Dancing into Brain Health (S1 Ep1): Dancing into Speech Improvement w/ Dr. Constantina Theofanopoulou
Dance has often been called the universal language. Whether engaging with dance as performers or audience members, we find ourselves transfixed with the ability of this movement-based communication to move us and connect us.
In this inaugural episode of Dancing into Brain Health, we uncover the ways dance might indeed help us speak. Our guest is neuroscientist and dancer Dr. Constantina Theofanopoulou whose research is uncovering the neural mechanisms behind how engaging in dance may actually support or even rehabilitate speech.
To learn more about Dr. Constantina Theofanopoulou, visit her website: https://www.constantinatheofanopoulou.com/ or follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-constantina-theofanopoulou-4a3649200/
You can read her paper published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: “Dancing towards speech improvement: Repurposing dance for motor speech deficits in neurodegenerative diseases” here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/13872877241313304
This episode of Dancing into Brain Health was edited and produced by Magda Kaczmarska and Hilary Brown-Istrefi. The music for this show is the title cut from the album, Critical Path by Joe Venegoni and Carl Weingarten
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Join host Magda Kaczmarska, dancer, researcher, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health and executive director of arts and health nonprofit, DanceStream Projects, in uncovering the interconnections of dance, brain health and community. Each episode Magda brings together leading researchers, artists, advocates and thought leaders to illuminate the magical interconnections of dance and brain health and explore their influence on all aspects of our lives.
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