Let’s Dance

Dance Friday

Register for In-Person Dance

Two Dances in Jamaica Plain During Lent and Easter Season
(while Saint Mary’s is closed)

March 3rd & 31st

Fridays March 3rd and March 31st from 8:30-10:30pm Dance Friday’s in-person dances will be held in JP!
(Saint Mary’s is closed during Lent and Easter we will return to Cambridge 4/28/23.)

Spring is just around the corner come dance with us in a new location!

Where?
The Tony Williams Dance Center, 284 Amory St # 5, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (parking lot in back accessed from Bismark/ Germania Streets)

When?
Friday March 3rd, and March 31st, 2023 8:30-10:30pm

DJ Dave Sheppard has created a magical music Journey so we can dance with a spring in our step while we sway, swivel, swirl and dream of spring to come.

Pre-register at dancefriday.org $10 in advance, $15 day of the event

Preregister for the March 3rd dance by Thursday March 2nd for $10 entry
Preregister for the March 31st dance by Thursday March 30th for $10 entry

—Limited to 35 lucky dancers

Schedule
8:20pm Doors open

8:30pm Opening Circle

10:15pm Closing Circle

10:30pm Dance Ends

Events in Jamaica Plain are 
Masks Optional, but recommended. Proof of vaccination required.

Register for In-Person Dance

Winter/Spring 2023 In–Person Dance Schedule

Fridays: 8:30 pm-10:30 pm EST

Saint Mary’s Cambridge, MA
January 20th
February 10th
April 28th
May 19th
June 30th

2 Dances in Jamaica Plain during Lent and Easter Season:
Tony Williams Dance Center 284 Amory St. Jamaica Plain (parking lot in back accessed from Bismark/Germania Streets)
March 3rd
March 31st

We will also be on Zoom for at home folks (8:30-9:30pm EDT).

Come as you are,
wherever you are.

Join us each week
Wednesdays & Fridays 8:30-9:30 pm (EDT)
for gathering in a virtual community

Dance Friday and Dance Freedom
are joining the virtual dance world.
We look forward to seeing your faces,
dancing together, and connecting online.
Since we can’t play together in person,
let’s play together remotely!
All are welcome!

The dance sets will be around 55 minutes of carefully selected music from our devoted crew of Dj’s, put together from all eras and styles each set will contain Something for Everyone. 
We have a short circle at the end where you will be invited to share briefly a reflection about your experience at this time, a poem, quote, song, or something you are thankful for. No one has to share (you can always pass). 

How to connect to Zoom:
If you have a computer device of any kind, including a phone, you can join us. To prepare to join, download the free software for Zoom at zoom.com. 
To see everyone on the screen together, please give your device and Zoom access to your camera and microphone. 
Your microphone will be muted during the dance.  
We would love to have as many screens lit up
with moving dancers as possible!
(Note: you are absolutely welcome to turn OFF
your camera and still join us.)
If you aren’t connecting to Zoom though your computer or iPhone, 
email for phone number for connection.

Questions? Write info@dancefreedom.com 

https://dancefriday.org/tickets-donations/

Community Guidelines 

  • Come and go any time starting at 8:15 pm until our closing circle at 9:45 pm. 
  • Feel free to: dance, prep food, garden, or any other activity that is appropriate for all ages, 
  • Please keep yourself muted except while in a verbal sharing portion
  • Keep your sharing—visual & auditory—family–friendly
  • Practice self–responsibility.
  • If you are uncomfortable being Pinned (a Zoom function to make another individual’s image your main focus), prefix “no pin” or “NP” to your name, or turn off your video.
  • Practice obtaining consent. If you’d like to Pin someone and they don’t have “YP” (Yes Pin) in their name, ask first (in the chat).
  • Refrain from taking video or photos
  • Ask for support when you need it.

Dance Schedule 
8:15 pm (EDT) Virtual doors open:

  • Arrive, settle in, listen to warm-up song.
  • Test your audio
  • Check your space what is in it? what size is your dance space? can you stretch out on the floor, what furniture can bear your weight during the dance.
  • Receive support on Zoom functions [such as Rename, View: Gallery or Grid or Speaker; Unmute/Mute; Pin Video]
  • Share a thought or feeling to help you be present
  • Rename yourself on Zoom put the city you are in and y/p or n/p next to your name so that folks know it is okay to pin you or not.

8:30pm We Dance.
9:30pm Poetry music or visual art presentation.
9:45ish pm Closing circle with optional sharing.

Some thoughts on participation:
There is no choreography or steps, no “right” or “wrong”, so you virtually can’t get it wrong—as long as it’s family–friendly. 
Some things to try:

  • Be awkward
  • Be silly
  • Be solo
  • Interact
  • Find creative ways to interact with the Zoom medium
  • Graze (brief interactions with others)
  • Mirror (a funhouse mirror!)
  • Lead; Follow
  • Make eye contact; Avoid eye contact
  • Move around your space
  • Stay in one spot
  • Sit in chairs
  • •Use your environment as dance partners: the floor, your walls, chairs, couches, walkers, tables, beds, foam rollers, stability balls, trees, canes.

Intentions for Dance Freedom/Friday
To stay connected with each other in this time of separation & distance
To reconnect with ourselves, our bodies, our movements
To reconnect with our living spaces 
To get our blood flowing, our heart rate up
To share art, music, and other bits that lifted our spirits during the week.

Other Ways to Connect 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dance freedom
info@dancefreedom.com

Our Mission Statement “…in recognition of the fact that dance enhances human life, and in recognition of the aesthetic, recreational, healthful, and other benefits of the dance, this corporation [The Movement Collective] is formed for the purposes of: 
1)Promoting enjoyment and practice of dance;
2) educating the public with regard to the benefits of dance; 
3) engaging in all activities necessary to carry out the above purposes.”