Baby Classess Starting June 11
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A center for movement, music & dance based arts that support healing & self- expression

SUMMER 2008 Schedule NEW!
Look out for FALL SCHEDULE COMING in AUGUST

Suzi Tortora - Philosophy
All dance classes explore the concept that our bodies tell stories that speak of our experiences, dreams and fantasies, highlighting a multicultural use of stories, storytelling, art and art making, through self-expressive dance, music & rhythm.

Suzi Tortora -  Offerings for all Ages
Including: Psychotherapeutic: dance movement psychotherapy private practice; social skills classes: Wellness programs: creative & modern dance; baby & me; meditative dance; yoga; couples social dance, swing, ballroom styles; women’s self-defense. Children’s Wellness Class content: All classes include: the written word in literature and poetry; body awareness and alignment; breath and relaxation techniques; and a discovery of shape and form in art, photographs, and personal drawings as sources for dance interpretation. The younger children will work on creating simple choreographs assisted by the teachers, while the older children will develop more complex dances on their own and with partners, within the added structure of yoga and modern dance technique. Adult Wellness classes offer a variety of forms, from structured techniques such as yoga, ballroom dancing and modern dance, fitness and self-defense; to more inner focused explorations through movement mediation and authentic movement.

Suzi Tortora -  Mission
• create an environment that supports and enhances each individual's natural curiosity and creativity leading to personal self awareness, building confidence, independence, and a positive self image and body-image
• stimulate the love of learning and discovery while enhancing skills
• grow physically, mentally, emotionally and socially
• support diversity of learning styles, abilities and individuality
• build a sense of respect and community through sharing and friendship
• experience the joys and wonders of dancing and all the arts
• stimulate fun, laughter and exuberance

"If you have the chance to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance!"
Lee Ann Womack
SUMMER 2008 CHILDREN'S WELLNESS CLASSES
Look out for FALL SCHEDULE COMING in AUGUST

BabyCues BabyMoves: ENHANCE YOUR BABY’S PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MOVEMENT EXPLORATIONS. Music, songs, silk scarves and beautiful baby-size climbing and swinging equipment will stimulate multi-sensory awareness and enhance the development of baby’s mind, body, and emotions. Learn about baby’s nonverbal language too. You and baby dance, play and laugh together and meet other families.

Teacher – Dr Suzi Tortora

Three levels:

Rolling Baby: 2 - 8 mo. – just beginning to move, roll, sit-up

Mobile baby: 8 - 16 mo. – exploring crawling, beginning to venture out

Baby on the move: 16 – 26 mo. – walking to running

 

CREATIVE & MODERN DANCE: 2 – 7 year olds- Enhance and preserve the natural dancer in your child, building confidence and self-awareness, as your child explores expressive dance styles and is introduced to the basics of creative and modern dance.

Teacher – Dr Suzi Tortora

2 – 3 year olds with adult – including specially designed course equipment! Develops physical and cognitive organization, movement awareness and cooperative group social skills.

• 4 – 7 year olds – creative dancing explorations on their own. NEW THEME: Feeling dances, explore & express feelings while gaining body awareness & control through music, dance, art & obstacle course play.

Children's Spring Semester Fees & Policies

Special Trail Class Policy For Semester Long Classes:
Try up to first three classes for $20 each before signing up for the full session. If you register, your trial class fees
will then be applied to the full session fee, but you must register by the third week.

BabyCues BabyMoves
NEW NEW NEW Mobile Baby, 2 - 8 months
Mobile Baby, 8 - 16 months
Baby on the Move, 16 - 26 months
Wednesdays,12 - 12:45 AM
Wednesdays, 11 - 11:45 AM
Wednesdays, 10 - 10:45 AM
June 11, 18, 25 and July 2nd
Session 8 weeks: April 16*, 30 May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11
Fee: $75
Fee: $160 *indicates break in schedule the following weekAges 2 - 8 months old
Creative and Modern Dance NEW CLASSES TBA IN AUGUST
2 - 3 year olds
4 - 7 year olds
Wednesdays, 9 - 9:50
Mondays, 4:30 - 5:30 PM
April 16*, 30 May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11
Fee $160
April 14 *, 28, May 5, 12,19
Fee $100
* indicates break in schedule the following week
Multi-Sensory Social Skills Obstacle Course Adventures NEW CLASSES TBA IN AUGUST
Mondays, 4:30 - 5:30 PM
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Session fee $300
SPRING 2008 ADULT WELLNESS CLASSES

MOVING MEDITATION: MOVING FROM INSIDE-OUT- essentially a “mobile yoga”, combining inner focusing and meditation through movement. improve body alignment and breath awareness, develop fluidity through mobility. The goal of this class is to increase coordination, adding grace and form to all your movements by moving from your deep torso muscles while listening to your inner guidance to connect within - improves body awareness, reduces stress and teaches relaxation techniques for everyday life! Find your own dance style.

Teacher – Dr Suzi Tortora

AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT PRACTICE: (3 Sunday series option) Inner focusing movement mediation. A form of meditation with closed eyes, moving by deeply listening to your body - enables a discovery of conscious & unconscious aspects of mind – body – emotion to be revealed.

Sessions TBA CALL FOR INFO
All three sessions $100
Two session $70

One session $40

Teacher – Dr Suzi Tortora

BALLROOM DANCE: Swing, Waltz, Merengue, Rumba, Tango, Fox Trot and more -Looking for a fun social dance to get you in shape & hear good music too? Come join in the fun Private and semi-private classes available.

Teachers -Arlene & Bobbie Lee

YOGA CLASSES The practice of yoga develops strength and flexibility and improves coordination and balance, while promoting overall health. Through the practice of yoga we gain the intelligence required to bring peace and contentment to our lives and we learn to still the mind.

AWAKENING THE SPINE : All level yoga class based on the Iyengar method, included details instruction of yoga poses with a focus on breath movement, alignment & relaxation.

Teacher –Dr Magda Schonfeld

PRE-NATAL & POSTPARTUM YOGA: This is a helpful class at any stage of pregnancy & postpartum. It centers around creating physical space for the growing fetus reading your body and mind for the rigors of birth and preparing you for the efforts of caring for a newborn. Women are encouraged to exercise in a safe and relaxed way throughout pregnancy. leave the class energized, better prepared for labor and recovery and with a deeper connection to your changing body.

Teacher - Kacie Chang (Classes are ongoing on Tuesday mornings 9:00 - 10:15 am)

ALL LEVEL OPEN YOGA: This is an Iyengar- influenced class for fitness & overall well-being. Special attention is placed on physical alignment, with movement and breath helping to inform the poses.

Teacher – Kacie Chang

MOM & BABY YOGA: (8 week class) This class addresses the changing needs of the postpartum body. Using BabyOm technique, we incorporate the babies into poses in ways that stimulate and amuse them. Older children may participate in their own pace.

Teacher - Kacie Chang

ADULT SPRING SESSION FEES & POLICIES
MOVING MEDITATION:
YOGA
MOVING FROM INSIDE-OUT
NEW CLASSES TBA IN AUGUST
AWAKENING THE SPINE PRE-NATAL & POSTPARTUM YOGA MOM & BABY
YOGA
ALL-LEVEL
OPEN YOGA
Dr. Suzi Tortora Dr. Magda Schonfeld Kacie Chang

Friday
9 - 10:15 AM

Sundays
6 - 7:30 PM

Tuesdays
9:00 - 10:15 AM

Tuesdays
10:30 - 11:30 AM

Email/Call for info
Spring class
starting soon!
Drop-in fee: $20. 5-class card good for 7 weeks: $95. 10-class card good for 12 weeks: $180
**Extend class card for $2 per class after expiration date**
TEEN AND ADULT BALLROOM DANCING : GROUP CLASSES - NEW CLASSES TBA IN AUGUST
All levels welcome - no need for a partner. We teach to individual & couple’s skill level
Ballroom Fridays: 7.15 – 8:30 PM
drop in fee: individual - $15 couple - $20
5 lesson session fee : individual $70 couple $95
8 lesson fee: individual $100 couple $140
April 4, 11, 18, 25 May 2, 9, 16, 30
THE TEACHERS
Dr Suzi Tortora Dr Suzi Tortora – director & founder of the Dancing Dialogue: Healing and Expressive Arts Center has been a practicing dance movement psychotherapist and has been teaching creative dance in NYC & the Hudson Valley region for over 20 years. A national and international lecturer and guest teacher at universities and professional meetings, Dr. Tortora’s innovative work has been featured on Good Morning America; Eyewitness News, ABC-TV; Women’s Day magazine, NPR radio and The New Yorker magazine. Her book, The Dancing Dialogue: Using the Communicative Power of Movement with Young Children, was recently published.
Dr. Magda Schonfeld

Dr. Magda Schonfeld – Dr. Schonfeld has been a certified yoga teacher and chiropractic physician since 1985. She has completed a 2-year Iyengar training program in NYC and is the founder and director of Hudson Holistic Health Care in Cold Spring. Dr. Schonfeld’s in depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology enriches her classes, which focus on breath, movement, alignment and relaxation.

Kacie Chang Kacie Chang - Kacie trained with Laura Staton and received her yoga teaching certification form BabyOM. before moving to Cold Spring, she taught yoga in Brooklyn and New York at NYU, Artscetera, Yoga Mandali and Urban Monster. Kacie received her BFA in Dance from Florida State University and has performed in New York and around the world with Dean Moss, The Doris Humphrey Reparatory Dance Company, Poppo and the GoGo Boys and the Butoh Rockettes. Her experience as a dancer and choreographer inform her approach to yoga, the body and working with children.
  Arlene & Bobbie Lee - Arlene and Bobbie have trained extensively with popular Hudson Valley senior teachers Naomi and Gene Anolick of Love to Dance. As their assistant teachers for many years, they come highly recommended by Naomi and Gene. After years of Bobby wanting to learn to dance, Arlene signed up for a beginners class with Love to Dance. After nine years of studying under Love to Dance and assisting them in beginners and intermediate classes they successfully received their certificates from New York Society of Teachers of Dancing Inc. Since then they have studied in several other certified Hudson Valley dance studios.They specialize in beginning and intermediate American Tango, Cha Cha, Waltz, Merengue, Rhumba and East Coast Swing. Bob and Arlene feel that there is not a person who can’t learn to dance and they encourage everyone to add it to their weekly activities.