Dance Friday/Freedom Stan Strickland and Helena Froehlich
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DANCE FRIDAY/FREEDOM WEEKEND March 27 and 28th 2026
74 Pleasant St, Arlington 02476 •
Come for the whole event or single dance or class.
Tuning Moving Meditation with Helena Froehlich - Dance, tuning into your movements from within. We will warm up, and practice the 8 pieces of Brocade: an ancient Qigong series of flowing movement balancing the energy (Qi) and supporting health, vitality and mental clarity. Then in tune with Stan’s music, we will do some guided improvisation, connecting to the music, the space and people around you. Breathing in, breathing out, dance and expand the limits of your perceptions. Class is short so show up early for orientation and warm up.
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.
Helena Froehlich bio: Boston Ballet Faculty. Dancer, Teacher, choreographer, Helena has worked with several companies including, Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in France, Staatstheater Biberach in Germany, American Repertory & Princeton Ballet School in the USA. She performs with her company CreationDance in Europe and the United States. Along with ballet, modern, and other forms of dance, she studied Tai Chi, Acupressure, Pilates, and Yoga.
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The full weekend is only $100.00 by March 15th!
$110 walk-ins / day-of. See other attendance options in the chart below schedule
## Friday March 27th and Saturday March 28th, 2026
Tentative 2026 Weekend Schedule
### FRIDAY, March 27th
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 74 Pleasant St, Arlington, MA (Lombard St entrance at back of building)
OPENING DANCE
7:20pm – 7:40pm Check in, Welcome, Opening Circle (Foyer)
7:30pm – 8:30 — Tuning Moving Meditations — Helena Froehlich
8:30pm – 10:30 — Live Music for Dancing with Stan Strickland with DJ’d interlude(s) by DJ das Mojo (Dave Sheppard)
### SATURDAY, March 28th
Full Day of Classes, Dinner & Performances, Evening Dance
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 74 Pleasant St. • Arlington, MA (Lombard St entrance at back of building)
1:30 Registration and Opening Circle
Class Period 1 — 2-2:50pm
Contact Improv Partnering — Olivier Besson (Parish Hall)
Class Period 2 — 3-3:50
Movement, Rhythm & Voice in Community: A Transformative and Holistic ExperienceTime to Release & Connect **** with Live drumming **** — Sophie Leurent (Parish Hall)
Embodying Stories From Our Lives — Christopher Ellinger (Parlor Room)
Class Period 3 — 4 – 4:50pm
The 5Rhythms®: The Shamanic Journey — Margaux Skalecki (Parish Hall)
Class Period 4 — 5pm – 5:50pm
Belly Dance to Bliss — Johara (Parish Hall)
Foot Reflexology — Bill Kennedy (Parlor Room)
SATURDAY Dinner & Evening Dance, March 28th:
6:pm – 8:30: Dinner and Bardic Circle (Time includes Set up)
8:30pm – 10:30: DANCE — DJ das Mojo (Dave Sheppard)
Then, closing circle