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Event

Spring Blooms | The Dance of Life

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Saturday, March 23, 2pm | Northwood Central Auditorium,
2615 Northwood Terrace


Wednesday, March 27, 7pm | Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library,
5440 Spring Garden Rd


FREE ADMISSION!

 

We're pleased to present two performances featuring the premiere of our Communities in Mocean - Older Adults Dance Project, in partnership with Halifax Public Libraries and the Northwood Community Recreation and Wellness Program (Central Location). Join us for these free showcase performances that bring together communities of different life stages, and celebrate dance across a spectrum of experience and emotion.

 

 

Northwood Central:

Mocean will premiere two new dances created and performed with both the Northwood and Central Library cohorts of our Communities in Mocean program, for an audience of Northwood residents, friends and family. This afternoon showcase with also feature performances from Halifax Dance’s Young Company, and a dance and music duo by Sarah Hopkin and Gabriella Ciurcovich.

VIEW THE ONLINE PROGRAM FOR OUR NORTHWOOD CENTRAL PERFORMANCE

 

Halifax Central Library:

This evening performance will feature the dances created and performed with participants in our Communities in Mocean program, alongside short works by local dance artists Marrin Jessome, Meredith Kalaman, and a collaboration by Solène Bernier, Deanna Johnston, I'thandi Munro, and Sarah Prosper.

VIEW THE ONLINE PROGRAM FOR OUR HALIFAX CENTRAL LIBRARY PERFORMANCE

 

 

About Communities in Mocean - Older Adults Dance Project:

This community-driven creation program for older adults sprang from the 8-year success of our Moving with Mocean library classes. Mocean Co-Artistic Director Sara Coffin, with a team of local dance artists, led participants through a creative process for dance, sharing the joys of moving and making. Funded in-part from the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program, the program aimed to bring the benefits of dance to older adults at all levels of ability and mobility, while uplifting the stories and experiences from our elders that so rarely take center stage.