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Participants Wanted for Healing Community Dance
Clark Dance Theatre is seeking participants for its upcoming community event “Healing Dance on the Green.” This dance, set to Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major, was born out of years of study of qigong by choreographer and Clark Dance Theatre member June Can, a local author, dancer, artist, and healer. She wanted to create a work in the inherent rhythm of nature that would spread and extend healing energy to the audience and out in the world. The goal is to gather 100 participants to dance together on town Greens throughout the state. “Healing Dance on the Green” is based on the interconnectedness of all life. June believes that energy can and will reach those who are open to it, that one hundred people doing restorative, balancing movements together will be more powerful than eight or ten people doing them, and the unified energy can thereby reach more people. The hope is that participants who witness and/ or experience the positive loving energy of the piece will connect more deeply to themselves and the universal healing energies that are available to everyone. n To participate in “Healing Dance on the Green,” contact
jclarkdance@hotmail.com, or visit
www.clarkdancetheatre. org (New Projects). To reach June Can, call 203.230.1197, or visit
http://junecanchannel.blogspot.com, Facebook: June Can Channel. See ad on page 51.
More Relays for Life… Help Cure Cancer
For those who missed participating in April’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life fundraiser at Yale, there are many more opportunities to still get involved. Among the upcoming relays scheduled throughout Greater New Haven are: Southern Connecticut State University beginning May 7; Meriden-Wallingford at Lyman Hall High School May 13 to 14; Shoreline event at Walsh Intermediate School in Branford on May 14; BOW CT at High Plains Community Center in Orange from May 21 to 22; Tribury event at Long Meadow Elementary School in Middlebury on May 21; Greater Waterbury at Crosby High School on June 4 and 5; Cheshire High School Relay June 10 to 11; Hamden/ North Haven at Hamden High School and Branford/East Haven at East Haven High School from June 25 to 26; and, Milford’s event at Jonathan Law High School September 9 and 10. This noncompetitive team walking event helps to fund cancer research and promote healthful living. Local cancer survivors, caregivers, medical professionals, and community members are invited to attend and celebrate cancer survivorship, honor those who died, and raise money to help find a cure. n For specific event details, visit
www.relayforlife.org (local resources and information.)
Documentary Envisions a Healthier New Haven
In the summer of 2010, the New Haven Health Department began considering how to engage communities about societal factors that impact health (i.e., living conditions, transportation, employment status). With resources obtained through a grant from the Connecticut Association for Directors of Health, the Visions of a Healthier New Haven campaign was launched. As part of the project, over 800 surveys and interviews were completed by New Haven residents from all walks of life, including questions such as “what is your vision for a healthier New Haven?” and “how do we build it?” On May 11, at Stetson Branch Library (5:30 p.m.), New Haven Health Equity Alliance and Health Matters! will host the screening of a resulting local documentary, “Visions Of A Healthier New Haven.” In the film, New Haven politicians, local residents/students,
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