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"There will definitely be trained dancers and set movement material that the group will do in unison," [Rachel Siegel] explained. "But part of the performance will also be to have parents come out with their kids at a certain point and take part. It might be that kids will disrupt the movement . . . or we'd have to adjust it to allow for them being there. In some cases that means you can't do the movement any longer," she adds, "and in others, it makes it infinitely more beautiful as a result."
"It really bums me out that so much [of modern dance] is inaccessible, both practically - in that non-professionals can't participate - but also spiritually," Siegel said. "Dance is supposed to be community forming, and one of the most important things I've learned after a period of extreme new-mother isolation is that parents need all the community they can get."Rachel Siegel, "Before and After: Kids"; and [Joy Madden], "The Arrival." Performances on April 13 at FlynnSpace, Burlington, 4 p.m. Info, 86-FLYNN. Free, but the show's suggested $5 donation will benefit the N.A.S.A. grant program.See the full content of this document
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Parenthood Takes the Stage at the Flynnspace
A collection of 13 moms, three dads and 16 kids ran in unpredictable circles across the floor of the FlynnSpace in Burlington last Friday afternoon, waving their arms, s...
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