Adapted Tango Pilot Programming
We are seeking participants and volunteers for Adapted Tango pilot programming for people with Parkinson’s disease from summer 2024 through spring 2025. Care partners or caregivers are welcome and encouraged to attend. Each six-week pilot series consists of weekly 1.5 hour classes, with time for:
gentle warm-up exercises
rhythm and balance training
music appreciation
partner work and tango steps
dancing
refreshments and social time
Facilitators are trained in Dr. Madeleine Hackney’s Adapted Tango Fundamentals course, and we will have trained volunteers to support participants. Through a Community Grant from the Parkinson’s Foundation, our Adapted Tango pilot programming is tuition-free for all participants. Learn more and get involved!
DANCE WITH US
PARTICIPATE
Our fall 2024 adapted tango pilot series have been a blast! Click the links below to pre-register for a 6-week pilot series in 2025:
1) Sundays, February 9 – March 16, 1:30–3pm, at CHI-MAC, 1316 S. 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
2) Wednesdays, March 5 – April 9, 10–11:30am, at Rydal Park, 1515 The Fairway, Jenkintown, PA 19046
Our Adapted Tango Pilot Programs are supported by a community grant from the Parkinson’s Foundation.
VOLUNTEER WITH US
TRAIN & VOLUNTEER
Want to learn how to use tango to support people with Parkinson’s? We host 1-day volunteer trainings to prepare people interested in supporting our mission to partner participants with Parkinson’s in our adapted tango classes. Volunteer trainings introduce: Parkinson’s disease and the research on tango’s benefits for people with PD; Argentine tango and adapted tango; the Tango Therapy Project’s mission and programming; fall prevention. The training is FREE for participants who can volunteer in our adapted tango classes. Email us if you’d like to join a future training.