FALL 2026 CLASSES ARE HERE!

Ages: 9th Grade through Adult

Melt into the floor for a calming, excruciating 75 minutes in this mind-blowing yoga class. Yin Yoga will challenge and soothe you all at the same time. This class will bring attention and awareness to the forefront as we hold poses for longer periods of time and enjoy the complexity and mystery of our individual bodies.

Instructor: Shari Setchell
Only one section this season:
Day and Time: Tuesday, 7:15-8:30pm
Dates: September 22nd – November 3rd (No Class on Oct 13th) – 6 weeks
Cost: $98-$120

Ages: 16+ Adult / Mature - all body types, abilities and genders

Fascia is the interconnective web-like tissue wrapping and holding every muscle, organ, bone, and nerve fiber in place from head to toe. When fascia is "stuck" it causes stiffness, discomfort, poor posture, limited mobility, and pain. Each 1-hour class will focus on a different area of your body, and includes various approaches to release stuck/constricted Fascia and create healthier fascia: breath practice, somatic movement, hydration, multi-directional stretching, and gentle sustained pressure on areas. You can pick one, two, or all 3 classes - choose the class(es) which focus on the area(s) you want to “unwind”. Bring a large bottle of water, wear comfortable clothes in which you can move and stretch.  Yoga mats available and straps will be provided.

Week 1 - November 7 – Upper Body: Head, Neck, Shoulder, & Arms: release fascia in your neck (cervical spine), shoulders, arms & hands, and relax your nervous system.

Week 2 - November 14 – Lower Body: Hips, Pelvis, Legs, Feet: Open and create space in the pelvis & hips, and release tension in your legs & feet.

Week 3 - November 21 – Mid Body: Torso, Spine (thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx), Abdomen: Move through a gentle sequence following the fascial spirals of your torso to “unwind” tension and promote more fluid movement.

Instructor: Kate Southwick
Day and Time: Saturday, 10:30-11:30am
Dates: November 7th - 21st – 3 weeks
Cost: $16 per class or $45 for all three

Ages: 16+

Learn a new style of ballroom dance each week. You will learn the basic step for each dance, plus some fun moves to show off. Drop in for the classes that interest you or come learn them all. No partner required.

Week 1 – Oct 24: Rumba

Week 2 – Nov 7: Foxtrot

Week 3 – Nov 14: Cha Cha

Week 4 – Nov 21: Waltz

Week 5 – Dec 5: East Coast Swing

Week 6 – Dec 12: Tango

Week 7 - Join us for a social dance at The Depot at 8pm!

Instructor: Emma Alba
Day and Time: Saturday, 2:30pm
Dates: October 24, November 7, 14, 21, December 5, 12 - 6 Weeks
Cost: $16 per class or $90 for the whole series – discount for couples registering!

Ages: 18+ (or High School age with Instructor permission)

An introduction to basic tap moves and skills, will build to a fun routine! 

Instructor: Rebecca Lorang
Day and Time: Thursday, 7:00-8:00pm
Dates: September 17th – November 5th (no class Oct 1 & 15) – 6 weeks
Cost: $78-$96

Ages: 9th Grade to Adult – must have at least 2 years of dance experience or instructor permission to join – Adults strongly encouraged to join!

Description: We are so excited to be kicking off our fifth annual “NOTCracker” production this Fall! Join our fabulous Big Woods Dance Theater company and learn favorite dances from our BWMC repertoire and a few new ones. Our final performance will be on December 15th at 7pm at The Depot and will include our company dances as well as some other fun surprises. This is always a charming way to start off the holiday season. Hope you can join us!

Instructor: Shari Setchell

Dates and Times: Tuesdays, November 17th, 24th, December 1st, 8th - 6pm-8:30pm; Saturday, December 12th – 10am-1pm; Other days as needed – schedule may shift according to dancer availability

Performance: December 15th at 7pm at The Northfield Depot

Cost: $200

Ages: 3-6 year olds

Children ages 3-6 will have the opportunity to develop coordination and cooperation in this Preschool Movement Class. The activities will build flexibility and spatial awareness and develop gross motor skills through play and games. The class will be introduced to various styles and music from different parts of the world. Skill building will including 

Gain and Increase coordination, balance, flexibility, strength and spatial awareness Rhythm making and timing
Practice using voices for singing & bodies for dancing
Develop listening skills
Work together to move as a group

Instructor: Amy Haslett-Marroquin
Day and Time: Thursday, 4:15-5pm
Dates: September 17th – December 10th (no class Oct. 1, 15 or Nov. 26) – 10 weeks
Cost: $98-$120

Ages: Ages 9-13

Learn foundational hip hop movements and explore putting them together in short class choreographies.

Instructor: Nicktae Marroquin-Haslett
Day and Time: Thursday, 5:15-6:15pm
Dates: Sept 24th – Dec 17th (no class Oct 1, 15, Nov 26) – 10 weeks
Cost: $130-$160

Ages: 18+ - with little or no dance experience - others able to join with instructor permission

If you have ever wanted to learn the basics of ballet in a safe, supportive environment, then this class is for you!This class offers beginning level technique to support you as you learn the building blocks and essential vocabulary of this rewarding form. Together, we will take our first steps into planting the seeds of the fundamentals of ballet as we progress through class in a sequential fashion to grow your skills naturally. This class will include stretching and strengthening as well as embodiment work to grow your artistry as a dancer. The art and discipline of ballet technique combine with healthy somatic awareness of how our own bodies meet the needs of this challenging form. This class is joyful, fun, and just challenging enough for those adventurous enough to join us!

Instructor: Shari Setchell
Day and Time: Monday, 6:00-7:00pm
Dates: September 14th – December 14th (no class on Nov 9th & 30th) – 12 Weeks
Cost: $156-$192

Ages: 14+ with 3 or more years of dance experience

This class will include intermediate and advanced level ballet technique which will include more complex combinations at the barre and in the center. Focus will be on building community, grace, and stamina as we practice together every week. This class will include stretching and strengthening as well as embodiment work to grow your artistry as a dancer. The art and discipline of ballet technique combine with healthy somatic awareness of how our own bodies meet the needs of this challenging form.

Instructor: Shari Setchell
Day and Time: Monday, 7:15-8:30pm
Dates: September 14th – December 14th (no class on Nov 9th & 30th) – 12 weeks
Cost: $195-$240

Ages: Intended for those 55 years and older with little or no dance experience

This class will provide an elegant, holistic movement guide to support our body-mind awareness using gentle ballet technique for a kinder approach to care for our bodies. We will move through class using a ballet focused healing approach to embrace our natural well-being allowing ballet to become more freely accessible in our bodies.  Together we will access the wonderful tools that our bodies carry and tap into our innate body wisdom resources to access our alignment, balance, and strength. We will reap the benefits of this natural intelligence through the nurturing concepts of structured and improvisational movement to embody longevity, flexibility, connecting communication, sensory perception, and the deep archives of wisdom we have in us, bringing a fuller sense of awareness to a pathway to our mind-body well-being.  Come dance with us to find the simple joy of moving together with care, being inspired by music and artistic fulfillment. Wear clothing you can flow and move freely in to allow body awareness. Ballet slippers, bare feet, or non-slippery socks.

Instructor: Charisse Ponder
Day and Time: Tuesdays, 10:30am – 11:30am
Dates: September 22nd – December 22nd (no class Nov 24th) – 13 Weeks
Cost: $169-$208

Ages: Intended for adults and adults 55+ with little or no dance experience

In this class the foundational contemporary dance and movement concepts are an invitation for all abilities and to inspire confidence that all bodies can dance, move, and enrich community connections.  We prepare to move. We notice what is relevant to our individual needs that encourages dance and movement choices that are right for our body.  This is important as it brings individual awareness to a pathway of a kinder, gentler body-mind communication that feeds our well-being. This opens up our discovery to proprioception in our relationship to spatial awareness that can enhance a fuller sense stability in various forms for our bodies to relate to the nature of movement.  By means of contemporary dance and movement concepts, we can creatively explore our own body's mobility, balance, strength, and alignment. This opens up our own body's wisdom and powerful archives that will give us our own individual unique resources to access the knowledge of our body. This will enrich our experience of dancing, moving together, making it feel right for you and as a class as a whole.  We are all expressive and sensory marvelous human beings.  Dance and movement enhance our joy, confidence, and mind-body harmony.  Come and enjoy this time for you being inspired by music and artistic fulfillment. Wear clothing you can flow and move freely in to allow body awareness. Ballet slippers, bare feet, or non-slippery socks.

Instructor: Charisse Ponder
Day and Time: Thursday, 10:30am – 11:30am
Dates: September 17th – December 17th (no class Nov 26th) – 13 Weeks
Cost: $169-$208