Ascutney Mountain Promise Community is partnering with Dance with Ashley and World Under Wonder to offer families with young children a series of four no-cost-to-you dance and movement classes, which will take place in the World Under Wonder building (at the old Grange, 5755 Route 5 in Ascutney) for four Tuesdays from 10-11, starting October 30th.
· Explore movement, music, and stories as a means for expression, connection and joy across generations.
· Caregivers will learn about themselves and their children through play.
· Come in comfortable clothes with the willingness to try new things with your bodies.
· 30 minutes of dance will be followed by some story time with kids and coffee time for parents to get to know one another.
· The class is designed for kids 3-5 and parents (or those who serve as parents), but younger siblings are welcome with parents who want to carry their babes and tots as they move.
Dance by Ashley, based in Weathersfield, is brought to you by Ashley Hensel-Browning, a dance educator, community artist, and choreographer. Ashley is a Juried Teaching Artist through the Vermont Arts Council as well as a teacher at the Dance Factory in Springfield, VT. Her work focuses both on curriculum and community development through movement. Recent projects have included a teacher training and residency with the Community Engagement Lab, choreography residencies throughout Vermont, library programs that integrate literature and movement, and work with youth in restorative justice programs. Ashley received her Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and her B.A. from Hampshire College where she designed her own concentration in Dance Education and Community Development through the Arts.
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