Art of Dance: An All In Movement offering by The Dance Complex and Cambridge Citywide Senior Center

The Dance Complex’s All In Movement program and Cambridge Citywide Senior Center will over Art of Dance classes Fridays April 5 – June 21, 2019, every third Friday of the month held at The Dance Complex in Studio 7 (April 19, May 17 and June 21); all other classes held at the Cambridge Citywide Senior Center 806 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA.

Please note that you do not have to be resident of Cambridge to participate, but membership at the center is required to take classes there. Membership is offered to anyone over 60 and registration is free and easy to do! Call (617) 349-6060 for more info on becoming a member.

April – Flamenco with Yosi Karahashi

May – Moving and Grooving with Kara Fili; a fun mix of movement of various dance styles including jazz, African-diasporic, social dances and more.

June – West African with Fatou Carol Sylla

All classes have live percussion by Nurudafina Abena

Drop-in’s welcome!

Our Art of Dance classes incorporate elements of meditation, yoga, modern, jazz, flamenco and African diasporic dance among other modalities to promote holistic wellness and social engagement through dance. Designed for people over age 60 or people with mobility challenges, we adapt movement to suit our individual bodies. Care partners, family members and friends of anyone wanting to participate are also welcome to join the class.

What we do in class:

• We make time to become present and allow for awareness and acceptance of the state of our minds, bodies and spirit
• We focus attention on our breath, stretch and strengthen muscles, isolate body parts in movement, move in patterns and to rhythms, use our voices, create original movement, learn sequences of steps, and dance individually, with partners and as a group in either standing or seated positions
• We dance to live musical accompaniment and various genres of recorded music to enhance our movement, listening skills and emotive responses
• We have a good time! There is an emphasis on having fun and connecting with others. At the conclusion of each class there is time to mingle over light refreshments to promote socialization, community support and sharing of resources among the group.

Contact for More Information: kara@dancecomplex.org

Cost: $3 / class for classes held at CCSC; free third Friday of each month when class is held at The Dance Complex