Did you ever hear DANCE speak to you? PFW has provided a Grant which will provide female ex-offenders, who are in recovery, and their children, who are all residents in the AMETHYST program, the opportunity to receive three-months of weekly dance instruction. This project will culminate in a performance on April 27th during the OhioDance Festival, April 26-28th. Dance is able to communicate every emotion and feeling and through its own language of choreography. This will allow these women and their children to have a voice to dance-out their individual and collective story through Dance. Taking ownership of their own story and its emotional content will be part of their recovery and allow them to transition to a creative and meaningful life. That mother and child will interact will be an emotional experience that they are willing to share and we ask that you be there to share these moments. A keynote speaker, Pat Graney, from Seattle who is well known for her prison projects and for her arts-based educational programming will speak that afternoon in a panel discussion. She will also give a master class that will provide a hands-on example of how to work for your community utilizing the language of dance. OhioDance is a socially concerned community organization devoted to creating a better world by bridging the gap between art and the lives of ordinary people. This festival will bring dancers together from all around the state. More information: www.ohiodance.org
