Schedule Fall semester 2024: September 16, 2024

Spring semester 2025 February 3, 2025

MaDLOM AFTER SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION:

DANCE, DRUMMING, DRAMA

Modern dance, ballet, choreography, poetry, film, podcast & play writing, Stasis, Maya MW, and guests

Drumming: djembe, dun dun - M’ ten Halsey, Will Pew, Maya MW, Reggie Workman, and guests

Drama, Acting, podcast, film - Ayana Workman, Tommy Day, Maya MW, and guests,

JANUARY SCHEDULE: back January 2 - 10. Off January 13-17

(Ms. Maya is in Rehearsal/premiere for “Ophelia’s Ocean” in NYC)

JANUARY 20 @ 11- MLK DRUM PERFORMANCE @ Bullock School, Montclair, NJ.

Early Bird Registration for Spring Semester, which starts February 4, 2025!

Monday: Modern Dance & Ballet & Choreography& Stasis©

  • 4:00- 5:00 – Modern 2 / Ballet / Choreography & Stasis (ages 7- 9)

  • 5:00 - 6:20 – Modern 3 & Choreography  & Stasis (ages 9-16)

  • 6:20 - 7:30– Ballet (ages 11 + up Intermediate )

Tuesday: Modern Dance & Ballet & Choreography & Stasis©

  • 3:30 - 4:10 – Creative Movement/Story/Ballet, youngest team (ages 3-5 1/2)

  • 4:10 - 4:55 – Modern 1 & 4:55 -5:10 Intro to Modern 2 (ages 5 1/2-7) (Ballet/Choreo)

  • 5:10- 6:00 – Floor ballet barre, core, feet, Gyro, Pilates, ballet barre 9-18 & parents!

  • 6:00 - 7:30 – Modern 4 -+ Choreography &Stasis & Repertoire (ages 14 and up + up)

Thursday: Drama 2, Drama 3 - Physical Theater, Ballet & Stasis©

  • 3:50- 5:15– Drama 2: Acting/Games/Play writing/Podcast/ film/ commercials (ages 7 1/2 - 12)

  • 5:15- 6:30– Ballet (ages 11 + up Intermediate)

  • 6:30 - 7:30 – Drama 3: Acting/Improv/Physical Theater (ages 11 + up, Level 3)

Friday: African Drumming (Djembe, Dun Dun) & Rhymes

  • 3:50 -4:20 Djembe, G Clef Story/Poem / Movement (Ages 5 -6 - Beginners) & parents can join

  • 4:20- 5:10 Djembe & Poem/Movement (ages 6- 81/2 Level 2) & parents can join

  • 5: 10- 6:10 Djembe Drum& Poem/Movement & Dun-Dun (ages 9- 11 Level 3) - transitional

  • 6:10- 7:15 Djembe Drum, Dun-Dun (ages 13+ up and ADULTS, Levels 4) - previous levels suggested, parents encouraged to join!

We follow Montclair public school closings! Early Bird Registration for the Fall Semester throuh September 9

Class Descriptions

Modern Dance 2: Modern, Ballet, Choreography

Ages 7-9, Monday: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Students explore space, qualities of movement, coordination, direction, levels, and rhythms, as shared experience. This year they wiol explore choreography, as a dual leadership. A new form of movement is created. effortlessly. Students develop skills in modern dance, the base of ballet.

Critical and creative thinking, independent thoughts are emphasized.

(Loose clothes). Ballet is added for a better understanding, of how to build stretch and strength!

Modern Dance 3: Modern, Choreography & Improvisation

Ages 9-16, Monday: 5:00 – 6:20

Coordination, direction of movement, levels of movement, and time come first. Timing of the dancer to cross the studio is equal to energy that is formed.

Modern dance technique is inspired by Merce Cunningham’s technique. Through dual leadership and qualities of movement, we explore the images of visual art. Pauses followed by immediate energy employ a style of deliverance of all creators..Qualities of movement and critical and creative thinking are encouraged, and independent dual work, supporting a solo, duet, and trio are practiced.

Creative Movement&Story&Ballet, for the Youngest Team

Ages 3-5 1/2 Tuesday: 3:30 - 4:10 pm

Through fun imaginary 'travel throughout the world' and meeting animals, we will start understanding the space, and the movement in space; how do my friend & I move, and how can we create a movement story together? Basic steps such as plie, gallop, hop and skip will accompany a myriad of self-invented movements.

Modern Dance1 & Intro to Modern 2 & Pre-Ballet & Improvisation

Ages 5 1/2 - 8 Tuesday: 4:10 - 5:55 pm (Modern 2 extended to 5:10)

Creative movement based on modern dance, coordination in space, directions, levels, and pre-ballet.

We observe paintings. We develop strength through the joyous process. We introduce rhythm patterns. We encourage creativity, confidence, strength, bodily-kinesthetic awareness. Teamwork is developed. We are inspired by Merce Cunningham’s modern dance technique. Modern 2 choreographs! (Bare feet, loose clothes).

NEW: for students and parents

Inspired by floor ballet barre core, feet & Pilates & Garuda

Ages 7 - 18 & Parents Tuesday 5:10 - 6:00pm

We work on flexibility & strengthening. Positions of the feet and arms define standard placement. The class emphasizes stretching, strengthening, control, and coordination. This class is recommended for boys, girls and parents, and is essential to help develop a stronger individual (Loose clothes)

Ballet (Intermediate)

Ages 11 - 18

Mon 6:20- 7: 30 , Thurs 5:00-6:00

Dancers work at the ballet barre, center, and across the floor. Body alignment is the key (Feet, hips, arms, head) to further turnout (rotation outward) and extensions.

Ballet vocabulary, as well as jumps transferring to larger jumps across the floor are practiced. This class is for boys and girls.  (Dress code, loose, black& white).

Modern Dance 4: Modern, Choreography & Repertoire & Stasis©

Ages 12 - 18 Tuesday 6: 00 - 7:30

In addition to modern dance and choreography, students train in choreography, how to direct, and examine, leadership. They develop creative & critical thinking. Modern dance, based on Graham and Cunningham, and improvisation. We will work on a new technique Stasis. *** Choreography in the world, is currently experiencing a veritable revolution. Aesthetically, it is turning away from established notions of dance with its strong association with skill and craft, to instead establish autonomous discourses that override causalities between conceptualization, production, expression, and representation. At the same time, it is gaining momentum on a political level as it is placed in the middle of a society to a large degree organized around movement, subjectivity and immaterial exchange.

DRAMA 2: Acting, Games, Scenes, Play writing, Podcast, Film, intro to physical Theater imagery

Ages 7 1/2 - 12 Thurs 3:50- 5:00 pm

Warm up through Butoh Movement, meditation, and stretching. Ayana Workman or Marina Shay as well as Maya will introduce Shakespeare. This class is highly recommended for dancers and musicians. Every student speaks up, thinks critically, and creatively, and adds to the process in every class! Numerous theater games, vocal exercises, and ‘Butoh’ movements are included. Each semester the students will create and write a new play (Loose Clothes)

DRAMA 3: Physical Theater, Drama, Acting & Improv, Playwriting, Short Film, Podcast

Ages 12 - 18 and ADULTS Thurs 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Warm up through Butoh Movement, meditation, and stretching. This years we will focus on how the physical intent or efforts to physically override the space and images, affects the theater. We will introduce Shakespeare & Beckett, and other play writers. . Students will write a physical theater play, and create a short films. Every student is encouraged to create through the process! In this work andin this safe space CONFIDENCE GROWS FAST. Theater games, vocal exercises, and ‘Butoh’ movements are emphasized (Loose clothes).

This year we plan to create a 45 minutes immersive “film Noir” production in spring 2025

“Untitled” : written, directed, and edited by the 2023/24 Drama 3 students.

DJEMBE DRUM 1: G Clef Story, Poems, Movement

Ages 4 1/2-5 1/2 - Fri 3:50 - 4:=20

The students create their own rhythms, and poems based on paintings, and begin djembe drumming; we introduce the story of Ms. G Clef Makes Peace & musical notes. They learn rhymes, starting with Kuku, Funga, and Mwana. (loose clothes)

DJEMBE DRUM 2: Djembe, Poetry, Movement

Ages 6 - 9

Fri 4:20 - 5:10pm

The students create their own rhythms, and poems, and participate in African Djembe Drumming & movement. (2) Introduce the story of Ms. G Clef Makes Peace & how to read the music. Students bring movement, rhythm & patterns into space. We teach: Kuku, Funga, Mwana. Youngest learners focus and create! (loose clothes)

DJEMBE DRUM 3: Djembe, DunDun, Poetry, Movement

Ages 9 - 13 - Fri 5:10 - 6:10 pm

The students work on their djembe drumming skills. Poems and rhythms are based on movement. An added benefit of drumming is emotional regulation, the development of focus, and literacy skills. Students are exposed to African rhythms (Kuku, Mwana, Funga, Isokota. N’Kwanga, Forest, Funky Madlom, Isokota, ). We would love to perform with this group!

DJEMBE DRUM 4: Djembe, DunDun

Ages 11 - 18, ADULTS - Fri 6:10 - 7:15 pm. Parents are encouraged to join.

(1) This is an amazing performing group. This class encourages focused learning, perseverance, leadership, and understanding of music as a whole. The students continue to learn African rhythms such as, but not exclusive: Sofa, Kuku, Lamba, N’Kwanga, Funga, Yembala, Samba, Sumeneku, Soli, Sente, etc.  (loose clothes). We perform with this group! Commitment is appreciated!

We are creating feature documentary about Madlom’s co-founder Reggie Workman, NEA Jazz Master, Gugemheim and Doris Duke recipient, and a legendary bassist, Madlom’s guest educator.

“It was clear how dedicated the kids were and how much work went into the whole thing. My husband was just blown away by what the kids can do.”

  • Katherine Wandersee (Parent)