NeuroDance

Dancing intervention to ameliorate the symptoms and promote the well-being of patients with Parkinson’s Disease and related neurodegenerative disorders

ERASMUS-SPORT-2024 101185424

Duration: 1. 1. 2025–31. 12. 2027

Coordinator at ZRS Koper: Manca Peskar

Project’s budget: 400.000,00€

Participating Institute at ZRS Koper: Institute for Kinesiology Research

Partners’ organizations:

• The Science and Research Centre Koper (lead partner)
• Univerzita Palackeho in Olomouci, Czech Republic
• Trepetlika, Slovenia
• Alma Mater Europaea, Slovenia
• Panepistimio Thessalias, Greece
• Otto-Von-Guericke-Universitaet Magdeburg, Germany
• Drustvo za zdravo gibanje in kulturo Ritmi planeta, Slovenia (associated partner)

Project Summary:

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disorder, making therapies that manage symptoms and improve quality of life a crucial healthcare intervention for both patients and their caregivers. The NeuroDance project aims, through an interdisciplinary approach and certification, to train teachers to lead tailored dance interventions for people with PD and other neurodegenerative disorders. The main goal of the project is the annual implementation of a five-month dance intervention across four countries, which will be further developed into a digital platform for long-term education and dissemination of best practices.