The Tango Effect
Parkinson's and the healing power of dance
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2020
Unbound Digital (Verlag)
978-1-78352-803-5 (ISBN)
Unbound Digital (Verlag)
978-1-78352-803-5 (ISBN)
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A memoir that echoes what science is beginning to tell us about the transformative impact of the tango on people with Parkinson's disease
Every hour in the UK, two people are told they have Parkinson’s disease. For Kate Swindlehurst, the diagnosis was a turning point: refusing to be defined by her condition, she chose instead a radically different path.
This is the story of an extraordinary year. It begins with a single tango lesson but grows into an exploration of the dance itself, its history, its music and its incredible healing potential.
It is a year in which Kate explored and documented ‘the tango effect’ – the emotional and social benefits of dance on Parkinson’s symptoms. Her personal account echoes what science is beginning to tell us about the powerful and transformative impact of Argentine tango.
Intimate and unflinching, The Tango Effect challenges our perceptions of living with a chronic condition. Above all, it takes an honest look at the dark side of the illness while celebrating moments of joy, interconnectedness, acceptance and liberation.
Every hour in the UK, two people are told they have Parkinson’s disease. For Kate Swindlehurst, the diagnosis was a turning point: refusing to be defined by her condition, she chose instead a radically different path.
This is the story of an extraordinary year. It begins with a single tango lesson but grows into an exploration of the dance itself, its history, its music and its incredible healing potential.
It is a year in which Kate explored and documented ‘the tango effect’ – the emotional and social benefits of dance on Parkinson’s symptoms. Her personal account echoes what science is beginning to tell us about the powerful and transformative impact of Argentine tango.
Intimate and unflinching, The Tango Effect challenges our perceptions of living with a chronic condition. Above all, it takes an honest look at the dark side of the illness while celebrating moments of joy, interconnectedness, acceptance and liberation.
After thirty years as an English teacher in London, the north of England and Mexico City, Kate Swindlehurst moved to Cambridge, where she gained a distinction in the MA in creative writing at Anglia Ruskin University and won an Arts Council Escalator Award to work on a novel about Argentina's disappeared. As writer in residence at Cambridge University Botanical Gardens, she produced a short story collection, Writing the Garden. Her novel The Station Master, based on our responses to the refugee crisis, won the 2017 Adventures in Fiction Spotlight competition for debut novelists. kateswindlehurst.com
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.01.2020 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 141 x 222 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78352-803-6 / 1783528036 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78352-803-5 / 9781783528035 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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