September 11,18,25 10AM - 4PM
10AM to 5PM
MMDG Center - 3 Lafayette Avenue
Free Dance Classes, Live Music & MMDG Performances
The Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) will host the ninth annual Open House as part of the MMDG’s 30th Anniversary Celebration at its home in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, on Saturday, September 11 from 10AM to 5PM. All events are free.
The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center will offer free classes for all ages in abilities in Pilates, Tap Dance, Jazz/Hip-Hop Dance, Modern Dance, Ballet, Zumba, Tango, Parent/Toddler, West African, Music & Singing and Feldenkrais throughout the day. An all-boys dance class taught by company member, David Leventhal; a Dance for Parkinson’s Disease (Dance for PDsm) class; and a special interactive demonstration, Dance with MMDG will also be offered. Dance with MMDG gives participants the opportunity to experience the Mark Morris Dance, Music, and Literacy Project while discussing and learning a section of Morris’ The Hard Nut, coming to BAM this December.
Performances featuring the Mark Morris Dance Group, the Student Dance Company and special guests from the Horizons at Brooklyn Friends School are scheduled in the James & Martha Duffy Performance Space beginning at 12PM.
Refreshments will be provided by neighborhood businesses throughout the day.
Schedule*
10-10:45am
Creative Dance (Ages 4-6)
Feldenkrais (Adults)
Jazz/Hip-Hop Dance (Ages 7-10)
Modern Dance Fundamentals (Ages 6-8)
11-11:45am
Beginning Ballet (Teens & Adults)
Jazz/Hip-Hop Dance (Teens & Adults)
Modern Dance (Ages 9-14)
Parent/Toddler Workshop (Toddler ages 20 months - 3 yrs)
Tap Dance (Ages 6-10)
12-12:45pm
Dance with MMDG Interactive Demonstration (All Ages and Levels)\
Boys’ Class (Ages 7-10)
Tap Dance (Teens & Adults)
West African Dance (Teens & Adults)
1-1:45pm
Performance by Mark Morris Dance Group, the Horizons Student Dance Company and guests, hosted by Mark Morris
2-2:45pm
Ballet. (Ages 9-14)
Creative Dance (Ages 4-6)
Dance for PDSM (Adults)
Zumba (Adults)
3-3:45pm
Afro-Caribbean Dance & Movement (Adults)
Dance with MMDG Interactive Demonstration (All Ages and Levels)
Music & Singing (All Ages)
Pilates (Adults)
4-4:45
Ballet Fundamentals (Ages 6-8)
Modern Dance (Teens & Adults)
Tango (Adults)
*Schedule is subject to change.
The fall semester of classes for children and teens (ages 4-17) begins the week of September 13. Adult classes are available on a weekly drop-in basis and in six-week workshops.
For information on Open House and class schedules, visit www.mmdg.org/openhouse.
Sunday, September 12
