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Dance for People with Parkinson’s Disease

Dance may palliate symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease and, in this way, contribute to an increased quality of life for people with a movement disorder. Teachers Bridget Quinn Petzold and Dawna P. Dryhorub have been offering courses for people with Parkinson’s Disease at tanzhaus nrw since 2016. The participants are encouraged to recapture their movement possibilities within a relaxed and open environment. With the aid of guided improvisation, they test and expand those movement possibilities. US-American dancer and choreographer Monica Gillette is one of the pioneers in this field, carrying her rich experience in dance for people with Parkinson’s Disease to Germany. The courses practiced at tanzhaus nrw, in turn, add important impulses to the field. The tanzhaus nrw offerings are open, and new participants are welcome at all stages and at any time.

Instructors

Andrea

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Andrea Stegmaier del Prado wuchs in Chile auf. Dort fing sie eine Ausbildung als Bühnentänzerin und Tanzpädagogin an, die sie anschließend in Deutschland absolvierte. In ihrer langjährigen Tätigkeit als Tangodozentin ist es ihr besonders wichtig, die Individualität der Teilnehmer*innen in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen und den eigenen Ausdruck und das Potenzial eines jeden herauszuarbeiten.

Bridget Quinn Petzold

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Bridget is a longtime member of the teaching staff of tanzhaus nrw, as well as a working choreographer for german theater. She is the movement and dance trainer for the acting students at the Schauspielstudio at Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. She has recently choreographed such productions as "Cabaret" und "Zauberberg" for Düsseldorf, "Liebe, Mord und Adelspflichten" for Krefeld, and "Shockheaded Peter" for Thalia Theater Hamburg. She has more than 35 years dancing, teaching, and choreographing experience. Her workshops and classes are characterized as well-rounded, fun, high-energy, and challenging. 

Dawna Dryhorub

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When Dawna Dryhorub first started ballet dancing at age three, the decision was already taken: “I want to be a dancer!” She took additional classes in tap dance, jazz dance and folkloristic dance, subseqently pursuing her dance education at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre where she specialised in Graham and classical dance. She received an invitation to collaborate on a project in Düsseldorf during the mid-1990s and swiftly became an artist close to the “Werkstatt”, the precursor of tanzhaus nrw. The native Canadian remained in Germany and participated in various productions by, among others, Rodolpho Leoni and Samir Akika. She offered trainings at Folkwang Tanzstudio for many years and was a guest lecturer for classical dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts. 2020 will see Dawna concluding her Master’s degree in dance sciences from Bern University in 2020.