This Monday April 15th, 5:30pm: All are welcome to be part of collectively creating a short dance to perform as an International Dance Day flashmob (on April 29th).
To come up with the flashmob together, we’ll meet this Monday at 5:30pm behind the Fernwood Community Centre (1240 Gladstone) at William Stevenson Park – meeting at the basketball court (or the the field next to it if the basketball court is in use). The paved path to the left of the community centre is wheelchair accessible, although it is a bit steep.
We’ll start with some dance improvisation activities, playing with creating shapes and working in small groups to come up with parts of the dance. This session is part of the Fresh-air Fernwood Frolic series of community dance sessions (click here for more details), and is by donation to cover costs of snacks and boomwhackers.
The plan is to do a rehearsal (practice run-through) on Monday April 29th at 5:30pm, and then go perform it (e.g. at Fernwood Square or wherever the group decides). April 22-29 is also National Dance Week, which is where the ‘i love dance’ logo image is from.
“Come, turn off your television, switch off your computer, and come to dance.
Express yourself through that divine and dignified instrument, which is our body.
Come to dance and join people in the waves of pulses.
Seize that precious and fleeting moment.
Come to celebrate life with dance.”
– from the International Dance Day message from Lin Hwai-min
dancing with integrity 