12 Nov 2020
Queensland Ballet has collaborated with St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane and St Vincent’s Care Services to deliver a tailored online dance program for hospital patients and aged care residents.
The online program has been developed through extensive consultation between Queensland Ballet’s Education Teaching Artists and dedicated clinicians and aged care staff from St Vincent’s.
Queensland Ballet Education Manager, Martha Godber, says the digital program ensures patients and residents still get to experience the joy of creative movement and music within the safety of their home.
“This newly created dance health offering has been informed by other evidence-based dance initiatives at Queensland Ballet, including Dance for Parkinson’s and Ballet for Seniors, which continue to stand as weekly pillars of community and social connection for the company and its dance class community,” Ms Godber said.
“We take great pride in the dance health programs that Queensland Ballet delivers and are delighted to be able to adapt the skills and experience of the team to bring a little spark of joy, and perhaps alternate means of physical activity for the residents and patients of St Vincent’s,” she added.
The online digital program was launched at a number of St Vincent’s Care Service facilities throughout Queensland in October, starting at Kangaroo Point.
St Vincent’s Care Services CEO, Lincoln Hopper, explained that while it has certainly been a tough year for everyone, as aged care providers and hospitals everywhere navigated the unfamiliar and constantly changing path of the pandemic, there were still many opportunities, such as these digital dance classes, for the community to come together and respond really positively.
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