PRESS AND PRESENTATIONS
CTV NEWS PROFILES DWP
June 16th, 2010
Paula Chan visits a DWP class at the Markham Movement disorder clinic.
VIDEO: DANCING WITH PARKINSON'S CLASS IN MOTION
TFO - Panorama, April 28th, 2010
Panorama French television profiles the Dancing with Parkinson's program.
CBS EARLY SHOW PROFILES DANCING WITH PARKINSON'S
December 12, 2009
CBS Early Show special segment on DWP. Host Erica Hill spends the day with the dwp dancers, teachers and volunteers and experiences first hand the transformation and celebration of movement in the dance class.
MAKING LIGHT OF A HEAVY BURDEN
June 2009
A touching Toronto Star article profiles a DWP dancer and his spouse sharing their positive outlook in dealing with Parkinson's Disease as a team.
CBC DOCUMENTARY "DANCING WITH PARKINSON'S"
September 2008
DWP dancers are profiled from their first class in March 2008 until their performance at the Luminato Festival workshop.
CBC SUNDAY: INTERVIEW WITH ANDY BARRIE AND SARAH ROBICHAUD
May 2008
CBC radio broadcaster Andy Barrie shares his insight into the benefits of Dancing with Parkinson's.
GETTING THEIR GROOVE BACK,Globe & Mail Article, March 3, 2008 by Sarah Hampson
"From the gym to the ballroom, personal trainer Sarah Robichaud shows Parkinson's patients like Andy Barrie how the tango and waltz can loosen muscles and lift spirits, Sarah Hampson reports..."
BREW GOODER AWARDCity TV: Breakfast Television and Maxwell House, April, 2008
Sarah Robichaud and Dancing with Parkinson's was awarded Breakfast Television's Brew Gooder award sponsored by Maxwell House. Five hundred dollars in prize money was donated to Habitat for Humanity on behalf of Dancing with Parkinson's Inc.
ON THE MARK: WHY MARK MORRIS CONTINUES TO MOVE US
NOW Magazine, June 2008
NOW Magazine profiles the Mark Morris Dance Group's collaboration with the Dancing with Parkinson's program as part of the Luminato Festival.
DANCING WITH PARKINSON'S, (PDF)
LiveWire Newsletter, June 2008
Writer Carolyn Jackson recounts her experiences in the Dancing with Parkinson's class.
Behavioural Neurology International Video Teleconference
February 27, 2008 presentation by Sarah Robichaud and Tiffany Chow MD