2025 Creative Aging Winter Institute
Take a deep dive into intersection of the arts and aging during Dance Exchange’s 2025 Creative Aging Winter Institute.
January 17-19, 2025
Join movers, makers, artists, and leaders from communities near and far to explore tools and practices for working with older adults. This Institute explores intergenerational collaboration through Dance Exchange’s creative tools and practices and celebrates the role that dance can play in supporting movers of all ages in cultivating lifelong connection, creativity, and meaning.
As part of our Organizing with Artists for Change Initiative (OAC), Dance Exchange Institutes embrace process and performance, dialogue and dancemaking, and the role of artists as changemakers.
The 2025 Creative Aging Winter Institute will include:
Sessions and workshops that explore Dance Exchange’s legacy in creative aging
Intergenerational collaboration
Reflection sessions that support you in integrating your explorations and discoveries into your own life, work, and community
Schedule
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*Schedule is subject to change*
The opening session will be held online for everyone. If it is not possible for you to log on from your home or accommodations, please contact us and we can make arrangements. All other sessions in the in-person track will take place at Dance Exchange (7117 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912) unless otherwise noted. All times below are Eastern Time.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 17
5:00 - 6:30pm
Welcome and orientation
(In Person at Dance Exchange)SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
11:00am - 12:00pm
Morning Movement Class
(with Judith Bauer and Corina Iona Dalzell)12:00 - 12:30pm
Break12:30 - 2:00pm
Legacy of Creative Aging:
Milestones on Dance Exchange’s Journey
(with Judith Bauer, Stephen Clapp, and Cassie Meador)2:00 - 3:00pm
Break3:00 - 4:30pm
Emerging Practices & Collaborations:
New Horizons in Creative Aging
(with Judith Bauer, Stephen Clapp, and Cassie Meador)4:30 - 5:00pm
Break5:00 - 6:00pm
Emerging Practices & Collaborations:
New Horizons in Creative Aging—
SUNDAY, JANUARY 19
11:00am - 12:00pm
Morning Movement Class
(with Judith Bauer and Corina Iona Dalzell)12:00 - 12:30pm
Break12:30 - 2:00pm
Shaping the Future:
Collective Visions for Creative Aging
(with Judith Bauer, Stephen Clapp, and Cassie Meador)2:00 - 3:00pm
Lunch3:00 - 4:30pm ET
Closing Session
(with Judith Bauer, Stephen Clapp, and Cassie Meador)
Online Track
Please note that the online track has been cancelled this year. Please register below to join us in-person!
Tuition
Regular Tuition: $300
Returning Participant Discount: If you have participated in an Institute in the past, you are eligible for a $20 discount for either track.
Takoma Park Residents: Residents of Takoma Park, MD receive a 50% discount for either track.
Refund Policy: If you are unable to attend after paying in full, your payment can be credited to a future Organizing with Artists for Change Institute within one calendar year. Please email stephenc@danceexchange.org.
Shula Strassfeld Memorial Scholarship
Each year, we award a scholarship to a Winter Institute participant in honor of Shula, a longtime DX company member, loving mother, devoted friend, and always an advocate that everyone dance as much as possible. This full-tuition scholarship, generously funded by Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario, is awarded to a participant who mirrors Shula's dedication to creative aging and/or who shares a connection to her Jewish identity, which played a significant role in her creative practice. Register for Winter Institute by December 1 to be considered for the scholarship.
Questions?
With questions, please email stephenc@danceexchange.org or call (301) 270-6700.
We look forward to gathering, moving and making with you in January.
