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Hats We Wear - Dance with Women in Transitional Housing

Through a course in University of Rochester’s Program of Dance and Movement, students develop classes that provide opportunities for agency, self-expression and community building for women in transitional housing. But the students, the women, and the instructor are all participants in a community of practice and learning, growing to support, appreciate and champion one another. This trauma-informed workshop will give participants the opportunity to see how it works, in a class called the Hats We Wear.

Missy Pfohl Smith

Missy Pfohl Smith is a choreographer, performer, and collaborative artist who directs the Program of Dance and Movement and the Institute for the Performing Arts at University of Rochester and is artistic director for the collaborative company, BIODANCE, based in Rochester, NY. She enjoys creating site-specific work such as three acclaimed full-evening length shows Anomaly, Labyrinth, and The Fragile Corridor crafted for a 4-story planetarium in collaboration with media artist W. Michelle Harris, dancers, composers, and musicians. Her choreography, performance, and teaching have spanned across the US and internationally, most recently in Greece, Finland, Scotland, and Germany. Before returning to Rochester in 2004, Missy was based in NYC for 12 years and performed and taught internationally with Randy James Dance Works and Paul Mosley, as well as apprenticing for the Erick Hawkins Dance Company. As an educator, Smith specializes in contemporary modern dance, community-engaged work, yoga, composition, and performance studies and has earned her certification in Bill Evans Somatically-based Pedagogy. Missy recently received the Lillian Fairchild Award for her artistic contributions to the Rochester community.

Frayda Lieber

Frayda Lieber is a Senior at the University of Rochester, graduating with a BA in Psychology with minors in Dance and History. She is a Choreographer for the Program of Dance and Movement shows in both the fall and spring and hopes to continue dancing after her graduation. Frayda has previously taught movement classes to the women at the Jennifer House as a part of the Dance and Interdependent Community Class in the Program of Dance and Movement at the University of Rochester. 

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