FRIDAYS FOR THE FUTURE Monthly Virtual Movement Gathering | By Livable Futures First Friday of Each Month Christina Tsoules Soriano January 8th, 2021 Click here to register Move your body, mind and spirit in a guided free flowing experience. Explore your own creative […]
Jessie Laurita-Spanglet taught a new course called “Dance for Health” in Colby College’s Theatre and Dance program. How can movement shift our experience of illness or pain? Is it possible to quantify the effects that dance can have on a person’s health and […]
At IMPROVment®, our team is made up of many volunteers. We value their time and expertise so much. Often, Wake Forest students or recent graduates take on incredible leadership roles and we want to introduce them to you. Meet some of our incredible student-leaders below! Amanda Black […]
We’re honored to announce that Christina Soriano has been selected by the Research Triangle Park Chapter of Women In Bio (WIB) as one of their 2020 Inclusion Grant winners. IMPROVment® strives to exhibit inclusivity and to amplify WIB’s mission to promote the careers of […]
Rebecca Barnstaple, one of our incredible IMPROVment® researchers/instructors and our resident “emotional support Canadian,” recently presented at an Ontario-based webinar on the topic of social prescribing. Recent research has shown that arts participation lead to a wide range of improvements in physical and mental […]
Maggie Fleita (OTD/S ’20) presented to Washington University Occupational Therapy students about incorporating IMPROVment® principles into acute care OT practice. Click here to view the presentation.
One of our brilliant instructors and researchers, Rebecca Barnstaple, has published new work on our methods in the European Journal of Neuroscience. “Neuroscience of dance is an emerging field with important applications related to health and well‐being, as dance has shown potential to foster […]
IMPROVment® video classes are featured on the American Parkinson Disease Association’s website. Click here to view these classes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks7e5UPNFG8&list=PLHQOGoc3_34S-1aWBRYPA-SdI0s3Qbl7O
Members of the IMPROVment® team are pleased to announce a new grant from the Retirement Research Foundation to further our research to make the IMPROVment® method accessible in home-bound older adult communities. In addition to designing a smartphone mobile application that brings the IMPROVment® improvisational dance program into the […]