Is Speech Really Free?

​*Accessible for Spanish speakers. Live interpretation available.
Language shapes how we see ourselves, relate to others, and work toward—or against—social justice. In this workshop, participants will explore the impact of verbal and non-verbal, positive and negative language through reflection, discussion, and creative movement. Using tools like a Venn diagram and a “word tree,” students will embody language through choreography concepts such as movement sentences and phrases, building greater self-awareness of its power to divide or unite.  

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Anna Mayta grew up in Chile and graduated from Empire State College in June 2001 with a BA in Dance in Education. She has been teaching and choreographing for over 20 years. Some of her signature programs include Spanish Language Through Movement; Fusion Dance, which blends African, Bharatanatyam, Flamenco, Latin, and Modern dance styles; and Transcending Linguistic Prejudice Through Movement. She has received grants from the CREATE Council on the Arts and the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable. Anna currently teaches throughout the Hudson Valley, NY, and directs Mayta Fusion Dance Company, a project-based company rooted in the Hudson Valley.  
Mayta Fusion Dance Company, (Hudson Valley, NY) weaves multicultural forms of movement together to foster our global narratives, and shines a spotlight on our universal humanity - demonstrating the diversity of the world.  The company offers performances, classes, choreography and project based collaboration.

Mayta Fusion Dance Company's mission is to use dance as a powerful tool to bring awareness of our oneness, our connectedness, our human stories, our history, our cultures, our equality as well as the beauty of humanity and the world.
www.maytafusiondance.org
Stage the Change is co-sponsored by Stage the Change, Inc.
The Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and Hauppauge Public Schools.
Stage the Change programs are made possible with funds from the
Arts Reach Fund at The New York Community Trust, Long Island; The New York Community Trust 
and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the
​Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
This work is supported by Long Island Grants for the Arts through funds provided by the office of the Governor and the
New York State Legislature, and administered by The Huntington Arts Council. 
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