When it comes to social action, who´s doing what? which groups are we reaching? We asked our members and collated their answers. We are please to say that our members have shared the joys of Biodanza with school children, over 55´s, carers, older people in retirement homes (some of which with Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease), cancer survivors, refugee women, recovering addicts, people with mental health issues, people with learning disabilities, and with several other isolated communities and groups. Here´s the information we have gathered…
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- Miriam facilitated a series of 12 Biodanza sessions for Camden Carers in London
- Brendagh continued to offer Biodanza sessions at Penny Brohn, a leading holistic cancer charity in Bristol
- Pavani took Biodanza to a group of 20 recovering addicts of varying ages and backgrounds, the majority of whom were first timers. She has been asked to return to their next gathering
- Ruth offered a Biodanza taster for the over 55’s at the Full of Life fair organised by the Borough of Richmond in the Rose Suite at the Twickenham Rugby ground
- Naropa and Kavina have run two Biodanza sessions at The Dragon Cafe in Southwark for people with mental health issues
- Ingrid is running three different groups in a retirement village in Milton Keynes. Each group is composed of people with mixed ability, e.g. some members have early Alzheimers, some are in wheelchairs, some have Parkinsons, and some are partially sighted
- Olga has started her work for The Fuchsia Project with The Team Imagineers supporting people through teaching them dance, ceramics and felting. During the project Olga will be teaching Biodanza at the Carshalton Environmental Fair and the Pavilion Cafe in Beddington Park for public workshops and for isolated diverse communities and groups – Clusters, a center open to all over-18s with any disability, Home Education group, Russian Community in London, Women’s group in Sutton and a small group of elderly patients at Cloverdale Court in a monthly art group.
- Paula continued to support the refugee women dance events at a local drop-in centre
- Noel Watkins is working with children in Huddersfield
- Claire celebrated 15 years of Biodanza for Disabilities at the Garvald Centre, now working at 3 of their centres based in Edinburgh and Midlothian, and 5 years at The Columcille Centre (opens video), where approximately 80 people dance Biodanza each week in the centres for people with learning disabilities
- Nicole Stapff Estefanell is giving regular Biodanza classes in Montessori schools in Dublin
- Helene O’Meara is teaching Biodanza classes to various ages at a French speaking school in Dublin, celebrating 8 years of Biodanza at the school.
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