HKIIDF: 'Dancing for Health & Well-being' screening & seminar

Dancing for health and well-being : An significant opportunity for cross-disciplinary discussion to reveal how music and dance participation relates to key social determinants of health, and acts as population wellbeing and health promotion and preventive tools for people without pre-existing health issues in diverse social groups.

Silver Age Fall Prevention Program through Dance
Centre for Community Cultural Development | Hong Kong | 3 mins

The initial trial of this project, Prevention of Fall of the Elderly 1.0 and 2.0, has achieved encouraging results, and the results have been published in the influential academic journal. It has also successfully received support from the government’s Social Innovation Fund and will be further promoted to more district health centers.

Behind the wall
Bat-Sheva Guez & Gina Bouchard | United States | 16:40 mins

Katrin has fled her old life to move into a dilapidated apartment in Brooklyn. She lies awake at night, listening to the sounds of the building. The floorboards creak, the radiator groans, and behind that is another, far stranger sound.

Footprints to Better Balance
The Chinese University of Hong Kong  | Hong Kong | 1 min

It is about some ballet-inspired movements and activities designed previously for people with stroke, and some video segments showing group dancing by people with stroke.

Agee Ki Sundar Din Kataitam
Karishma Cultural Group | Bangladesh | 6:18 mins

The film highlights the traditions, culture, and sovereignty of rural Bengal, showcasing iconic Bangladeshi imagery such as boat journeys, baul songs, bird calls, and the sounds of rivers.

“Agee Ki Sundar Din Kataitam” is a harmonious song by the Bengali folk legend Shah Abdul Karim, reflecting the inclusive spirit of Bengali culture, which celebrates harmony and love without discrimination.

Seminar Speakers：

Crista Kwok

Graduated from the master program in counseling at HKU, she is also a US Board Certified Dance and Movement Therapist (supervisor grade), Danceability Teacher, somatic and body-mind intervention practitioner.

V Yim

V Yim is a registered occupational therapist graduated from Hong Kong.

Michelle Chan

Michelle is a Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist, dancer, dance teacher, trainer, advocate for mental health and director of Move2be.

Prof. Suzanne Lo 

Professor Suzanne Lo is an Associate Professor of the Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is a registered nurse possessing ample experience in community care. She is the principal investigator of several funded research projects in areas related to stroke self-management, home-based ballet-inspired workouts, community reintegration and work ability of stroke survivors