DanceStream Projects and Queens Community House Forest Hills Older Adult Center and NORC Forest Hills present
Brain Health Social: Dance, Creativity and Community
Date and Time:
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
1:15-2:30 PM
Location:
Forest Hills Older Adult Center
108-25 62nd Drive
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Registration:
This is an open and free event, but registration is required.
DanceStream Projects and Queens Community House Forest Hills Older Adult Center and NORC Forest Hills invite you to an afternoon of dance, storytelling and brain health!
Join dancer, creative aging teaching artist and Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health Magda Kaczmarska as together we will discover the science behind the way dance, movement and creativity can make us stronger, more adaptive and engaged in the world around us.
We will wrap up the afternoon with a special session of the co-creative program Stories in the Moment which uses dance as a form of storytelling to spark brain health and build spaces of heightened belonging.
All participants ages 60+ are welcome. No prior dance experience required. Light refreshments provided!
Questions? Contact us at 917-336-9018 or magda@dancestreamprojects.com
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. Her multidisciplinary work leverages a dual background in neuropharmacology and dance to build bridges and empower individuals and communities to be active agents in their creativity and brain health. Through all her work, she seeks to foster safe, creative and inclusive spaces for discovery, agency and meaning. She believes all of us possess the ability to harness our creative expression to support building meaningful and healthy communities around us.
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 uses dance as a form of storytelling to spark brain health, while collectively building spaces of heightened belonging. www.dancestreamprojects.com