[photo credit: Lineage Performing Arts Center]
Acting for Joy runs from noon to 1:30 p.m., and Dance for Joy follows from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Both classes are free and open to adults living with neurological conditions including Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury and stroke. Caregivers, family members and friends are welcome and often participate alongside their loved ones.
Lineage founded the Dance for Joy program in 2009, the same year company members completed training with Mark Morris’s dancers in Brooklyn. The Dance for Parkinson’s model, developed in 2001, uses live music and structured movement to help participants build balance, coordination, expressive range and community — outcomes that research has shown can ease physical symptoms while reducing the isolation that often accompanies neurodegenerative diagnoses.
Founded as a dance company by Artistic Director Hilary Thomas in 1999 and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2007, Lineage opened its current performing arts center in May 2010. The organization now offers 6.5 hours of free Dance for Joy classes each week and runs a separate program for neurodiverse youth.
No registration is required for the Monday Dance for Joy session — first-time attendees fill out a liability form on arrival. The Acting for Joy class operates on a similar drop-in basis.
Acting for Joy and Dance for Joy will meet on Monday, June 8, from noon to 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., respectively. Dance for Joy classes also meet on Wednesdays, with Acting from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Singing from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., and Dancing from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Lineage Performing Arts Center, 920 E. Mountain St., in Pasadena. For more information, visit https://www.google.com/url?q=
