DanceStream Projects and Queens Community House Social Adult Day Services present
Brain Health Salon: Dance, Creativity and the Brain
Date and Time:
Monday, August 29, 2022
1:30-2:30 PM
Location:
ON LINE - ZOOM
Registration:
This is an open and free event, but registration is required.
Queens Community House Social Adult Day Services and DanceStream Projects invite you to this free public event to raise awareness about brain health!
Join Magda Kaczmarska, dancer, creative aging teaching artist and Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health for an hour of exploration and discussion of how as we age, dance, movement and creativity help make us stronger, more adaptive & engaged in the world around us. This event will include an interactive presentation. We will discover the science behind how dance supports brain health and try out some activities we can all do that sharpen our brain at any point in our lives.
All are welcome! We will move together, so wear something comfortable.
All activities can be done seated or standing.
Questions? Contact magda@dancestreamprojects.com
This program is made possible by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.QCH Social Adult Day Services is funded in part by NYC DFTA and NYSOFA.
About the presenter:
Magda Kaczmarska is a dancer, creative aging teaching artist and Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health. Magda received her MFA in Dance Performance & Choreography and BS in Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics from the University of Arizona. Magda has dedicated her career to utilizing the vehicle of dance and movement to amplify and support intergenerational creative community and has over 20 years of experience as a community-based dance artist.
She founded DanceStream Projects, a community arts and health organization, with a mission to spark brain health and build creative community through dance and movement. Magda created Stories in the Moment, an evidence-informed program which combines dance, movement and storytelling, to ally with and amplify the creative voices of people living with dementia. She mentors future leaders in the creative and health sector through a regular partnership at the Fordham Ailey School of Dance in New York City and the Arts in Medicine Fellowship in Lagos, Nigeria.
Magda serves as a representative to the UN with Generations United and is on the executive committee of the UN NGO Committee on Ageing. She serves on the Dance and Disability Taskforce at the National Dance Education Organization, to support access, equity and inclusion in the dance education community, for which she received the Executive Director Award in 2021. As an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute, Magda builds collaborations around the globe to design and expand access to creative aging programs that support brain health across the lifespan.