Jody Van de Klippe holds an Honors Bachelors degree in Applied Science from the University of Guelph and a graduate diploma from McMaster University in Child Life Studies. Her former career as a Child Life Specialist lead Jody to working in world renowned hospitals, including Toronto’s The Hospital for Sick Children and Baltimore, Maryland’s Johns Hopkins Hospital. More recently, Jody has studied architecture and contributed to the Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design.She has been dancing since a
very young age and has training in classical ballet, from Cambridge Theatre Dance School and Hamilton City Ballet. Jody’s interest in ballet and live classical music and their combined effects on people with Parkinson’s Disease, inspired her to pursue launching Hamilton City Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s. Jody is the Program Manager for Dance for Parkinson’s and together with her experience in health care, she is able to develop and deliver a program that is sensitive to both the art and science behind Hamilton City Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s.
Biography
Jody Van de Klippe holds an Honors Bachelors degree in Applied Science from the University of Guelph and a graduate diploma from McMaster University in Child Life Studies. Her former career as a Child Life Specialist lead Jody to working in world renowned hospitals,
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