Artistic Director's Message
Dear Friends, Family, Colleagues, Collaborators and Fellow Dancers, Chers amis, famille, collègues, collaborateurs et danseurs, I hope this finds you well. Thank you for choosing to receive this letter and stay with me. Hopefully you are receiving it in the right language. If not, please correct your profile. You can unsubscribe yourself or/and change the language, as you prefer. J’espère que vous vous portez bien. Merci de continuer à recevoir cette infolettre. Votre présence est précieuse. Nous espérons que vous recevez cette infolettre dans la langue appropriée. Si ce n’est pas le cas, vous devrez mettre à jour votre profil, désinscrire et/ou changer votre préférence linguistique. MamaDances and spring are in full embrace. The structural transformation from old to new is underway and will be complete by the fall. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved: I need board members and community coordinators and this summer will be the first Teachers Certification Course. Most Spring Sessions have begun in Montreal and Toronto. In Toronto, The Annex classes will begin this week on Fridays and a new class is developing in the Danforth/Chester area. In Montreal, a new Mom and Baby class is starting at Georges Vanier Cultural Centre in St. Henri/Atwater. Due to the high demand for our Saturday morning Parent Child Class on Plateau Mont-Royal, an additional class has been added to the schedule. The prenatal dance exploration lab will be starting this May on Thursdays. This month I am teaching Contact Improvisation on Sunday mornings at 10am before the jam at UQAM. May 11-21 I will be teaching a two-week Skinner Releasing Technique Intensive at Studio 303. These are two extraordinary dance practices that continue to inspire and motivate me physically, spiritually, emotionally and intellectually every day. Please join me there. La Ville de Montreal has made possible, a family dance program at Park Villeneuve on Tuesday afternoons throughout the summer. Other than that MamaDances will be closed. Our full program with additional partners will resume in the fall. Cheers to you and the beautiful weather. Enjoy Eryn  Spring Schedule Montreal
MamaDances has two wonderful programs to choose from: Mom and Baby Classes for Mothers with Babies 2-12 months and Parent Child Classes for Parents with children 1-4 years.
- Presently Mom and Baby classes are running in Verdun, Westmount, CDN, Plateau Mont-Royal, Mile End, Longueuil and Petite Patrie.
- There are still places left to join the Wednesday Plateau Mont-Royal group or the Tuesday group in Verdun.
- Parent Child Classes are running in NDG, Mile End and The Plateau.
New additions :
- The Parent Child Thursday afternoon class on the Plateau is now FULL! Thank you everyone for your enthusiasm. A mid-week after daycare class has been long anticipated. So Yeah! Progress has been made.
- Another Parent Child Class has been added to the schedule beginning Saurday April 18 at Chambord/Av. Mont-Royal Registration is now open.
- The Georges Vanier Cultural Centre in St Henri/Atwater neighbourhood will be hosting a Mom and Baby Dance class Thursdays starting May 7 from 1-2:30pm. Register directly with the Centre.
Call for membership to our Board of Directors
MamaDances new governing structure requires a board of directors. Arts administration, business management, fundraising, IT, marketing, business, finance and legal knowledge are all on our list of needs. I look forward to discussing the possibilities of your participation. Please email Eryn : [email protected]
Prenatal Dance Exploration Group:
Thursday afternoons will be dedicated to the further development of a Prenatal Dance program. If you are interested in participating in this exploration lab please contact [email protected]
2 More Contact Improvisation Classes
Sunday April 19 and 26. Time: 10-11:30am Location: UQAM, 840 Rue Cherrier, local 4110, metro Sherbrooke Cost : $14 per class or $45 per series of 4 classes (jam included) For more information on Contact Improvisation please visit: http://www.contactimpro.org/en-article879.html Skinner Releasing Technique(TM)
Skinner Releasing Technique Intensive at Studio 303 with Eryn Dace Trudell May 11-22, 2015 • 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (2 weeks, Mon-Fri) $135 SRT is a dance practice for all those with an interest in engaging in the dynamic dialogue between imagination and movement. Guided poetic imagery, music and hands-on partner studies facilitate deep kinaesthetic experience. The practice stimulates the process of letting go of one’s tension and holding patterns releasing new possibilities in how we perceive and how we dance. Since 2004, Eryn is a certified SRT facilitator offering classes and workshops. ( French is already on Studio 303 website) Please contact (514) 393-3771 or at [email protected]. A non-refundable deposit of $20 is required to reserve your spot. Website  Become a MamaDances Teacher
We support your desire to develop your career as a dance professional and teacher by offering a MamaDances Teacher Certification Course. This can be a parallel career or can be added to other studio programming. The certification course includes: Post-natal health, baby wearing, and we provide the written copyrighted pedagogy of both our Parent Child and Mom and Baby Dance Programs and supporting on-line videos. To be eligible, you must have formal professional dance training or its equivalent in dance experience, teaching experience and a love for babies and children. You must have a good sense of humour and ideally, but not absolutely, you are a mother or parent. Those interested should send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to [email protected] Our next Certification Course will be held July 6-19th, 2015 in Montreal.
Our Partners:
Thank you! We could not do it without you! MAM Autour de la maternité: MAM is a community organization in the field of perinatal care. Its mission is to welcome, support and educate women, their families during the perinatal period. http://www.mam.qc.ca
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