Escape, expand, embrace: the transformational lived experience of rediscovering the self and the other while dancing with Parkinson's or Multiple Sclerosis.

The lived experience of dancing in this group was characterized by transformations of the body, self, and life. Through escaping, expanding, and embracing, participants could more easily embrace the body's contingency, integrate the self and body by becoming dancers, connect with others living with illness, and produce desire through passion. Participants could therefore experience illness as a journey and gain something from the experience.