Dancing through Cancer

– In this groovy keynote Peter Lovatt talks about how he used dance, alongside his medical treatment, to deal with the physical and psychological consequences of cancer – from diagnosis, through surgery to rehab. Peter Lovatt talks candidly about his experience of being diagnosed with stage 3 cancer during a national lockdown. He was terrified, and felt both physically and mentally crushed. His doctor told him “For what lies ahead, you need to be as fit and strong as possible”, so Peter danced.

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Dancing through Cancer - Fact File

Themes

The central themes of Dancing through Cancer are dealing with shock, fear and feeling both physically and emotionally crushed. Peter talks about how dance lifted him, and helped him come to terms with these feelings. There were three things which helped Peter to get through his cancer journey. These were, the medical treatment he received from the National Health Service, the love and support of his family and friends, and dance.

Duration

Dancing through Cancer has an ideal duration of 50 minutes. However, this groovy keynote can be adapted to run between 30-60 minutes, according to the needs of your event.

Let's Dance

Dancing through Cancer is delivered using both words and movement. From Broadway to ballet, to a demonstration of how to make physio funky, Peter will show you how he used these different forms of dance to help him get through cancer. Audiences will be moving and grooving as they follow Peter from diagnosis to rehab.

Music

Dancing through Cancer is accompanied by some great tunes, from popular musical theatre and excerpts of classical music to funky disco toe-tappers. Peter will need a PA system that will allow everyone to feel beat.

Live in-person

Dancing through Cancer can be delivered as a live event anywhere in the world.

Live online

Dancing through Cancer can be delivered as a live online event.

Off the shelf

Dancing through Cancer is not currently available as an "off the shelf" pre-recorded video.

Licence

Licences are curently not applicable to Dancing through Cancer.

Bespoke

Dancers are very flexible, and so are we. We can tailor any groovy keynote according to your needs.

Fees

For information about speaking fees please contact Lindsey with details of your event. Lindsey@peterlovatt.com

Contact

For further information and booking enquiries please contact Lindsey at Lindsey@peterlovatt.com

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Peter Lovatt

Former professional dancer turned academic psychologist, Dr Peter Lovatt is Dr Dance. His mission is to improve lives through movement and dance. He is the author of THE DANCE CURE: THE SURPRISING SCIENCE TO BEING SMARTER, STRONGER, HAPPIER. He set up the world's first Dance Psychology Lab in 2008 and wrote the definitive DANCE PSYCHOLOGY book in 2018. Peter Lovatt is the director of Dr Dance Presents Ltd. and the MOVEMENT IN PRACTICE ACADEMY. He teaches Dance Psychology at the Royal Ballet School in London.

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