by Kairos Alive | Feb 12, 2019 | Dancing Connects Us, Dancing Heart™, Dancing together is good medicine, Maria
When I started creating programming for older adults almost 20 years ago my ideas naturally flowed from my creative dance work with children, families, schools and teachers. I began my work as a professional dancer and educator in the 1970’s when I graduated...
by Kairos Alive | Jun 30, 2016 | Article, Dance Hall, Dancing Heart™, Maria
In an article originally posted on HowlRound in December, Maria Genné helped answer the question; where do older adults fit in to our world today? Today her insights form an important foundation for Kairos Alive! as we continue to dance, learn and grow. Dancing is...
by Kairos Alive | Jun 2, 2016 | Article, Dance Hall, Maria, Travel
I love dancing with people. I always find that after the first, sometimes awkward moment, most people really love to dance. They just need to know that they are welcome, be assured that there is no “right” way to dance and experience a model that demonstrates that...
by Kairos Alive | Feb 9, 2011 | Awards, Dancing Heart™, Maria
This week in downtown Minneapolis 3,500 members of Aging Services of Minnesota are having their annual conference. Two Kairos Dance Theatre collaborators, Ebenezer and Wilder, won awards for excellence in program innovation in connection with Kairos’...
by Kairos Alive | Jan 29, 2011 | Dancing Heart™, Maria
At Deer Crest Assisted Living in Red Wing we were amazed and thrilled to realize that we were doing Waltz, Polka, Schottische, and Improvisatory Movement with a lively group that embodied in one room more than two thousand years of combined movement experience. No...
by Kairos Alive | Dec 30, 2010 | Dancing Heart™, Maria
We are heading into next week to say “good-bye” to our “Dancing Heart” friends at five nursing homes. We have been dancing together for two years through a Minnesota Department of Human Services grant given to five nursing homes that Ebenezer...