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INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE: WILMINGTON (Q305)

Q – Health and Wellness

International Folk Dance has been offered since the beginning of OLLI Wilmington. The class uses music, movement and memory to encourage the participants to maintain an active lifestyle. Dance has been shown to be an important form of exercise to improve cognition in seniors. There is a combination of circle, line and adapted partner dances from multiple countries. All levels of dance experience are welcome.

This offering meets for a total of 13 session(s).

INSTRUCTORS: Mary McLaughlin Koprowski, Harriet Ainbinder, Gail Husch, Lisa Bianchi

McLAUGHLIN KOPROWSKI, MARY — Bachelor’s degree in psychology; doctor of medicine from Temple University. Over 30 years of practice in anesthesiology. Married with three grown children, enjoying retirement. Has always loved dancing and now shares that with others. Also loves travel, skiing and sailing. (H209, Q305)

AINBINDER, HARRIET — Ph.D., University of Chicago. Retired child psychologist. Has been in a performing folk dance group and taught teenagers Israeli folk dance. (Q305)

HUSCH, GAIL — Ph.D., University of Delaware. Retired professor of art history. Belonged to a performing folk dance group as an undergraduate, and returned to folk dancing at OLLI. Also makes and exhibits ceramic sculptures, and tutors ESL (English as a second language) and reading to adult learners. (Q305)

BIANCHI, LISA — Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, B.A., Barnard College. Was a classroom teacher, instructor of gifted and talented children, and a literacy researcher and staff developer. While a student, she taught folk dancing at summer camps and was an assistant to the folk dance instructor at Barnard College. She loves to teach folk dancing! (Q305)

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