Grab a blanket or lawn chair, some snacks, and come join us to see some dance!
The Malden Dance Mile is an annual interactive movement adventure in Malden, MA. This year's event will bring together artists from Malden, all across New England, and even from London! Join us for TWO DAYS of movement adventures on
Friday, May 13th & Saturday, May 14th
Events include dance films, workshops, live performances, and more! Full schedule coming soon!
The Malden Dance Mile is an annual interactive movement adventure in Malden, MA. This year's event will bring together artists from Malden, all across New England, and even from London! Join us for TWO DAYS of movement adventures on
Friday, May 13th & Saturday, May 14th
Events include dance films, workshops, live performances, and more! Full schedule coming soon!
Friday, May 13th @ 7:30pm
Location: Malden City Hall Plaza
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7:30pm - Yoga
8:00pm - Film Showing |
Featuring:
Accumulations Dance** Alexa Romancewicz** Alive Dance Collective Cassandre Charles** Christopher Croucher** Duets for a Lifetime** Janine Harrington* Juliana Utz** Lila Ruth Klaus Lynn Modell** Ruth Benson Levin** Zack Betty** |
Saturday, May 14th @ 12:00pm
Location: Malden Community Path between Faulkner and Cross Streets
Workshops
Join us for these FREE 30 minute workshops on the Malden Community Path at Bryant Street, behind U-Haul!
Walk ins are welcome but registrations are helpful! Let us know if you plan on attending by registering below. Need a special accommodation? Register by Friday, May 6th to let us know and we will do our best to help!
Walk ins are welcome but registrations are helpful! Let us know if you plan on attending by registering below. Need a special accommodation? Register by Friday, May 6th to let us know and we will do our best to help!
Creative Movement
Workshop with Elizabeth Powers
12:00pm
Workshop with Elizabeth Powers
12:00pm
How To Waltz On Grass!
Workshop with Michael Winward
12:30pm
This workshop will cover some of the fundamentals of the Waltz, including: timing, partnership, weight shift, and 3-4 basic figures (steps). Exercises will be taught to individual participants, and there will be an opportunity to dance in partnership as well (though folks can opt not to dance in partnership if that's preferable). No prior experience or partner necessary to take part; all material can be adapted for dancers using mobility aids including walkers and wheelchairs.
Workshop with Michael Winward
12:30pm
This workshop will cover some of the fundamentals of the Waltz, including: timing, partnership, weight shift, and 3-4 basic figures (steps). Exercises will be taught to individual participants, and there will be an opportunity to dance in partnership as well (though folks can opt not to dance in partnership if that's preferable). No prior experience or partner necessary to take part; all material can be adapted for dancers using mobility aids including walkers and wheelchairs.
Body Stories
Workshop with Kim Holman* ^
1:00pm
Explore what you have to say with this brief step into physical storytelling. Participants will explore communication through creative movement with a number of short prompts for both sensory experience and composition. All movers and all bodies welcome, no dance or composition experience required.
Workshop with Kim Holman* ^
1:00pm
Explore what you have to say with this brief step into physical storytelling. Participants will explore communication through creative movement with a number of short prompts for both sensory experience and composition. All movers and all bodies welcome, no dance or composition experience required.
Improvising Through Uncertainty
Workshop with Nicole Zizzi
1:30pm
This workshop will take the form of a guided movement meditation. Together we will begin to evaluate how current events have been received and held by our bodies, examining if uncertainty may play a role in how we might be sitting with the present moment. No dance experience is required, all abilities are welcome.
Workshop with Nicole Zizzi
1:30pm
This workshop will take the form of a guided movement meditation. Together we will begin to evaluate how current events have been received and held by our bodies, examining if uncertainty may play a role in how we might be sitting with the present moment. No dance experience is required, all abilities are welcome.
Persian Dance
Workshop with Aftab Dance Group
2:00pm
Join members of Aftab Dance Group and learn some foundational Persian dance movements followed by a quick combination to a classic Persian song!
Workshop with Aftab Dance Group
2:00pm
Join members of Aftab Dance Group and learn some foundational Persian dance movements followed by a quick combination to a classic Persian song!
Movement and Music Perspective
Workshop with Juliana Utz
2:30pm
We invite you to join, relax, and explore our outdoor improv jam with Saturday’s immersive perspectives workshop! Participants are encouraged to move throughout the space, change seats, and view the dance from different perspectives at any time. Objects will be provided to participants to look through to further customize their viewing experience. Dancers from Turning Key Dance will be supporting the movement along with Stephen Ambra, who will be accompanying on the cello.
Workshop with Juliana Utz
2:30pm
We invite you to join, relax, and explore our outdoor improv jam with Saturday’s immersive perspectives workshop! Participants are encouraged to move throughout the space, change seats, and view the dance from different perspectives at any time. Objects will be provided to participants to look through to further customize their viewing experience. Dancers from Turning Key Dance will be supporting the movement along with Stephen Ambra, who will be accompanying on the cello.
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Performances & ActivitiesWe are thrilled to present site specific performances and interactive choreographic adventures along the path from 12:30pm - 2:30pm. All Malden Dance Mile events are free and open to the public. Come on down!
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Saturday, May 14th @ 6:00pm
Location: Malden City Hall Plaza
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6:00pm - Artist Fair
7:30pm - Yoga with Kirsty Yetter 8:00pm - Film Showing |
Featuring:
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin** CNC Little Free Library Collective Moments Dance Company** DEAFinitely Jessica Roseman* ^ Kim Holman* ^ Love Letters from Boston Natalia Maldari** NSquared Dance Company Olivia Moon Photography Rachel Roccoberton** Sam Krueger Turning Key Dance Why Not Jewelry/Kirsty Yetter |
*Supported in part by NEFA's New England State Touring Grant
**Presented as part of NACHMO Boston
^Presented as an Against the Odds Artist
**Presented as part of NACHMO Boston
^Presented as an Against the Odds Artist
Directions
Evening events will be held in the plaza behind City Hall at
215 Pleasant St, Malden, MA
215 Pleasant St, Malden, MA
Public Transit
Malden City Hall Plaza is located across the street from the Malden Center stop on the Orange Line. It is a two minute walk from the train to the plaza.
Walking directions from Malden Center to 215 Pleasant St, Malden, MA
Driving
Street parking is available along Pleasant St or for free at the Jackson Street Garage.
Driving directions to 215 Pleasant St, Malden, MA
Driving directions to Jackson Street Garage, Malden, MA
Malden City Hall Plaza is located across the street from the Malden Center stop on the Orange Line. It is a two minute walk from the train to the plaza.
Walking directions from Malden Center to 215 Pleasant St, Malden, MA
Driving
Street parking is available along Pleasant St or for free at the Jackson Street Garage.
Driving directions to 215 Pleasant St, Malden, MA
Driving directions to Jackson Street Garage, Malden, MA
Saturday afternoon events will be held on the Malden Community Path
between Faulkner & Cross Streets
between Faulkner & Cross Streets
Public Transit
The closest train stop is Malden Center.
It is about a 20 minute walk from the train to the Community Path.
Walking directions from Malden Center to the Community Path at Bryant St, Malden, MA
It is an 11 minute bus ride on the 105 from the train to the Community Path.
Bus directions from Malden Center to the Community Path at Bryant St, Malden, MA
Driving
A small amount of street parking is available along Bryant St. There may be parking at some local businesses.
Directions to the Community Path at Bryant St, Malden, MA
The closest train stop is Malden Center.
It is about a 20 minute walk from the train to the Community Path.
Walking directions from Malden Center to the Community Path at Bryant St, Malden, MA
It is an 11 minute bus ride on the 105 from the train to the Community Path.
Bus directions from Malden Center to the Community Path at Bryant St, Malden, MA
Driving
A small amount of street parking is available along Bryant St. There may be parking at some local businesses.
Directions to the Community Path at Bryant St, Malden, MA
Meet the Artists
Select an image below to learn more about the artist!
Accumulations Dance
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Aftab Dance Group
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Alexa Romancewitcz
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Alive Dance Collective
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Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
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Cassandre Charles
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Christopher Croucher
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CNC Little Free Library
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Collective Moments
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Dani Robbins
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Elizabeth Powers
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J Michael Winward
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Janine Harrington
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Jessica Roseman
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Juliana Utz
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karen Krolak
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Lila Ruth Klaus
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Lynn Modell
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Natalia Maldari
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Nicole Harris
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Nicole Zizzi
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NSquared Dance Company
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Olivia Moon Photography
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Rachel Roccoberton
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Ruth Benson Levin
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Sam Krueger
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Sarah Feinberg
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Turning Key Dance Company
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Zackery Betty
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Meet the Supporters
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Malden Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency and the
Mass Cultural Council’s Project and Festivals grants.
Jessica Roseman, Kim Holman, and Janine Harrington are supported in part by NEFA's New England State Touring Grants.
Mass Cultural Council’s Project and Festivals grants.
Jessica Roseman, Kim Holman, and Janine Harrington are supported in part by NEFA's New England State Touring Grants.
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Please take a moment to thank the folks who are supporting the Malden Dance Mile and the arts in Malden, including the Mass and Malden Cultural Councils (links in logos above) and the state government who votes to fund those agencies!
Send some additional love to the local businesses and other arts organizations who are supporting the Malden Dance Mile!
Send some additional love to the local businesses and other arts organizations who are supporting the Malden Dance Mile!
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The Malden Dance Mile & NACHMO Boston are part of Monkeyhouse’s Covid Collaborations
Special thanks to the Miner Nagy Family Gift Fund
Special thanks to the Miner Nagy Family Gift Fund
Meet the Organizers
Monkeyhouse is an award winning nonprofit organization based out of Malden that is dedicated to connecting communities to choreography. We are interested in finding ways that choreography impacts everyone and the ways that we all move with meaning every day.
NACHMO (National Choreography Month) is your yearly kick in the pants to create new work! NACHMO Boston is co-hosted by Alive Dance Collective and Monkeyhouse and strives to grow connections in our dance communities and offer both budding and established choreographers a chance to create and present. Participants take on the challenge of creating a new work during January (National Choreography Month), supported by choreographic prompts, mentoring sessions, and connections to the dance community.
NACHMO (National Choreography Month) is your yearly kick in the pants to create new work! NACHMO Boston is co-hosted by Alive Dance Collective and Monkeyhouse and strives to grow connections in our dance communities and offer both budding and established choreographers a chance to create and present. Participants take on the challenge of creating a new work during January (National Choreography Month), supported by choreographic prompts, mentoring sessions, and connections to the dance community.
Special Thanks
The Malden Dance Mile originated as a collaboration between Monkeyhouse and OnStage Dance Company.
We are forever grateful for Jennifer Kuhnberg and the OnStage Dance Company community.
We are forever grateful for Jennifer Kuhnberg and the OnStage Dance Company community.
A huge thank you to Kevin Duffy, the Mayor’s Office, and the City of Malden for helping us get the Malden Dance Mile on its feet this year and every year!
We are so lucky to be part of this community!
We are so lucky to be part of this community!
Additional special thanks to Jason Ries, Brenna Banister, Laurie Sales, Lauren Rigsby, Juliana Utz, Malden Chamber of Comerce, Urban Media Arts, Pam & Steve Harris, Ron Richards
Accessibility
All Malden Dance Mile sites will be accessible for those with mobility devices. Workshops will be held on the grass, which may have unexpected bumps. Workshop participants are welcome to use the paved path if needed for a flatter surface.
Films will be closed captioned. Some chairs will be provided for those who are unable to sit on the ground. Please let us know if you will need a chair.
Do you have an access need we can meet to make this event more accessible to you? Please let us know!
Films will be closed captioned. Some chairs will be provided for those who are unable to sit on the ground. Please let us know if you will need a chair.
Do you have an access need we can meet to make this event more accessible to you? Please let us know!
