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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.
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. Call for current schedule.
ROOT Local Class Series: "Senses" with Terre Parker. Tuesdays in September from 7-9pm.
A supportive, expressive space to experiment and learn from each other. disturb habits. peel away style. hone physical honesty. Dress for outdoors/indoors. Bring journal. Come early to get warm. $5-10.
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.
Aug 1 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: John Hughes. 8:00 - 10:00pm.. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 10:00pm. $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.
Friday, August 6 - WMMAF Movement Jam with Live Music. 8pm. $7 - $12
Saturday, August 7 - New Performance Series - WMMAF Faculty Performance, 8pm. $7 - $12
August 8 - 13 - DWELL with Chris Aiken & Angie Hauser. This year's DWELL will be a laboratory for the investigation of dance improvisation through the lens of perception, imagination, and the making of places to be and feel alive.
August 11 - Performance - Chris Aiken & Angie Hauser. As part of their DWELL Workshop, Chris Aiken and Angie Hauser will offer an evening performance, Wednesday, August 11th. Both Chris and Angie are amazing dancers and this performance is not to be missed.
August 13 - Dance Party. Following the DWELL Workshop, come up to Earthdance to dance with Chris Aiken & Angie Hauser and some of their students who stay on after the workshop. 8pm. $7 - $10 sliding scale.
Aug 15 - Our 3rd Sunday of the Month Jam is taking a break for the Summer.
August 25 - Community Sing with Penny Schultz. A SING is an opportunity for any and all ages to come together to learn part songs from around the world. You don't need to read music to participate. Songs, which will be taught by rote, include music from South Africa, gospel songs, English country songs, unusual rounds, and other songs that celebrate the earth, peace, and well-being. The SINGS are child-friendly events. Though the music is geared towards adults, adolescents and younger children are encouraged to participate. Restless children can go with an adult to the adjacent dance barn to run around. Also, the grounds are fun and safe places for children to play. $5/person (young children free). 6:30 8:00pm followed by a potluck.
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Sept 5 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 8:00 - 10:00pm.. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 10:00pm. $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. 8:00 - 10:00pm.. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 10:00pm. $7-$10.
Oct 21 24 - The Falling Leaves Jam.
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Nov 7- Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 8:00 - 10:00pm.. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 10:00pm. $7-$10.
Nov 18 21 - Advanced Contact Improvisation with Andrew de L. Harwood.
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Dec 5 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 8:00 - 10:00pm.. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 10:00pm. $7-$10.
Dec 28 Jan 2 - The New Year's Jam. Please register early as the jam tends to fill up by Thanksgiving.
Jan. 2 Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 8:00 - 10:00pm.. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 10:00pm. $7-$10.
Jan. 3 - 21 January Workshop with Nancy Stark Smith. A three-week "CONTINUING"* workshop
*for those who have studied with NSS in other intensive workshops
A rare opportunity for dancers who have participated in previous intensive workshops with Nancy to dive deeper into the study and practice of the "states of grace" materials, including: contact improvisation, solo and group improvisation, composition, contemplation, changing states, the Underscore, listening, and performance. Please visit www.nancystarksmith.com for more information or to sign up.
Jan. 12 - 16 Dancing at the Corner of Your Eye with Barbara Dilley. How do we fertilize our intuition for the delights of spontaneous dancing? Catching glimpses of a gesture, flickers of gentle outrageousness, a song on the fringe of awareness ~ practicing at the edge of our knowing, at the corner of our eyes ~ with the mysteries. More details soon.
Feb. 3 - 13 E | MERGE Artist Residency
February 5 & 6 E|Merge Workshop Weekend - Open to the Public
February 11 & 12 E|Merge Performance's - Open to the Public
Feb. 6 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 8:00 - 10:00pm.. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 10:00pm. $7-$10.
Mar. 6 - Movement Jam with Live Improvised Music. Featured Artist: TBA. 8:00 - 10:00pm.. Musicians are welcome to bring instruments to play after 10:00pm. $7-$10.
Mar. 7 - 17 Contact +/- a 9-day "OPEN"* training with Nancy Stark Smith.*open to those with previous experience in contact improvisation Contact Improvisation, Improvisation Scores, The Underscore, Composition, Contemplation, Changing States, Performance Please visit www.nancystarksmith.com for more information or to sign up.
Mar. 17 - 20 Spring Equinox Jam. Celebrate this year's spring equinox at Earthdance. Relax, renew, and rebalance by engaging in the play and flow of Contact Improvisation. More details 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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