The Art & Technique of Isadora Duncan: for Teens/Adult Beginners

 

What can students expect from this class?

This program offers celebratory explorations of relationship to: classical music; peers; the ancestral community; and the natural world. The “Mother of Modern Dance,” Duncan sought movements expressive of the human spirit; her technique: 1)glorifies natural movement; 2)sources rhythmic and emotional links fundamental to all life forms; and 3)traces dance to its sacred roots using mythological archetypes and ritual. Duncan Dance classes for teens (age 12+) and adults, offer a non-competitive environment designed to encourage and sustain healthy emotional, creative, and physical relationships.

 

Registration:

Please register with Boston Children’s Foundation. Class sizes are limited and filled upon receipt of tuition. If classes are at capacity upon registration, you will be placed on a waitlist:

 

Cost of Class

$235 for 15 Classes
$220 Sibling Rate

 

Accepted Payments

Cash/Check

Venmo: www.venmo.com/bostoncf

PayPal: www.paypal.me/BostonCF

 

What is the legacy of the genre/form/style you are teaching?

Dicki Johnson Macy, has for the past 30 years encouraged students trained in this technique to remain responsive beautiful music and to the joyful movements inspired by nature. Self-esteem, grace, reverence, reciprocity and artistry are inherent to the work. A sense of rhythm and harmony develops as students dance the reconstructed choreographies to the music of Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Beethoven, and Mozart.

 

What background, training, and or relationship do you have with this style/technique/class subject?

Dicki, a 3rd generation Duncan Dancer, was trained as a child by Anita Zahn (Isadora’s student). She carries on the tradition which informs her Rainbowdance® program, & her training of graduate students. She is an Isadora Duncan Movement Analyst, director of the performance group Guardians of Isadora, BC-DMT, LMHC, and the director of Boston Children’s Foundation (BCF). Ashlyn, R-DMT: immersed in the Duncan genre since 2020. Bella, R-DMT, LMHC: immersed in the Duncan genre since 2019. Under the mentorship of Dicki, Ashlyn & Bella are certified teachers in DJM’s Isadora Duncan Children’s Pedagogy, members of the Guardians of Isadora performance troupe, & Assistant Directors of BCF.

 

Finish this statement: I am passionate about teaching this style because…

…I am passionate about teaching this style because it provides all students, regardless of ability, with a motivation to dance.

 

How can students learn more about this offering?

Website: https://www.bostoncf.org/isadora-duncan/classes/

 

Contact Information

Contact Ashlyn: bostoncfinfo@gmail.com 

 

Tue, Sep 10 @ 05:30 pm
5:30 pm — 6:30 pm (1h)

Studio 3

Boston Children’s Foundation, Dicki Johnson Macy (she/her/hers)

Street shoes are not allowed in the studio at any time.