Pamela Quinn
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Events

Upcoming

• Acorda Therapeutics: Speaking at an educational employee luncheon, April 27
• WPC Podcast: Interview with Dave Iverson and Jon Palfreman, along with patient advocate, Sara Riggare…July broadcast date TBA
• Center for Narrative Practice, Boston: Presenting with Jeff Friedman, director of the MFA Dance Program at Rutgers University, Ph.D. in Dance History and Theory, Founder of Legacy - an oral history program for the Bay Area dance communities, on Stories Without Words; How our Bodies Speak, August 25
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• World Parkinson Congress, Portland, OR: Attending and participating in the 2016 WPC video competition, September 20-23
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Recent

• American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC: Neurodance shown at Brain Health Fair, April 15
• Neuroscience Book Club, Wake Forest University: Skype Q&A alongside Jon Palfreman, author of Brain Storms. Discussion with students, neuroscience faculty, and the PD forward support group of Winston-Salem facilitated by Christina Soriano, professor of dance, April 10
• Dance and Healthy Aging with Parkinson’s Disease: A Lab of Inquiry, Tufts University: A collaboration between artists, scientists, and social workers working toward understanding and implementing better qualities of life, organized by Linda Tickle-Degnen Professor of Occupational Therapy and Director of Health Quality of Life Lab, presenting with David Leventhal, April 2
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• JCC Manhattan’s ReelAbilites Film Festival, Lincoln Center’s David Rubinstein Atrium: Videos shown alongside Tamar Rogoff’s Enter the Faun followed by movement and discussion, March 14
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• Institute for Music and Neurologic Function Forum, New York City: Rhythmic Entrainment/Rhythm and Movement Disorders panelist, November 9
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• SUNY Downstate: Presented to Occupational Therapy class, December 1
• Brown University: Lectured to ASaP students (Artists, Scientists as Partners), November 3
• Rutgers University: Presented on Mixed Abilities, Taught a master class and moderated a panel discussion at the Dance and Parkinson’s 2015 Symposium: Moving Forward, October 29
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• Brain Storms The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson’s Disease by Jon Palfreman: Featured in Chapter 4: Mind Over Matter, September 2015
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• Rutgers University and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: Taught movement classes for people with Parkinson’s at Mason Gross Performing Arts Center, September 19 and RWJ Fitness Center, September 16, 23
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• BPG at Mark Morris Dance Group: PD Movement Lab resumed Friday, September 11. I am pleased to announce that Maria Portman Kelly will be teaching a theater class the first Friday of each month during PD Movement Lab. Many of you know Maria as BPG’s Programs Manager and Dance for PD’s Program Coordinator. I am excited to invite her creativity, performance experience, and knowledge of dance and theater into our classroom.
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• NYU’s Edmund J. Safra Wellness Program for Parkinson’s Disease at JCC Manhattan: PD Moves: Rhythm + Movement Patterns resumed Monday, September 21.
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• Center for Narrative Practice, Boston: Presentation with David Leventhal, August 27
• MADPA 2nd Annual Parkinson’s Summer Symposium, University of Hartford: Keynote speaker, July 18
• IV Brain and Malnutrition National Congress, Milan, Italy: Presented to physiotherapists and neurologists, May 15, 16
• Rutgers University and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: Taught movement classes at Mason Gross Performing Arts Center, May 2, 9 and RWJ Fitness Center, May 6
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• MoMA: Performance with Brooklyn Parkinson Group, based on Matisse exhibit
• Rutgers University: Taught classes, lectured on coping strategies, moderated round-table between researchers, patients, funders and movement professionals
• SUNY Downstate: Presented to Occupational Therapy class
• Cornell-Weill NYC: Grand Rounds presentation with Brooklyn Parkinson Group
• CCNY: Lecture/demonstration to researchers working with movement disorders

Update

On April 2nd Brooklyn Parkinson Group partnered with MoMA’s Access Programs to present The Matisse Performance Project, a live performance combining music, dance, and visual art all inspired by MoMA’s recent exhibit Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs. Singers and dancers from Brooklyn Parkinson Group performed choreography by Pamela Quinn to a live vocal score by Philip Hamilton in front of a set designed by Cheryl Green and Carol Enseki and constructed by members of BPG.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Credit: Leonore Gordon