Join us for an in-person presentation with Dr. Naila Kuhlmann guest presenter from Canada and visiting research fellow at the MARCS Institute. Come for a behind-the-scenes talk on turning to circus arts after completing a PhD in a scientific 'wet lab' environment. Dr. Naila's interdisciplinary projects will interest artists, patients, neuroscientists, caregivers, disability activists, and many others.

The presentation will be followed by casual Nibbles and Networking at St Lucy’s Cafe.

This event is co-hosted by:

The University of Queensland – School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences (HMNS) and is associated with the Performing Arts for Health and Wellbeing Project, led by Dr Véronique Richard, PhD – Lecturer and Researcher & The Arts Health Network Queensland.

4:00-5:15 Presentation

Location: Connell Building - 26B - room 244-245. The University of Queensland Google map link

5:30-6:30 Nibbles and Networking

Location: St-Lucy’s Cafe

http://www.saintlucy.com.au

The University of Queensland
Blair Drive St Lucia, Queensland, 4067
(next to the tennis pro shop)

There is also an option to join online for the presentation session.

Zoom link will be circulated after registration

Working at the intersection of neurodegenerative conditions, circus, care, and technology, Dr. Naila explores how performing arts and technologies help connect, communicate and co-create across bodymind differences when words fall short.

Dr. Naila is a researcher at HUPR - Research Centre for Human Potential and affiliated with the National Circus School in Montréal"

After studying Parkinson’s disease for her Neuroscience PhD at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Naila Kuhlmann turned to her training in circus and dance to pursue arts-based knowledge translation for her postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University. Her participatory research-creation explores the role of the body in shaping experiential knowledge and interpersonal interactions, and how arts and technologies may serve to connect, communicate and co-create across bodymind differences. She is the principal investigator of a College and Community Social Innovation Fund at HUPR, “Creative Language: an arts-based approach to opening communication avenues for individuals with neurological conditions”.

Piece of Mind is an arts-based knowledge translation project that brought together neuroscientists, performing artists (circus, dance, music), people living with Parkinson’s and/or dementia, and caregivers.

Living Rooms: une pièce partagée is a participatory research-creation exploring how immersive performance and interactive technologies might invite audiences to encounter embodied experiences of Parkinson’s, circus and their intersections, with a focus on sensory and felt aspects that are not traditionally captured on stage.

If you would like to learn more about Naila's work, you can check out the following short videos:

Piece of Mind: Parkinson's : Trailer of a performance co-created by people with Parkinson's disease, neuroscientists and performing artists

What does Parkinson's Sound Like? : A collaboration between Anne McIsaac (woman living with Parkinson's), Louise Campbell (musician) and Anusha Kamesh (neuroscientists), on a day in the life of Anne.

Photo Credits:

Piece of Mind - UQAM x Sur le fil - Photo by Phan Hoi Do,

Living rooms - Heidi Serge Vignette - Photo by Naomi Silver-Vezina.

Contact the host of Working at the Intersection of Arts and Neuroscience: Arts and Health in practice