An example of conscious movement that works vs unconsious automatic movement that is disabled:

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"When an innovative program brought together professional dancers and people with Parkinson’s at the Mark Morris Dance Center in 2001, Neesemann jumped at the chance.......

......“When you’re learning a new movement, you have to think about it,” said Westheimer, who has studied dance since childhood. “You train your muscles and your body, but you really dance with your mind.”....

...“When you throw them a ball, they catch it. But when you ask them to grab the handle on the subway, they can’t do it,” said Dr. Ivan Bodis-Wollner, director of the Clinical Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease at Kings County Hospital/SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Bodis-Wollner is Westheimer's husband.

A dancer’s conscious effort to make his body move can provide a model for restoring these functions. “In dancing, the instructors are teaching them to conceive of how they are going to move their arm before they move it,” Bodis-Wollner said.

For the Mark Morris Dance Group, the collaboration was an opportunity to expand its community outreach. The administration lends its support to the Parkinson’s program and pays for rehearsal space and staff....