Organisation Description
Jockey Club Dance Well Project is a creative movement programme in artistic spaces.
Since 2022, we have accompanied numerous people with Parkinson’s as they discover their bodies’ potential through dance. In 2026, we invite senior citizens and their caregivers to join us. We hope to carry this creativity and perseverance forward to a wider circle, gather different communities and create a place for us to be, and a moment for us to dance.
The project is initiated by the School of Dance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and is modelled after the Dance Well initiative introduced by the Municipality of Bassano del Grappa, Italy and the Centro per la Scena Contemporanea in 2013. The practice has since been extended to other Italian cities and adopted by Tokyo, Kyoto and Kanazawa cities in Japan. The World Health Organisation Report in 2019 included the Dance Well approach to promote psycho-physical well-being, complemented with conventional rehabilitation to creatively address the symptom-specific concerns of people with Parkinson’s disease.
We introduce this approach to Hong Kong and invite local dance artists for collaborations to bring an inclusive dance experience to the Hong Kong public.
The programme was honored with the 24th Hong Kong Dance Awards (Outstanding Community Dance) in 2023 and the 19th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards (Arts Promotion and Education Award) in 2025.
