Dancing with Parkinson's

'In this book, Sara Houston explores the value and experience of dance for people living with Parkinson’s. However, Dancing with Parkinson’s is as much about identity and belonging, and the book’s strength is the humanizing, person-centred focus that Houston adopts. The reader is left with no doubt that an individual’s meaning and worth can be transformed through a certain kind of dance participation. [...] Dancing with Parkinson’s is an important contribution to the field of arts and health, and to Parkinson’s research more broadly, and the book is well suited to a wide audience: the dance community, the arts and health field, those touched by the neurodegenerative condition, and anyone looking to become more informed about what it means to live well with the condition.' -- Rebecca Stancliffe, Journal of Applied Arts & Health 'Sara Houston’s Dancing with Parkinson’s is an important and timely contribution to the rapidly evolving field of Dance for Health. [...] Within the work, Houston aligns dance for Parkinson’s with community dance through, notably, the shared value of inclusivity. Acknowledging and highlighting the contribution of the latter tradition gives a necessary context for understanding the former practice. Dancing with Parkinson’s is a work of dance scholarship but reflects the multifaceted and often interdisciplinary nature of the discipline through drawing on cultural studies, philosophy, and sociology, to illuminate the narrative and value of a ‘young practice’ worthy of in-depth exploration.' -- Bethany Whiteside, Dance Research