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SUMMARY:Parkinson's Dance Class with Steffi Nossen School of Dance
DESCRIPTION:Parkinson’s Dance Class with Steffi Nossen School of Dance\nDates & Times: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30PM\n2025 – Sept 9\, 16\, 30\, Oct 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\, Nov 4\, 18\, 25\, Dec 2\, 9\, 16\, 2025\nNo Class December 23 & December 31\n2026 – Jan 27\, Feb 3\, 10\, 24\, March 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, April 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\, May 5\, 12\, 19\, 26\, June 2\, 9\, 16\, 2026\nNO CLASS January 6\, 13\, 20\, February 17\, March 31\, 2026\nLocation: Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Road\, Ossining\, NY 10562\nCost: FREE! \nTo register\, email or call Judith Ross at jgr@steffinossen.org or (914) 328-1900. \nEnjoy a dynamic and fun hour of dance and artistic exploration in a congenial group led by PD Trained Teachers\, with Sheri Cowart\, Wendy Morsberger + Julie Worden. Bring a partner\, friend\, or caregiver. Stand up or sit down as you please. No dance experience needed! Classes address Parkinson’s Dance specific concerns: balance\, coordination\, flexibility\, gait\, and physical confidence while simultaneously developing artistry\, grace\, and creativity. Engage in movement sequences from Ballet\, Jazz\, Modern dance\, musical theater\, folk dance\, tap\, improvisation\, and social dancing. These research backed classes specifically address Parkinson’s concerns; anyone with movement concerns is welcome. \nThe Parkinson’s dance class is based on the internationally acclaimed Dance for PD program\, a collaboration between the Mark Morris Dance Group and Brooklyn Parkinson’s Group. Our teachers are professional dancers trained in the Dance for PD® method. Weekly classes present movement sequences drawn from ballet\, jazz\, modern dance\, musical theater\, folk dance\, tap\, improvisation\, and social dancing to create a dynamic and enjoyable hour of dance and a social experience. Classes address PD specific concerns: balance\, coordination\, flexibility\, gait\, fluidity of movement\, and physical confidence while simultaneously tapping creativity. \nThis program is brought to you by ArtsWestchester\, the Morris & Alma Schapiro Fund\, and the Carvel Foundation. \nAbout Steffi Nossen School of Dance and Center for Movement\nFounded as a modern dance school in 1937 by dance legend Steffi Nossen\, the school\, managed by the not-for-profit Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation offers the highest quality\, developmentally appropriate dance instruction and performance opportunities for all ages and abilities. From preschoolers through seniors\, students have the opportunity to learn a range of dance forms including modern\, ballet\, jazz\, tap\, hip hop\, yoga and composition\, workshops and short courses in world dance forms. The diverse and cross-cultural menu of offerings reflects our philosophy that dance is universal and a unique form of education that develops the body\, mind\, spirit and character. Our engaging conservatory style classes challenge each student to strive for personal excellence in a supportive\, inclusive\, non-competitive environment. Our educationally sound\, sequential curriculum fosters technical growth and exploration through dance. \nAbout Sheri\nSheri Cowart knew she HAD to dance since she was 3 years old\, and she has never stopped! Growing up in California\, Sheri started acting\, singing and dancing professionally at a young age in commercials and television\, and performed with Burch Mann’s American Folk Ballet as a teen. After graduating from Occidental College with a BA in Speech and Drama she embarked on a musical theater career that spanned several decades\, including performing on Broadway\, in national and international tours\, regional theaters\, and in films\, commercials\, television specials and industrials. Sheri’s second act included receiving an MA degree in Occupational Therapy from Mercy College and she was fortunate to have spent 18 years as an OT at Blythedale Children’s Hospital. After training in the Mark Morris Dance for PD program\, Sheri is happy to start her third act teaching Dance for Parkinson classes through Steffi Nossen. \nAbout Wendy\nWendy Morsberger\, trained at School of the Dayton Ballet and Buffalo Ballet Center\, eventually making her way to the Royal Ballet School.  After a performance career\, culminating in the Royal Ballet (England) and Frankfurt Ballet (Frankfurt\, Germany) taught ballet\, pointe and injury prevention at Boston Ballet\, Harvard and more dance schools in Boston and Westchester. A trained physical therapist holding an MS in Physical Therapy from Massachusetts General Hospital\, Institute of Health Professionals\, Wendy has trained in the acclaimed Mark Morris Dance for PD program in Brooklyn\, NY.
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SUMMARY:Call for Teen Artists! BAC + ENU Builds Teen Arts Residency 2026-2027 - Application Open
DESCRIPTION:Call for Teen Artists!\nOur applications are open for the BAC & ENU Builds 2026-27 Teen Arts Residency open to rising high school juniors and seniors in the NY-NJ-CT tri-state area.\n\n\nBethany Arts Community (BAC) offers residencies to emerging and established artists for the development of both new works and works-in-progress. In partnership with ENU Builds\, we identified a need across our communities to build a residency for the most emerging artists: high school artists of all mediums. \nENUBuilds and the Bethany Arts Community are thrilled to be hosting the 4th Annual Teen Arts Residency. The 1st Teen Arts Residency in February 2024 welcomed seven local students to Bethany for three days. Over the course of three days\, students had time and space to work on their craft\, collaborate with one another\, and learn from a mentor. From this original cohort\, our Annual Teen Arts Residency continues to grow. Currently\, the program is split up over two 4-day portions of the residency over the academic year\, taking on up to seven high school Juniors and Seniors. \nThe 4th Annual Teen Arts Residency will take place in both Fall 2026 and Spring 2027. One cohort will be selected to participate in both the Fall and Spring portions of the residency. During the Fall portion of the residency\, artists will be encouraged to explore their discipline\, while brainstorming and settling on a project idea. During the Spring portion of the residency\, students will continue to work on and eventually share their project(s). \n\nIn applying\, students must be able to commit to attending both portions of the residency. \nELIGIBILITY: This residency is open only to rising high school juniors and seniors (Class of 2027 & 2028) in the NY\, NJ\, CT tri-state area.  \nArtists are provided room & board and a studio conducive to their artistic medium and/or project. \nThere is no cost to apply or to participate.  \nResidency Dates: November 5-8\, 2026 & March 11-14\, 2027\nApplication Open: January 22\, 2026\nApplication Due: May 26\, 2026 by 11:59PM EST\nNotifications: June 16\, 2026 \nTo check out our grounds and more\, visit our website at www.bethanyarts.org.  \nIf you have questions or concerns about accommodations for your artistic practice\, please email: submit@bethanyarts.org. \nClick Here to Apply!
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SUMMARY:Call for Artists! 2026 Fall Multidisciplinary Residency Applications Open
DESCRIPTION:Please read all guidelines and application instructions carefully\, incomplete applications or submissions that exceed outlined content limits will not be considered. Please only apply to this residency if you can stay in residence from date start to date end. \nApply Here!  \nBethany Arts Community (BAC) offers residencies to emerging and established artists for the development of both new works and works-in-progress. BAC welcomes artists working across any discipline and medium\, including visual artists\, sculptors\, writers\, playwrights\, choreographers\, musicians\, composers\, performance artists\, filmmakers\, and more to our Fall Multidisciplinary Residency. Any and all artistic mediums are encouraged to apply. Enjoy an environment where artists from different disciplines and walks of life can work in community and near each other\, creating opportunities for generative collaboration and cross-pollination. \nResidents will be surrounded by uninhibited creativity during their time at BAC\, in the form of other Multidisciplinary Residents\, local studio artists\, BAC staff and board members\, those presenting programs on campus\, and more! \nA unique component of residencies at BAC is Community Programming. As part of a residency\, we ask each artist to develop and facilitate a Community Program related to their residency plan. This part of the residency is an opportunity for artists to engage with the local community in Ossining and Westchester County\, and for the local community to engage with artists through their work. \nThe Fall Multidisciplinary Residency runs for one\, two-week session of 12 artists from September 22 – October 6\, 2026. Artists are provided room & board\, a private studio conducive to artists’ medium and/or project\, 3 basic meals a day*\, and a $225 stipend per week upon completion of the residency. Artist is responsible for transportation to and from BAC and any supplies or materials needed for their practice. We ask that you only apply if you can stay for the entire length of this residency and are 21 years or older. \n*Please note for the 3 meals a day included during the residency\, Bethany Arts Community is only able to accommodate for vegan\, plant-based\, vegetarian\, dairy-free\, and/or gluten-free diets. Please contact submit@bethanyarts.org with any questions or if you have any further allergies/dietary needs not listed. \nRegarding Artist Teams/Groups/Collaborations: Artist team applications will only be considered for groups up to 3 members. \nApplications Open: February 5\, 2026\nApplication Deadline: May 6\, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST\nLetters of Recommendation Deadline: May 13\, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST \nAs letters of recommendation (LORs) requests are sent out at the time of application submission\, we give applicants another week to ensure that their LORs are in. The person you request your LOR from will receive an email from Submittable\, prompting them to upload your letter of recommendation. Please ensure your LOR is submitted by this deadline to be considered for this residency.  \nThere is one letter of recommendation and one reference (not the same person who wrote the LOR) are required to be considered. \nYour LOR and your reference should come from someone who can speak to your artistry\, character\, and integrity. This recommender should be a non-familial related person. \nNotifications: June 26\, 2026 \nWe will be hosting four office-hour style Q&A sessions for this residency application on\nThursday\, February 26\, 2026 4:30-5:30PM EST\nThursday\, March 26\, 2026 1-2PM EST\nThursday\, April 16\, 2026 3-4PM EST\nThursday\, April 23\, 2026 7-8PM EST \nIf you’re interested in attending any of these sessions\, please email submit@bethanyarts.org for the Zoom link with your name and the session you would like to attend. Attending these sessions will not impact the selection process for residency. It is recommended prior to attending these sessions\, the artist opens a Submittable account and reads through the application– some questions may be answered! Bring questions pertaining to the application\, work guidelines\, or residency stay to these office-hour style Q&A sessions! \nTo check out our grounds\, other residency programs\, and more visit our website at www.bethanyarts.org. \nIf you have concerns about accommodations for your artistic practice\, please email: submit@bethanyarts.org \nIf you have issues using the submission form\, please contact Submittable. \nBethany Arts Community residency programs are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts\, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature\, Westchester County Board of Legislators\, The New York Community Trust Westchester\, ArtsWestchester\, and the Westchester County Government.
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LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Study in Passion and Precision - Brenda L. Montanile
DESCRIPTION:A Study in Passion and Precision\nBrenda L. Montanile\nApril 11 – May 16\, 2026\n \nA Study in Passion and Precision reflects the deep personal commitment I bring to my mosaic practice. These works hold hours of repetition\, doubt\, adjustment\, and resolve\, as well as moments of joy found throughout the creative process. They invite close examination and slow viewing\, offering a space where intensity builds quietly\, piece by piece. \nWings appear frequently in my work as symbols of movement\, comfort\, protection\, and transformation. They hold a sense of freedom and spirit within their form. \nThis exhibition reflects my ongoing relationship with mosaic as a medium and my determination to study and honor this ancient art form within a contemporary context. The works are constructed\, one piece\, one tessera at a time. Each tessera\, whether smalti\, glass\, stone\, gold\, slate\, or ceramic\, is cut\, placed\, adjusted\, and fixed by hand\, and every decision remains visible. \nFor me\, this is where precision enters the work. Precision is not control alone\, but an act of care and discipline\, shaped through attention\, patience\, and steady focus. Yet the work does not begin there. It begins with passion\, an emotional pull toward an idea\, an element\, or a color that I feel compelled to follow\, guided by curiosity and delight. \nI am drawn to the tension between these two forces. Passion initiates the work through devotion to both my inner voice and the language of mosaic itself. Precision sustains it. Together\, for me\, they have shaped a practice that requires commitment\, presence\, and time\, allowing the work to emerge through deliberate creativity. \nOpening Reception: Saturday\, April 11\, 2026 1-4 PM\nGallery Hours (Starting April 13)\nMonday – Friday 10AM-4PM \n \n  \n  \n  \nAbout Brenda L. Montanile\n\nBrenda L. Montanile is a contemporary mosaic artist based in Puerto Rico. Her education includes study with leading masters in the field and is classically trained in traditional tools and techniques rooted in ancient mosaic practices. With nearly twenty years of study\, her practice reflects a deep dedication to mosaic as both discipline and devotion. Montanile has exhibited her work in Puerto Rico and nationally and is a teaching artist on staff at The Chicago Mosaic School. \n 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/passionandprecision/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:On Set with Reyna Núñez 
DESCRIPTION:On Set with Reyna Núñez\nFriday May 8\, 6-8PM\n*Content Transparency: This program contains mature themes and topics. Parental discretion advised.* \nAn open rehearsal with Reyna Núñez while she captures vignettes centered around the layered themes of freedom\, love\, sensuality and intimacy on film. Reyna will explore how emotion\, humanity\, connection and movement translates through digital film recordings. A deep dive into a different art of storytelling.   \nThis is an open rehearsal format\, audience members are welcome to join us anytime throughout the 2-hour rehearsal. \nAbout Reyna Núñez\n2025 Dance Lab NY Choreographer and 2023 Frankie Manning Foundation Fellow\, Reyna Núñez\, is a New York City–raised dancer\, choreographer\, international educator\, and visionary shaped by the city’s rich cultural tapestry. Her movement is rooted in the freedom of feminine expression\, spanning street and club forms\, partnered social dance\, and contemporary practices.  \nHer expansive career includes work with Janet Jackson\, Lizzo\, Karol G\, and Louie Vega\, with appearances in In The Heights and campaigns for Adidas\, Aldo\, and Amazon Audible. Reyna moves fluidly between performance\, direction\, and administration\, having served as Rehearsal Director for The Jazz Continuum and the Ladies of Hip-Hop Dance Collective.  \nReyna continues to build her own work and cultivate an authentic artistic community at home in NYC\, recently making her directorial debut with Spilata’s The Cuntiest short film. Along the way\, Reyna supports fellow artists in bringing their visions to life while continuing to shape and share stories of her own.   \n@queeendelsol  \n——–  \nThis event is an Artist Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner. \nThis Residency and Community Program are made possible through BAC’s partnership with Works & Process at the Guggenheim. BAC is proud to partner with Works & Process\, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim to support creators of the performing arts and incubate new works. As two organizations committed to supporting artists across disciplines and in various stages of their artistic process\, the partnership is a natural fit. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/onset0508/
LOCATION:Bethany Arts Community\, 40 Somerstown Rd.\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open Mic @ Hudson Valley Books for Humanity
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic @ Hudson Valley Books for Humanity\nDate & Time: Friday\, May 8\, 2026 7:30-9:30PM\nLocation: Hudson Valley Books for Humanity\, 67 Central Avenue\, Ossining\, NY 10562\nFor Ages 16+\nSuggested Donation: $10-20\nDoor Proceeds go toward host\, performers\, and Bethany Arts Community.  \nJoin Hudson Valley Books for Humanity and Bethany Arts Community for our monthly Poetry/Spoken Word/Music Open Mic. Come on by to Hudson Valley Books for Humanity this month and share your latest poetry/spoken word/music projects with a supportive audience.    \nBring your talent\, your works in progress\, and your positive energy to our stage. This event is open to teens and adults near and far.   \nHOW IT WORKS\nPerforming? Performer sign-up is between 7-7:30PM. Performers will submit their name “into the hat” and we’ll draw 15 names right before 7:30PM. Each performer will have up to 5 minutes each on the mic. \nOUR COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS\nTo help nurture a space of respect\, validation\, and welcoming:  \n\n We’re here to share space\, build community\, and support each other.\n Performers: respect the 5-minute time limit and be mindful of your timekeeper.\n If you like something\, make some noise! Snap your fingers\, stomp your feet\, clap\, whatever feels right to you.\n We encourage you to get to know your seat neighbors. Connect and build community. \n\nOpen Mics take place the 2nd Friday of every month.   \nCo-hosted by Hudson Valley Books for Humanity\, a welcoming space to build community through books and art.  \nFind Hudson Valley Books for Humanity on social media @hudsonvalleybooksforhumanity\, on their website hvbooksforhumanity.com\, or visit them at 67 Central Avenue\, Ossining\, NY 10562. 
URL:https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/openmichvmay826/
LOCATION:HUDSON VALLEY BOOKS FOR HUMANITY\, 67 Central Ave\, Ossining\, NY\, 10562\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Open Mic,Performance,Poetry,Program,Reading,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:Open Rehearsal & Open Conversation with Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance  
DESCRIPTION:Open Rehearsal & Open Conversation\nwith Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance \nSaturday May 9\, 2-3:30PM\n*Content Transparency: This program contains mature themes and topics. Parental discretion advised.*\n \nThe open rehearsal format allows the choreographer and dancers to simply exist in the space while audiences witness how the work is created. I invite viewers to keep an open mind\, not just observing rehearsal\, but also how we relate to one another.  \nThis cast of Black W*ackers/Punkers is here to express our contemporary movement within this culture. The conversation centers on sharing process and exchanging what the audience perceives\, understands\, or questions. This is not a performance.  \nWe invite you into our space of Punkness—to witness\, be inspired\, and see how W*acking/Punking has shaped us. We hope to encourage more Black bodies\, especially younger generations\, to find themselves in this practice.  \nWacking/Punking is activism: a tool against oppression\, and a force of resistance. Dare to Wack. Dare to fight back. Dare to be a Punk. Dare to protect one another.  \nThis event is open to all\, and we intentionally invite Black bodies to be present —Queer\, Cis\, Women\, Men\, Trans\, teenagers\, and multiple generations. This is not exclusionary\, but about being both the representation and the represented.    \nhttps://bethanyarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Black-Waackers-Promo-BAC.mp4\n  \nInitial Ideation [circa 2024]\nW*acking/Punking\, an American social justice dance form\, emerged in the gay clubs of Los Angeles during the disco era and was predominantly expressed by Black bodies. The DJ Michelangelo\, a central force in its formation\, cultivated it as something shared among those who needed it—never for sale. Today\, the erasure of Black bodies within this dance form is both flagrant and violent. Its global evolution has created space for expression\, visibility\, and livelihood elsewhere—opportunities that remain largely unseen and under-supported in the United States.  \nWith this work\, I’m interested in exploring how different Black bodies connect with W*acking—what it means to us now\, more than 40 years after its inception. I ask: what is the Queer\, Black\, American evolution of this movement today? How can this dance form help us confront the challenges we face as Black Queer bodies? How do we reclaim its power and have it recognized and celebrated on American soil?  \nAt its core\, this work is about visibility—centering Black bodies\, and in particular Black Queer bodies\, while holding space for Black women and non-queer Black bodies whose contributions and presence remain essential. It is about how we use W*acking to express\, to take up space\, and to empower. There is also an opportunity to reach both teens and adults—to use this movement as a force against prejudice\, queerphobia\, racism\, and more.  \nThrough dance and conversation\, this work unfolds in three parts: a performance\, a film\, and a graphic novel. At its center is the question: what happens when W*ackers and Punkers are imagined as super-humans? What are the superpowers we carry that allow us to express\, activate\, and empower? And how can this dance form support us in meeting the challenges of the present moment?  \nPresent Day Flow [circa April 2026]\nNow that the residency process has begun\, the exploration is taking shape through the imagining of W*ackers and Punkers as super-humans.  \nThe quest: to find personal and collective freedom. To build an army of Black W*ackers and Punkers. To examine our specific strengths—how they have been used\, misused\, or exploited—and how they can live fully in our expression of W*acking/Punking. What defines our personal and collective arsenal of superpowers within this culture?  \nTheir powers emerge from the elements of our culture. Poses and stances become sites of protection\, confidence\, and armor. We are Punking our way through—digging deeper to understand what we give to the culture\, and what it has given to us.  \nWe invoke our ancestors in the way we walk; the vibration of our weight meeting the earth. A return to self unfolds through 360-degree motion: spinning\, turning\, pivoting\, pirouetting. The W*acks call us to strike with force\, these are our weapons\, a vital part of our arsenal.  \nThe villain remains uncertain. Is it erasure? Internalized belief—buying into the hype? Is it the tension of yin and yang\, or the imbalance between them? Can a world of super-humans\, of super W*ackers and super Punkers\, exist without a villain\, or is oppression an ever-present force we must continually name and resist?  \nAlongside this\, we are developing a film with filmmaker Kristina Moorer\, and envisioning a graphic novel as a lookbook\, featuring Punkers posed in bold\, fashionably outrageous forms.  \nThis is the flow we stepped into just days ago. By the time we arrive at Bethany in May\, more questions will emerge; some answered\, some abandoned\, some tested\, failed\, or held for another time.  \n——–  \nThis event is an Artist Residency Community Program. As part of a residency at BAC\, we ask each artist to build and facilitate a Community Program. Community Programs are a unique opportunity for both artists-in-residence and our local community to gather\, engage\, and be in conversation with one another through art. Community Programs are free engagements open to the public and/or in collaboration with a local community partner. \nThis Residency and Community Program are made possible through BAC’s partnership with Works & Process at the Guggenheim. BAC is proud to partner with Works & Process\, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim to support creators of the performing arts and incubate new works. As two organizations committed to supporting artists across disciplines and in various stages of their artistic process\, the partnership is a natural fit.  \nImage Credit: Courtesy of Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance\, Credit: Jerick ‘Anyo’ Collantes  \nVideo Credit: Courtesy of Nubian Néné / A Lady In The House Dance\, Video credit: The Nubian Dancers: Cruella\, Jennuine\, NYX\, Amethyst at Queens College through the CUNY Dance Initiative 
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