Community Outreach

The Community Outreach Program is an initiative of the Big Red Dance Project (BRDP), a modern dance company founded in 2017 by choreographer and educator Gerri Houlihan.

With dancers ranging in age from 35–70+, the group focuses on rediscovering dance at an older age. How do we, as mature adults, find the ability to sustain a dancing life? How do we honor the spirit of our dancing selves while acknowledging the limitations that come with aging?

Consisting of special community workshops and performances, the Outreach Program was developed to extend BRDP’s mission beyond professional stage performances, directly interacting within senior community settings.

Recognizing not everyone can attend a performance in a theater, BRDP provides that experience and shares our passion for dance and the joy of movement.

What is offered?

A customized, 60-minute lecture/demonstration presented by Gerri Houlihan and members of BRDP with a variety of activities including:

• Optional, adaptive audience participation

• Mini performance by the dancers

• Demonstrations of warm-up exercises, breathing techniques, coordination and balance sequences, and the role of music and rhythm in dance

• Lecture including a discussion of the development of modern dance

• Q&A session
  

Contact Susan Hartley for questions and scheduling.