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Brain Storms The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson’s Disease
Book by Jon Palfreman
Pamela Quinn Featured in Chapter 4: Mind Over Matter
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
“AS AN EXPERT IN MOVEMENT SHE WAS BETTER PREPARED THAN MOST TO FIGURE OUT THE PERSONALITY OF A MOVEMENT DISORDER. SHE KNEW A LOT ABOUT HER BODY: HOW TO COAX IT, SCOLD IT, AND TRICK IT.”
“HER SECRET, SHE SAID, IS SIMPLE: YEARS OF DANCE TRAINING HAD WIRED HER BRAIN AND BODY TO PREPARE HER TO WAGE THIS FIGHT AGAINST PARKINSON’S. AND SHE WAS HERE TO TELL US THAT WE NONDANCERS IN THE ROOM COULD USE THIS WISDOM TO HELP US MOVE BETTER. SHE LISTED FIVE KEY INSIGHTS THAT HAVE HELPED HER TO MANAGE HER PARKINSON’S. “DANCING TRAINING INVOLVES VISUAL CUING-THAT’S USING YOUR EYES; AURAL CUING-THAT’S USING MUSICAL RHYTHM; IMAGERY-THAT’S KNOWING WHAT QUALITY TO INSTILL IN A MOVEMENT; HEIGHTENED BODY AWARENESS-YOU HAVE TO SENSE YOUR POSTURE IN ORDER TO BALANCE; AND LASTLY THE CONTINUOUS PRACTICE OF CONSCIOUS MOVEMENT-YOU’RE ALWAYS TELLING YOUR BODY WHAT TO DO.”
“PAMELA QUINN IS CERTAINLY AN OUTLIER, WITH A SLOWLY PROGRESSING FORM OF THE DISEASE. BUT WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM HER. HER WISDOM EXHORTS PARKIES TO KEEP ACTIVE, TO MINDFULLY CIRCUMVENT GAIT AND BALANCE ISSUES. AS SHE PUTS IT, “WE MUST TREAT THE MIND AS A MUSCLE; IT NEEDS TO BE STRENGTHENED AND MADE FLEXIBLE JUST AS MUCH AS OUR LEGS AND CORE MUSCLES”
Dancing with Outliers
By Pamela Quinn for NeurologyNow
Episode 8: Stuttering, Dancing, and Detours
Interview with Faye Reiff-Pasarew MD
The Art of Medicine Podcast
Also available in iTunes!
Finding the Beat Once Again
By Amy Birnbaum/CBS News
Finding Hope in Parkinson’s Research: A Q&A with Jon Palfreman
Article by Kristin Ozelli
Scientific American
Click here to listen to an interview with Jon Palfreman by Scientific American’s Sabrina Stierwalt, PhD
“THAT’S JUST WHAT DANCER PAM QUINN TEACHES HER FELLOW PARKIES TO DO: TO USE VISUAL AND AUDITORY CUES AND CONSCIOUS IMAGERY TO ENGAGE OTHER PARTS OF THE BRAIN TO BYPASS THE BASAL GANGLIA.”
Dance and Movement Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
Interview with Susan Chandler
Mind and Body in Motion, KZKO Internet Radio
Moving Through Parkinson’s
By Pamela Quinn for Dance Magazine
My Next Move
By Pamela Quinn & Michael O’Connor
Emma Magazine
Reflections on Quinn’s history with Parkinson’s as stimulated by working with Christopher Walken.
On the Move: Issue #5 (pg.15-16)
“Creative Living” By Pamela Quinn and Michael O’Connor
Scene with Walken filmed during class with real students, not actors
By Lore Croghan/New York Daily News
Dancer will share strategies to cope with Parkinson’s
Article by Risa Barisch
My Central Jersey
DanceTeacher magazine:
“CONGRATULATIONS TO PAMELA QUINN WHOSE VIDEO “WELCOME TO OUR WORLD” WAS THE JUNE EDITORS’ CHOICE WINNER FOR DT’S VIDEO OF THE MONTH CONTEST! IN QUINN’S VIDEO, SHE PERFORMS A WORK WITH TEXT ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE. “I HAD A KIND OF MENTAL FILE OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO ME SINCE I’VE HAD PD THAT WERE PARTICULARLY DRAMATIC, COLORFUL OR MOVING,” SHE SAYS. “I JUST WROTE DOWN A NUMBER OF EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE STUCK WITH ME OVER THE YEARS, AND I ORDERED THEM IN A WAY THAT MADE SENSE TO ME.”
The Magic of Dance for Parkinson’s
Interview with Robert Rogers for www.parkinsonsrecovery.com