CreationDance

Since 2005, FUSN has its own sacred dance company in residence, CREATIONDANCE, which creates meaningful dances contributing to several services, community celebrations, and performances throughout the year. CREATIONDANCE is becoming a graceful ambassador of FUSN by dancing in other churches and venues in New England and in France as well.

The company is intergenerational and composed of a children's group, grades 5 to 8, and an adult group, from dedicated professionals to amateur dance lovers. While the passion is to share the joy of dance and music with the community, the process is an opportunity to explore and create together dances with spiritual awareness, in a supporting and loving group, while also attracting and welcoming new people to the  FUSN community.

“We love to create dances with a spiritual content where dance can be experienced as a form of worship. Inspiration can come from varied spiritual teachings and traditions, the services theme, suggestions from collaborators, seasonal celebrations, nature, music “ says Artistic Director Helena Froehlich. “While our basic dance training is ballet, we also use other dance techniques to create colorful pieces such as modern dance, historic steps, and folk dances."

Rehearsals meet weekly. Dancers who are interested in joining are most welcome - please contact the director at 617-796-8973 or email froehlichfam [at] hotmail [dot] com. Learn more about CREATIONDANCE online.

Artistic Director

Froehlich is a faculty member at the Boston Ballet School teaching ballet, modern, and Pilates in Newton, MA. She is also an EMF Balancing Technique practitioner. Mrs. Froehlich works internationally as a choreographer, teacher, and dancer. She has worked with several companies and schools including Princeton Ballet School and American Repertory Ballet in the USA; Opera du Rhin and Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in France; and Peter Janssens Gruppe and Stadttheater Biberach in Germany. She founded CREATIONDANCE in France in 1999 where she received several prestigious grants for her choreographic work. Helena lives in Newton with her husband Juergen, and their children Tobias, Catheline, Tatiana, and Pascale.

CREATIONDANCE and Music

Since its inception in France, CREATIONDANCE has had the privilege to work with professional composers and musicians. At FUSN, working with these talented musicians, musical groups and directors is a wonderful opportunity for fruitful collaborations:

• Roberta Humez, music director emerita, supported CREATIONDANCE from the start.
• Nancy Hair, is CREATIONDANCE music advisor, international cellist and Suzuki teacher trainer rehearses with the company and plays in  performances.
• Lois Shapiro, international pianist and faculty at several colleges including Wellesley College, collaborates with CREATIONDANCE and dances too.
• Stephanie Rogers, official piano accompanist of several school choirs around Newton including Treble Singers plays piano or celtic harp.
• Amelia Leclair director of Cappella Clausura, creates performances with CREATIONDANCE.
• Throughout the year CREATIONDANCE collaborates with FUSN music directo Anne Watson-Born, the Chancel Choir and the Songweavers.
• Learn more about music at FUSN.