Darcey Bussell: Dancing To Happiness

Since her retirement from professional ballet, Dame Darcey Bussell has become a formidable advocate for promoting dance in all areas of life. She’s piloted dance classes for schoolchildren across the country, and spoken in Parliament calling for dance to be a key part of the curriculum to help children’s fitness. She’s also returned to dance classes to lift herself, following her retirement from professional ballet. Darcey now believes that dancing is vital to keep her on an ‘even keel’ and thinks that it can be an important tool for everyone’s mental health. In this new documentary, Darcey Bussell: Dancing To Happiness (1x60') Darcey investigates why dance, more than any other form of exercise, has such a positive effect on mood and behaviour. In her quest for answers she investigates some very different mental health dance interventions; from dance workshops for young people suffering with mental health issues, sessions for the elderly and newly retired and dance classes and therapy for those with Dementia and Parkinson’s.