INDAK
Improving Neurocognition through Dance and Kinesthetics

Lecturers: Jeshya Ang-Chio, Alicia Goodwill, Jacqueline Dominguez

INDAK Teachers and Facilitators: Jaypee Decena, Albert Dimarucut, Eman Cliffor Ros

Objectives:  

1. Provide participants with foundational knowledge about how physical movement, music and social engagement positively influence brain health and maintain cognition.  

2. To provide participants with teaching strategies that can be used to understand and effectively deliver at least one INDAK dance modules. 

3. To demonstrate strategies for teaching INDAK dance routine, focusing on instruction, rhythm integration and participant engagement.

Target Participants: Anyone interested to understand and learn how to use dance to improve cognition. The workshop is open to ALL fields – psychology, human kinetics, medicine and health care professions, public. Prior knowledge, experience or interest in dance is not required.  

Date & Time: 8:00 - 12:00, October 8, 2025

Place: Conference Rooms 3 & 4

Capacity: 20-24 participants

Registration: Click here or register directly with jdecena.idca@gmail.com

Requirements: Participants are expected to be in light breathable clothing

Background: INDAK was developed in a research project originally titled: An Observational Study on the Effects of Ballroom Dancing on Filipino Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment. The initial findings were presented at the The LANCET Neurology Conference in London in 2016 where it showed improved scores in memory and mood, hence the tagline Dance for the Brain. The program was subsequently launched in St. Luke's Medical Center in Global City as a program of the Memory Service of the Institute for Neurosciences. It was also presented as a community program in 2017 at the Pinto Academy for Arts and Sciences: Healing and Wellness. 

• Dance for the Brain

• Promotion video 

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