Dance Friday/Freedom Stan Strickland and Helena Froehlich

DANCE FRIDAY/FREEDOM WEEKEND March 27 and 28th 2026 74 Pleasant St, Arlington 02476 • [www.dancefriday.org](http://www.dancefriday.org/) Come for the whole event or single dance or class. schedule to be TBA See [www.dancefriday.org](http://www.dancefriday.org/) for discounts and full list of options Last year FRIDAY, St. John's Episcopal Church, 74 Pleasant St, Arlington, MA St John's Episcopal Church 74 Pleasant St, Arlington, MA Classes and Dance 7:30-10:30pm ***The Weekend kicks off with our first workshop & dance evening:*** 7:20pm - 7:40pm Check in, Welcome, Opening Circle (Foyer) 7:40pm - 8:30pm Workshop: ***Tuning Moving Meditations*** — **Helena Froehlich** 8:30pm - 10:30pm **Live Music Dance** with **Stan Strickland** with DJ'd interlude(s) by DJ das Mojo **Tuning Moving Meditations with Helena Frohlich**: In a perpetual dance, your energy flows within and around your body responding to your moves, emotions and thoughts. Like a musical instrument you can consciously choose what you are *Tuning* in, to develop your well-being. Starting with a Tai Chi style warm-up, you will be invited to practice positive affirmations with gentle moving meditations. *Tuning* more of who you are, dance fully present in your body! Singer, saxophonist, flutist, actor ***Stan Strickland*** has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, the Caribbean, New Zealand and the former Soviet Union. In addition to numerous radio and television appearances, Stan has performed in many clubs and concert halls, including Jordan and Symphony Halls in Boston, Carnegie Recital Hall and Town Hall in New York, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Stan has performed with jazz greats Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Mann, Danilo Perez, Shirley Scott and Marlena Shaw. *** ## **Saturday, March 15th** 12:45-2:15pm Welcome Lunch (not included in weekend registration) [Noodle Market](https://noodlemarket.net/) 470-472 Massachusetts Ave. Arlington, MA **Saturday continues at St.John's Episcopal Church** 2:30pm - 10:30pm 74 Pleasant St, Arlington, MA 2:30-2:45 Registration / Check in (Foyer) **CLASSES:** (Most Up to Date Schedule, updated 3/4/4 at 2pm) Class Period **1**: **2:45pm - 3:35pm** *Roth 5Rhythms™* — Margaux Medicine Dancer (Parish Hall) Class Period **2: 3:45pm - 4:35pm** *Bellydance to Bliss: an Ecstatic Dance Journey* — Johara (Parish Hall) Class Period **3**: **4:45pm - 5:35pm** *Acoustic Music Jam* (must be able to carry your instrument down a few stairs) (Parish Hall) *Foot Reflexology* — Bill Kennedy (Parlor Room) Class Period **4**: **5:45pm - 6:35pm** *Contact Improvisation: how to do it and why it's fun* — Chris Ellinger (Parish Hall) **6:35pm - 6:50pm:** Dining Hall set up for dinner **6:50pm - 8:15pm:** ***Bardic Dinner*** share a poem, song or dance during dinner **8:30pm - 10:30pm:** **Evening Dance** with DJ das Mojo (dave sheppard)