Research on Music for Movement among People with Parkinson’s

Watching people with the neurodegenerative condition known as Parkinson's being transformed by dance has been one of the greatest privileges of my academic career. I have always known that dance transforms people, but to witness it from a scientific perspective truly demonstrates the extraordinary power of dance.

14th February 2020

The BASES expert statement on the Use of Music for Movement among People with Parkinson’s was published today.

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“Music makes me feel free; it makes me feel normal, like I was a puppet with my strings messed-up, and suddenly they’ve all been untangled”

Produced on behalf of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences by Prof Costas Karageorghis FBASES, Dr Dawn Rose, Dr Lucy E. Annett, Dr Judith Bek, Dr Lindsay Bottoms, Dr Peter J. Lovatt, Dr Ellen Poliakoff, Dr Benjamin G. Schultz, Dr Caroline P. Whyatt, Dr William R. Young and Prof Yvonne N. Delevoye-Turrell.

Full reference:

Karageorghis, C. I., Rose, D., Annett, L.E., Bek, J., Bottoms, L., Lovatt, P. J., Poliakoff, E., Schultz, B. G., Whyatt, C. P., Young, W. R., & Delevoye-Turrell, Y. N. (2020). The BASES Expert Statement on the Use of Music for Movement among People with Parkinson’s. The Sport and Exercise Scientist, Issue 63.

Dr Peter Lovatt spent over 20 years working as a university academic. He set up the Dance Psychology Lab to understand dance and dancers from a psychological, scientific perspective. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and his teaching has been highly commended. Find out more about his academic life here

Peter Lovatt is an author and he has written two books: “The Dance Cure, the surprising secret to being smarter, stronger, happier” was first published by Short Books in the UK in 2020. “Dance Psychology, the science of dance and dancers” was first published in the UK in 2018. Peter has also writes commissioned articles. Find out more about his writing life here

Peter Lovatt is an international keynote speaker who delivers groovy keynotes which inspire, entertain and get minds and pulses racing. Peter has given keynote talks around the world and he has worked with organisations from different sectors, for example, in the banking, tech, creative, education, health and automotive industries. Find out more about his keynotes here

Peter Lovatt is a founding director of the Movement in Practice (MiP) Academy. The MiP Academy is a specialist provider of education in the psychology of movement and dance. MiP Academy is an accredited provider of Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Continuing Education (CE) and Continuing Professional Education (CPE), providing both anytime learning and scheduled face-to-face learning opportunities. Find out more about MiP Academy here

Peter Lovatt became known as Dr Dance through his TV and media work. He first appeared as Dr Dance on the Graham Norton Show (BBC) in 2008 and Dr Dance has since made over 1000 appearances across all major UK TV and radio networks, in magazines and newspapers and on stage. Dr Dance has made several stage shows, including “Dance Dr Dance” (2010), “INSPIRED Psychology Danced” (2011) and “Boogie on the Brain” (2018). Find out more about Dr Dance here

Peter Lovatt lives on the beautiful north Norfolk coast with his partner and their two sons.

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