New York Memory Center & Alzheimer’s Poetry Project Present
Valentine’s
Dance at the Memory Arts Café
Memory Arts Café is a new series of free
art events for people living with Alzheimer’s disease, their caregivers and the
general public and is co-produced by New York Memory Center and the Alzheimer’s
Poetry Project. The series, which takes place on the 2nd Wednesday of each
month, includes light refreshments and the opportunity to chat with the guest
artists.
This
Memory Arts Café event features the dance company Rhythm Break Cares (RBC). Poet
Gary Glazner will host the event.
Wednesday, February 13th, at
6 pm
New York Memory Center
199 14th Street at 4th
Avenue • Brooklyn, NY 11215
(Take the R to Prospect
Ave.)
For info: call (718)
499-7701 or visit alzpoetry.com
Please join us for an evening of fun, dancing and
socializing. Rhythm Break Cares (RBC) takes a unique and highly effective
approach to address the widespread and immediate needs of individuals with
Alzheimer’s, associated dementias, and their caregivers, by engaging them in
partner dance as a means to improve their quality of life. Since 2009, RBC has
successfully offered this interesting form of dance therapy, which capitalizes
on the demonstrated benefits of music, movement and touch. Their sessions provide
a rare opportunity for patients and their caregivers to escape some of the
burdens associated with Alzheimer’s and dementia, in a stress-free environment
where they can observe, participate and be entertained.
