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***COVID POLICY JULY 2022***
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 We are requiring masks for all classes and events for the foreseeable future!
Vaccinations are highly 
recommended.


THE SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE & THOUGHT (SCDT) provides innovative programming for all ages to activate imaginations and facilitate empowerment, transformation, and development through the movement arts. SCDT connects dance practices, performances, and classes with thoughtful public conversation, encouraging and invigorating community engagement. Learn more >>>

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SCDT welcomes individuals regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, class, and ability. We believe that diversity creates a world we want to live in, and encourage you, whoever you are, to join us in creating a space for movement, thought, care, and intention.

CHECK OUT OUR COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS, APE @ HAWLEY , FIRST GENERATION and THE FIELD CENTER
PLUS, check out our Artist Retrospective with APE @ HAWLEY!

FOR UP TO DATE COVID-19 ANNOUNCEMENTS, CLICK HERE!

​We are pleased to offer IN PERSON and ONLINE CLASSES! All classes are at our new home 33 Hawley Street, Northampton MA
​Our space is 3000 sq feet, with lots of room to dance and socially distance!
​Check out details here!


THANK YOU TO OUR MANY SUPPORTERS INCLUDING THE MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL, THE NORTHAMPTON ARTS COUNCIL, THE ART ANGELS and NEFA and NOM
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WIP Info
WIP APPLICATION

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ADULT PROGRAM WEEKLY SCHEDULE - SUMMER 2022 
CLASSES RUN THROUGH JULY 30! 

(class descriptions below)

All times Eastern Time (New York, NY)
ALL CLASSES ARE DROP IN! at 33 
Hawley Street, NORTHAMPTON MA
ALL CLASSES REQUIRE MASKS AND PROOF OF VACCINATION

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• Hawley Street Ballet IN-PERSON classes 
• SCDT Adult Program IN-PERSON classes

MONDAY
6:30 - 8:00PM    ADULT BEGINNER MODERN More info here / REGISTER HERE

WEDNESDAY
9:00 - 10:30AM   Teen/Adult Contemporary Ballet (open level) More Info here / REGISTER HERE

FRIDAY
10:00 - 11:30AM    COMMUNITY CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUES More info here / REGISTER HERE


Find out more about our teachers for the SUMMER 2022 sessions HERE >>>>

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EXCITING NEWS

SCDT is proud to announce our latest grants from NEFA, and the Mass Cultural Council!
THANK YOU NEFA and MCC!

 NEFA: TWO NEST GRANTS! to support Vanessa Anspaugh's latest work AND Aretha Aoki/Ryan MacDonald!

MCC: Festival Grant to support the SCDT SUMMER DANCE FESTIVAL- info coming soon


 MCC: CIP project Grant to launch the long awaited SCDT COMMUNITY CURATION TEAM with Shakia the key!


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WELCOME HOME

SCD&T is HAPPY and BUSY in our new space at 33 Hawley! We can't wait to welcome you into the Work Room for the Fall semester. With 3000 sq. feet and a state-of-the-art HVAC system, we're lucky to have our airy space where social distancing is easy. 
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INTRODUCING: HAWLEY STREET BALLET

Hawley Street Ballet has been long in the making-- Jen Polins, Kate Martel, and Ellie Goudie-Averill have each had life long journeys as professional ballet dancers and have been training since they were very young. Their love for the form has kept them all engaged in the art of ballet, and their love for teaching movement and patterns to others has brought them together in Northampton at 33 Hawley Street in 2021.  These three incredible teachers are joining forces and offer these holistic, healing approaches to classical and contemporary ballet to YOU! 
 
Students will be invited into contemporary approaches to ballet techniques that include kindness, rigor, coordination, curiosity, and specificity.  Together, we will deepen physical exploration and expand knowledge of movement vocabulary.  In these classes, dancers will learn and increase familiarity with ballet terminology, and apply anatomical information for maximized freedom within form, function, and joy.

​Learn more about Hawley Street Ballet HERE >>>>
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GET INVOLVED:

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SCDT is an independent non profit arts organization struggling to survive in this pandemic.

SCDT is dedicated to employing a small, wonderful staff of artists and is continuing to offer online programming to the public during these tenuous times. Please consider a donation to support SCDT so we can support artists and teachers, and keep up with important arts programming.

THANK YOU!
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Interested in free classes and performances?

We are currently recruiting work/study members or interns for class monitoring, office administration, fundraising, and more!

If you are interested in joining us, please email infoscdt@gmail.com with the subject link "Work/Study" or "Internship."

We can't wait to hear from you!
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