FROM LIZ: FWDC welcomes Vicki Millar to facilitate this year’s Summer Intensive Week July 26-30. I’ve known Vicki for many years and I am so excited she will be here to share her vast knowledge of dance. The week’s focus is to share a variety of ways to teach movement and rhythms to people with disabilities but in addition her love for choreography will be shared in evening classes. We hope that local dancers will take advantage of this great opportunity!
Class Description
Shedding Light: New ideas on teaching people with disabilities
This dance workshop will explore levels of cognitive development;, modality based learning, teaching approaches, and lesson plans for special populations.
Choreography: Seeing Through New Eyes—A different Perspective
Many choreographic ideas are hidden in plain view. These workshops will draw attention to our environment and life occurrences that often escape our awareness, and shape these into improvisational events and compositional works. Participants should keep a “dream” journal several weeks prior to the workshop and bring with them to class (Class meets Monday through Thursday night with an optional informal showing on Friday night at 6:00 p.m.)
Summer Intensive Schedule
| MONDAY, JULY 26 | |
| 8:30-11:30 AM | Shedding Light: New ideas on teaching people with disabilities |
| 1:00-1:45 PM & 2:00-2:45 PM | Teaching movement for people with mental disabilities |
| (Vicki teaches a sample class at ARC) | |
| 7:00-8:30 PM | CHOREOGRAPHY —Seeing Through New Eyes: a different perspective |
| TUESDAY, JULY 27 | |
| 8:30-11:30 AM | Shedding Light: New ideas on teaching people with disabilities |
| 1:15-2:00 PM | Teaching movement for people with mental disabilities |
| (Vicki teaches a sample class at Pathfinders Huntington) | |
| 7:00-8:30 PM | CHOREOGRAPHY —Seeing Through New Eyes: a different perspective |
| WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 | |
| 8:30-11:30 AM | Shedding Light: New ideas on teaching people with disabilities |
| 12:30-1:15 & 1:15-2:00 | Teaching movement for people with mental disabilities |
| (Vicki teaches a sample class at Bi-County Services in Bluffton, IN) | |
| 7:00-8:30 PM | CHOREOGRAPHY —Seeing Through New Eyes: a different perspective |
| THURSDAY, JULY 29 | |
| 8:30-11:30 AM | Retreat for local professionals who work at locations served by FWDC |
| 2:00-2:30 PM | Teaching movement for people with physical disabilities |
| (Vicki teaches a sample class at Turnstone Preschool) | |
| 7:00-8:30 PM | CHOREOGRAPHY —Seeing Through New Eyes: a different perspective |
| FRIDAY, JULY 30 | |
| 8:30-11:30 AM | Shedding Light: New ideas on teaching people with disabilities |
| 1:15-2:00 PM | Teaching movement for people with physical disabilities |
| (Vicki teaches a sample class at Turnstone with adults) | |
| 6:00-8:30 PM | Evening wrap-up gathering with informal performances in Choreography |
The fee is $200 for the full schedule of events, or $50 for the evening choreography classes only. The Thursday AM retreat is free.
For more information, please call FWDC at (260) 424-6574 or email us at info [at] fwdc [dot] org.
Feldenkrais: Awareness through Movement
Lisa Tsetse, ABMP-certified massage therapist, Guild-certified Feldenkrais™ practitioner
Join FWDC founding member Lisa Tsetse, as she returns from Ithaca, NY to teach this popular movement method!
What is Feldenkrais?
The Feldenkrais Method™ is an educational system centered on movement, aiming to expand and refine the use of the self through awareness. It is intended for those who wish to improve their movement repertoire (dancers, musicians, artists), as well as those wishing to reduce pain or limitations in movement, and many who want to improve their general well-being and personal development.
Monday, August 9 & Tuesday, August 10
4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Held at FWDC Elliot Studio, 437 E. Berry St., Second Floor
Cost: $15 per session, or $25 for both.
Call (260) 424-6574 or contact us to register.
Because FWDC strives to make dance accessible for anyone, no matter their physical condition or ability to afford lessons, we have a strong scholarship program, funded by support from Wells Fargo and from our generous donors. Children can apply for scholarships at FWDC at the beginning of the academic year (in September), which would give them a free class until the end of that academic year (until June). An audition is held at FWDC, this year on Thursday, August 19 from 6-7:30 pm at the studio.
To qualify for this program, students must be between the ages of 6-17 and have a sponsor who is responsible for transportation and moral support of the student’s interest in dance. This person can be a parent, family friend, or other significant adult in the student’s life.
No dance experience is necessary, but hard work and dedication is mandatory.
To register for the audition, call the Fort Wayne Dance Collective at 424-6574 or email us via the contact page. You must obtain a scholarship application form prior to auditioning, and submit it by Monday August 16
The Fort Wayne Dance Collective is funded in part by