Tadej Brdnik: dances for peace

Move-Meant for Freedom: A King Day Intergenerational Dance Lab

at Middle Collegiate Church
50 East 7th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues), Manhattan

Monday, January 17 (10am-2pm)

The Civil Rights Campaign was called a movement for a reason! Join Tadej Brdnik, Principal Dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company along with a few special friends, a small team of professional dancers and Middle Church Staff on King Day in a joyous multicultural experience. Participants will come together and explore using movement to reach across differences to generate a dance vocabulary for peace.

This event is open to all ages and no dance experience is required. Participants should arrive with an open mind, wear comfortable clothing and be ready to move (at their own pace) for freedom!

After a short welcome and orientation, seniors, families, young adults, teens and children will split into special instructor lead break-out sessions specifically designed for their age groups. The afternoon will culminate as the groups come back together in a special one-time group performance... a Move-Meant for Freedom!

At the close of group activities, participants will be treated to special performances from the professional instructors. This event is not to be missed.

Dance Lab: 10am - 12pm

Lunch: 12pm - 1pm - Lunch is child and grownup friendly

- Cost for lunch $5 Adults and $1 Children

Group Dance and Special Performances from Dance Instructors: 1pm - 2pm

Program Director: Tadej Brdnik, Principal Dancer, Martha Graham Dance CompanyTadej Brdnik began his dance career in Slovenia. He has danced with Battery Dance Company, Avila/Weeks Dance, White Oak Dance Project, Robert Wilson, and Pick Up Performance Company, as well as in works of Maurice Béjart, Lucinda Childs, Yvonne Rainer, Susan Stroman, Steve Paxton, and Deborah Hay. He has taught extensively in the United States and Europe and is on the faculty of the Martha Graham School. Mr. Brdnik is currently Education Director for the Downtown Dance Festival. He is a recipient of the Benetton Dance Award and the Eugene Loring Award and has been with the Company since 1996.

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