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Curtain Up, Anxiety Down!
Atlanta Jewish Times (July 31, 2020) profiles ESI Associate and Atlanta Center for Social Therapy director Murray Dabby and his
Tragedy Narrative of Dementia
Sally Fox, Ph.D., talks to Mary Fridley and Susan Massad, MD, for her Vital Presence podcast about the tragedy narrative of dementia...
Social Therapeutics as Play Performance and Becoming
Robyn Stratton-Berkessel talks to Lois Holzman about “Social Therapeutics as Play, Performance and Becoming,” for the Positivity Strategist.
Play Is Learning & Life
UNC-Greensboro’s Omar Ali and Nadja Cech talk to Lois Holzman about “Play Is Learning & Life,“ for the “Yes, and…”
Dementia: Which Way Are We Looking?
“Changing Aging” (February 2020) shares a post by ESI faculty Susan Massad, M.D. and Mary Fridley, Dementia: Which Way Are
If We Created Gender, We Can Create Something Beyond Gender
Associate Aurelie Harp talks to Lois Holzman for her Womanity podcast (January 2020)
“The Joy of Dementia” in Massachusetts
Ryan Laroche reports on Susan Massad and Mary Fridley's recent series of workshops exploring the joy to be found in creating the performance of the “dementia ensemble."
Challenging the Tragedy Narrative: Why a growing camp is promoting a more joyful approach to Alzheimer’s, Feb. 21, 2019
Washington Post reporter Tra Bahrampour talks to ESI faculty Mary Fridley about a radically humanistic approach to dementia care...
Performance and Play
YES! Weekly, Performance and Play: Pioneering a New Method of Learning in Lloyd International Honors College, December 2018
Building the Dementia Ensemble
Lori La Bey, host of Alzheimer’s Speaks, talks to Susan Massad, MD, and Mary Fridley about their playful/performatory take on building the dementia ensemble...
