Preliminary schedule 2025 - 2026
Schedule is subject to change
MaDLOM AFTER SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CREATIVE LABORATORY:
DANCE, DRUMMING, DRAMA
FALL SEMESTER 2025 - 2026 Starts September 15
Schedule is subject to change
Modern dance, ballet, choreography - Maya MW, Jasmine Eden and other guests
Drumming: Djembe, dun dun - M’ ten Halsey, Will Pew, Maya MW, Reggie Workman, and guests
Drama, Acting, podcast, film - Ayana Workman, Maya MW, and guests,
Monday: Modern Dance & Ballet & Choreography& Stasis©
4:00- 5:00 – Modern 2 & intro to Ballet & Improvisation & Choreography (ages 7- 9)
5:00 - 6:25 – Modern 3 & Improvisation & Choreography (ages 9-18)
6:20 - 7:30– Ballet (ages 11 + up )
Tuesday: Modern Dance & Ballet & Choreography & Stasis©
3:30 - 4:10 – Creative Movement/Story/Ballet, youngest team (ages 3-5 1/2)
4:10 - 5:00 – Modern 1 & intro to ballet (ages 5 -7)
5:05- 6:00 – Ballet, stretch for beginners, actors and adults (ages 9-18 )
6:00 - 7:30 – Modern 4 (Cunningham based & Choreography ages 11 and up)
Thursday: Drama 2, Drama 3 - Physical Theater, Ballet & Stasis©
3:50- 4:45 Drama 1 : Acting/Games (ages 7 - 9)
4:45 - 6: 15 Drama 3: Acting/ Improv/ podcast/ writing (ages 10 - 18)
6: 15- 7:30 – Ballet (ages 11 + up Intermediate)
Friday: African Drumming (Djembe, Dun Dun) & Rhymes
3:50 -4:20 Djembe, G Clef Story/ Rhymes / Movement (Ages 4 1/2 - 51/2 & parents)
4:20- 5:10 Djembe & Rhymes /Movement (ages 6- 9 Level 2)
5: 10- 6:10 Djembe & Rhymes & Dun-Dun & Indpendent creation (ages 9- 14 Level 3)
6:10- 7:15 Djembe, Dun-Dun (ages 13+ up Levels 4)
We follow Montclair public school closings with a few exceptions!
Early Bird for the Fall Semester 2025 is July 1 through September 8!
Class Descriptions
Modern Dance 2: Modern, Ballet, Choreography. Students are suggested to add Thursday acting 1 class, or drumming 2 class.
Ages 7-9, Monday: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Students explore space, qualities of movement, coordination, direction, levels, and rhythms, as shared experience. This year they will explore choreography, and leadership. A new form of movement is created effortlessly. Students develop skills in modern dance, and intro to ballet. Critical and creative thinking, independent thoughts are emphasized. Ballet is added for a better understanding, of how to stretch, strengthen and coordinate!
Modern Dance 3: Modern, Choreography & Improvisation, students are encouraged to join Drama class 3 on Thursdays, or drumming 3 on Fridays.
Ages 9-18, Monday: 5:00 – 6:25
Coordination, direction, levels, qualities of movement, and time come first. Timing is equal to energy that is formed. Modern dance is inspired by Merce Cunningham’s technique. we are adding leadership and qualities of movement. We explore visual art. Pauses followed by immediate energy employ a style of deliverance of all creators. Changing qualities of movement and critical and creative thinking are encouraged, and independent collaborative work, while supporting a solo, duet, and trio are practiced.
Creative Movement&Story&Ballet, for the Youngest Team
Ages 3-5 1/2 Tuesday: 3:30 - 4:10 pm
Through fun imaginary 'travel throughout the world' and meeting animals, students start understanding the space, the movement in space, how do my friend & I move together, and how can we create a movement story together? Basic steps such as plie, gallop, hop and skip will accompany a myriad of self-invented movements.
Modern Dance1 & Pre-Ballet & Improvisation
Ages 5 1/2 - 7 Tuesday: 4:10 - 5:55 pm
Creative movement based on modern dance, coordination in space, directions, levels, and pre ballet. We observe paintings, and use them to create ourselves. We develop strength through the joyous process. We introduce rhythm patterns. We encourage creativity, confidence, strength, bodily kinesthetic awareness. Teamwork is developed! This fall we will add duets and trios (Bare feet, loose clothes).
Introduction to ballet, and stretching
highly recommended for Modern dance 3 to join.
Ages 7 - 18 & Parents Tuesday 5:00 - 6:00pm
We work on flexibility & strengthening. Positions of the feet and arms define standard placement. The class emphasizes stretching, strengthening, using core, and alignment. This class is recommended for boys, girls and parents, and is essential to help develop strength (Loose clothes)
Ballet (Intermediate)
Ages 11 - 18
Mon 6:25- 7: 30 , Thurs 6:15-7:30
Dancers work at the ballet barre, center, and across the floor. Body alignment is the key (Feet, hips, arms, head) to further turnout (rotation outward) and extensions. Adagio, small jumps (allegro) transferring to larger jumps across the floor (Grand allegro) are a part of the routine.
This class is for boys and girls. ( loose, black& white).
Modern Dance 4: Modern, Choreography & Repertoire & Stasis©
Ages 12 - 18 Tuesday 6: 00 - 7:30
In addition to modern dance and choreography, students train in choreography, how to direct, and examine leadership. They develop creative & critical thinking. Modern dance, based on Graham and Cunningham, and improvisation. Choreography in the world, is currently experiencing a veritable revolution. Aesthetically, it is turning away from established notions of dance with its strong association with skill and craft, to instead establish autonomous discourses that override causalities between conceptualization, production, expression, and representation. At the same time, it is gaining momentum as it is placed in the middle of discussion, organized around movement, subjectivity and cognitive exchange. Dance gain a VOICE.
NEW CLASS: DRAMA 1: suggested for Modern Dance 2
Ages 7- 9 Thurs 3:50- 4:45 pm
Games, acting, theater imagery, and creating own plays . Every student speaks up, thinks critically, and creatively, and adds to the process! Numerous theater games, vocal exercises are practiced. Acting, Games, Scenes, Play writing,
DRAMA 3
Physical Theater, Drama, Acting & Improvisation, Play-writing, Podcast. this class can be added to Modern dance 3, 4 and Drumming 3
Ages 10 - 18 Thurs 4:45 - 6:15
Warm up through Butoh Movement, meditation, and stretching, theater games and vocal exercises . This years we will focus on how the physical intent or efforts to physically override the space and images, affect acing. We will work on Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. . Students will write a play. Every student is encouraged to create through the process! CONFIDENCE GROWS FAST.
“Untitled”
Written, directed, and edited by the 2023/24 Drama 3 students and Eleanor Fitzgerald.
DJEMBE DRUM 1: G Clef Story, Poems, Movement
Ages 4 1/2-5 1/2 or 6 - Fri 3:50 - 4:20
The students create their own rhythms, and poems based on paintings, and begin djembe drumming; we introduce the story of Ms. G Clef Makes Peace & musical notes. They learn rhymes, starting with Kuku, Funga, and Mwana. (loose clothes)
DJEMBE DRUM 2: Djembe, Poetry, Movement
Ages 6 - 9 Fri 4:20 - 5:10pm
The students create their own rhythms, and poems, and participate in African Djembe Drumming & movement.
They learn Kuku, Funga, N’Kwanga, Lamba and more!
DJEMBE DRUM 3: Djembe, DunDun, Poetry, Movement
Ages 9 - 13 - Fri 5:10 - 6:10 pm
The students work on their djembe drumming skills, and CREATE their beats and MUSICAL CONCEPTS! An added benefit of drumming is emotional regulation, the development of focus, and literacy skills. Students are exposed to African rhythms (Kuku, Funga, Isokota, N’Kwanga, Forest, Lamba, Sente and more ).
DJEMBE DRUM 4
Djembe, DunDun with a spectacular drummer, perotrmer and teacher M’Ten Halsey
Ages 11 - 18, ADULTS - Fri 6:10 - 7:15 pm. Parents Join!.
This is an amazing performing group.
This class encourages focused learning, perseverance, leadership, and understanding of music as a whole. The students continue to learn African rhythms such as, but not exclusive: Sofa, Kuku, Lamba, N’Kwanga, Funga, Yembala, Samba, Subeneku, Soli, Sente, etc.
We perform with this group! Commitment is appreciated!
We are creating feature documentary about Madlom’s co-founder Reggie Workman, NEA Jazz Master, Gugemheim and Doris Duke recipient, and a legendary bassist, Madlom’s guest educator.
“It was clear how dedicated the kids were and how much work went into the whole thing. My husband was just blown away by what the kids can do.”
Katherine Wandersee (Parent)