'When I dance, I no longer see myself as a person with Parkinson’s. I just dance,' Barbara Salsberg Mathews, who was diagnosed in 2020
Guelph artist Barbara Salsberg Mathews doesn’t consider herself a dancer per se, but she’s always made time to dance. Parkinson’s disease isn’t about to change that.
Other people from around the world with Parkinson’s were sharing videos of themselves dancing; a Guelph retirement home invited her to come dance with residents who have Parkinson’s. A tough diagnosis for a visual artist: she couldn’t paint like she used to, struggling with large-scale pieces and using fine paint brushes. There is only about a two-hour window where she can paint before her pills stop working and the tremor in her hand returns.
“But if not a cure, then some ways to improve quality of life. That’s an important goal too,” she said. “I’m 64. I’m only on this earth for X more years. So it’s all about what I can leave behind, and that gives me great joy.” At the time, her right foot was dragging, her right arm wouldn’t move, and her posture was sluggish. Now, after using these methods, she walks normally, with a straight back, a foot that doesn’t drag and an arm that swings.
Salsberg Mathews has adopted some of his circus techniques – though she said their principles are slightly different since they come from different schools of mime, his being more formal and hers more experimental. Visualization is a big component of this technique, she said. So she visualizes what it’s like to pick up a glass of water, walk across the room with it, and take a sip, before doing it in real life.
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