An elderly woman sings into a microphone on a dark stage in front of an audience, while a ballerina performs a graceful leap in the background against a purple curtain.

School For Contemporary Dance & Thought Inc

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Across the Generations - An Intergenerational Performance Celebrating 10 Years of Northampton Neighbors, The School for Contemporary Dance &amp; Thought and UMASS School of Public Health. Sunday, October 18, 2026 | 2:00 PM The Workroom at&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/33+Hawley+Street,+Northampton?entry=gmail&source=g" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">33 Hawley Street, Northampton</a> What happens when a college student and a neighbor decades older sit down and simply tell each other their stories? Connection. Belonging. And now performance. Across the Generations is a brand-new intergenerational performance project born from the Storytelling Project(<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.storyshareumass.org/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">storyshareumass.org</a>), a collaboration between <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=storytelling+project+UMASS&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS1126US1137&oq=storytelling+project+UMASS&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRigATIHCAYQIRifBdIBCDQzOThqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Northampton Neighbors</a>, T<a fr-original-style="" href="http://scdtnoho.com/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">he School for Contemporary Dance &amp;Thought</a> (SCDT), and the<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.umass.edu/hearourstories/index.html" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">&nbsp;UMass School of Public Health&nbsp;</a>. The Story Behind the Stories&nbsp;Students in the UMass public health course The Epidemic of Loneliness: On Connection, Belonging, and Public Health &mdash;taught by Professor Gloria DiFulvio&mdash; are paired one-on-one with members of Northampton Neighbors. Over a series of Zoom conversations, they share personal stories, build trust, and discover just how much two people from different generations have in common. The finished pieces live at&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.storyshareumass.org/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">storyshareumass.org</a> &mdash; a growing archive whose motto is &quot;Everyone has a story to share&quot;. Now, SCDT is bringing these stories to life on stage &mdash; through movement, voice, and shared presence &mdash; in a one-of-a-kind performance marking Northampton Neighbors&#39; 10th Anniversary. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1789594178/wysiwyg/k0rjhephqbpswevpo5gx.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Supported by the Northamtpon Arts Council, The Monadnock Foundation and the Mass Cultural Council!<a fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_Nad45G0MyiN9iOl2dSIYMrImY9btRAlZuJsHGDVXKtrFElBAKvG7pBUXXnB4JlESYsvBuOZF6EfurqVEZqovOPTrJ5egw4EdYpVvCZcfO2wX3uB018NMXXEsdVVRv5Rbif2JFnlc169SqTn2Czec9bBrjJigyevZg=s0-d-e1-ft#https://www.scdtnoho.com/uploads/2/5/6/5/25652918/published/copy-of-nac-logo-square.jpg?1789568475" alt="Picture" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; max-width: calc(100% - 10px); text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; max-width: calc(100% - 10px); text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a fr-original-style="text-align: start;" id="isPasted" style="text-align: start; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NYliMpzhzAxn_kOBFNp9lXsA2pX7f4YsXMTxzgPOxldAgvlv96eEy0sLRALg_92diGswmyMBQ0K4SD2lTXKH75al4vocl-wZWlSe46XjoYyQhK_-0xq3kpnT_Z5qoIXgWZ1DqtA2focJH1MEHR94qZRmNFrmTU=s0-d-e1-ft#https://www.scdtnoho.com/uploads/2/5/6/5/25652918/published/mcc-logo-rgb-bw-notag.jpg?1789568603" alt="Picture" style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; max-width: calc(100% - 10px); text-align: center; width: 159px; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; max-width: calc(100% - 10px); text-align: center; width: 159px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></a>

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for Across the Generations - An Intergenerational Storytelling Project. Your registration greatly helps our mission.&nbsp; If you would like to contribute further, contact us at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:infoscdt@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">infoscdt@gmail.com</a> to become a volunteer, or talk to your friends about our cause! Jen Polins, Founding Artistic Director, jenscdt@gmail.comBill Kules, Executive Director, billkulesscdt@gmail.com

Across the Generations - An Intergenerational Performance Celebrating 10 Years of Northampton Neighbors, The School for Contemporary Dance &amp; Thought and UMASS School of Public Health. Sunday, October 18, 2026 | 2:00 PM The Workroom at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/33+Hawley+Street,+Northampton?entry=gmail&amp;source=g" target="_blank">33 Hawley Street, Northampton</a> What happens when a college student and a neighbor decades older sit down and simply tell each other their stories? Connection. Belonging. And now performance. Across the Generations is a brand-new intergenerational performance project born from the Storytelling Project(<a href="https://www.storyshareumass.org/" target="_blank">storyshareumass.org</a>), a collaboration between <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=storytelling+project+UMASS&amp;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS1126US1137&amp;oq=storytelling+project+UMASS&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRigATIHCAYQIRifBdIBCDQzOThqMGo3qAIAsAIA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;source=chrome.ob&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">Northampton Neighbors</a>, T<a href="http://scdtnoho.com/" target="_blank">he School for Contemporary Dance &amp;Thought</a> (SCDT), and the<a href="https://www.umass.edu/hearourstories/index.html" target="_blank"> UMass School of Public Health </a>. The Story Behind the Stories Students in the UMass public health course The Epidemic of Loneliness: On Connection, Belonging, and Public Health —taught by Professor Gloria DiFulvio— are paired one-on-one with members of Northampton Neighbors. Over a series of Zoom conversations, they share personal stories, build trust, and discover just how much two people from different generations have in common. The finished pieces live at <a href="https://www.storyshareumass.org/" target="_blank">storyshareumass.org</a> — a growing archive whose motto is "Everyone has a story to share". Now, SCDT is bringing these stories to life on stage — through movement, voice, and shared presence — in a one-of-a-kind performance marking Northampton Neighbors' 10th Anniversary. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1789594178/wysiwyg/k0rjhephqbpswevpo5gx.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> Supported by the Northamtpon Arts Council, The Monadnock Foundation and the Mass Cultural Council!<a target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_Nad45G0MyiN9iOl2dSIYMrImY9btRAlZuJsHGDVXKtrFElBAKvG7pBUXXnB4JlESYsvBuOZF6EfurqVEZqovOPTrJ5egw4EdYpVvCZcfO2wX3uB018NMXXEsdVVRv5Rbif2JFnlc169SqTn2Czec9bBrjJigyevZg=s0-d-e1-ft#https://www.scdtnoho.com/uploads/2/5/6/5/25652918/published/copy-of-nac-logo-square.jpg?1789568475" alt="Picture" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin-right:5px;margin-left:5px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /></a>            <a target="_blank"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NYliMpzhzAxn_kOBFNp9lXsA2pX7f4YsXMTxzgPOxldAgvlv96eEy0sLRALg_92diGswmyMBQ0K4SD2lTXKH75al4vocl-wZWlSe46XjoYyQhK_-0xq3kpnT_Z5qoIXgWZ1DqtA2focJH1MEHR94qZRmNFrmTU=s0-d-e1-ft#https://www.scdtnoho.com/uploads/2/5/6/5/25652918/published/mcc-logo-rgb-bw-notag.jpg?1789568603" alt="Picture" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin-right:5px;margin-left:5px;text-align:center;width:159px;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /></a>

School For Contemporary Dance & Thought Inc

Across the Generations - An Intergenerational Storytelling Project

33 Hawley St

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