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The Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) and the Brooklyn Parkinson Group (BPG) started offering free dance classes for people with Parkinson’s in the Fall of 2001. BPG’s Executive Director Olie Westheimer approached MMDG with the initial idea for a class. Since 2005, the two organizations have expanded the Dance for PD® program into more than 40 other communities around the world by engaging participants in Dance for PD® master classes, training teachers through intensive workshops, and by nurturing relationships among organizations so that on-going classes are available to local communities. Hrishikesh's Centre of Contemporary Dance in affiliation with MMDG has initiated this program in Pune. The program is supported and conducted in association with the Sancheti Institute for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation. The program facilitator , Maithily Bhupatkar has undergone a teacher training course at MMDG , New York. The program facilitators integrate movement from indian classical and modern dance, and choreographic repertory. The class is an aesthetic experience that uses the elements of narrative, imagery, live music and community to develop artistry and grace while addressing such PD-specific concerns as balance, flexibility, coordination, isolation and depression.

Eklavya Nyasa focuses on providing education and healthcare to the children of commercial sex workers, alcoholics, HIV infected parents and single parents helping them build their future.Eklavya has found that giving these children opportunities to express themselves in a creative manner helps them recuperate and lead a life of dignity. 'Love in Dark Times’ is an effort by the Centre in enabling children to find their niche and being able to excel in anything they want, in a single-minded pursuit on excellence which would eventually lead to true freedom of the self.