{"id":5015,"date":"2026-01-02T20:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=5015"},"modified":"2026-02-12T00:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:17:49","slug":"centre-arts-human-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.parkinsonenmouvement.org\/index.php\/en\/centre-arts-human-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre for the Arts in Human Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-fbf78ac3 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-flex uagb-block-e18ed7ea\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-182b7fad6ab101b4134a00799c083087\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1.5\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Centre for the Arts in Human Development<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justified-text\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4\">PEM enjoys a longstanding research collaboration with Concordia University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/finearts\/research-creation\/cahd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Centre for the Arts in Human Development<\/strong><\/a> (CAHD). The Centre has worked with colleagues to promote constructive exchange between the academic and applied perspectives on Parkinson\u2019s. With help from PEM participants, researchers at Concordia and McGill universities investigated the effects of improvisational dance on those living with Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justified-text\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4\">Over the past 15 years, PEM teachers have participated in numerous academic presentations and several research projects on dance movement and the LSVT BIG method in Canada and around the world. Among the most recent are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.4\"><table><tbody><tr><td>2020<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/02703181.2020.1765943\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/02703181.2020.1765943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Effects of Improvisational Dance Movement Therapy on Balance and Cognition in Parkinson\u2019s Disease.<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>A <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/863181704\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/863181704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>research project on art-movement sessions offered at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts<\/strong><\/a> for people living with Parkinson&#8217;s disease.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>International Panel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/374011132_The_2022_International_Panel_Adapting_and_Transforming_The_Immigrant_Experience_of_DanceMovement_Therapists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Immigrant Experience of Dance\/Movement Therapists<\/strong><\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.parkinsonenmouvement.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Universite_Concordia_logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4517\" style=\"width:400px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.parkinsonenmouvement.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Universite_Concordia_logo.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.parkinsonenmouvement.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Universite_Concordia_logo-300x72.png 300w, 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