Every Friday, former dancer Paris Wages connects people with the joy of movement through her Dance for Parkinson’s (Dance for PD) class at the YMCA in Melbourne’s Hawthorn.
For one of her regular attendees, who is quite frail, the classes reignite his passion for ballroom dancing.
‘You put on Glenn Miller and he switches on like a light bulb and that beautiful muscle memory just switches back on,’ she said.