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Darlene

6/13/2015

 
"Company d is a year-round dance company specific to adults with Down syndrome. We have a very dedicated group of dancers, and every summer, many of them are involved in a 2-week intensive workshop with nationally known instructors. The intensive is 8 hours a day, and students move from class to class with the various teachers. It truly is a way for our dancers to connect with Memphis: Hutchison hosts us, they provide student interns to work with our dancers, we have a graduate student in Communications from the University of Memphis, and special instructors come specifically for the intensive. It's dance, but it's more than that. Our dancers work daily on character development through music, art, and choreography. They learn how to receive feedback, take correction, recognize the moods of various pieces of music, and deepen friendships. It's a learning experience that affects their artistic growth. The skills they gain here are ones they will use as citizens in our community all their lives. 

“For me, Company d is about being in community with other dancers and doing what I find joy in. This 2-week experience bringing in artists from other disciplines is a beautiful connective thread for both Company d and the artists themselves. It’s a chance for all of us to keep learning.”

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Darlene Winters is the Director and Choreographer of Company d.  In addition to her work with the dance company, she is a Speech & Language Pathologist (in private practice), and a (part-time) clinical instructor in Speech & Language Pathology at the University of Memphis.
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