 pm | Optionnal workshop | Exploration of specific themes.

  • Les bénéfices de la danse du point de vue médical    
    Presentation and discussion with Dr. Olivier Bouquiaux, neurologist (CHU Liège and Libramont) and founder of Fit your Mind/Kinésiphilia
  • Dance for PD: Construire une communauté inclusive par le mouvement    EN 
    Dance workshop with David Leventhal (USA), FoundingTeacher and Program Director, Dance for PD® (Parkinson's Disease)
  • Le pouvoir transformateur de la danse    FR
    Dance workshop with Clare Guss-West MA (CH), Specialist in dance-based health
  • Le pouvoir de la danse et sa force d'inspiration, de guérison et de joie    EN
    Dance workshop with Mirjam Bröknas (SE), Psycho-Gerontologist, Dance and Dementia Project and Joakim Stephenson (SE), Dancer and Choreographer, Dance and Dementia Project
  • Move-Assure : la danse pour le bien-être mental    EN
    Dance workshop with Dr. Peter Lovatt (UK), Dance Psychologist


Final Q&A

15h00    


Clôture avec la "Dr Dance Happy Dance"

15h30    


Drink & Networking

De 16h00 à 17h30 |  Drink, networking et rencontre avec les exposants    


23-24/09 : Professional training workshops


Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th September


  • Professional development workshop for dance and Parkinson teachers 
    avec David Leventhal et Maïté Guérin


Saturday 23rd September


  • Professional training workshop "Dance, Health and Aging".
    with Claire Guss-West
  • Workshop for professional and amateur dancers on creative movement research
    with Joakim Stephenson

More information   

  Accessible uniquement en présentiel
  Accessible également online
  Activités traduites simultanément en français et en anglais

Clare Guss-West MA


Clare Guss-West is a former professional dancer Second Stride, choreographer and opera director, dance educator, holistic health practitioner, author and specialist in Attention and Focus teaching strategies in dance. Chair of the IADMS Dance for Health committee, Clare is also one of the co-directors of the Dance & Creative Wellness Foundation.

David Leventhal


David Leventhal is a founding teacher and Program Director for Dance for PD®, a program of the Mark Morris Dance Group that has been used as a model for classes in more than 300 communities in 30 countries. He leads classes for people living with Parkinson's disease around the world and trains other teaching artists in the Dance for PD® approach. As a dancer, he performed with the Mark Morris Dance Group from 1997-2011, appearing in principal roles in some of Mark Morris' most celebrated works. 

Dr Peter Lovatt


Dr. Peter Lovatt is a dance psychologist. Known for his many television appearances and lectures, he demonstrates with boundless energy the positive impact of movement on human thought and behaviour, as well as on the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. He is the author of "The Dance Cure: The surprising secret to being smarter, stronger, happier and Dance" and he is Director of Movement in Practice and cofounder along with Dame Darcey Bussell of Move-Assure Dance for Mental Wellbeing.

Mirjam Brocknäs 

Miami Brocknäs is a gerontologist specialising in dementia and works as a director of a residence in the municipality of Upplands Bro. Mirjam regularly gives lectures and has for example been a member of an expert group at the Swedish Central Board of Health and Welfare on day care for people with dementia.Mirjam received on 27. April 2023 the Swedish award “ Best leader in the field of dementia 2023”

Joakim Stephenson


Joakim Stephenson a fréquenté l'école du Ballet royal  de Suède à Stockholm et a rejoint le Ballet Royale de Suède dès la fin de ses études. Joakim a dansé de nombreux rôles différents et a travaillé avec divers chorégraphes connus. Il a eu l’opportunité de collaborer avec différentes compagnies de ballet, des artistes pop, la vidéo et la télévision, des personnes âgées, des étudiants et des réfugiés. Il a chorégraphié plusieurs opéras pour l'Opéra Royal de Suède à Stockholm. Joakim est un animateur certifié de Dance for Parkinson et il anime également des séances de danse pour les personnes atteintes de démence.

Dr. Olivier Bouquiaux


Dr Olivier Bouquiaux, neurologist at the University Hospital of Liège and in Libramont, is the initiator of Fit your mind/ Kinésiphilia, the first Belgian national organisation to offer dance classes specially adapted for Parkinson's patients and labelled Dance for PD®.