The Creative Age: A Global Celebration of Creative Aging
DanceStream Projects artists and Rainbow Stories in the Moment participants from the Queens Center for Gay Seniors in Jackson Heights, New York City, are delighted to join Re-Live Theatre and other older adult performers from around the globe in an international performance The Creative Age.
In Celebration of the UN’s International Day of Older Persons The Creative Age brings together older people from around the world for a unique live online performance.
About the Performance
The Creative Age showcases the rich diversity of older people’s experiences, celebrating different cultures and communities through spoken word, music, singing, and dance. Featuring participants from Wales, New York, Brazil, South Africa, and beyond, this performance challenges ageism by amplifying the lived experiences of older people across the globe.
Performance Highlights
Wales: Re-Live’s Company of Elders will share stories on love and intimacy, the healing power of laughter in dementia care, and using poetry to explore growth and renewal during stroke recovery.
New York: Community members from the Queens Center for Gay Seniors will debut an original dance, “Let’s Move the World”, celebrating inclusivity and resilience, choreographed with DanceStream Projects artists Magda Kaczmarska and Hilary Brown-Istrefi.
Music for “Let’s Move the World” was composed by Marty Laster. DanceStream Projects thanks Jacqueline Savage and Michael Laster for sharing your husbands’ and your dad’s music with us. We are grateful for the beauty of his musical compositions to carry us in our collective dance!
Brazil: Older adults living with aphasia will perform therapeutic clowning, using humour and nonverbal expression to support emotional well-being.
South Africa: The Abahlali Base Freedom Park Elders Soup Kitchen group will perform songs, celebrating intergenerational connections, and community wellbeing.
Join the Discussion
After the show, you are welcome to join a discussion with the participants. Share your thoughts and insights in a meaningful conversation about creative ageing.
The Creative Age
Live on Zoom
Tuesday, 1st October, 11:00 AM EST
Accessibility
The event is accessible worldwide with live transcription available in over 30 languages and British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation.
About the Organisers
The Creative Age is produced by Re-Live, a Wales-based Arts in Health charity that supports underrepresented communities in sharing their life stories through the arts. In collaboration with Atlantic Fellows from the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), this performance reflects a unified commitment to improving brain health through creative, inclusive community experiences.
Supported By
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, The Arts Council of Wales, Creative Aging International, Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), and Atlantic Fellows.
Rainbow Stories in the Moment and the co-creation and performance of “Let’s Move the World” was generously supported by the Flushing Town Hall GO Queens Grant funded by the Howard Gilman Foundation, Queens Community House – Queens Center for Gay Seniors, Re-Live Theatre and support from our donors.