Dance for Seniors is part performance and part interactive workshop. This city-wide tour visits nine separate NYC senior centers from October through December, and invites older adults of all abilities to join in on individual expression and community empowerment! Check out this video of our recent Nov. 9th Dances for Seniors 2022 performance/workshop at the […]
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DVP Winter 2023 Class Schedule Announced!!
Dances for Seniors – Don’t Miss the Last Performances!
Revival 6 Home / Body / Care Fall 2022 – A Look Back!
We invite you to join us as we look back at our September production of Revival 6: Home / Body / Care! Dances for a Variable Population’s Fall 2022 Revival 6 performances featured six seasoned dance artists and 50 non-professional senior dancers, who use dance to reflect on the innovation and beauty of aging. This […]
Check out the latest article in The Spirit featuring our last Revival 6 Performance in Washington Square Park!
“When the actual show started, the performances ranged from invigorating clap-along quick foot movements to soulful sways, African drum beats leading dancers clad in white, and various mixes of modern dance – a lot of smiling, moving, energized seniors in motion – a few seated on chairs set up on the stage, but still participating.” […]
DVP’s 2022 Dances For Seniors Announced!
Part Performances and Part Interactive Workshops for older adults of all ages and abilities for individual expression and community empowerment at nine NYC older adult centers!
DANCES FOR SENIORS During the Fall 2022 season, Dances For A Variable Population (DVP) will bring DANCES FOR SENIORS, free, community based performances with interactive creative movement for all ages and abilities. Presented by five members of DVP’s multi-generational company and featuring highlights of dances performed in public performances at Washington Square Park, Grant’s Memorial […]
Check out the latest article in Chelsea News featuring our last Revival 6 Performance in Washington Square Park!
Check out the full article HERE! “It was certainly a happy atmosphere at the recent Saturday evening event in bustling Washington Square Park where the crowd quickly filled to standing room only at the start of the “Revival 6” dance performances.” – Karen Camela Watson, Chelsea News
Revival 6 Home/Body/Care ANNOUNCED September 10th & September 24th!
PROGRAM and VENUE INFORMATION Saturday, Sept 10Live In-Person Performance at Washington Square Park at 6 PMPre-Performance All Together Dance workshop at 5 PMWashington Square SouthGaribaldi Plaza (east of the fountain)New York, NY 10012Must have reservations: Go to revival6.comBus: M1, M2, M3, M55 to East 8 St & 5 Avenue, M8 to E 8St & 5 […]
DANCES FOR A VARIABLE POPULATION PRESENTS REVIVAL 6 Home/Body/Care A Live Performance Festival in September 2022: A EXPLORATION OF AMERICAN HEALTHCARE AND OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE LENS OF 20 TH CENTURY DANCE!
NEW YORK, Sept 2022 – Celebrating the joy of age in response to innovative ways lessonslearned from COVID-19 and how to take care of one’s health, Dances For A Variable Population(DVP) will present, REVIVAL 6 Home/Body/Care, featuring 6 seasoned dance artists and 50non-professional senior dancers, who reflect the innovation and beauty of older age.Home/Body/Care will […]
Summer Schedule 2022!
Movement Speaks® outdoors and Senior centers July 7th, 2022 – August 19th, 2022
Save the Dates for REVIVAL 6: Home/Body/Care on Sat, June 11 & Sat, June 18
Revival: A Meditation on Aging, Dance, & Community – The Review
Read Karen Hildebrand from Fjord’s review of the documentary “Revival: A Meditation on Aging, Dance, & Community” in its entirety below. (Thank you to Fjord for allowing us to share!) In spring of 2017, Ellen Graff, Stuart Hodes, and Marnie Thomas Wood, all former members of the Martha Graham Dance Company, and Tony award-winning Broadway […]