“2020: Boxed In”

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“2020: Boxed In” was a dance PD Movement Lab created under the extraordinary circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic. Set entirely inside the confines of Zoom, the dance features 30 people with Parkinson’s and several volunteers. “2020: Boxed In” was showcased at the prominent 2021 APAP Conference.

Dancers: Ariel Reich, Bebe Patricia McGarry & Granddaughter, Carol Enseki, Carol Lipis, Charlie Tobey, Judy Tobey, Colin O'Connor, Coralie Saulson, David Garlow, David Buffam, Diane Quinton, Dunham Smiley, Jackie Bernard, Jamie Desser, JM Tolani, Karen Vaughan, Katie Turner, Lee Loshak, Linda Young, Lisa Hochberg, Lynda Abdoo, Manny Torrijos, Mary Somerfeldt, Nancy Petaja, Norman Geller, Pamela Quinn, Pat Fay, Paul Rosenblum, Penny Peet, Richard Malanga, Richard Kurz, Rhoda Cahan, Sandy Bowers, Sara Spatz, Sonja Johansson

“Ooh Aah!” (2019)

“Ooh Aah!” was a dance set to the pounding rhythm of KODO’s Taiko drums. PD Movement Lab created the piece for the opening ceremony of the 2019 World Parkinson’s Congress in Kyoto, Japan. The dance featured 40 people with Parkinson’s and 10 care givers sourced from all over the world.

Dancers: Sharon Brunetti, Warren Brunetti, Patricia Fitzipatrick, Martha Friedberg, Lucie Jerome, Jhia Jackson, Richard Jackson, Claudine Naganuma, Cathy Quides, Sandra Wake, Maya Ichikawa, Manizia Kajiwara, Miyoko Kawadu, Yoshiaki Kiyonaga, Katsuko Mashima, Kaori Nonaka, Hiroko Oyamada, Miyako Yano, Koga Yayoi, Jud Eson, Nancy Eson, Heather Kilmer, Arthur Kilmer, Kyoko Abeta, Mami Funami, Rika Kobayashi, Shioka Kondo, Kikuko Kuroki, Yukiko Masuko, Rie Matsui, Yoshitaka Matsuno, Mizue Nagatsuka, Tamami Nose, Yoshiko Okada, Ritsuko Yasunaga, Kaoru Yoshizawa, Josefa Domingos, Naomi E, Clara Kluge, Libby Proud, Joy Tan, Hiroko Hashimoto, Nobuko Kawanaka, Ikunori Kawnaka, Mie Maruyama, Kazuko Sakashita

“Give and Take” (2019)

“Give and Take” was a dance exploring the physical and emotional progression of PD. The dance incorporated the use of entrainment to unlock new choreographic possibilities, and featured 14 people with Parkinson’s and six without. PDML prepared the piece for the concert Dance for PD in Performance.

Dancers: Judy Tobey, Cheryl Green, Charles Tobey, David Buffam, Nancy Petaja, Cyndy Gilbertson, Cynthia Young, Coralie Saulson, Jackie Bernard, Carol Enseki, Sara Schwabacher, Michael Sazonov, Jamie Desser, Patricia McGarry, Shelly, Monica, Richard, Katie, Ariel Reich

PD: A Percussion Discussion (2018)

PD: A Percussion Discussion was a dance that celebrated the therapeutic potential of rhythm for people with Parkinson’s. The piece was a collaboration between Pamela Quinn and contemporary and African Dance choreographer Pat Hall.

PD: A Percussion Discussion was prepared for the 2018 Parkinson’s Unity Walk in Central Park, and featured nine people with Parkinson's and nine without.

Dancers: Amy Bauman, Michael Sazonov, Ariel Reich, Marilyn Arinson, Pat Beilman, Jackie Bernard, David Buffam, Judy Dean, Miriam King, Kailey McLaughlin, Nancy Petaja, Coralie Saulson, Sara Schwabacher, Dunham Smiley, Eileen Smiley, Joyce Starr, Manny Torrijos, Katie Turner

Neurodance (2016)

Neurodance: A UPDRS Experience is an artistic rendition of the UPDRS (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale), which neurologists use to measure the progression and severity of the disease.

Neurodance was featured at the 2016 American Academy of Neurology Conference, and the 2016 World Parkinson’s Congress.

Dancers: Pamela Quinn

With Grace (2013) 

With Grace occurs in an imagined space where two people--partners, friends, earthly, and unearthly figures--reflect on a new diagnosis and what it may bring.

With Grace was a finalist in the 2013 World Parkinson’s Congress Video Competition.

Dancers: Pamela Quinn & David Leventhal (Dance for PD)

Welcome to Our World (2010)

Welcome to Our World was Pam’s first attempt at choreographing since her diagnosis robbed her of her dance career 14 years earlier. The piece explores feelings of denial and acceptance around the disease.

Welcome to Our World won first place in the 2010 World Parkinson's Congress Video Competition.

Dancers: Pamela Quinn