Can Dance Therapy Turn Lives Around?

In this documentary from Perspective, Dame Darcey Bussell, former Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet School, explores the value of dancing for improving mental health.  In this video, she meets a range of people using dance as therapy for things like dementia, Parkinson's disease, and mental illness.

Since her retirement from professional ballet, Darcey has become a formidable advocate for promoting dance in all areas of life. She believes that dancing is vital to keep her on an ‘even keel’ and thinks that it can be an important tool for everyone’s mental health.

I'm inspired by the proposition that ballet and other forms of dance can improve our mental health, by bolstering our body-brain connections, and by giving us another way to express our emotions.