Thanks for training with us!
 

Dear Colleague,

The entire Dance for PD team would like to wish you a Happy New Year!

Thank you for participating in our two-day workshop and seminar in Hong Kong last month. We hope you feel enriched, inspired, and informed by the training experience. And welcome—you are now a member of the global Dance for PD network.

We invite you to review the information below, which includes details about accessing your member resources, among other things. 

Melody will be your primary contact for local matters and initiatives. However, we encourage you to reach out to either of us if you have questions about any aspect of this work. 

We look forward to staying in touch, and we hope to have the good fortune of working with you again sometime. Thanks again for sharing your time and talents so generously - and thank you for being an advocate and ambassador for the power of dance to support the lives of people living with Parkinson's and other movement challenges.

With gratitude,
David, Erica Rose, and the Dance for PD team

Survey

It would be extremely helpful to us if you took a few moments to complete our online survey so that we can continue to improve our workshops. Your feedback really does make a difference to our program. Thank you in advance. 

Accessing your member resources

Unless you're already a member, a complimentary one-year Professional Membership to the Dance for PD program is included as part of your training. If you already have a membership with us, you may continue logging in with your existing credentials.

As a Professional Member, you'll have unlimited access to our international teachers' virtual forum (Ryver), and exclusive access to comprehensive online resources, including additional training and full class videos, an administrative toolkit, interactive, credit-accruing continuing education resources, music resources, and an expanded research archive, among other benefits.

Your membership account has already been set up. To access your online resources, please click here and enter your login credentials:

Username: Your email
Password: DanceforPD2026!

If you already have a member account, please use your existing username and password.

A year from now, you will be invited to renew your membership at the discounted rate of USD $60 for the year if you wish to do so - or your organization may purchase an organizational membership to cover all team members. You can always see when your membership expires by logging into your member dashboard - your membership expiration date is posted there.

Ryver

Access to Ryver, our global network forum, is another important member benefit. Ryver provides a platform for Dance for PD teaching artists from all over the world to share information, questions and ideas in a mobile-enabled, easy-to-use digital platform.

It takes two minutes to set up your Ryver account. Click here to get started and join the global teachers group as well as the Hong Kong/China teacher's network. You can use Ryver to communicate via private message or group chat to other workshop participants.

The Ryver App is available for iPhone and Android. 

Additional resources

To access a streamable version of the award-winning documentary Capturing Grace, please click here.

If you are considering hosting a class at your center or clinic, please click here for our venue checklist, which provides key needs that hosts should consider before welcoming Parkinson's dancers into the space.

For information about volunteer training, please click here.

For our music resource page, please click here. Please click here for a playlist of music used during the first community class and here for music used during the second class.

Please click here to access the slides used in the education presentation on Day 1. 

For additional resources, log into your member account and then visit the Member Toolkit.

Certificate of completion

Please click here to access and download your certificate of completion for the training workshop. 

Online course

If you have a dance background and are interested in receiving additional training, we offer an online course and assessment that confer an Ofqual-accredited Level 4 qualification. Please click here to learn more about the course and to register.

Advanced training and certification

Upcoming professional development workshops, as well as a full range of on demand, asynchronous professional development resources, are posted on our Continuing Education portal. Our CPD programs allow healthcare professionals to expand their knowledge of Dance for PD and the Arts in Health field. Log in with your membership credentials to view the full resource.

Research

We're pleased to point your toward two resources related to research: a complete bibliography of published research on Dance and Parkinson's, and the Dance for PD research highlights page, with direct links to full articles. As a member, you can log in and access a comprehensive research library.

Video links

Here is the link to a six-minute version of the informational film Why Dance for PD. Here's a link to the 3-minute YouTube version of the video. Our promotional video, You Belong Here, can be accessed here. These resources may be helpful as you connect with potential participants, program partners, and colleagues.

Many thanks again for training with us!