Fellow’s Profile
Joseph Jeffers
Fellow’s Profile
Joseph Jeffers
Radical Ageing: Caribbean Dance Communitopia
Fellowship
Themes
Focus
How Caribbean dance sustains physical and mental health for older people facing social isolation.
Countries
Fellowship year
2024
Supported by
Locality
London
Biography
I am CEO of Advice Support Knowledge Information and a former dancer. My Fellowship is about health and wellbeing, older people, social isolation, healthier lives and equality in the context of Caribbean dance activities.
I am interested in how Caribbean dance (folk and modern) sustains physical and mental health and how Caribbean communities use dance to keep older people engaged in civic participation and activism, reducing social isolation to keep them at the centre of their communities. I also wish to explore how dance enables interactions where ideas can be formulated and cultural movements developed that benefit older people.
I will use my findings to support a change in moving from exercise to music to a more inclusive form of movement or dance that also recognises the rich history of Caribbean dance, which is not taught to older people as part of their engagement in dance. I will also seek to create a new model of dance for older people that can be made available for organisations working with this age group.
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Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.