Dance, Health, and Wellness Symposium

This collaborative community event will feature a panel of prominent choregraphers discussing ways their work with clients, communities, and health-care providers informs their choreography, and vice versa. Co-led by Lafayette's Choreographer-in-Residence Ben Munisteri and Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Brad Potts, the symposium suggests new generative models for interdisciplinary choreography and health practices within higher-education curricula.

The choreographer panelists include: David Leventhal, formerly a Mark Morris dancer now with “Dance for Parkinsons,” Keely Garfield, who works with dance for cancer/hospice care and stress reduction, Elisabeth Motley, who works with individuals with neurologic disorders, and Tamar Rogoff, who creates dance and film at the intersection of art and medicine.The evening will conclude with a question-and-answer session moderated by physical therapist Gayanne Grossman, of Lehigh Valley Health Network and Muhlenberg College.

Health/wellness screenings will be held before the event by Good Shepherd Physical Therapy- Performing Arts Rehabilitation Center (PARC). To schedule a screening, email Kelly Prentice at prentick@lafayette.edu.

The Pfenning Alumni Center is located on Hamilton Street on Lafayette’s campus, adjacent to the Kirby Athletics Center. Parking can be found on Hamilton Street or in the parking deck behind Markle Hall, 730 High Street, Easton.