Adapted Tango

Tango Mercurio’s Adapted Tango Program is designed to provide therapeutic benefit, improve quality of life, spark joy, and promote social connection among people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) through Argentine tango. We are offering a 16-hour training session over three days with the Program developer and researcher, Dr. Madeleine Hackney, a professional dancer and neuroscientist.

Instruction will include a lecture on movement disorders, sensory and motor impairments, and falls in those with PD and older adults; balance management training; Adapted Tango Program class structure, warm-up, and basic partnering; Adapted Tango Fundamentals and syllabus breakdown; a practicum; and a written exam. No dance experience or partner is required and the session is free of charge for participants who commit to volunteering for one of two six-week pilot series; $350 all others. See more details and apply now here. Applications are due August 1.

This Program is partially funded by a generous grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Whether you can participate in the training or not, please help us make up the difference by contributing to our GoFundMe campaign.  

Adapted Tango Program
Weekend Intensive Training
With Dr. Madeleine Hackney

Schedule:
Friday, Sept. 5, 6:00pm–9:00pm
Saturday, Sept. 6, 11am–5pm
Sunday, Sept. 7, 11am–5pm

Venue:
Post Hall, George Washington University
Mount Vernon Campus
2100 Foxhall Rd NW
Washington, DC 20007

Instructor:
Dr. Madeleine Hackney
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology

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