ROBERT FREY IS WORKING ON HIS DANCE MOVES… SOT ROBERT FREY, DANCER: I’m not gonna become a professional dancer by any means but ya know it keeps my body moving in the ways it needs to move. MOVING ISN'T ALWAYS EASY FOR FREY WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. BUT TAPPING HIS TOES TO THE BEAT IS HELPING FREY *BEAT SOME OF HIS SYMPTOMS. SOT ROBERT FREY: Physically and emotionally, it's a lift. FREY IS GETTING THAT LIFT HERE IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA THROUGH A DANCE PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE. SOT DR. TED ROTHSTEIN, MD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY, GWU: There have been studies that have been published which show that dance techniques seem to produce more improvement in patients' Parkinson's Disease symptoms than ordinary physical therapy. PARKINSON'S IS A MOVEMENT DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY TREMORS, STIFFNESS AND SLOW MOTIONS. IT'S CAUSED BY THE DEFICIENCY OF A CHEMICAL IN THE BRAIN CALLED DOPAMINE. SOT DR. TED ROTHSTEIN: Dance usually involves music and music can actually stimulate the production of dopamine…the other point about dance therapy is that we know if patients tap their hand in a certain rhythm they can sometimes do things that they could not do otherwise. SANDY MYLES REMEMBERS WATCHING HER FATHER DEAL WITH PARKINSON'S. SOT SANDY MYLES: So when my hands started to tremor, I knew. Ya know, somehow I just knew that that's what it was. MYLES IS TRYING TO POSTPONE TAKING MEDICATION FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE…SHE SAYS DANCE IS HELPING HER DO THAT. SOT SANDY MYLES, DANCER: There are so many things that are wonderful about it. The movement, the coordination, the learning new steps, the being with other people who are, ya know, dealing with the same situation. SOT LUCY BOWEN MCCAULEY, INSTRUCTOR: There's something about dance that makes us more coordinated and connected and puts us on sort of a runner's high thing that just regular exercise, even exercise to music, doesn't do and we're trying ...