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Neuroscientists and Tumay Tunur in the in the are partnering with the 黑料不打烊 Aging Studies Institute, the Dance Theater of 黑料不打烊 and Cynthia Stevenson, director of caregiver services at the Onondaga County Department of Adult and Long Term Care Services, to offer a series of dance classes to Central New Yorkers with Parkinson鈥檚 disease, a chronic and progressive movement disorder affecting nearly one million Americans.

The dance classes are part of a bigger initiative called Movement for Healthy Aging, being developed by Korol, Tunur and colleagues.聽 Classes will begin on Thursday, Oct. 16, at Dance Theater of 黑料不打烊 (117 Harvard Place, 黑料不打烊) and will be held every Thursday from 1:30- 2:45 p.m. They are free and open to people with Parkinson鈥檚, their families and friends, and caregivers. For more information, contact Tumay Tunur via email at tumaytunur@yahoo.com or by phone at 504-570-0752.

The classes aim to provide an immersive creative exploration for people with Parkinson鈥檚 and to help define ways dance effectively complements traditional medical interventions. Recent studies have shown dance can help people manage their symptoms and quality of life while maintaining a sense of grace and dignity as they face the challenges of living with a chronic condition.

鈥淭hough dancing is neither a cure for Parkinson鈥檚 nor a substitute for medical regimens, it is an opportunity for people with Parkinson鈥檚 to express themselves freely through movement, something that is not always easy for someone with Parkinson鈥檚,鈥� says Korol, associate professor of biology. 鈥淒ancing can provide temporary relief to Parkinson鈥檚 patients and help everyone to learn to 鈥榙ance through life,鈥� so to speak. We are pleased to bring this to the people of Central New York and hope area residents will join us as we kick off this very exciting initiative.鈥�

This announcement comes on the heels of a successful dance workshop held last April and presented by Tunur and Korol with the Department of Biology, SU Arts Engage and the Mark Morris Dance Group. The two-day event consisted of dance classes, dance performances and the screening of “Capturing Grace,” a documentary film about dancers with Parkinson’s disease joining forces with the Mark Morris Dance Group to stage a unique performance.