The Parki Party: music therapy for Parkinson's disease
The poster from the Parki Party, led by Bachelor Music Therapy student Christian Maliy
The theatre performance Parki Party was not only a party for the audience in the theatre, but also for the creators onstage. Those creators were a group of people with Parkinson's disease who embarked on this adventure together with Christian Maliy, Bachelor Music Therapy student. How can a person with Parkinson's benefit from music, dance and theatre? And what is it like for a student to work with people for whom making music is not self-evident?
"Treating a person as an equal. Not putting yourself on a pedestal above the client, but acknowledging a dignified existence." According to Christian, these ideas were key to this special collaboration. Rehearsing and performing Parki Party together was, as the name suggests, one big party. A party in which everyone could be themselves, boundaries were pushed and talents were (re)discovered.
Parki Party was performed in Enschede's Concordia theatre in late August and early September 2021.
