Ballerina With Alzheimer’s Remembered Dance Choreography While Listening To Swan Lake [Video]

• Marta was a prima ballerina in the 1960s.
• She passed away last year because of Alzheimer’s, but she left a video that continues to inspire more people and spread awareness about the disease. 
• The lovely video showed her listening to the music of Swan Lake and suddenly remembering the choreography!

Millions of Americans have been affected by Alzheimer’s, a progressive disease that destroys one’s memory and mental processes over time. It affects 60-80% of dementia cases.

This horrible brain disorder inhibits the person’s ability to process new information and maintain a mood or behavior. It can cause confusion and forgetting or having difficulty doing everyday activities — like speaking, walking, eating, or even swallowing. 

However, many believe that arts, music, and dance, which are deeply rooted in one’s whole being, can trigger memories that even Alzheimer’s can’t take away. 

Such was the case of Marta González — a prima Ballerina from the 1960s who was affected by Alzheimer’s.

Through music, it brought out forgotten choreography, as well as the gracefulness embedded in her very core for many, many years!

Although Marta has passed away last year, this video of her legacy continues to inspire a lot of people and spreads awareness about the sickness.

Her video was re-shared by artists like Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Garner, reaching even more people and becoming quite viral recently. 

“Our innate connection to music, to movement, to the arts, is beautiful. This former ballerina’s sense of memory of Swan Lake—just does me in, it’s so lovely. Thank you to everyone in the fight against Alzheimer’s,” says Garner in her re-post. 

The video has been viewed millions of times on Twitter and nearly a million times on YouTube. 

The original uploader of the video was Asociación Musica para Despertar — a Spanish organization that aims to aid people with dementia improve their memory, mood, and behavior, through music and the arts. Studies have proven that such have positive effects especially when the person has a deep personal attachment to it.

The video of Marta who danced gracefully after hearing the music was mind-blowing. It’s just amazing to see how her deep love for ballet brought her back good old memories.

Source: Tank’s Good News