CLASSES The Art and Technique of Isadora Duncan
The "Art & Technique of Isadora Duncan" offers to participating children, celebratory explorations of relationship: to classical music; to peers; to the ancestral community; and to 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 children offer a non-competitive environment designed to encourage healthy emotional, creative, and physical development. Dicki Johnson Macy ADTR, M.Ed., LMHC, has for the past 20 years, encouraged children trained in this technique, to remain responsive to beautiful music and to the joyful movements inspired by nature. She was awarded the "First Anita Zahn Education of the Child " Award by the Isadora Duncan International Institute in 1995. Anita Zahn was Dicki's teacher. Self-esteem, grace, reverence, and artistry are inherent to the work. A sense of rhythm and harmony develops as children dance the preserved choreographies to the music of Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Beethoven, and Mozart.
Classes are offered at the Dance Complex in Cambridge
for children aged 18 months through 18 years.
Tuition for a 17-week term is $165.
Dicki can be reached by phone (617-699-1804).