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Capital Region, NY — Nacre Dance Group is proud to present The Many Expressions of Love: An Isadora Duncan Movement Series, a unique workshop series exploring the many ways love can be experienced and expressed through movement. Hosted at locations across the Capital Region, this series invites participants of all backgrounds to connect with dance as a natural, expressive language of the body.

Inspired by the philosophy and movement of Isadora Duncan, the series is rooted in breath, gravity, and simple human movement—walking, running, skipping, and leaping. Duncan technique emphasizes freedom, authenticity, and emotional expression, making these workshops accessible to all. No prior dance training is required.

Through four themed sessions—Divine Love, Self Love, New Love, and Nurturing Love—participants will explore how movement can deepen connection to self, others, and the surrounding world. Each workshop offers a distinct entry point into Duncan’s belief that dance is a joyful, natural expression of the soul.

Workshop Schedule:

• Divine Love
  April 25 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Sages Circle, Point Plaza — Glenville, NY

• Self Love
  April 26 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Creative Dance Arts Studio — Round Lake, NY

• New Love
  May 2 | 1:30–2:30 PM
  Albany Dance and Fitness — Albany, NY

• Nurturing Love (Ages 14+)
  May 9 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Creative Dance Arts Studio — Round Lake, NY

All workshops are open to ages 16 and up, with the exception of Nurturing Love, which welcomes participants ages 14 and up.

Nacre Dance Group is excited to bring this series to the community and is grateful for the partnership of its host spaces across the region.

For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.nacredance.org/workshops-classes

Contact:
Nacre Dance Group
Beth Fecteau
info@nacredance.com
518-817-3833

Capital Region, NY — Nacre Dance Group is proud to present The Many Expressions of Love: An Isadora Duncan Movement Series, a unique workshop series exploring the many ways love can be experienced and expressed through movement. Hosted at locations across the Capital Region, this series invites participants of all backgrounds to connect with dance as a natural, expressive language of the body.

Inspired by the philosophy and movement of Isadora Duncan, the series is rooted in breath, gravity, and simple human movement—walking, running, skipping, and leaping. Duncan technique emphasizes freedom, authenticity, and emotional expression, making these workshops accessible to all. No prior dance training is required.

Through four themed sessions—Divine Love, Self Love, New Love, and Nurturing Love—participants will explore how movement can deepen connection to self, others, and the surrounding world. Each workshop offers a distinct entry point into Duncan’s belief that dance is a joyful, natural expression of the soul.

Workshop Schedule:

• Divine Love
  April 25 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Sages Circle, Point Plaza — Glenville, NY

• Self Love
  April 26 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Creative Dance Arts Studio — Round Lake, NY

• New Love
  May 2 | 1:30–2:30 PM
  Albany Dance and Fitness — Albany, NY

• Nurturing Love (Ages 14+)
  May 9 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Creative Dance Arts Studio — Round Lake, NY

All workshops are open to ages 16 and up, with the exception of Nurturing Love, which welcomes participants ages 14 and up.

Nacre Dance Group is excited to bring this series to the community and is grateful for the partnership of its host spaces across the region.

For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.nacredance.org/workshops-classes

Contact:
Nacre Dance Group
Beth Fecteau
info@nacredance.com
518-817-3833

Capital Region, NY — Nacre Dance Group is proud to present The Many Expressions of Love: An Isadora Duncan Movement Series, a unique workshop series exploring the many ways love can be experienced and expressed through movement. Hosted at locations across the Capital Region, this series invites participants of all backgrounds to connect with dance as a natural, expressive language of the body.

Inspired by the philosophy and movement of Isadora Duncan, the series is rooted in breath, gravity, and simple human movement—walking, running, skipping, and leaping. Duncan technique emphasizes freedom, authenticity, and emotional expression, making these workshops accessible to all. No prior dance training is required.

Through four themed sessions—Divine Love, Self Love, New Love, and Nurturing Love—participants will explore how movement can deepen connection to self, others, and the surrounding world. Each workshop offers a distinct entry point into Duncan’s belief that dance is a joyful, natural expression of the soul.

Workshop Schedule:

• Divine Love
  April 25 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Sages Circle, Point Plaza — Glenville, NY

• Self Love
  April 26 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Creative Dance Arts Studio — Round Lake, NY

• New Love
  May 2 | 1:30–2:30 PM
  Albany Dance and Fitness — Albany, NY

• Nurturing Love (Ages 14+)
  May 9 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Creative Dance Arts Studio — Round Lake, NY

All workshops are open to ages 16 and up, with the exception of Nurturing Love, which welcomes participants ages 14 and up.

Nacre Dance Group is excited to bring this series to the community and is grateful for the partnership of its host spaces across the region.

For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.nacredance.org/workshops-classes

Contact:
Nacre Dance Group
Beth Fecteau
info@nacredance.com
518-817-3833

Allen Fields will bring his knowledge of American Musical Theater Jazz to three workshops. Fields studied and lived at one time with Broadway legend Gwen Verdon, learning the styles of jazz icons of that era. Fields most recently served as the Director of Creative Development for The Verdon Fosse Legacy and was instrumental in the successful international summer dance program in Manhattan. Class will begin with a traditional classic jazz warmup, followed by center exercises and choreographic work on a theatrical piece covering classic styles, which will be developed across the three classes. To fully benefit, it is recommended that participants take all three classes, as the material builds progressively each week. This class is for adults and teens. Prior dance experience.

Dates: Sundays May 3, 17, 31

Time: 1:30-3:00

Location: Albany Dance & Fitness, 1197 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

Fee: $100 for the series or $37/workshop

Registration and more info: https://albanydancefitness.com/ or 518-573-3631

MOVE DANCE & MOVE ON! News

2026 is the 25^th anniversary of the MOVE DANCE program started in 2001 as an outreach program of Dance Alliance at Saratoga Springs City School District. The program has evolved over the decades to include neurodiverse and underserved dancers who meet weekly at the SPAC School of the Arts (MOVE ON! ages 20-45) and bi-weekly at SSHS (MOVE Dance ages 15-19). SAVE THE DATE: Our SSHS celebratory performance will be Monday, May 4^th from 6:15-7:30pm. Free admission! Family friendly!

MOVE Dance began in 2001 as a youth outreach program of Dance Alliance in collaboration with Skidmore College’s dance department. Its mission was to provide free weekly hip hop dance classes where all participants shared one commonality: a love of dance regardless of talent or socio-economic status.  The program began with 15 dancers from Saratoga Springs Junior High School led by our first choreographer/teacher Melissa Ngrailmesang, a dance major at Skidmore. The group quickly grew to 40+ dancers of all ability levels and eventually became a sanctioned club of the school district. That connection remains intact today. When COVID began, Mary Anne Fantauzzi contacted all current and previous members of the club which began meeting weekly on Zoom. In Fall 2021, Fantauzzi approached the new SPAC School of the Arts with the concept of a community collaboration that would allow MOVE ON!, the older dancers (ages 20-45) to meet weekly in one of its studios. That program now has 32 dancers, many alumni of SSHS.

The entire troupe (41 dancers total) will kick-off its 25^th anniversary year with a

Free performance at SSHS Teaching Auditorium on Monday, May 4^th at 6:30pm.

Doors open at 6:20.

Guest artists include Skidmore’s The Wave, Rhythm & Sole tap, and cameo virtual appearances by former Skidmore choreographers. Choreography by Fantauzzi, Lydia Huibregtse (Skidmore 2018 and longtime MOVE teacher), Meredith Mobyed (Skidmore ’26), and Hannah Geller (Skidmore 2020) will be featured along with Family Freestyle and an alumni reunion finale.

Other opportunities to see MOVE perform:

April 30 6pm Student Voices, Geyser Road Elementary School

May 9 10am-12pm Spring SOTA-bration, SPAC School of the Arts

May 31 Festival of Young Artists 2-5pm (specific time TBA), SPAC grounds dance tent.

Capital Region, NY — Nacre Dance Group is proud to present The Many Expressions of Love: An Isadora Duncan Movement Series, a unique workshop series exploring the many ways love can be experienced and expressed through movement. Hosted at locations across the Capital Region, this series invites participants of all backgrounds to connect with dance as a natural, expressive language of the body.

Inspired by the philosophy and movement of Isadora Duncan, the series is rooted in breath, gravity, and simple human movement—walking, running, skipping, and leaping. Duncan technique emphasizes freedom, authenticity, and emotional expression, making these workshops accessible to all. No prior dance training is required.

Through four themed sessions—Divine Love, Self Love, New Love, and Nurturing Love—participants will explore how movement can deepen connection to self, others, and the surrounding world. Each workshop offers a distinct entry point into Duncan’s belief that dance is a joyful, natural expression of the soul.

Workshop Schedule:

• Divine Love
  April 25 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Sages Circle, Point Plaza — Glenville, NY

• Self Love
  April 26 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Creative Dance Arts Studio — Round Lake, NY

• New Love
  May 2 | 1:30–2:30 PM
  Albany Dance and Fitness — Albany, NY

• Nurturing Love (Ages 14+)
  May 9 | 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
  Creative Dance Arts Studio — Round Lake, NY

All workshops are open to ages 16 and up, with the exception of Nurturing Love, which welcomes participants ages 14 and up.

Nacre Dance Group is excited to bring this series to the community and is grateful for the partnership of its host spaces across the region.

For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.nacredance.org/workshops-classes

Contact:
Nacre Dance Group
Beth Fecteau
info@nacredance.com
518-817-3833

Allen Fields will bring his knowledge of American Musical Theater Jazz to three workshops. Fields studied and lived at one time with Broadway legend Gwen Verdon, learning the styles of jazz icons of that era. Fields most recently served as the Director of Creative Development for The Verdon Fosse Legacy and was instrumental in the successful international summer dance program in Manhattan. Class will begin with a traditional classic jazz warmup, followed by center exercises and choreographic work on a theatrical piece covering classic styles, which will be developed across the three classes. To fully benefit, it is recommended that participants take all three classes, as the material builds progressively each week. This class is for adults and teens. Prior dance experience.

Dates: Sundays May 3, 17, 31

Time: 1:30-3:00

Location: Albany Dance & Fitness, 1197 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

Fee: $100 for the series or $37/workshop

Registration and more info: https://albanydancefitness.com/ or 518-573-3631

Allen Fields will bring his knowledge of American Musical Theater Jazz to three workshops. Fields studied and lived at one time with Broadway legend Gwen Verdon, learning the styles of jazz icons of that era. Fields most recently served as the Director of Creative Development for The Verdon Fosse Legacy and was instrumental in the successful international summer dance program in Manhattan. Class will begin with a traditional classic jazz warmup, followed by center exercises and choreographic work on a theatrical piece covering classic styles, which will be developed across the three classes. To fully benefit, it is recommended that participants take all three classes, as the material builds progressively each week. This class is for adults and teens. Prior dance experience.

Dates: Sundays May 3, 17, 31

Time: 1:30-3:00

Location: Albany Dance & Fitness, 1197 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

Fee: $100 for the series or $37/workshop

Registration and more info: https://albanydancefitness.com/ or 518-573-3631

Dance Alliance Group Discounted Ticket Order for BALLETX at SPAC

June 11 at 7:30PM – THE FOUR SEASONS REIMAGINED

CENTER BALCONY Section 15 (overflow tickets will be in sections 16/17)

Tier 1: Front rows C and D price range: $50 member / $55 non-member

Tier 2: Rows E and F price range: $40 member / $45 non-member

DEADLINE TO PLACE YOUR ORDER IS 6pm SUNDAY MARCH 22^nd

(these prices are on hold for only two weeks then dynamic pricing takes effect)

Please email your order to capitalregiondancealliance@gmail.com with BALLETX in the subject line. 

Include the following information:

• Dance Alliance member’s name
• Any guests’ names and if they are members or non-members
• Number of adult tickets
• Price Tier for each ticket
• Contact information: address, phone number, email address
• Note: each order must include at least one Dance Alliance member

Payment will be requested in a separate email once the final order has been placed. If you wish the tickets to be mailed to you, you must supply a self-addressed stamped envelope with full payment. No refunds will be given once the order has been submitted.

Checks must be made payable to: Dance Alliance, c/o 52 Marriner Avenue, Albany, New York 12205.  All checks must be received by April 23^rd.

NOT A MEMBER? Join today:  https://www.dancealliance.org/membership/join/

Maude Baum Company and Dance Theatre

MOTHER ANN * THE MORNING STAR OF THE SHAKERS and SHAKER COMMUNITY DANCES

Auditions for this production will take place at the end of August TBA.

Place: Shaker Heritage Meeting House- 25 Meeting House Rd, Albany

Public Performances: Friday, October 3 at 6:30pm & Saturday, October 4 at 1:30pm,

Dress rehearsal: October 1 at 6 pm.

The SHAKER DANCES is a suite of 6 traditional dances set to traditional Shaker Songs.

MOTHER ANN is a passion play in dance and drama. It shares the difficult trials and

determination of Ann Lee as she spread the Shaker philosophy far and wide.

There will be 2 different auditions TBA.

For The Community Shaker Dances – 20 performers needed

Auditions for movers who would like to participate in a community traditional Shaker Dance

and Song performance. The dances are simple, easy to learn and fun. Old and young are

invited to audition. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Requirements:

Must be able to participate in rehearsals, the final dress rehearsal, and both performances.

Rehearsals will be early evenings and/or weekends from September 1 – performance day.

A joyful attitude with a desire and ability to work in a community group.

For Mother Ann the Morning Star of the Shakers

Audition for dancers with acting experience to perform in “Mother Ann Lee * The Morning Star of the Shaker” with Maude Baum and Company Dance Theatre. The work is a pageant dance drama chronicling the trials and tribulations of the founder of the Shakers. This is a historically significant work on this 250th Anniversary of Ann Lee’s arrival in Albany and the founding of the Shakers.

Requirements:

Must be able to participate in all rehearsals, dress rehearsal and both performances.

Advanced Dancers with acting experience. Women and men- 3 larger and 5 smaller roles.

Larger roles require more time commitment. Smaller roles need less time commitment.

Some of the work is improvisational, developed between characters that interact. Ability to

bring your artistic and technical skills to the improvisation is very important. Rehearsals will

take place once or twice a week during September 2026 depending on the role.

If you wish to attend the audition -send your name, email and phone number to:

ebadance@gmail.com or call 518 465 9916 and leave a message