M:BRACE: The Podcast, Episode 2: Interview with Dana Parsons "Restorative Movement"

M:BRACE: The Podcast for Maryland's Creative Education Force

English - April 21, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB
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An interview with M:BRACE Series facilitator Dana Parsons, Director of Grants & Professional Development at the Maryland State Arts Council. Dana is leading a healing- and wellness-based professional development opportunity called "Restorative Movement" about ways to create physical relaxation and vulnerability to facilitation emotional vulnerability and personal expression from 10am-10:45am on Thursday, April 23, 2020. The M:BRACE Podcast is a chance to learn more about the AEMS-MSDE M:BRACE facilitators as humans, as artists, as fellow individuals living in and through the COVID-19 pandemic and to learn how the arts help us all survive.
During the podcast, Dana mentioned a powerful devised theatre project she helped create through the Governor's Taskforce on the Opioid Epidemic. You can find a video of a performance of the work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-shyNXDBx4