The Women’s Project Ellis Wood Dance organizes and leads a series of workshops known as The Women’s Project. The project celebrates the powerful female voice through dialogue, movement classes and performances for low income, ethnic women's groups based in NYC and across the country. The classes and movement workshops are designed specifically for non-dancers with the goal of creating opportunities for participants to explore their own ideas and passions through their relationship to movement. Movement is used as a means to guide participants toward discovering a deeper understanding of themselves as women. By drawing on dance as it relates to each person’s cultural background, our goal is to not only give the community women a voice, but also to broaden the vision and cultural diversity of both the participants and the Company’s performance work. Community Classes and Workshops Whether in New York City, or on tour, Ellis Wood Dance also offers classes and workshops for the community at large. These classes/workshops are co-ed and open to the general public. They often culminate in an open showing or participant performance in conjunction with the Company’s performance. Women’s Studies Programs While on tour at colleges and universities, the Company connects with Women Studies Programs to give workshops, lecture/demonstrations and performance experiences to non-dancers. We use our common interest in women’s issues and goal of female empowerment as a springboard for movement exploration and self-expression. For more information on Community outreach and workshops please email: ellis@wooddance.net