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Creating joy and body connection through movement
“It's easy to become isolated and I love getting out there and being a part of something I can treasure.” – Participant
STG Dance for PD® Digital Classes
STG Dance for PD® offers digital dance classes for people with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners. Our classes are held on the following days and times:
Fridays: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Preregistration is required for our classes. To register please go here.
Please contact our Director, Shawn Roberts at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 206-518-5232 for more information!
STG Dance for PD ® Classes At In Bellevue and Seattle
STG Dance for PD ® offers in-person classes for people with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners at Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Francia Russell Center in Bellevue and at our new location at Garfield Community Center in Seattle.
Our classes are held on the following days and times:
Bellevue: Mondays, 11:00AM - 12:30PM
Seattle: Thursdays, 11:00AM – 12:30PM
Preregistration is required for our classes. To register please go here.
Please contact our Director, Shawn Roberts at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 206-518-5232 for more information!
Proof of vaccination or proof of a negative Covid test within 48 hours of class is required to attend our in-person classes.
Dance For PD® Information
STG Dance for PD® classes use dance, live music, and community in a safe and creative environment to support students in developing artistry and grace while addressing such PD-specific concerns as balance, flexibility, coordination, isolation, and gait. Working with professional dancers and teaching artists trained in the Dance for PD® method, participants are inspired to explore movement and music in ways that are refreshing, enjoyable, and stimulating. Whether seated or standing, people with Parkinson’s disease will enjoy this creative and welcoming class that is open to all abilities and mobility of movement. Live music is used to enhance the positive experience this class brings to participants and all involved. No dance experience or diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is required to participate. The classes are always free.
STG Dance for PD® classes are based on the Dance for PD® method developed by Mark Morris Dance Group and Brooklyn Parkinson Group.
Why Dance for PD®?
- Dance develops flexibility
- Dance is first and foremost a stimulating mental activity that connects mind to body.
- Dance breaks isolation.
- Dance invokes imagery in the service of graceful movement.
- Dance focuses attention on eyes, ears, and touch as tools to assist movement and balance.
- Dance increases awareness of where all parts of the body are in space.
- Dance tells stories.
- Dance sparks creativity.
- The basis of dance is rhythm.
- The essence of dance is joy.
Seattle Theatre Group Dance for PD® program is offered in collaboration with Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation and Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Meet Our Teaching Artists
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Shawn Roberts, Director
Meet Our Musicians
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