We are thrilled to announce that our own Artivist Sage Wayne Gilbert is being awarded the Governor’s Creative Leadership Award! This award honors community members who have demonstrated a significant commitment to Colorado’s creative landscape through civic leadership and volunteerism including advocacy, vision, collaboration and innovation. Wayne won in the Arts and Community Action category […]
It has been a hot hot Summer in Artivist-land and we are gearing up for a transformational Fall! Save the Date: Reconnect 7th Birthday Celebration SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 1-3PM AT COLORADO CONSERVATORY OF DANCE IN BROOMFIELD In 2011, a poet with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), his sister and his niece started a dance class for people with […]
It is summertime in Colorado and Art as Action is cookin! Artivist Performance at Denver Botanic Gardens THIS WEEKEND: Sunday July 8, 10-10:30am We will be performing at the annual SCFD Showcase on Sunday July 8th from 10-10:30am! We are thrilled to be a part of this event at Denver Botanic Gardens for the second […]
The mission of the Davis Phinney Foundation is to help people with Parkinson’s live well today. The Foundation recognizes how much dance can add to that quality of life and asked Reconnect instructor Sarah Leversee to contribute to their blog for Parkinson’s Awareness Month in April, with photos of the Reconnect dancers by Scott Dressel-Martin.
It doesn’t take long after she begins gliding across the dance floor that Karen Talcott forgets she has Parkinson’s disease. Her physical symptoms, including stiffness, pain and tremors on the right side of her body, quickly evaporate once she focuses on the music in her almost daily dance classes. She also breaks other shackles brought on by Parkinson’s. “The dancing also helps with fear, anxiety and depression,” Talcott said. “It’s the best medicine ever for this thing.”
New research led by scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Northwestern Medicine appears to back her claim. They found that high-intensity exercise three times a week is not only safe for people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease, it also decreases the worsening of motor symptoms.
Dancing with Parkinson’s Support Groups, an interview with KUNC 91.5fm, the upcoming 2018 Dance: Found Performances – 2018 is off to an amazing start! Check out the latest Artivist News.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW. Liturgy for Turbulent Times is a collaborative dance + music + spoken word performance featuring the Artivists of Art as Action, including the Reconnect Performing Company (dancers with and without Parkinson’s).
Fall 2017 upcoming events & new photos of the Artivists performing at the SCFD Showcase at Denver Botanic Gardens by Scott Dressel-Martin. “Making art is like giving a gift: evidence of your spirit and that you are here.” – Patty Mitchell
It was such a wonderful experience to share the magic of Reconnect with Boulder’s dance community! The Reconnect Dancers performed at “Open Space” (presented by 3rd Law Dance/Theater) at Dairy Arts Center on May 26, 2017. Wayne performed his poem inspired by Reconnect entitled lady gaga n me.
During the month of April, we successfully raised $6000 for Reconnect – THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who contributed. “so glad we made it!” (this clip comes from our Reconnect Community Class on April 30)
