For Older Adults
“…conclusive proof that compelling art can be developed with community participation.”
-Nicole DeWald Arts Coordinator City of Greenbelt MD
Jane Franklin Dance makes dance visible in the community by
- engaging Senior Adults at on site workshops at community centers,
- by offering free performances and open rehearsals that communicate the artistic process,
- by encouraging active involvement by people of all ages, gender and ethnicity,
- with performance projects that combine community members with professional dancers,
- with personal enrichment through integrative dance technique classes.
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SENIOR ADULT WORKSHOPS
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Joy of Movement Workshops welcome Senior Adults into creative expression and active participation. Moving through social dance forms to a variety of world music, simple exercises gently encourage flexibility, strength and coordination. Participants begin in chairs in a circular formation, and progress to partnered and group dances. Street clothing and shoes, come as you are. Any language barrier is crossed through supportive group participation.
Morning Dance Class for Older Adults – Wednesdays
Langston Brown Senior Center
9:30 – 10:30 am weekly on Wed
Feb 3 – Feb 24
* 12:30 – 1:30 pm for 2 weeks on Tuesday – with Forty + performance group
March 2 (postponed to March 16) & Mar 9
9:30 – 10:30 am weekly on Wed
April 14 – June 9
Walter Reed Senior Center
11 – 11:45 am weekly on Wed
Feb 3 – Feb 24
May 5 – June 9
Arlington Mill at Fairlington Senior Center 9:00 – 10 am weekly on Wed
Mar 3 – Mar 31
“On the days that Jane’s troupe was at the Center, fifteen to twenty seniors could be seen on their feet, moving and dancing with the members of the dance company. The others were watching with interest. It is a tribute to the young dancers that they were able to inspire people who sometimes have difficulty walking to get out of their chairs and move their bodies in harmony with both the music and the trained dancers who accompanied them. It is also to their credit that in our multi-ethnic center, they were able to engage and include many participants who speak no English.” - Nelly Urbach, Walter Reed Senior Center Director
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DANCE TECHNIQUE FOR OLDER ADULTS
Walter Reed Senior Center
Tuesday 2 pm – 3 pm,
January 5 – Feb 23
April 13 – May 18
Free -
call Walter Reed Senior Center to register
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Respond here if you would like information about bringing JFD to your group.
Senior Adult workshops are supported by Washington Forrest Foundation and Arlington Community Foundation
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FORTY +
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Rehearsal Sessions
Tuesdays at 1 pm
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Jane Franklin Dance offers free movement sessions for older adults, ages Forty +, beginning January 12, 2010 on Tuesdays from 12 noon – 1:30 pm at 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington VA.
The sessions are FREE, but reservations are required. Call 703.933.1111 to enroll.
Forty + is a performing group of older adults committed to the joys of movement past the age of 40. Forty + dancers work collectively under the direction of Jane Franklin to create works that blend dance, theatre and humor. The group conducts free workshops and performances at Arlington community centers and recently performed for the United States Environmental Protection Agency “Diversity Day,” and in concert programs for Jane Franklin Dance. This is an ongoing opportunity to be a dancer in works created for winter and spring 2010.
For more details:
703.933.1111
FREE
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Performance DVD for purchase:
Nov 8 at 2 pm
Gunston Theatre One, Arlington
Coming performances of Forty +
April 28 at 7 pm Torpedo Factory Arts Center, Alexandria
May 8 at 2 pm Central Library, Arlington
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