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2010: Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Limited Scholarship & Workstudy Available for many events. Click here for more information.
Weekly Classes
Mondays: Creative dance for Children: Celebrating Imagination through Movement! Please join us for playful self-expression and the exploration of dance and improvisaton concepts for growing bodies and minds.
3-5 year olds: 4:15-5:00pm, 6-9 year olds: 5:15-6:15pm.
Mondays 6 - 7pm and Tuesdays 9 – 10am: Pilates for (everyone with a special focus on) Seniors led by Maureen Shea. Strengthen, stretch and explore movement principles. Classes are pay-what-you-can ($1-10). Maureen is a certified Pilates mat and Fletcher Towelwork instructor.
ROOT Series: February is Guest Artist Month!
Tuesdays 7 - 9pm
February 2 & 23: Earthdance core staff Kristen Stake offers a combination of contact and composition.
February 9: Five College guest artist and E|MERGE Artist in Residence: Cynthia McLaughlin. February 16: Tevyn East, formerly of Zen Monkey Project and Earthdance AIR, offers Contemporary Movement Technique.
Thursdays 7 - 9pm
February 4 & 25: Earthdance Operations director Jacqueline Rubinstein offers Feldenkrais. February 11: E|MERGE artists-in-residence will teach. February 18: limblimb artists-in-residence will teach.
Ongoing Projects:
SEEDS - Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance and Science
HTHLP is a multi-generational, cross-cultural coalition. HTHLP initiates conferences, projects, and gatherings, providing creative space for youth of color, their families, and committed souls. We bring together urban and rural activists and artists to build leadership and social justice skills, community networks, and healthy living practices. The ongoing project is dedicated to anti-racism, social justice, and inclusivity in the region and at Earthdance. You can financially support this project by sending a check to Earthdance, earmarked HTHLP FUND, in loving memory of Julius Ford.
February 2010
E | MERGE - Forum for interdisciplinary exchange and creative collaboration.
Feb 5-14 - Fifteen national and local artists in residence share skills and resources, and experiment between forms, bridging known and unknown territories.
Feb 5-7 - Workshop Intensive Weekend. Open to the public.
Feb 12-14 - Cumulative Performance. More info soon!
February 7 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music by John Hughes. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
February 14-21 - Artists in Residence, Tevyn East and Krista DeNio
Feburary 21 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
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March 7 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
March 18 - 21 - Spring Equinox Jam. More info soon!March 21 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
Mar. 21 - Apr. 2 MATERIAL FOR THE SPINE with Steve Paxton
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April 4 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
April 8 11 - Contact Weave with Catherine Lessard. More info soon!
April 18 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
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May 2 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
May 6 - 9 - Onye Ozuzu: Community Building and Dance Making.
May 14 16 - Annual Meeting Weekend
May 16 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
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June 6 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
June 20 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
June 22 June 27 CI Ground Research: Post-CITE Lab & Festival
June 22 24 Phase 1: Lab. In-studio dance research led by facilitators from this year's CITE: CI in the Academy held at Connecticut College (June 17 20, New London, CT).
June 25 27 Phase 2: Festival. A weekend of CI workshops (Friday evening through Sunday morning) including CI Essentials as well as deeper investigations into the form. Consider this festival a great preparation for the July 4 th Jam!
June 29 July 4: July 4 th Jam | COMMUNITY. A special 5-day Contact Improvisation gathering when we welcome many of our longtime community members and their families to come and dance, as well as embrace those new to our community.
July 4 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
July 9 - 18 - SEEDS - Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance and Science. More info soon!
July 18 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
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Aug 1 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
August 5 8 Western Massachusetts Moving Arts Festival This festival has something to offer everyone: a chance to study a variety of improvisational dance and theater forms intensively, as well as to sample both local and national teachers.
August 8 - 13 -
DWELL with Chris Aiken & Angie Hauser, and the Western Mass Moving Arts Festival. More info soon!
Aug 15 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
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Sept 5 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
September 16 19 Body and Earth Training with Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose. A journey in Body and Earth principles and practices: Beginning with arriving on the magical land of Earthdance and orienting through perceptual practices, we introduce a sequence of explorations to deepen inhabitation of self and place, and refresh creative energies.
Sept 19 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
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Oct 3 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
Oct 17 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
Oct 21 24 - The Falling Leaves Jam. More info soon!
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Nov 7- Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
Nov 18 21 - Advanced Contact Improvisation with Andrew de L. Harwood and Paula Zacharias. More information soon!
Nov 21 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
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Dec 5 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 7:30- 9:30 pm. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 9:30pm. $7-$10.
Dec 19 - 3rd Sunday Contact Improvisation Jam. An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation. Open Level CI Class 3:30 -5:00pm. Contact Jam: 5 - 7pm. Followed by a potluck dinner. Sliding Scale Cost: Class: $5 - $10, Jam: $5 - $10. Come join us for an exciting afternoon of dancing.
Dec 28 Jan 2 - The New Year's Jam. More info soon!
*In addition to the programs listed, Earthdance also rents out our facility at many other times. To register for these other rental events, please contact the group leader directly, rather than Earthdance.
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