Dance and Healthy Ageing in Japan and the UK - Free Public Seminar - 12th September 2023, 4pm. Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, Executive Boardroom (C119-220)

 

Dance and Healthy Ageing in Japan and the UK

 

Professor Emeritus Chris Bannerman and Dr Lucy Irving invite you

to a seminar/roundtable discussion funded by the Daiwa Anglo-Japan

and Sasakawa Great Britain Foundations.

 

4.00pm on 12^th September 2023 in Executive Boardroom/Creative Suite (C219-C220)

 

The seminar will focus on research investigating healthy ageing and the effects of dance and the arts in older populations, both in Japan and the UK.  Speakers will discuss this from dance, gerontology, and social arts perspectives.

 

Speakers:

Professor Hidehiro Sugisawa: Health disparities in older adults in Japan

Dr Naomi Inata: The Effects of Community Dance Workshops for the Elderly

Dr Yuichiro Nagatsu: Empowering the elderly and passing on memories

 

Respondents: 

Dr Lorraine Leeson and Professor Lisa Marzano

 

If you wish to guarantee entry you can book a ticket here.  Alternatively you can attend without booking.  Contact Dr Lucy Irving (l.irving@mdx.ac.uk) for more information.  Please share details of this event with interested parties.