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FORTY + Forty + is a performing group of community based dancers and performers past the age of 40.
Forty + dancers work collectively under the direction of Jane Franklin. The group conducts free workshops and performances at Arlington community centers and has performed for the United States Environmental Protection Agency “Diversity Day,” in concert programs for Jane Franklin Dance, and was presented at 2011 INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival.  Forty + at INTERSECTIONS - click for video of Snapshot
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The Isadora Effect LaMothe beautifully expresses what hooked me into devoting my life to dance as a professional modern dancer. The “ahhh” exhilaration and communion with the universe is still a thrill at age sixty-seven. Not mentioned is that, in this age of pioneer work in brain function, dance has been recognized as a primal cognitive symbol-making system. Infants learn to “speak” movement, the language of dance, before forming words. The cognitive and educational importance of this has yet to be explored. Perhaps there is an “Isadora Effect” (Faber 2000) that rivals the “Mozart Effect.” ….Rima Faber
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ADULT DANCE TECHNIQUE“It is a great pleasure to dance in Jane Franklin’s Dance Classes. I feel joyful, enjoy all the participants, and the class strengthens all parts of the body, particularly posture. I was treated by an Orthopedic Surgeon for an unstable knee due to a weakened tendon. He suggested that instead of once a week I should take the classes 3 times a week. It is the best exercise to strengthen the legs and joints. Jane is so accepting, it is a pleasure to follow her lead.”
Challenging methods to integrate and refine movementAbsences may be made up by attending another class.
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