2024 Creative Aging Winter Institute

Take a deep dive into intersection of the arts and aging during Dance Exchange’s 2024 Creative Aging Winter Institute.

January 12-14, 2024

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 2024 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

Technology Requirements

For online sessions, participants will join via Zoom, so a wifi-enabled device with a camera and microphone as well as a stable internet connection are necessary for meaningful participation. Please note that the Welcome and Orientation will be online for both tracks.

Tuition

Early Bird Tuition (Register by December 12):

In-Person Track: $250

Online Track: $200

Regular Tuition (Register after December 12):

In-Person Track: $287.50

Online Track: $230

Returning Participant Discount: If you have participated in an Institute in the past, you are eligible for a 10% 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 registration@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 Dec. 12 to be considered for the scholarship.

Questions?

With questions, please email registration@danceexchange.org or call (301) 270-6700. 

We look forward to gathering, moving and making with you in January.