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Gutsy, vital, creative Jody Oberfelder is committed to a life of \\u2018becoming,\\u2019 recognizing that becoming older is also about learning to trust your voice and continue to advance. This New York-based choreographer, director and filmmaker \\u2013 leading Jody Oberfelder Projects (JOP) -- considers herself \\u2018mid-career\\u2019 at 68. She continues to challenge herself to create live performances that are inclusive and collective and that center each participant\\u2019s experience (check out her performances of Walking to Present in Brooklyn and Life Travelers on bridges in Munich, London and Philadelphia). She\\u2019s loved \\u2018making stuff up\\u2019 since childhood and continues to do so in public spaces and theaters around the world. In her words: \\u201cI think the challenges as I move forward in life and get older and older and older and older and older is not to mistrust that every wrinkle is earned.\\u201d TOB Idelisse met Jody in a Feldenkrais class and they are both passionate followers of their amazing teacher, Rebecca Davis; just as we think you\\u2019ll become passionate followers of Jody Oberfelder once you hear her illuminating and heartfelt reflections on aging, creativity, inclusivity and the importance of a daily practice.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0

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