Linalynn Schmelzer//River Valley Dance Project
Linalynn Schmelzer
Linalynn Schmelzer is the founder and Director of River Valley Dance Project since 2014.
She holds a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of Massachusetts Five Colleges, an M.S. in Dance/Movement Therapy from Pratt Institute, she is a Certified Pre and Post Natal Exercise Specialist with a focus in Core Consulting.
Linalynn received Artist Grants from National Endowment for the Arts in 2011 and 2019. She was also a recipient of the CT Artist Responds grant in 2022.
In 2018 she joined the Connecticut Dance Alliances Board and is the active CDA Secretary.
River Valley Dance Project
River Valley Dance Project (RVDP) was founded in 2014 with Linalynn Schmelzer as Director. RVDP's mission is to create dance works that encourage a variety of audiences to engage with the arts; to cultivate curiosity and creativity through performances and education. RVDP at SoMA, established in 2021, offers classes in dance and movement that foster physical literacy. RVDP is a dance school with a strong foundation in Modern Dance and embraces all moving arts including yoga and capoeira.
Classes
Performance
Community
"Dance is communication, so the greatest challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully, and with inevitability."
— Martha Graham