Make Space Theater - for People Living with Dementia

Make Space Theater - for People Living with Dementia Make Space is a program for and with people living with dementia that is designed to stimulate creativity and imagination.

Make Space is a framework that uses dance, movement and narrative building to develop and enhance modes of expression and communication. Make Space builds tools that allow people living with dementia more effective and robust connections to the people and spaces around them. Make Space is a program that makes connections between movement and meaning. People living with dementia inevitably experien

ce shifts in their modes and capacities for expression. The Make Space framework is designed to help people living with dementia explore options for expression beyond the dominant language-centric models. The program helps people gain comfort and security in the broad range of resources available to them in their bodies, minds, and voices. Make Space provides tools that can help participants maintain meaningful engagement, community and connection regardless of their disease progression.

at the Sunnyside Community Services - Caregiver Support Program Annual Retreat, talking about "Spheres of Witnessing" an...
08/28/2024

at the Sunnyside Community Services - Caregiver Support Program Annual Retreat, talking about "Spheres of Witnessing" and how we can build a powerful practice of witnessing as social workers supporting people living with dementia

sorry for the low res image. the Spheres of Witnessing are:
- The Practice of Social Work
- The Practice of Dementia Support
- The Practive of Personhood

Super excited to be doing a workshop and presentation of the work done at our amazing Make Space project. I will be co-p...
04/11/2024

Super excited to be doing a workshop and presentation of the work done at our amazing Make Space project. I will be co-presenting with Giulia Carotenuto a session called "Embodied Connections for People Living with Dementia"

Check it out if you are interested in building inclusive and accesible space for people living with cognitive variances!

Make Space Theater - for People Living with Dementia

Join me for The Eden Alternative 30th Anniversary International Conference is being held June 2-4, 2024 at The Alloy Hotel in King of Prussia, PA

hello friends! Today we are launching a fundraising campaign for our incredible creative movement program for people liv...
03/14/2023

hello friends! Today we are launching a fundraising campaign for our incredible creative movement program for people living with dementia called Make Space Theater. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take a moment and consider supporting our work! Make Space is a collaboration between movement therapists, artists, and people living with dementia to explore mind/body connection, expression, and autonomy. Thank you for any support you can give! Also share share share!! Everyone

Make Space is a movement based project that builds autonomy for people living with dementia. | Check out 'MAKE SPACE for People Living with Dementia' on Indiegogo.

08/30/2022

Hello Make Space friends! I had the pleasure of joining Mcheal Pope on the Life is a Sacred Journey podcast, take a listen!

We're here!! Our very first Make Space workshop!! In-person with the wonderful community at the New York Memory Center! ...
05/27/2022

We're here!! Our very first Make Space workshop!! In-person with the wonderful community at the New York Memory Center! Facilitated by Giulia Carotenuto, we explored the Ocean with our bodies and minds!

05/25/2022

Theme OCEAN: Each Make Space workshop is built around a theme. This helps provide a platform for people living with dementia to feel secure, oriented and comfortable improvising and risk-taking. Here are the prompts we are using to establish our OCEAN themed workshop: Sand, Shells, Sea Breeze, Ocean Spray

MAKE SPACE for people living with dementia! We are happy to share that Make Space will be doing a series of workshops, s...
05/23/2022

MAKE SPACE for people living with dementia! We are happy to share that Make Space will be doing a series of workshops, starting this week, at the wonderful New York Memory Center! Welcome to Giulia Carotenuto, a wonderful artist and movement therapist, who will be facilitating the engagements! Please read more about Giulia and her work here: www.healingdanceandmovement.com

I will be using this space to share some of the work we will be doing, so keep an eye out for updates!

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