Providing Dance Classes & Events for Your Health & Fun !

ABOUT US Our Benefactors	OUR MISSION     To  promote Argentine Tango as a premier movement exercise for personal health to the healthcare industry, the community-at-large, and through the Dance for Your Health program. OUR STRATEGY    Provide dance instruction to special needs persons, veterans, and senior to help these individuals recover and maintain physical balance, mobility, mental acuity, and emotional well-being. Our offerings are intended to increase quality of life. Our classes are especially designed for seniors and persons with neurological disorders, such as Parkinon's, MS, Alzheimer's, etc. They promote improved balance, mobility, and mental acuity, and they are fun and social, and they are a partner activity. OUR METHODOLOGY    For the Argentine Tango lessons, Dance for Your Health utilizes a curriculum originally developed at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. It was created by Gammon Earhart, PhD, for use in her 5 year study for the NIH (National Institutes of Health), to study the effects of Argentine Tango on Parkinson's patients.   OUR FOUNDING    Passport to Live and the Dance for Your Health program were founded in 2014 by individuals who are seniors and some with Parkinson's Disease. Their unique understanding of the needs and limitations of mobility, money, and obtaining quality services, products, and events at reasonable prices was the driving force leading to the formation of Passport to Live. The addition of products, services, events, etc. occurred immediately after the concept began and was implemented within 1 month of the original concept.     Len Mathe        Your host, founder, and cheerleader on life's journey !                  612-309-7114                  ljmathe@gmail.com		Our Proud History May 1, 2014 thru April 4, 2019 288 Weekly Lessons Taught (239 at Eagles #34) (49 at Lenox Community Center) 507 1 Hour Sessions Taught 127 New People to Tango 5,025 Lesson Hours Rec'd by Students Our Students 123 Seniors 23 Parkinson's 2 MS 3 Fibromyalgia 2 Alzheimers
OUR BENEFACTORS Back to Top	Since our beginning in 2014, Passport to Live and its Dance for Your Health program have been the recipient of the gracious assistance from the following organizations and persons. We thank them for their generosity and kindness! Chris Briscoe - for planting the seed for these classes to help persons with balance issues Gammon Earhart, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO - for providing insight, guidance and the methodology on teaching Argentine Tango to seniors and persons with meurological disorders Lois Donnay - for teaching the first 14 sessions of our classes at her studio, at no charge to the participants Eagles Club #34 - for the providing the dance hall space for lessons Lenox Community Center, St. Louis Park Adult Education - for donating the floor space for lessons Parkinson's Foundation - Minnesota - for their support for our efforts and promoting dance as a premier form of movement for health on their Health & Wellness Partner web page, and at their annual Parkinson's Moving Day Lastly, and most importantly, the following individuals who have assisted us in providing these classes, and providing Argentine Tango demonstrations to health organizations throughout the Twin Cities: Diane Zepeda David Wolf Trish Bader Joann Krause Judy Griffin Pat Cleary Terry Holten Mark Holten Ray Shudy Jon Winjum