Viral video of ballerina with Alzheimer's shows vital role of music in memory
Music's primal power for those living with dementia has inspired thousands of YouTube views for a clip of a former dancer We see a frail and elderly woman in a chair, her eyes downcast. She motions for the music to be turned up, a swelling melody from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, and with a little encouragement her hands begin to flutter. Then suddenly her eyes flash and she's Odette the swan queen at the misty lakeside,…