Noyes School of Rhythm Summer Program
July 6th-July 26th, 2026 Summer on the Cusp
We are not who we were; nor yet who we’re going to be. Please join us in becoming this summer season at Shepherd’s Nine. We invite your dreaming, your song and your awakening perceptions of dance and movement in the Passing Rhythms of this time.
This summer, we will offer three weeks of Noyes Rhythm summer programming. These weeks will follow a Monday arrival-Sunday departure schedule for each session. We will offer traditional Noyes programming in the mornings, including recreation class, technique, and reading, with afternoons dedicated to a range of activities including exploring the property, swimming, and the invitation to create artwork or sing. Evenings are dedicated to improvisational movement (Playtime), with a culminating evening of Saturday night performances. We will share daily work and enjoy a full program offerings as well as rest and relaxation.
If you are planning to participate for more than one week, please note that the last meal on Sunday will be breakfast, and there will be no programming or other meals offered on-site until the Monday evening supper cookout. Monday programming will begin with an afternoon playtime (improvisational dance session) at 5pm, followed by a campfire cookout and orientation to the week.
We are offering two types of weekly rates: cooperative work participant or retreat participant.
WEEK 1: Monday, July 6th (afternoon arrival) through Sunday, July 12th REGISTER!
Noyes Rhythm program
All genders welcome.
Each day we will awake to birdsong, dance morning and night at the Pavalon, and find our creative selves within the loving community of Noyes camp. Many masterful Noyes Rhythm teachers will facilitate movement work and other spontaneous play.
Surfaces and Depths: Bringing the Inside Out. With hands and hearts, body, mind and Spirit, share in our soft opening of camp and arrive for our long weekend intensive (end of week 1).
Song Circles with Karen Fenswick will help brighten and lighten our work with some singing on a few afternoons and evenings. No singing experience required, just a desire to explore your voice with others and make a joyful noise!
In the long summer days at camp folks can always be found swimming, reading, resting, gardening, helping out, visiting, communing with nature, or following their own muse. The schoolhouse or Blackbird studio will be open for all varieties of visual art projects. The Blackbird studio is available for music practice, private lessons, rehearsals, stretching etc. Interested campers can work together to create an offering for Saturday Night.
Rhythm Directors: Linda Rapuano and Emily Arwen Mott
Weekend Option! July 9th-12th
Participants should plan to arrive at 2pm on Thursday 7/9 and check out by 12 noon the following Sunday 7/12.
REGISTER
WEEK 2: Monday, July 13th (afternoon arrival) through Sunday, July 19th REGISTER!
Noyes Rhythm Program
All genders welcome.
Gathering together, finding old friends and making new ones, we will shape our week through participation in the many classes and activities offered at Shepherd’s Nine. As we find our way into the unbounded realm of nature and myth, we will re-awaken the wellsprings of dance, movement and song through morning classes and other spontaneous or scheduled activities.
Dreams of Yesterday and Tomorrow: A “masque” is a myth- based collaborative dance piece.
Moving Myth: Masque-work with Meg Brooker. In the context of movement classes, exploratory afternoon sessions, and individual reflection, the group will delve into themes from a classical Greek mythological story. We will uncover essential qualities within the elements of the myth, embody the archetypes, take inspiration from a piano score, and then craft and learn movement tableaus and flows. A group expression will be rehearsed and then shared at Saturday Night on the Pavalon and/or Rhythm Ground. Meg is a highly-skilled, experienced and generous facilitator of movement artistry and will choose a myth to enkindle our inner worlds and to suit the spirit of this summer.
The Schoolhouse will be open for those who love to paint, sculpt or draw. In the long summer days at camp folks can always be found swimming, reading, resting, gardening, helping out, visiting, communing with nature, or following their own muse. Interested campers work together to create a unique offering for Saturday Night.
Rhythm Director: Meg Brooker Pianist: Kaeza Fearn
WEEK 3: Monday, July 20th (afternoon arrival) through Sunday, July 26th REGISTER!
Noyes Rhythm Program
For women and gender expansive individuals (non-cis male)
Each day we will awake to birdsong, dance morning and night at the Pavalon, and find our creative selves within the loving community of Noyes camp. Many masterful Noyes Rhythm teachers will facilitate movement work and other spontaneous play.
Spiralling the Past into New Horizons. A deep dive into Noyes technique that propels us forward; what we take. What we leave behind.
Opening into Astrology with Rina Rinkewich. We will examine our Natal Birth Charts to better understand the influence of our Sun, Moon, and Rising (the Ascendant) Signs .We also will look at the dynamics of the moon’s monthly cycle. We’ll consider how these distinct energies may have shaped our past, played into our present, and might be worked with for future benefit. Art supplies will be provided. Please bring a journal. There will be some time each day for journaling, drawing, or improvising movement.
In the long summer days at camp folks can always be found swimming, reading, resting, gardening, helping out, visiting, communing with nature, or following their own muse. schoolhouse studio will be open for all varieties of visual art projects. The Blackbird studio will be available for music practice, private lessons, rehearsals, stretching etc. Interested campers will be invited to work together to create a unique offering for Saturday Night.
REGISTER!
Rhythm Director: Emily Arwen Mott Pianist: Jacqueline Nappi