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Judith Sachs 1 [email protected] www.anyonecandance.org 609-577-1928 904 S. Front St. Philadelphia PA 19147 Inclusive Dance and Movement Facilitator Profile: My life and career have been dedicated to health education, whether in motivational writing and speaking or as movement specialist. In my work as a dancer, SilverSneakers instructor, tai chi practitioner, and health educator, I encourage individuals to change behavior, take charge of their health, and think, move and act in their own behalf. ANYONE CAN DANCE® I teach adaptive movement classes to older dancers in wheelchairs and walkers in residential facilities and in senior and community workshop settings. (Yorkhouse Apartments, Juniata Park Older Adult Center, Philadelphia Senior Center, Lutheran Settlement House, Abington YMCA.) DANCE FOR PARKINSONS Training with Mark Morris Dance Company/DanceForParkinsons for the pilot program in Philadelphia, working toward certification. Currently team-teaching at 954 Dance Movement Cooperative. See www.danceforparkinsons.org. DANCING WITH DEMENTIA Movement class for mid-to-severe Alzheimer’s patients, CareOne Harmony Village, Moorestown, NJ June-December 2013. TEACHING ARTIST, CREATIVE AGING Lifetime Arts Teaching Artist Roster, 2014 Tidewater Outreach, Norfolk, VA. Teaching Artist 2014. Arts Horizons, Ground for Sculpture 2013 Creative Artist Conference Dance for Parkinsons Professional Development Training, 2013 The Creative Center at University Settlement, 2012 National Council on Creative Aging, Washington DC presenter 2014, 2015 Aging in America Chicago 2015 national conference, presenter Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Los Angeles, intergenerational dance program development, 2015 Judith Sachs 2 [email protected] www.anyonecandance.org 609-577-1928 904 S. Front St. Philadelphia PA 19147 SILVER SNEAKERS Certified SilverSneakers teacher since 2005, and have my CPR certification up to date. Currently teaching MSROM at Philadelphia Senior Center, but also certified for CardioCircuit, CardioFit, and YogaStretch. See www.silversneakers.com TAIJIQUAN and CHAIR YOGA I have been teaching tai chi and chair yoga to seniors and mixed classes since 1996. I practice and teach Yang Style tai chi and Iyengar yoga, using both chairs and floor work for senior classes. DANCE EDUCATION In the 1960s, I studied with Arthur Mitchell (ballet/jazz), Alvin Ailey (jazz), Deborah Jowitt (modern), Carola Goya and Matteo (Bharata Natyam and Flamenco. Currently training with David Leventhal, Dance for PD. DANCE PERFORMANCE “The Waltz Invention,” Hartford Stage Company, 1969 “Big Charlotte” Café LaMama 1969 “Volcano, My Love,” Keila Cordova Dance, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, 2012 “How Philly Moves,” JJ Tiziou, 2014 (both my work and that of my Yorkhouse Dancers) AUTHOR I am author or co-author of over 20 books on preventive health care, e.g.: Getting the Sex You Want: A Woman’s Guide to Becoming Proud, Passionate, and Pleased in Bed, co-author with Sandra Leiblum; Rewinding Your Biological Clock: Motherhood Late in Life, co-author with Dr. Richard J. Paulson; Break the Stress Cycle: 10 Steps to Reducing Stress for Women. .