{"id":38165,"date":"2019-02-07T15:03:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=38165"},"modified":"2019-02-07T15:03:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:03:20","slug":"group-dancers-helping-heal-maternal-mental-illness-creative-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/group-dancers-helping-heal-maternal-mental-illness-creative-performances","title":{"rendered":"Dancers from Cardiff are helping heal Postnatal depression"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than one in ten women having a baby face mental disorders and dancers are trying to improve it.<\/h2>\n

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A group of dancers from Wales including pregnant women and women with children aspire to reduce mothers\u2019 depression, anxiety, and loneliness through their creative and interactive movements.<\/p>\n

Sixteen dancers performed a participative dance (Gravida Project<\/a>) designed for mothers who might encounter maternal mental disorder, at\u00a0Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff and choreographers, as well as dancers get the inspiration through reflecting on their own pregnancies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aleksandra Jones, who is the director for Gravida Project <\/a>and has been a ballet dancer for almost 30 years said, \u201cThe idea was from our pregnant professional dancers. When we’re pregnant, we’re heavier, we’re waiting, we’re changing, and everything is changing. There is a lot we don\u2019t know, and we feel low. So, we need effective work there and I feel art is here to heal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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