UPCOMING
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MAT CLASS with JEN Tuesdays 10-11 AM at Studio Helix (3rd floor Thornes Market) starts March 10th- Drop ins welcome Jen Polins is the founding director of SCDT and has been a movement educator for over 25 years. She is launching a new Hybrid Mat Class beginning Tuesday, March 10th at 10:00 AM at the lovely Studio Helix in Thornes Market, Northampton. This class weaves together: Pilates Gyrotonic Body-Mind Centering Experiential Anatomy An integrated, intelligent movement practice designed to awaken your core, expand your awareness, and strengthen from the inside out. Class is $20. Email [email protected] to sign-up! Drop ins Welcome |
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JACOB'S PILLOW is BACK at SCDT!
EMBODIED INFO SESSIONS for THE CURRICULUM IN MOTION INSTITUTE Saturday April 11, 12-1:30 PM at 33 Hawley street, in the WORKROOM INFO: These regional info-sessions are aimed at connecting with local artists, sharing in community-engaged, embodied movement work, and offering an opportunity for potential applicants to learn more about the Curriculum in Motion™ Institute. The Institute is a 10-month career development program for emerging, mid-career, and seasoned choreographers seeking to strengthen their choreographic voice with a focus on community building. This initiative is part of our broader commitment to fostering a regional network of dance educators, artists, and community builders across the region and state. More information about the program can be found on our website. |
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SCDT presents
HUT performance X3 Movement | Words | Sound Saturday April 11th at 8 PM in the Workroom Movement: Cameron Childs Words: Mark Wunderlich Sound: Rebecca Schrader HUT is an exciting and innovative interdisciplinary performance series that has been running for 14 seasons. It is co-curated by movement artist Jennifer Polins, sound artist Jake Meginsky, and writer Catherine Corbett Bresner. The series showcases the work of three artists in each performance, featuring MOVEMENT, WORDS, and MUSIC from local and international artists who share a pursuit of experimental improvisation and an intention to push their forms forward. HUT draws diverse audiences who love music, writing and dance, offering varied communities a chance to sit together and experience performance styles they might not have appreciated before. By juxtaposing different artistic genres and emphasizing experimentation, HUT creates a unique space for building a new sense of public engagement and appreciation for the arts. image by Bill Nace 2024 |
*PAST EVENTS*
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SCDT ARTS NIGHT OUT
DANCE SAMPLER- FREE CLASSES! Friday March 13, in the WORKROOM Join us for FREE mini-classes that give you a taste of our movement programs. No Registration required, just come on down! No dance experience is needed — Just come as you are, ready to move, explore, and have fun 5-5:15 Creative Moves ( ages 3-5 ) 5:15-5:30 Youth Technique ( ages 6-12 ) 5:30-5:45 Dance Making ( ages 6-12 ) 5:45-6 Hatchery Young Artist Program ( ages 13-18 ) 6-6:16 Contemporary Ballet ( ages 13 and up) 6:15-6:30 Contemporary Modern ( ages 13 and up) 6:30-8 OPEN TUNING IN THE WORKROOM what is tuning: The Tuning Scores were created by dance-maker Lisa Nelson who has been “exploring the role of the senses in the performance and observation of movement since the ’70s” Tuning is a collection of practices that research real time editing, composition and performance that are a performance in themselves. Tuning offers tools and frameworks for communication and a model of collaboration that is constructed by the players in the act of doing. These explorations give insight into performance and dance-making processes, cross disciplinary lines, and invite people of all ages and abilities to participate in the questions they provoke. |
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WIP GUEST ARTIST CLASS:
Movement for Embodied Inquiry with Madison McGain (WIP Spring 2026 Artist) Saturday March 14 12-1:30pm The Workroom, 33 Hawley ST About Class: Movement for Embodied Inquiry: Finding momentum and efficiency in movement, and the interplay between tension and softness, this workshop offers different entry points to explore dynamic and texture. The class opens with an improvisational warm-up, moving through planes, offering space to tap into the individual artistic voice. Slowly, more structure and textures are introduced, culminating in a center phrase. We will focus on finding ease within effort, internal awareness, and translating sensation into dynamic movement vocabulary. About the Teaching Artist:Madison McGain is a Brooklyn-based movement artist originally from Maui, Hawai'i. Since earning her BFA from Adelphi University in 2017, Madison has built a versatile freelance career on both the East and West Coasts. She has danced for Adaptations Dance Theater, Nicole Von Arx, Fullstop Dance, Caitlin Adams, and Randee Paufve and others. She is currently dancing with Taq Dance, a New York based, dance theatre company. As a choreographer, Madison's work has been presented at venues such as the Santa Cruz Museum of Art History, Greenlung Studio, The Craft NY, Arts On Site, and SafeHouse Arts. Most recently, she was a guest artist in residence at The Sable Project in Stockbridge, Vermont. In the spring Madison will be a guest choreographer for SEED, a process focused residency with Adaptations Dance Theater, where she will create a new work with their dancers. Madison's teaching has brought her to institutions like ODC (CA), Western Oregon University (OR) , Creature Space (NY), and Shawl-Anderson Dance Center (CA). |
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WIP works in progress Sunday March 15, 2026 at 4pm in The Workroom Theater WIP ARTISTS: Doron Perk Sarah Ana Malone Colby Connelly Madison McGain Celine Bassman Mira Göksel About WIP: The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents WIP (works-in-progress), a performance series that showcases developing movement-based works. WIP values sharing research and experimentation, rather than presenting finished works, and welcomes applications from emerging and established artists. The curatorial team choosing WIP choreographers is composed of fellow dance artists that have presented at WIP and SCDT board members. We are looking to create performances showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging artists, as well as those local to the Pioneer Valley and beyond. The curatorial team aims to create a program comprised of artists both local and national. |
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SCDT SPACE RESIDENCY
Please apply by March 20, 2026, 11:59pm EST. FREE Rehearsal Space in the Workroom at 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA from June 8-12, 2026. Space is open from 9am-3pm for your rehearsal time. Opportunities for community engagement via workshop, lecture, or performance on a return trip, Fall 2026 (exact dates TBD between SCDT and chosen applicant). Please note: this is a space residency, there is no monetary compensation and housing is not included. |
