All dance classes explore the concept that our bodies tell stories that speak of our experiences, dreams and fantasies, highlighting a multicultural use of stories, storytelling, art and art making, through self-expressive dance, music & rhythm.
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Including: Psychotherapeutic: dance movement psychotherapy private practice; social skills classes: Wellness programs: creative & modern dance; baby & me; meditative dance; yoga; couples social dance, swing, ballroom styles. Children’s Wellness Class content: Classes include: musical awareness; enhancing motor skill/coordination; exploring the written word in literature and poetry; body awareness and alignment; breath and relaxation techniques; and a discovery of shape and form through art, and personal drawings as sources for individual dance interpretation. The younger children will work on creating simple choreographs assisted by the teachers, while the older children will develop more complex dances on their own and with partners, within the added structure of yoga and modern dance. Adult Wellness classes offer a variety of forms, from structured techniques such as yoga, ballroom dancing, modern dance, and fitness; to more inner focused explorations through movement mediation and authentic movement. |
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• create an environment that supports and enhances each individual's natural curiosity and creativity leading to personal self-awareness, building confidence, independence, and a positive self-image and body-image
• stimulate the love of learning and discovery while enhancing skills
• grow physically, mentally, emotionally and socially
• support diversity of learning styles, abilities and individuality
• build a sense of respect and community through sharing and friendship
• experience the joys and wonders of dancing and all the arts
• stimulate fun, laughter and exuberance
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"If
you have the chance to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance!"
Lee Ann Womack |
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FALL
2010 CHILDREN'S WELLNESS CLASSES |
BabyCues BabyMoves: ENHANCE YOUR BABY’S PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MOVEMENT EXPLORATIONS. Music, songs, silk scarves and beautiful baby-size climbing and swinging equipment will stimulate multi-sensory awareness and enhance the development of baby’s mind, body, and emotions. Learn about baby’s nonverbal language too. You and baby dance, play and laugh together and meet other families.
Teacher – Dr Suzi Tortora
Three levels:
• Rolling Baby: 2 - 8 mo. – just beginning to move, roll, sit-up
• Mobile baby: 8 - 16 mo. – exploring crawling, beginning to venture out
• Baby on the move: 16 - 26 mo. – walking to running
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CREATIVE & MODERN DANCE: 2 - 5 year olds - Enhance and preserve the natural dancer in your child, building confidence and self-awareness, as your child explores expressive dance styles and is introduced to the basics of creative and modern dance including: rhythm, musical awareness, developing body coordination and advancing motor skills.
Teacher – Dr Suzi Tortora
• 2 - 3 year olds with adult –including specially designed obstacle course equipment! Develops physical and cognitive organization, strength, movement awareness and cooperative group social skills.
• NEW!! DANCING STORIES! A-B-C for 4 - 5 year olds –– creative dancing explorations on their own for school readiness. THEMES: Feeling dances, explore & express feelings while gaining body awareness & control through music, dance, art & obstacle course play. (See below)
• NEW!! DANCING STORIES! A-B-C for 4 - 5 year olds (drop-off class): The next step in dance skill and body awareness, this class supports the child's transition to independence, and provides school readiness through dance & movement-based explorations.Activities include listening to and interpreting stories to create dancing choreographic sequences followed by drawing, writing and dancing
their own stories. Story themes focus on pre-reading skills and emotional/social expression using dance and movement to explore concepts such as adverbs, opposites and prepositions (e.g. up /down, over/under; slow/medium/fast); creating shapes and pathways in space that relate to letters and numbers; and developing pro-group social skills such as turn taking, moving as a whole cohesive group, and different partnering combos such as dyads, triads, etc. These explorations will all occur within the context of creative dance explorations that support the child's continued enjoyment of the power of dance as a tool for self-expression.
SOCIAL SKILLS OBSTACLE COURSE ADVENTURES:
Ages 4 - 7 & 8 - 10 yrs: Offered as a therapeutic group or dyadic session for active kids who need more individual attention using body and sensory awareness, movement, story, dance and sports cooperative game activities to support social savvy. Classes are organized with great care for student compatibility and complimentary skill levels. Please contact me for more information.
FAQ: WHEN IS MY CHILD READY TO BE IN CLASS INDEPENDENTLY?
If your child is close to four, but not there yet, here are some things to consider:
- Is the child able or ready to begin to follow directions and work in a group for the whole class time?
- Is the child ready for the next step in dance/movement exploration? We will be focusing on dance and movement skill development and mastery, expanding from the basics we have been focusing on such as hopping, jumping, and galloping.
- If part of the reason you are in class is to have a shared group experience with your child, this is invaluable. We should wait a semester to start this more independent class.
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PAYMENT & REGISTRATION POLICY
TRIAL CLASS POLICY FOR SEMESTER LONG CLASSES:
Try up to first three classes for $20 each before signing up for the full session. Register, by the third trial class - trial fees will be applied to the full session fee
SPECIAL - 10% off two children any class
SMALL CLASS SIZES ALLOW FOR INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION & SELF EXPRESSION
I will close the class when class size reached
(7 families for under 2 years old; 9 children for ages 2 & up classes; 4 children social skills)
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BabyCues BabyMoves |
| Baby on the Move 16 - 26 months Friday, 10 - 10:45 AM |
| Mobile Baby 8 - 17 mo class 11:00 - 11:45 pm |
| Session 9 weeks: Sep 17, Oct, 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov 5, 12, 19 FEE: $180 |
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Rolling Baby 2 - 8 mo Wed 8:30 - 9:15 or 10:30 - 11:15 am Please Call
Sep 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 10, 17 Fee: $180
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Creative and Modern
Dance |
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2 - 3 year olds TWO CLASSES |
NEW! Dancing Stories! A-B-C for 4 - 5 year old
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Friday, 9 - 9:50 AM or NEW! 1:30 - 2:20 PM |
Wednesday 2:30 - 3:25 PM |
| Sep 17, Oct, 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov 5, 12, 19 |
Sep 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 10, 17 |
| 9 weeks - Fee $180 |
9 weeks - Fee $180 |
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Multi-Sensory Social Skills Obstacle Course Adventures |
| Group and Dyadic sessions |
| These groups are organized on an on-going basis with specific attention to the individual dynamics of each child |
| 6 weeks - Call for more information |
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| FALL 2010 ADULT WELLNESS CLASSES |
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT PRACTICE: Inner focusing movement mediation. A form of meditation with closed eyes, moving by deeply listening to your body - enables a discovery of conscious & unconscious aspects of mind – body – emotion to be revealed.
Teacher – Dr Suzi Tortora
October 16 & November 6
1 session $40
2 sessions $70
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ADULT MODERN DANCE
Relieve stress through movement. Let go of your thoughts and let yourself move. Feel like a child again! Roll around on the floor. Skip through space. Kick your legs. Fly into the air. Lose your balance and fall to the floor.
Teacher – Nathalie Jonas |
YOGA CLASSES
The practice of yoga develops strength and flexibility and improves coordination and balance, while promoting overall health. Through the practice of yoga we gain the intelligence required to bring peace and contentment to
our lives and we learn to still the mind.
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AWAKENING THE SPINE
All level yoga class based on the Iyengar method, included detailed instruction of yoga poses with a focus on breath, movement, alignment & relaxation
Teacher – Dr Magda Schonfeld
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| ADULT FALL SESSIONS |
| DANCE |
PRE-NATAL YOGA |
YOGA |
| ADULT MODERN DANCE |
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AWAKENING THE SPINE |
| Nathalie Jonas |
Kacie Chang |
Dr Magda Schonfeld |
Mondays
10:30 -11:45 AM |
Tuesdays
9:45 - 10:45 AM
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Sundays
6 - 7:30 PM |
Drop-in fee: $20. 5-class card for 7 weeks: $95. 10-class card for 12 weeks: $180
**Extend class card for $2 per class after expiration date
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| THE TEACHERS |
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Dr Suzi Tortora – director & founder of the Dancing Dialogue: Healing and Expressive Arts Center has been a practicing dance/ movement psychotherapist and has been teaching creative dance in NYC & the Hudson Valley region for over 25 years. She also has developed the Drea's Dream dance/movement therapy program on pediatrics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center where she is the senior dance therapist. A national and international lecturer and guest teacher at universities and professional meetings, Dr. Tortora's innovative work has been featured on Good Morning America; Eyewitness News, ABC-TV; Women's Day magazine, NPR radio and The New Yorker magazine. Her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the Communicative Power of Movement with Young Children, was published in 2006.
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Dr. Magda Schonfeld – Dr. Schonfeld has been a certified yoga teacher and chiropractic physician since 1985. She has completed a 2-year Iyengar training program in NYC and is the founder and director of Hudson Holistic Health Care in Cold Spring. Dr. Schonfeld's in depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology enriches her classes, which focus on breath, movement, alignment and relaxation. |
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Kacie Chang - trained with Laura Staton and received her yoga teaching certification from Baby Om. Before moving to Cold Spring she taught yoga in Brooklyn and New York at NYU, Artcetera, Yoga Mandali and Urban Monster. Kacie received her BFA in Dance from Florida State University and is currently involved in a new project with the choreographer Dean Moss, with whom she has performed for the past 15 years. Her experience as a dancer, choreographer and mother inform her approach to yoga, the body and working with children. |
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Nathalie Jonas - holds a BA in dance from Barnard College. She is a freelance performer and choreographer in New York City. Nathalie has trained at the New York Feldenkrais Professional Training program and is a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. Nathalie has been on the Barnard College modern faculty since 2001. |
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