ASaP Symposium 2022
(We)Search: Integrating Intermodal Research
Poster Design by: Ilia Giokaris
“It would seem that perpetuation of the mystique of each of the disciplines is of less use in teaching, learning, and bridging gaps, than simple access to the work, and to the language of each discipline - Carolyn Adams”
Artists and Scientists as Partners (ASaP) 10th Annual Symposium
(we)SEARCH - Integrating Multimodal Research
Join Artists and Scientists as Partners (ASaP) for a Community Dance Class with Pat Hall; demonstrations by The Miracle Project-New England and DAPpers (Dance for All People); and lecture demonstrations by Rachel and Julie; as well as a Roundtable Discussion with guests from both the scientific and artistic worlds to talk about bridging the gap between the sciences and the arts in research.
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE:
All events will be held in person in the Petteruti Lounge at Brown University Campus Center (75 Waterman Street) and will be streamed virtually through Zoom. Please follow this zoom link to access the events.
April 23, 2020
10:30 - 11:45 - Dancing Together- Pat Hall
11:45-12:45 - Lunch Break - On Your Own
12:45-2:00 - Creating Together - ASaP Lecture Demonstrations
2:00-2:15 - Break
2:15-3:30 - Researching Together - Roundtable Conversation on Multimodal Research Partnerships
EVENTS:
Dancing Together--Community Dance for PD Class with Pat Hall
Modeled after the Mark Morris Dance Group's Dance for PD® program, participants in this class explore movement and music in ways that are enjoyable, stimulating, and creative. The class is appropriate for dancers, for people with no dance experience, and for people at all levels of ability and mobility.
Creating Together—Lecture/demonstration
Join us for a lecture/demonstration showcasing Dance for All People (DAPpers) and The Miracle Project-New England. We’ll invite participants to join us in a community movement experience including an Israeli folk dance; we’ll look at the past 10 years of DAPpers in performance; and we’ll talk about what’s possible for the future of intergenerational community dancing and ongoing access to repertory.
Researching Together--Roundtable Conversation - Moderated by Julie Adams Strandberg
Greg Youdan will discuss his current research in Movement Science. Greg will be joined by Rachel Balaban, Sara Houston, Stacey Springs, Miranda Olson, and Abby Perelman to discuss the different ways we are all engaging in research and how our collective efforts are helping prioritize the role of arts in health.
Guests and Speakers
Julie Adams Strandberg is a dancer, educator, and historian. For a decade, she has developed and designed dance materials and programs that provide broad access to dance for people with Parkinson’s disease, those on the autism spectrum, and others with cognitive and physical challenges.
She is distinguished senior lecturer at Brown University, founding director of dance in the University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies and holds a BA from Cornell University and an MS from Bank Street College of Education.
When she isn’t dancing, she enjoys family adventures with her husband Josiah, daughters Laura and Marie, son-in-law William, and grandsons Andrew and Jackson.
To Find Out More About Julie Adams Strandberg:
Artists and Scientists as Partners (ASaP)
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Pat Hall, dancer, choreographer and teacher, has taught and performed throughout the United States and on four continents. Pat developed a dance curriculum for students at the Bronx Jeffrey M. Rapport School for Career development for students with special needs and taught there for nine years. As a teaching artist with Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), she developed curricula for students with special needs. She works with diverse populations in rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, and with people who are living with Parkinson’s Disease through the Mark Morris Dance for PD® program. Pat is one of the teachers, along with David Leventhal and Misty Owens, on the latest Dance for PD® At Home DVD Volume 5. She co-choreographed a dance piece (with Pam Quinn) for the Parkinson's Unity Walk in Central Park, New York. She was also a guest teacher for Dancers for a Variable Population.
Pat currently teaches at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She continues to teach her popular weekly “community” dance class at Mark Morris Dance Studios, which welcomes people of varying abilities, ages and cultural backgrounds. The class has become a ritual celebration for many New Yorkers, and was listed in New York magazine’s, “The Best of New York”, New York Confidential and also written up in New York Women's “Time Out”.
Accompanying Pat Hall will be Pam Patrick.
Pam Patrick percussionist/ vocalist/ storyteller was the lead drummer for the Women of the Calabash and Ladygourd Sangoma with whom she performed in Martinique, at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, the BAM Dance Africa Festival, and in schools and venues in New York and across the U.S. Pam was also also a featured drummer and performer in the critically acclaimed piece Song of Lawino at the Dance Theatre Workshop that toured London, Colorado and Florida. Pam is the percussion director for Dr. Glory’s Youth Theatre and also accompanies dance classes at New York University and fro Pay Hall”s Classes at Mark Morris Dance Center.
Miranda Olson, MSc, is a researcher in the Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University School of Public Health with a focus on delivery and implementation of complex interventions. Her current work aims to comprehensively evaluate mechanisms of health intervention delivery and apply these learnings to support uptake of non-pharmacological solutions, particularly arts-based programs.
Stacey Springs, PhD, is a meta-scientist interested in research integrity in public health and applying team science approaches to complex issues in public health. Her current work focuses on optimizing research methods and praxis to improve uptake of arts, design and creative placemaking into public health practice. At Brown University she is is a Research Associate in Health Services, Policy and Practice and at Harvard University, she is the Research Integrity Officer for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where she combines her meta-research expertise and bioethics training to improve the integrity, rigor, reproducibility and ethical conduct of research. She holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Economics and Health Policy, completed an AHRQ K12 fellowship in Comparative Effectiveness Research and Patient Centered Outcomes Research at Brown University and a fellowship in Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. She has co-authored evidence synthesis methods guidance on the use of gray literature in scoping and systematic reviews, assessing evidence for complex public health interventions, assessing harms in systematic reviews and improving the uptake of evidence by healthcare systems.
Rachel Balaban is a dancer, teacher, and maker. She is founder and director of DAPpers - Dance for All People - and co-founder and co-director of Artists and Scientists as Partners (ASaP) at Brown University with Julie Adams Strandberg.
After 8 years working with DAPpers, utilizing dance to improve quality of life for people of all ages and abilities, Rachel’s focus now is translating that practice into an intervention to implement and scale in the public health sphere. As co-lead investigator on the 3D Project (Deeper Dive into DAPpers), Rachel is tapping into her experience as a teaching artist, mentor, and program director to co-ordinate an interdisciplinary team and to synthesize the research collected.
When Rachel isn’t dancing, you’ll likely find her swimming, sailing, paddle boarding, biking, or practicing yoga. Being in motion and in community with others is what brings her the most joy.
To Find Out More About Rachel Balaban:
As a dancer, Gregory Youdan Jr. performed with the NY Baroque Dance Company, Sokolow Theatre/Dance and Heidi Latsky dance, where he now serves as a board member. Other company credits have included David Parker and the Bang Group, HT Chen and Dancers, Catherine Gallant/DANCE, Gloria Mclean and Dancers among others. Currently, Greg is a visiting research scholar at Brown University and adjunct lecturer at Lehman College. He is a Westheimer Fellow through Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dance for PD program and is a teaching artist in their Dance for PD en Español program. He was a 2021 National Association for Latino Arts and Cultures Advocacy Fellow and 2021 Latin Impact Honoree. Greg is a human movement scientist specializing in dance science and a certified Pilates teacher. He serves on the development committee for the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS), the research committee for the National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH), the advisory council for Dance Data Project and is a member of the Latinx Dance Educators Alliance. He holds dual Masters from Teachers College, Columbia University in Motor Learning and Applied Statistics.
Abby Perelman is a senior at Brown University studying Cognitive Neuroscience and Data Fluency and works as a research assistant in the Aging and Cognition Lab as well as a teaching assistant in the Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Studies (CLPS) and Theatre and Performing Arts (TAPS) departments. She is an avid dancer, contributing to programs at Brown as a performer, choreographer, and teacher. Through the 3D program, she has been able to combine her passion for dance with her interest in the aging brain, and has been able to engage with the community through an interdisciplinary lens. Abby is collaborating with the 3D group to develop a qualitative review, as well as leverage her experience with the dance and performance aspects of the DAPpers program. Abby is looking to apply to medical school, where she will explore ways to integrate art and movement with neurological and physiological treatment.
Prof. Sara Houston is Deputy Dean, School of Arts at University of Roehampton, London UK and Professor of Dance and Community Engagement. Her pioneering research in Dance and Parkinson’s won the BUPA Foundation Prize 2011. She was Finalist of the National Public Engagement Awards 2014. Publications include her book Dancing with Parkinson’s (Intellect Books, 2019). Sara leads professional development for dance artists internationally and speaks globally about her work. Sara is currently working with 5 European Dance Houses to develop an online toolkit (funded by the European Union) for dance artists working with community groups to articulate and translate their soft skills.