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Dance Classes for People aged 50+
A relaxing and fun way to stay in shape, these dance classes combine easy stretch exercises and dance sequences to music which help maintain flexibility, strength, balance and coordination.
Exercises can be done seated or standing.
Each class lasts for up to 1 ½ hours.
Weekly drop-in classes take place at:
St Teresa's Church, Clarendon Street, Dublin 2
(Opposite Brown Thomas car park)
Class takes place in the Edith Stein Room, *Lift access available
€5 per class. No registration required.
Class Schedule:
Mondays | 11am-12.15pm | Led by Cathy Coughlan
Wednesdays | 2pm-3.30pm | Led by Philippa Donnellan
Term 1 | 12 September - 2 November 2011
Term 2 | 7 November - 14 December 2011
Term 3 | 16 January - 29 February 2012
Term 4 | 12 March - 2 May 2012
Term 5 | 28 May - 11 July 2012
**please note that classes do not take place on Bank Holiday Mondays**
For further information please contact Philippa Donnellan, Director of CoisCéim Broadreach.
Tel: 01 878 4063 Email: philippa@coisceim.com
Upcoming Events:
We are pleased to announce the launch of the fifth partnership project for people aged 50+ between CoisCéim Broadreach and Dublin City Council’s Arts, Sports and Leisure and Community Development Sections.
WILD & WONDERFUL A riotous celebration about men and women in song and dance
Beginning 6 March CoisCéim’s choreographers will host weekly drop-in dance classes at seven centres across Dublin. CLICK HERE for the schedule and more information.
recent events & performances:
SILENT IDOLS is a dance homage to films of the silent era, many of which remain current today, such as Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times. Open to people aged 50+ CoisCéim’s choreographers hosted weekly drop-in dance classes across Dublin throughout February and March 2011. At the end of 8 weeks of classes, participants could join THE PERFORMANCE GROUP which created a new dance theatre performance which toured to venues in Dublin during Bealtaine 2011. Click here for more information.
Click here for Ailin Quinlan's Irish Independent article about Silent Idols.
Culture Night 2010
In 2010 Temple Bar Cultural Trust commissioned CoisCéim Broadreach to create an intergenerational performance for Culture Night. The genesis of the piece entitled Dance Arias was a partnership project with CoisCéim Broadreach and Dublin City Council Arts, Sport & Leisure, and Community Development Sections. Dance Arias was performed at The Mansion House, Dublin in May 2010. For Culture Night, Dance Arias was re-developed bringing people from two of our regular groups together for the first time: Clarendon StREET class for people aged 50+ and members of Creative Steps – Young People’s Dance Theatre.
Working with choreographer Philippa Donnellan, twenty people aged 18 + created choreography to such arias as Barcarolle by Offenbach, and La Donna é Mobile by Verdi. Dance Arias was performed on Culture Night 2010 at two outdoor locations in Temple Bar, Dublin. The dancers, individually dressed in black outfits, looked fabulously elegant and danced with great flair, poise – and finesse! With the whole of Dublin city centre alive with different cultural events it felt that Dance Arias contributed to the real spirit of Culture Night; it was certainly warmly received by the large audiences present at each performance.
‘It was a delight to work with everyone. I found it challenging to explore and create movement, to discover what we had in common – and the different styles of dancing. During the rehearsal period it was interesting to see how people’s movement awareness and confidence grew. I was lucky to have a chance to re-work choreographic material, and to work with such a committed, creative and fun-loving group of people – I’m looking forward to the next opportunity as I hope everyone else is.’ Philippa Donnellan, October 2010
I cannot really express how much I enjoyed the classes, from the gentle exercises to the choreography I found it all so enjoyable and satisfying
class participant at clarendon street
