Free Body

Free Body is the Palazzo Strozzi project that combines works of art and dance dedicated to the inclusion of people with Parkinson. It is structured in cycles of free appointments open to all, where movement and gestures are conceived as interpretative and relational modes of expression. The meetings are conducted by museum educators, dance teachers who have followed the professional training course Teaching Course On Dance Well - Movement Research For Parkinson's Disease. Speech, movement and dance are ways to explore the space of the exhibition and the works exhibited in the rooms: paintings, sculptures, installations become the starting point of a physical and emotional journey during which participants are invited to observe, listen and listen to each other. The intent of the Free Body is to provide new stimuli to increase mental well-being and encourage the social participation of people with Parkinson, creating real dancing communities. At the end of each exhibition there is a public event which takes the form of a performance or collective action.
The project was born in 2018 thanks to the commitment of the Fresco Parkinson Institute of Florence and the Parkinson Center of Villa Margherita of Vicenza, international excellence for research and treatment on Parkinson and movement disorders and in collaboration with the Dance Well project promoted by CSC - Center for the Contemporary Scene of Bassano del Grappa.
The activities take place mainly in the rooms of Palazzo Strozzi but from 2020 remote initiatives have been activated on the occasion of the Tomás Saraceno exhibition.