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Dance, Health & Wellbeing E-newsletter April 2012
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Welcome to the April e-newsletter. As always there is a lot of Health and Wellbeing work going on - stuff to do, read and learn, some of which is highlighted below. And don't forget we are always adding new information to our website so check back regularly to keep up to date.

News
Jabadao inspired BBC1 Lottery drama
Kay Mellor has revealed that the loss of Arts Council England funding suffered by Leeds-based dance organisation Jabadao inspired her to write her new BBC1 drama, The Syndicate
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Funding arts work with older people in care settings
The Baring Foundation has offered 17 new grants worth a total of £400k to arts organisations across the UK to work with older people in care settings
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London Creativity and Wellbeing Week 13-20 June 2012
A showcase for the huge variety and power of arts and health activity in the London
Understanding the brain on dance
Dancer Riley Watts and Dr Emily Cross are using dance to explore fundamental questions about our brains
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Dance and Dementia research findings published
Research into the role of dance in maintaining and developing relationships between people with dementia and between people with dementia and those who care for and support them
Events
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What is Arts and Health?, Stafford
Defining your creative practice for the health and social care market
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Responding to change, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Discussion on working in Arts and Health
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Arts & Health: A Global View, USA
Society for the Arts in Healthcare's 23rd Annual International Conference, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Health, Aging and the Creative Arts, Worcester
The 7th International Conference on Creative Expression, Communication and Dementia is being held at the Institute of Health and Society at the University of Worcester (UK)
Publications
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Prime Minister's challenge on dementia
A programme of work aiming to deliver major improvements in dementia care and research by 2015, building on the achievements of the existing National Dementia Strategy
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Art therapies and dementia care: A systematic review
Research paper by Renee Beard, College of the Holy Cross, USA
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Be Creative Be Well: arts, wellbeing and local communities
Independent evaluation of the creative strands of the Well London programme
Training
Dance for People with Dementia
Bringing Dance to People with Dementia, USA
Learn how to use music, movement, props and humour to engage people with dementia to express themselves, be more lively and have fun
Dance with older people
Dance with Older People training course
A two day course for dancers and other practitioners who want to gain skills, knowledge and experience in leading dance activities with older people (including those with dementia)
Voice Movement Integration
Voice Movement Integration & Expression, Italy
A practice combining voice with movement to stimulate and organize the body's physical, perceptual and emotional awareness
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