We are pleased to welcome Kelly Mayfield, Founder and Artistic Director of Contradiction Dance, and other principals in the company as they join our staff in creating an innovative new movement program at The Cooperative School. Kelly and her company offer impressive experience in providing arts education appropriate for our three age groupings (the Bugs, Leaves, and Tracks) and a keen understanding of how to support the Cooperative School’s parent/child educational philosophy of enriched, integrated arts-based curriculum.

Early childhood is a big parade (elephants, ponies, brass bands, balloons, and confetti) of never-ending names and labels strung together. Think about how many word/name labels we throw around each day. Now add the stomping feet, the yelling/milling crowds, the clanging and blasting horns. How do we help children get to the details while the rush of "school" and its distractions are all around?