I recently had the opportunity to catch a couple of films that were presented as part of the Legacy Film Series Film Festival on Aging, curated by director Sheila Malkind. As a sometime choreographer myself, I was compelled to watch the series of films that were most dance-related: on Sunday the 15th I watched Happy [...]
From the Category 'Our Selves'
Hip Seniors
by Maryam Rostami | February 4th, 2011 | No Comments
For this post I’d like to share a couple of interesting elder-related items situated not-so-typically: a video contest and a fashion blog. Norwegian electronic group Royksopp just held a video contest for their new album, Senior. The winning video, I’m glad to announce, stars a few older women, and is lovely, if a bit unhinged. [...]
At Home With Growing Old – Donna Schempp
by Susanne Stadler | January 27th, 2011 | No Comments
We have been slow in sharing this, partly because we could not believe our luck in having such a smooth transition between Natasha Boissier, the co-founder of the group, who gave birth to a daughter last summer and Donna Schempp as our new co-organizer. It is great to have Donna on board. She is incredibly [...]