Westheimer and Leventhal win award
Olie Westheimer, founder and executive director of the Brooklyn Parkinson Group, dances with a student in a Dance for PD® class. (Photo: Rosalie O'Connor)
The Parkinson’s Unity Walk has selected Olie Westheimer and David Leventhal as this year’s recipients of the Alan Bonander Humanitarian Award to recognize their work to develop Dance for PD® and to acknowledge the global impact of the program. To read more about the award, please click here. Carol Walton, the Unity Walk’s Executive Director, will present the award at this year’s event on Saturday, April 27 in New York’s Central Park. Click on the logo below for more information, or call 866-PUW-WALK (866-789-9255)
Olie Westheimer, founder and executive director of the Brooklyn Parkinson Group, dances with a student in a Dance for PD® class. (Photo: Rosalie O'Connor)
The Parkinson’s Unity Walk has selected Olie Westheimer and David Leventhal as this year’s recipients of the Alan Bonander Humanitarian Award to recognize their work to develop Dance for PD® and to acknowledge the global impact of the program. To read more about the award, please click here. Carol Walton, the Unity Walk’s Executive Director, will present the award at this year’s event on Saturday, April 27 in New York’s Central Park. Click on the logo below for more information, or call 866-PUW-WALK (866-789-9255)
Quinn and Movement Lab featured in Daily News
PD Movement LabSM instructor Pam Quinn and her Movement Lab students were recently featured in Daily News. Pam worked as an advisor to Christopher Walken on Yaron Zilberman’s film, A Late Quartet, where Mr. Walken’s character has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
Pamela Quinn leads Brooklyn Parkinson Group class. (Photo: Joe Marino/For New York Daily News)
The article highlights Mr. Zilberman’s decision to use real people dealing with PD for the film, as opposed to actors. Daily News also outlines Pam Quinn’s active role in the development of the film, as well as her innovative teaching style in the Brooklyn class. To read the full article, click Pam’s picture below.
Pamela Quinn (Photo: Joe Marino/For New York Daily News)
Pamela Quinn leads Brooklyn Parkinson Group class. (Photo: Joe Marino/For New York Daily News)
The article highlights Mr. Zilberman’s decision to use real people dealing with PD for the film, as opposed to actors. Daily News also outlines Pam Quinn’s active role in the development of the film, as well as her innovative teaching style in the Brooklyn class. To read the full article, click Pam’s picture below.
Pamela Quinn (Photo: Joe Marino/For New York Daily News)
