Dancing our way to the U.N.: How Exit12 modeled the importance of art for public health
Life gets heavy. Sometimes you have to take a knee, reset, breathe. But you can’t stay down forever. You stand, you carry, you keep moving. That’s healing. That’s resilience.
That’s the message I took to the United Nations last month when my contemporary dance company, Exit12, was honored to present at the General Assembly’s Healing Arts Week Research Symposium, Re-Imagining Health Through the Arts in New York. Exit12 uses movement workshops, performances, and presentations to help heal the veteran and military-connected community, educate civilians, and advocate for veteran issues.