Seated Dance for Parkinson's Class with Queensland Ballet

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1. Warm-up: sit tall, breathe slowly, then dig your toes into the sand, swim and dry off with a towel. 0:33
2. Seated sun salutations: reach up, hands to heart, then sway as if drifting in the wind. 5:55
3. Sleeping Beauty arms: flick each hand out, draw the arms up to fifth, then reverse it. 7:52
4. Add the sway and arm rolls reaching to third, then dance the whole phrase to the piano. 8:38
5. Home Among the Gum Trees: learn a hand action for each line, slowly, without music. 11:14
6. March in your chair and dance the hand actions to the music, then once more a touch slower. 13:08
7. Singing in the Rain feet: lift the toes, then the heels, swish them side to side, add opposite arms. 15:10
8. Tap step: brush the ball of the foot out, in and down, add a toe-heel, then dance it to music. 17:35
9. Coordination: tap one leg out and in, then both legs, the arms, then arms and legs together. 20:14
10. Challenge: legs go out as the arms come in; keep going if you get mixed up, then shake out. 22:40
11. Improvise: paint in the air with your fingers and hands, then elbows, shoulders and head. 24:50
12. Jazzy walks in the chair: toe-heel steps with claps, side reaches and jazz hands. 28:17
13. Cool-down: breathe slowly, roll the shoulders, reach up and bring your hands to your heart. 29:31

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.