Festival Memories

The Festival opened with an innovative program “A Lesson in Democracy” by Feldenkrais Educational Director Larry Goldfarb, Ph.D. We again featured a combination of Awareness Through Movement® classes, events, movies and interviews with leaders in the Feldenkrais community.

For the first time we had three Festival co-hosts Fritha Pengelly, Connor Voss, and Frederick Schjang. We also were able to feature teachers from three different continents. I want to say thank you to all of the teachers, Larry Goldfarb, Michael Landau, Fritha Pengelly, Scott Fraser, Connor Voss, Nick Strauss-Klein, Sarah Young, Maggy Burrowes, Alan Questel, Lisa Walker, Peggi Honig, Stacy Barrows, Antonio Ramos, and Joyce Lu.

I also want to say thank you to all of you who donated financially to the Festival. Your donations make it possible for us to provide excellent Feldenkrais programming to everyone, regardless of ability to pay, while simultaneously making a substantial donation to LGBTQ organizations. With your support and the supprt Frederick Schjang’s Online Membership Program, the Regions of the Feldenkrais Guild of North America, and SAGE LGBT Elder Centers, we were able to present the festival with no financial barrier to entry.

The Festival donated a substantial portion of revenues raised in the Autumn LGBTQA Festival went to Sage LGBT Elder Centers to assist in providing free Feldenkrais classes and programs to elders around New York City.