Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Friday 17 April 2026 | 10:45 - 11:45AM New York Memory Center, 199 14th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Within each Stories in the Moment® class, you will connect dance, movement and storytelling.
Each Stories in the Moment® class, you will connect in dance, movement and storytelling.
You’re invited to join us in exploring the many ways we can tell our stories not only with our words but also with our movement.
All are welcome to participate! All skill levels welcome! No prior dance experience needed. Activities are offered seated and standing with guidance from two dance artists on modifications that suit your unique needs.
This program is offered in partnership with the New York Memory Center. Contact New York Memory Center here. This program is made possible through the generous support of Dementia Spring's Arts Fellowship and individual donors.
DanceStream Projects brings together artists, researchers, and communities as active collaborators in creative and educational projects that build spaces of belonging and amplify collective stories. We work together to build new systems and structures that maximize our agency and fortify our collective wellbeing.
Inspired by the concept of upstreaming* health, DanceStream Projects provides direct allyship and empowerment to communities bridging the arts and health. We believe that dance is a universal language and that the arts, and specifically dance, are an integral part of the healthcare ecosystem. By engaging in co-creative arts practices, we are expanding our capacity and agency for promoting our individual and community health. By engaging in the arts, we are putting our brain health into our hands and our bodies.
* Upstreaming health is a concept which recognizes that the root causes of ill-health are systemic and especially within the western model of medicine propagate a culture of crisis. Upstreaming health addresses supporting individuals and communities through a focus on prevention and empowerment. Upstreaming places health outside of the river – catching people before they fall in, invoking cooperation and interdependence in the larger healthcare ecosystem of housing, nutrition, green spaces, urban and rural design, legal assistance, immigration, education and social engagement.
