#210 Felicity Mandile - Queensland Ballet Dance & Aging
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 107 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2018
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Felicity Mandile - Queensland Ballet Dance & Aging
Fitness Friday Interview Series...
Today's show part of our Fitness Friday series, is another great one, and as always, I think we've come across some very interesting, helpful and insightful information for you. Today we're speaking with Felicity Mandile from the Queensland Ballet, in Queensland Australia. You will likely recall the recent scientific research published last week, and confirms that, and here's the headline: "Older people advised to dance for better posture, flexibility, energy and happiness."
The Queensland Ballet research project began in 2017 to critically investigate older adults' motivations to participate in ballet, and its health and wellbeing outcomes.
You'll be amazed at the science, the progress and the results from this research...check it out and enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Out All Better Show Fitness Friday series. I'm host Paul Vocal Zang and this is episode |
| 0:07.0 | number 210. Today's show part of our fitness Friday series is another great one. |
| 0:24.3 | And as always, I think we've come across some very interesting, helpful, and insightful information |
| 0:29.9 | for you. |
| 0:31.2 | Today we're speaking with Felicity Mandel from the Queensland Ballet for you will |
| 0:34.8 | we're speaking with Felicity Mandel from the Queensland ballet in Queensland Australia. |
| 0:40.3 | The Noddle Better Show Fitness Friday News. |
| 0:44.0 | You will likely recall the recent scientific research published last week and confirms that. |
| 0:51.0 | And here's the headline. |
| 0:52.0 | Older people advised to dance for better posture, flexibility, |
| 0:57.0 | energy, and happiness. |
| 1:00.0 | You recall from the research that the Queensland Ballet Project began in 2017 to critically |
| 1:05.5 | investigate older adults' motivations to participate in Ballet and its health and well-being outcomes. |
| 1:13.0 | The research criteria established focus groups of participants in the ballet classes who were |
| 1:17.9 | interviewed and surveyed before and after a three-month ballet class program. |
| 1:22.6 | The research report found a love of ballet played a significant role in their motivation, |
| 1:28.3 | and the participants tended to be people who had danced when they were young girls and women. |
| 1:33.7 | It said the classes were making a difference for the older dancers physically, emotionally, and |
| 1:39.1 | mentally, and because they had danced previously, they were able to know the difference between how they |
| 1:44.2 | felt and how they now feel. |
| 1:46.6 | Our guest today, Felicity Mandel, Queensland Ballet, Director of Strategy and Global Engagement, |
| 1:52.2 | says the project aimed to provide a detailed |
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