originally published: 02/05/2015 (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The Mason Gross School Dance Department is partnering with the New Jersey Parkinson's Disease Information and Referral Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital to present a series of movement classes for people with Parkinson's disease. Classes, which run March through June at two city locations, are free, and drop-ins are welcome. The program is made possible in part with support from the Kenneth Aidekman Family Foundation.

The classes, which will feature live music by Diane Pivarnik, will take place on Wednesdays at RWJ Fitness Center and on Saturdays at the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center on the Douglass Campus. Instructors guide participants through a series of balance and stability activities.

Professional dancer David Tamaki, who leads the New Jersey Ballet's Dancing for Parkinson's program, will be the primary instructor. Professional dancer Pamela Quinn, who teaches with the Brooklyn Parkinson Group and as part of New York University's movement disorder program, will lead the classes on May 2, 6, and 9. Instructor Natalie Schultz-Kahwaty, who also has experience developing modified movement classes for various populations, will be on hand for a class on April 1.

The schedule of free movement classes is as follows:

RWJ Fitness Center
Wednesdays: 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. March 4, 11, 18, 25; April 1 (Schultz-Kahwaty), 8, 15, 22, 29; May 6 (Quinn), 13, 20, 27; and June 3. Drop-ins are welcome
100 Kirkpatrick Street, 2nd floor
New Brunswick

Free parking available with validation at fitness center reception
More information about classes and parking is available by calling 732-873-1222

 

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Mason Gross Performing Arts Center
Saturdays: 11 a.m. to noon March 28; April 4, 11, 18; May 2 (Quinn), 9 (Quinn), 16, 23, 30; and June 6. Drop-ins are welcome
Nicholas Music Center, Studio 110
85 George Street near Route 18
Douglass Campus
New Brunswick

Free parking available
More information about classes and parking is available by calling Carol Larkin at 848-932-1345 or by emailing carol.larkin@rutgers.edu

PHOT: Movement specialists David Tamaki and Pamela Quinn will teach free movement classes to people with Parkinson's beginning in March at two sites in New Brunswick. Photo credits: Courtesy of Mason Gross School of the Arts

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