Dr. Erica Rose Jeffrey believes in the power of movement connected to positive social change. She has worked internationally as a performer, choreographer, educator, and facilitator. The first dancer to be selected as a Rotary World Peace Fellow, she completed a Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland and a PhD from Queensland University of Technology focusing on dance and peace. A Director of Peace and Conflict Studies Institute Australia (PaCSIA), she is engaged in peacebuilding projects internationally. Erica Rose is the Director for Dance for Parkinson’s Australia and through working with the Mark Morris Dance for PD® program, was instrumental in bringing Dance for Parkinson’s to Australia and launching classes nationwide as well as in the Asia Pacific region.
A free online festival exploring living with Parkinson’s and Quality of Life Approaches to creative ageing across communities. An interactive, accessible online gathering to share information, participate in workshops, and build network connections. It will include dance, music, art activities and research presentations. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Dance for Parkinson's Australia.
A free online festival exploring Quality of Life Approaches to creative ageing and living with Parkinson’s. An interactive, accessible online gathering to share information, participate in an online dance class, and build network connections.
Join us for a day of events led by Australian teaching artists and community members to celebrate 20 years of Dance for PD®. Plus check out the other great offerings around the world and around the clock.
Australian events hosted by Dance for Parkinson's Australia will run from 10:30am AEST - 6pm AEST.
All events are free & online.
Reset: A New Public Agenda for the Arts offered two days and nights of thinking and discussion about how the arts and cultural sector could work to break out of the current impasse through a radical reorganisation of cultural practice and policy.
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A free online festival exploring Quality of Life Approaches to creative ageing and living with Parkinson’s. An interactive, accessible online gathering to share information, participate in workshops, and build network connections. It will include dance, music, art activities and research presentations.
Field Trip is an international research symposium investigating creative practice at the intersection of art, science, technology and the environment.