Name: Dancing with Joy and Sorrow Sorrow Sample Class with Madelyn Farr
Start: 2024-09-19T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-19T18:45:00-04:00
Location: Northampton Center for the Arts

Dancing with Joy and Sorrow Sorrow Sample Class with Madelyn Farr

Dancing with Joy and Sorrow Sample Class with Madelyn Farr
Thursday, September 19, 5:30-6:45pm.
We are offering this class at a special discounted rate of $15-$25 sliding scale.
Register for a sample class on Thursday, September 19, 5:30-6:45pm. We offer this class at a special discounted rate of $15-$25 sliding scale as a way for interested students to try it out before committing to the full class.
Dancing with Joy and Sorrow, taught by Madelyn Farr, is an offering of nurturing movement for older adults. In these classes, you will explore the power of music - joyful and bittersweet - to touch hearts and awaken a depth of expressive movement that is profoundly moving. There will be opportunities for self-directed and interactive movement designed to foster emotional safety and deeply felt bonding among participants. Individuals with limited mobility or in wheelchairs are welcome, along with all levels of dance/movement experience. Bring comfortable clothing, movement-friendly indoor-only shoes or bare feet, and come prepared to be inspired and uplifted!
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https://www.nohoarts.org/dance/category/dancing-with-joy-and-sorrow
To register for the sample class or full course, email [email protected] (preferred) or call the Center at 413-584-7327. Please include your name, address, and telephone contact. Course fees are payable in advance by Paypal here, or by check to “NCFA” and mailed to the Northampton Center for the Arts, PO Box 366, Northampton MA 01061.
*Please pay what you can on the scale. Payments on the upper end of the scale help support our commitment to accessibility, sliding scale rates, and sustainable teaching artist compensation, as well as our low teacher/participant ratio. For those who cannot afford the lower end of the sliding scale, financial aid is available through our Community Fund.
Madelyn Farr is a dancer/choreographer and expressive arts specialist, with a Masters in Dance-Movement Therapy. She has professional credits in her native Venezuela and in the northeast US. Madelyn explores the healing potential of Middle Eastern and other dance forms to enhance the soulful, sensual and expressive vitality of older adults - and brings her findings to her teaching practices. She is the creator of Wild Mushrooms: Aging with Art, a collaborative of older artists with a mission to inspire the artist in all of us, no matter the age!