A Mother's Day Reel
To all our moms backstage, who have (at one point or another) saved the whole show while simultaneously tying our tap shoes—and to our Company moms, dancing front and center: We love and appreciate you so much. Our Company dancers are currently scattered across the globe but put together a home-made treat! Because, even when we can’t get together, we can still find ways to dance together. Watch our video, Hangman’s Reel: At Home Edition
Happy Mother’s Day
To all our moms backstage, who have (at one point or another) saved the whole show while simultaneously tying our tap shoes—and to our Company moms, dancing front and center:
We love and appreciate you so much.
Our Company dancers are currently scattered across the globe but put together a home-made treat! Because, even when we can’t get together, we can still find ways to dance together.
Watch our video, Hangman’s Reel: At Home Edition
Pete 101: Sunday Concert Series
Every first Sunday of the month, we will be streaming a concert from The Vanaver Caravan Archives for our communities to enjoy. Get cozy and enjoy our dance and music from your homes! For the first installment of our series, we share last year’s performance of Turn Turn Turn: The Story of Pete Seeger, from the Bardavon Opera House. The show features special guests, Tom Chapin, Maria Muldaur, Happy Traum, the Southern Dutchess Coalition Choir, and the Beacon High School choir.
Sunday Concert Series:
Every first Sunday of the month, we will be streaming a concert from The Vanaver Caravan Archives for our communities to enjoy. Get cozy and enjoy our dance and music from your homes!
Concert Series: Pete's 101 Clearwater Benefit
This performance premiered at 7pm, Sunday, May 3rd (Pete’s 101st Birthday!) on our YouTube station. Subscribe to our channel and watch it now.
WATCH PERFORMANCE BELOW | DONATE NOW
For the first installment of our series, we share last year’s performance of Turn Turn Turn: The Story of Pete Seeger, from the Bardavon Opera House. The show features special guests, Tom Chapin, Maria Muldaur, Happy Traum, the Southern Dutchess Coalition Choir, and the Beacon High School choir.
A Benefit Concert
Proceeds from this online concert will be split 50/50 by Clearwater and The Vanaver Caravan. Both The Vanaver Caravan and Clearwater organizations owe their mission and vision to Pete Seeger, who pioneered The Vanaver Caravan’s Arts Ed programs and built the Sloop Clearwater on the Hudson River.
Pete’s wisdom has always brought us together. Please consider making a donation towards the legacies that Pete Seeger helped to create.
Our Response to COVID-19
A Note from Our Team
Amidst the uncertainty of this pandemic, we have quickly refocused our priorities to provide online classes, comprehensive online school curricula, and virtual summer programs for all. Our small team has been volunteering around the clock to see that this almost 50-year-old organization stays afloat in the coming weeks and months. Today, when you make a contribution to The Vanaver Caravan, you bring the joys of dance and connection directly into the homes of people who need it right now. If it is within your means to do so at this time, please make a donation: a little goes a long way and will be deeply felt. DONATE NOW
A Note from Our Team
Amidst the uncertainty of this pandemic, we have quickly refocused our priorities to provide online classes, comprehensive online school curricula, and virtual summer programs for all. Our small team has been volunteering around the clock to see that this almost 50-year-old organization stays afloat in the coming weeks and months. Today, when you make a contribution to The Vanaver Caravan, you bring the joys of dance and connection directly into the homes of people who need it right now. If it is within your means to do so, please make a donation: a little goes a long way and will be deeply felt.
Call for Submissions!
Call for Submissions
Excerpt: I don't know about you, but I could use some good news! So I'm making. My mom, Lexi, published an incredible in-print homeschool newsletter for over a decade. My favorite activity as a kid (aside from dancin') was getting to submit my own artwork, advice, recipes, and writing to a "Real Newsletter"! It was a genius idea, conceived by parents who chose to educate their kids at home. You may not have chosen to educate your kids at home, but here we are! If you’re looking for activities to do at home, scroll through our Good News feed or send in your own submissions.
I’m looking for submissions such as . . .
Take a beat from the news and visit Our ‘Caravan Community Page
Call for Submissions
As we enter into more serious social distancing in the coming weeks/months, I have decided to start The ‘Caravan Community Good News Stream which revolves around the Vana-mission of using arts to recognize our shared humanity.
Fun Fact! In addition to dancing w the 'Caravan, the ten Broeke kids (who you may know as Moo, Juliet, Neil, Oliver) were all homeschooled with Ulster Home Educators right in New Paltz. My mom, Lexi, published an incredible in-print homeschool newsletter for over a decade. My favorite activity as a kid (aside from dancin') was getting to submit my own artwork, advice, recipes, and writing to a "Real Newsletter"! It was a genius idea, conceived by parents who chose to educate their kids at home.
Now, you may not have chosen to educate your kids at home, but here we are today. And, I don't know about you, but I could use some good news! So I'm making it. Necessity is the mother of all invention, right? You and your children are all such incredible humans. With our combined talents, creativity, wisdom, humor, stories, and knowledge, I bet we could create an endless stream of good feelings and helpful resources to share w/ our extended communities.
So, let's begin!
There is NO age limit to submissions, and no high brow criteria for a submission. If you submit it and it feels right, I'll try my best to get it posted and published here.
I'm Looking for Submissions such as (but not limited to):
FUNNIES & BRAIN GAMES:
funny photos, videos, YouTube clips
jokes & riddles, puzzles, crosswords
DIY Games
comic strips (original content preferred)
childhood videos of you dancing/singing (Example )
ARTWORK
paintings
doodles
collages
photography
masterpieces
POETRY & PROSE
short stories, prose, poems! -- what s of wisdom do you have for this world?
good news op eds and journalistic articles
TUTORIALS
dance / music tutorials
recorded yoga/meditations
playlists and song suggestions
songs, chords, lyrics
EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, INSPIRATION:
links to dance/song/art resources (such as books, documentaries, movies, articles)
financial resources/links for artists, nonprofits, freelancers, students, etc.
inspiring, educational, and/or hilarious youtube videos
inspirational quotes
TIPS & ADVICE:
household cleaning tips
home remedies (I know you have them)
thoughts/tips/activities on how to stay sane at home
easy comfort meals to cook w/ limited ingredients
ie - submit anything you feel would be helpful, bring a smile, a sense of physical or emotional well-being, or relief to anyone in this world.
To Submit: send submissions directly to me: miranda.tenbroeke@gmail.com. You can also share/tag/DM videos, pics, posts etc to @VanaverCaravan on IG | FB
I will be posting what I receive right here and as a social media series starting ASAP.
Sending big love to all of you! Let's stay creative and keep dancing,
Miranda (Moo)
Wearer of Many Hats
At The Vanaver Caravan
Fall Classes & Performances
And A Time for Every Season
As summer comes to a gentle end, The Vanaver Caravan excitedly awaits our first sign of autumn: FallDance classes begin next week! Our young dancers, Caravan Kids, Youth Co, and Company begin rehearsing and preparing for a series of performances in October, November, and our Holiday Show in December. We have new faculty members and some new changes to our FallDance classes.
Our 2019 FallDance faculty are Livia Vanaver, Miranda ten Broeke, and our newest faculty member, Michelledana Shafran, founder/creator of YogAbundance! We are very excited to bring Michelledana on board. (Juliet ten Broeke will pop in for guest-teaching appearances as she finishes up her final semester at SUNY New Paltz. Go, Juliet!)
We are opening our Monday classes to a wider age-range. Monday percussive class now goes from 10-Adult and will focus on Appalachian Clogging and a medley of powerful rhythmic world dances. Adults over 18 may drop in to both our Percussive and Modern Dance classes.
You can now find all sorts of helpful info on our recently updated FallDance registration page.
See Schedule below for classes. We look forward to dancing with you!
The Caravan will make our annual winter sojourn to the music-filled halls of the Saratoga Dance Flurry! Come join us for workshops, social dances, and lively performances all weekend long. LEARN MORE AND GET TICKETS.