About Kairos

Last update: March 20, 2008 - 9:11 PM

"This is what I love:

A smile

Listening to country music

My grandkids

Listening to love me tender, love me true, never let me go."

I love --

Teaching kids to ride a bike

Fishing

Dancing the twist with Chubby Checker

My family."

-- from "What We Love," a poem by participants in Dancing Heart.

ABOUT KAIROS

Based in Minneapolis, the Kairos Dance Theatre was launched in 1999 and now has 18 members ages 4 to 88.

Because it is an intergenerational troupe and works with older people, it is among 15 programs in the National Endowment for the Arts "Creativity and Aging: Best Practices" directory.

Artistic Director Maria Genné is on the leadership group of the Minnesota Creative Arts and Aging Network and is leading a national training program and resource network on older adults and dance for the National Center for Creative Aging.

Awards: 2008 MindAlert Award, from the American Society on Aging and MetLife Foundation; 2007 award for excellence in program innovation, American Public Health Association.

March 29 performance: Kairos and Dancing Heart program participants perform at 3:30 p.m. during Genné's keynote address at the annual Alzheimer's Association/Mayo Clinic dementia conference, St. Paul RiverCentre.

MORE INFORMATION:

Kairos Dance Theatre: 612-927-7864 or www.kairosdance.org (The site may be unavailable for a short time while it is being updated.)

Minnesota Creative Arts and Aging Network: 763-560-5199 or www.mncaan.net

National Endowment for the Arts "Creativity and Aging: Best Practices" directory: www.startribune.com/a4154

National Center for Creative Aging: www.creativeaging.org

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