University Health Network and Dance Therapy

Parkinson disease: I just felt like there was more to me … more to say, she recalls, according to The Toronto Star. And I didn’t think I was going to be able to say that through my performing. When her prima ballerina dreams began to fade eight years ago, she spun her talents onto a more elevated stage. Bar now offers dance therapy to people with Parkinson disease in the GTA. Bar, 31, who danced for six years with major British and Israeli companies, is coupling her dance therapy instruction with a scientific study of Parkinson’s. Led by the University Health Network Open Lab centre, the Art Heals Health project is bringing together disparate artists who work in medical settings and display the clinical value they add to patient care, at relatively low costs. In doing so, she has become a key partner in a three-year effort to carve out a permanent place for the arts in the province health system. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.