Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, with funds and support from International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, both associated with University of Guelph, supported a small phase 1 evaluation of Mime Over Mind workshops. The focus was on perceived impacts for participants, service providers and support givers.

Community Engaged Scholarship Institute — https://www.cesinstitute.ca/

Critical Studies in Improvisation — https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/improv

DWP is excited to welcome Barbara Salsberg Mathews back to the DWP community to lead a mime workshop called “Mime Over Mind”!

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Attached Press Release For Dopamine Dance Against PD April 3 to 11, 2023

‘Parkinson’s can’t stop me from dancing’: Guelph artist raising awareness for Parkinson’s Disease

Twitter video of Barbara Salsberg Mathews dancing has more than 20k views.

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Guelph artist dances her way through Parkinson’s disease

‘When I dance, I no longer see myself as a person with Parkinson’s. I just dance,’ Barbara Salsberg Mathews, who was diagnosed in 2020

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