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Integrated Dance Collaboratory – Dance/Movement Class for Neurodivergent People

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Dance & Movement Class
for Neurodivergent Teens and Adults

Supported in partnership with Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services (RCAAS)

PURPOSE AND GOALS:
This dance/movement class uses dance steps and music from many genres, including hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, and ballet; visual imagery; and creativity to encourage neurodivergent participants to be in the moment.
The goal is for participants to experience movement that stimulates the mind and the body in a safe, supportive environment.

The setting is a large dance studio, with curtains, white walls, and a light brown wooden dance floor. There are three people dancing. One person is a European American neurodivergent young woman wearing a multi-colored tunic, blue pants, and a yellow face-mask. She is skipping lightly in a circular pathway with 2 other dancers. The next dancer is the instructor, Natalie, a European American woman with long blonde hair, wearing a long grey shirt and black leggings, a pink face mask, and two different mismatched colorful socks. The third person dancing in the circle is a B.F.A. dance student volunteer. She is a young mixed-race African American woman with long hair in many braids, wearing a black face mask. Everyone is having fun dancing in a circle to music.”
The setting is a large dance studio, with curtains, white walls and a light brown wooden dance floor. There are four people dancing in the photos. One person dancing in the background is a European American neurodivergent young woman who is wearing a colorful tunic, blue pants and a yellow face-mask. She is dancing while playing with a colorful fuschia scarf prop in her right hand. The foreground of the photo includes six separate pieces of white paper with prompt printed on them face-up on the dance floor, including the words “Shapes,” “Speed,” “Balance” and 3 other words that are hard to read. These prompts are helping the dancers develop their own creative ideas about dancing. The next person in the photo is dancing in the middle-ground of the photo. She is an African-American young woman who is a B.F.A. dance student volunteer, wearing black top and sweatpants. She has long hair in many braids and appears to be dancing very slowly in response to a creative dance prompt. The third person dancing in the foreground is another neurodivergent young woman. She is a tall and slim European American young woman with long brown hair, wearing glasses, a long-sleeved light grey top and camouflage pants. She is looking down at one of the print prompts on the floor in front of her to decide how to move creatively next. The fourth dancer is Natalie, the dance class instructor, who is facing to the back of the room. She is a European American woman wearing a grey top and black leggings with 2 different colored socks
The setting is a large dance studio, with curtains, white walls and a light brown wooden dance floor. All four people in the dance class are standing in a small circle, facing each other. This circle is showing the end of the dance class when the instructor instructs the dancers in the class to form a community through the movements of their bodies. Everyone is holding both of their arms extended at shoulder height with their hands facing, but not quite touching the hands of the person next to them

POPULATION:
Individuals ages 18 and up, including young adults, middle-aged and elder adults, self-identifying as neurodivergent; class size limited to 12 participants.

SCHEDULE:
Saturdays, 1–2 p.m. (You can sign up for one or both sessions.) The classes are grouped in sessions of 5 and run twice for a total of 10 classes during the fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons.

INSTRUCTOR:
Natalie Schultz-Kahwaty, PhD; Natalie has been teaching dance education for 30 years, creating summer, after-school, and community programs for children and adults who are neurodivergent.
She strives to offer students an introductory class that motivates the whole person and encourages creative expression.

LOCATION:
Mortensen Hall, 85 George Street, Goetz Studio (2nd Floor), Douglass Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

DIRECTIONS:
Enter at Mortensen Hall (entrance to the right). Walk through two sets of double-doors, past the elevator (access to 2nd floor) on your left to the stairs. Goetz Studio is to the left at the top of the stairs.
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ADA-ACCESSIBLE PARKING AVAILABLE:
Enter driveway to Performing Arts Center; turn left to enter parking lots. Drop-off at the circle is available. Six (6) spaces are adjacent to Mortensen Hall. Additional ADA-accessible parking available in Parking Lots 79 and 79A.

QUESTIONS:
If you have any additional questions, please contact ns1199@mgsa.rutgers.edu

En Español

Curso de baile/movimiento
para personas neurodivergentes

Patrocinado en asociación con Rutgers Community Arts (Artes para la comunidad de Rutgers) y Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services (Centro de Servicios para adultos con autismo de Rutgers, RCAAS).

Este curso de baile/movimiento utiliza pasos de baile y música de varios géneros, incluyendo hip-hop, jazz, contemporáneo y ballet, junto con imágenes visuales y creatividad para animar a los participantes neurodivergentes a vivir el momento presente.  Nuestra meta es que los participantes experimenten movimientos que estimulan el cuerpo y la mente en un ambiente seguro y de apoyo.

Damos la bienvenida a cualquier estudiante de pregrado o posgrado de la Universidad de Rutgers y a adultos que no estén vinculados con Rutgers mayores de 22 años, incluyendo adultos jóvenes, de edad media y ancianos que se consideran neurodivergentes. La solicitud de ayuda financiera se encuentra aquí (en inglés):  https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5aTvvJg3BksNqJL.

 Aviso:

  • También les extendemos la bienvenida a hasta 8 cuidadores o personal de apoyo en cualquier curso. Estos pueden tanto estar en el salón de clase o quedarse sentados en la sala al lado, según sea necesario.
  • Todos los cursos se enseñan de acuerdo con la normativa COVID-19 de Rutgers y basada en las sugerencias del CDC para la salud y la seguridad, incluyendo el uso de mascarillas o cubrebocas y la distancia social.

Las clases son los sábados de 1 a 2 de la tarde.  Las clases se agrupan en sesiones de 5 y se imparten dos veces para un total de 10 clases durante los períodos de otoño, invierno, primavera y verano.

La profesora es la doctora (PhD) Natalie Schultz-Kahwaty, que lleva enseñando danza desde hace 30 años, además de crear programas de verano, actividades extraescolares y comunitarias para niños y adultos neurodivergentes. Natalie se esfuerza en ofrecerles a los estudiantes un curso a nivel principiante que logra motivar a la persona de forma global y fomentar la expresión creativa.

Todas las clases tienen lugar en Goetz Movement Studio en el segundo piso de Mortensen Hall, en Mason Gross Performing Arts Complex, 85 George Street, en el campus Douglass de la Universidad de Rutgers en New Brunswick. Si lo necesita, hay estacionamiento accesible para

las personas con discapacidad junto al Mortensen Hall. También hay estacionamiento CommunityArts@mgsa.rutgers.edu no accesible para las personas con discapacidad, en la zona 79A al lado de Hickman Hall.

Indicaciones: entre en Mortensen Hall y atraviese dos puertas dobles. Inmediatamente a la izquierda encontrará un ascensor accesible para personas con discapacidad,  o siga derecho para las escaleras al 2o piso. Goetz Movement Studio es el único estudio en el 2o piso.  Use el ascensor para llegar al nivel del sótano donde encontrará dos baños de uso individual para todos los géneros, accesibles para personas con discapacidad.  Hay baños adicionales de mujer y de hombre, de uso múltiple, en el 1er piso.

Para preguntas adicionales y más información, favor de ponerse en contacto con: Rutgers Community Arts; CommunityArts@mgsa.rutgers.edu, 848-932-1500

Upcoming Classes

 

Dance for Neurodivergent People Class Schedule

First Session 5 classes: March 18 & 25; April 15, 22 & 29, 2023 (No class April 1 & 8)
5-class session: $25.00 for Rutgers students: https://ce-catalog.rutgers.edu/coursedisplay.cfm?schID=88764
5-class session: $100.00 for participants: https://ce-catalog.rutgers.edu/coursedisplay.cfm?schID=88758

Second Session 5 classes: May 6 & 13; June 3, 10 & 17, 2023 (No class May 20 & 27)
5-class session: $25.00 for Rutgers students: https://ce-catalog.rutgers.edu/coursedisplay.cfm?schID=88765
5-class session: $100.00 for participants: https://ce-catalog.rutgers.edu/coursedisplay.cfm?schID=88762