- Jan 13-18, 1999: Deep Skin Diving: Contact Intensive, Queensland, Australia
- Five day residential workshop for contactors with experience at Maleny Community Centre on Queensland's beautiful Sunshine Coast, Australia. with Martin Keogh and Suzanne Frazer. Classes, jams, discussions to deepen and extend one's contact skills beyond the basics Some areas that will be explored: extended follow through, the root of levity, releasing neck, trio dancing, scores for performance, finding and following pathways into and out of the floor and the air, curiousity in engaging in a dance. Free time for sun, surf and swimming!
Tuition $150 before 14th Dec. 1998, $200 after. Three different accomodation options: sleeping bag (free), cabins, luxury lodge (enquire for costs).
Phone (07) 3870 9678 or email suzanne@ambience.com.au [Added 18 Oct 1998]
- Jan 15 - 17, 1999: Winter Improv Retreat at Salamander Camp in Los Gatos, Ca
- We will play with contact improv, movement theater, music and more. Cost $80 to $100, sliding scale, covers food and lodging. Organized by Katja Irvin. Limited to 15 people. Info: katja@us.ibm.com or (408) 286-5354, [added 10 Nov 1998]
- 4-6 Feb: Contact Jam: Claymont Court, Charles Town WV
- Great dance space, excellent vegetarian food, sauna. Authentic Movement, focused CI jamming, fires, music jamming, etc. cost $120. Please contact Lawton at lawtonrog@aol.com.[added 17 Jan 1999]
- 6 Feb, 1999: Contact Jam, Derby, UK
- led by Louise Katerage at Derby Dance Centre, Chapel Street, 1-3pm. Details at 01332 370 911. [added 31 Jan 1999]
- 6-7 Feb, 1999: Ci Event, Edinburgh Scotland
- Details Fiona Watts 0131 661 4663. [added 31 Jan 1999]
- 11-15 Feb, 1999: 3rd Coast Valentine's Day Jam Austin, TX
- Thursday evening Feb 11 through Monday morning, Feb 15. Info: Elke Kniss elke@lymph-edema.com or Tom Giebink giebink@nonothing.com. [added 17 Jan 1999]
- 13-15 Feb, 1999: Andrew Harwood: Contact Improvisation for Experienced Contacters, Earthdance
- In this workshop we will focus on the skills used in creating dynamic, surprising, daring and unusual contact duets, trios, and ensembles. Tumbling, flying, take-downs, pick-ups, variable speeds, use of direct action and initiation, resistance, disappearance, subtle ways of moving weight, flowing through unfamiliar circumstances, extending our personal range of movement...these, and more, will be explored. Andrew is acknowledged as one of the world's finest teachers and performers of improvisational work, most notably Contact Improvisation. His work has been presented in numerous dance festivals throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. [added 17 Jan 1999]
- Feb 18-21: Philadelphia Contact Improv Festival
- Classes, Contact Jams, Performances, Discussions featuring Chris Aiken, Andrew Harwood and Nancy Stark Smith info: Francesca Genco at fagenco@aol.com (215) 849-5734 [added 31 January 1999]
- Feb 23, 1999: BENEFIT DANCE JAM for the 1999 Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance & Improvisation
- Come dance the night away as the weekly improv/contact jam magically transforms into a benefit dance jam for SFADI! Refreshments, door prizes, old & new friends... Seattle Mime Theater, 915 E Pine, 4th floor $10 suggested (no one turned away for lack of funds) Info: 425/649-0668, or carolwil@msn.com
- 6-7 March, 1999: Johanna Walker & Magnolia Authentic Movement for Women Earthdance
- Open to all women, this workshop can serve as an introduction for newcomers, or as a deepening of the form for those with experience. Come rest, and be, and explore your Self! We promise lots of time for writing, drawing, reflection, and integration. Big sigh.
Johanna and Magnolia have been using authentic witness as a model for their intimate friendship for years. They are the co-founders of the "Weave of Women" Authentic Movement practicing group. Both have performed, danced, sung, painted, played, written, cried, loved their way with fierce passion through this Life. [17 Jan 1999]
- 12-14 March, 1999: Andrew Gaines & Bill McCully Authentic Movement for Men Earthdance
- Open to men experienced in the practice of Authentic Movement. For the past six years this workshop has been a powerful and generative opportunity for men to come to know one another in a nurturing, supportive environment. Through dancing, watching, writing, drawing and discussion we explore our definitions of what it means, individually and collectively, to be men. Bill and Andrew, Dance/Movement Therapy practitioners and founding members of an Authentic Movement men's collective, have led workshops throughout the northeast. Bill is currently on the core faculty of Moving On Center, and Andrew is the Managing Director of Earthdance. [added 17 Jan 1999]
- 19 -21 March, 1999: "Opening the Umbrella" JAM Earthdance
- Come mark the Spring Equinox with a celebratory initiation of the new dance studio. [added 17 Jan 1999]
- 3-9 April, 1999 Ruth Zaporah: Action Theater Intensive Earthdance
- Action Theater is an improvisation form that strengthens the embodiment and expression of presence. In this 2nd annual East Coast intensive, participants will engage in techniques developing and integrating movement, acting, voice, composition, listening and relationship. Behavior is repeatedly dismantled and reconfigured, and the participant ultimately has no choice but to let go. Dancers experience the feeling and movement of speech; actors let their bodies participate; all discover new possibilities for self-expression and presence.
Ruth, internationally known for her work in physical theater improvisation, teaches throughout the US, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy and Israel. She is a two-time recipient of National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellowship. [17 Jan 1999]
- 3-9 April, 1999 2nd Festival of Contact Improvisation & Cultural Dance: Brisbane (Queensland) Australia
- Contact Improvisation workshops for New contactors, Experienced contactors, and Children. C.I. Performance Labs, Body-Mind Centering & Improvisation, Developmental Movement Patterning, Capoeira, Cunningham Technique, Traditional African Dance & Drumming, African Drum Making and Latin Ballroom Dance classes. Jams, all day jam space, festival performance.
faculty: Tiina Ali-Haapala, Luiz Barravento, Claudio Caracol, Suzanne Frazer, Carola Krusche and Tunde Solanke.
Workstudy available. Full festival $200 or $15 per workshop. 10% discount applies to registrations received by 23 March 1999. Details/schedule available from Suzanne - suzanne@ambience.com.au (61) (7) 3374 4098. [14 March 1998]
- 16 April 1999 Subaquatic Dance Workshop: Monteal, Ca
- Information at http://www.a-i-a.com/subdance/. [14 March 1998]
- April 1999: Dancing Wilderness, Death Valley, CA
- wilderness backpacking and experiential dance-making (contact, authentic movement, writing, etc) directed by Karl Frost. Info karlfrost@aol.com [19 Aug 1998]
- 23-25 April: 3rd Annual Moab Contact Improvisation Jam
- For more information see the web site at http://home.earthlink.net/~tpaulsmeyer/moabjam.htm or contact Todd Paulsmeyer at 801-467-8064 or e-mail at tpaulsmeyer@earthlink.net. [15 Apr 1999]
- April 24-25, 1999 Moving In and Out of Center, Burlington VT
- with Debra Bluth and Patrick Crowley in Burlington, VT.
Saturday, April 24, 10-4pm, Sunday, April 25, 11-3pm
We will cultivate a clear and soft physical center and energetic center. How can center connect us with the earth, how center moves through our extremities, how it takes us upside-down and how it brings us into delicious and fearless partnering are some of the questions we will investigate together.
$75 pre-reg. by April 19, $100 after that.
$45 just Sat pre-reg./$30 just Sun pre-reg.
Twin Oaks, 95 Kennedy Dr
Burlington, VT.
info/reg.: Diane Roen 802-658-5815, diane@madriver.com, or pganesha@aol.com [17 Apr 1999]
- 30 April - 2 May: Richard Gonzalez: Afro-Caribbean Dance Earthdance
- This workshop will create a forum for spiritual self-expression through dance and song that honors the forces of nature. The powerful, yet subtle dances from the Orisha, Congo, and Bantu traditions of Cuba, Haiti, and Puerto Rico will be accompanied by live drumming.
Richard Gonzalez, Omo Obatala, is a founder and director of the Ochumare Dance Ensemble. He has taught in the Caribbean and across the United States including the Omega Institute and Bates College Dance Festival. His teaching is warm, clear, and detailed, and his dance is precise, graceful, and passionate. [17 Jan 1999]
- 1-2 May: Body-Mind Centering and Contact Improvisation Weekend Intensive Sydney, Australia
- with Zjamal Xanitha and Llewellyn Wishart at Dance Studio, Studio B2 1-3 Gladstone St, Newtown NSW. (02) 9519 3430, from 10.30am - 5.30pm.
Cost: $200 Full Fee $160 Concession. For More Information and Bookings contact Llewellyn Wishart (Office) 03 9663 0066 or 13 2222 quote pager # 281 439 (local call) e-mail: dnznomad@webtime.com.au. [added 24 March 1999]
- 1-2 May March, 1999: Moving in the Flow of Life Duesseldorf, Germany
- See class description.
| Location: |
tanzhaus nrw, die Werkstatt e.v. Duesseldorf
Erkrather Strasse 30
D - 40233 Duesseldorf
Tel: ** 49 (0) 211 - 17270-0
Fax: -17270-17 |
| email: |
Brigit Raven B.Raven@neuss.netsurf.de |
| [Added 10 Nov 1998, updated 17 Jan 1999] |
- 6-9 May, 1999: Four Days in May: Worthington, MA
- This workshop with Steve Paxton and David Hurwith is at Ritual & Research, a new dance studio in the hills of western Massachusetts. Students will be sleeping and eating breakfast and dinner at Earthdance Workshop and Retreat center nearby. The price $330 includes morning and afternooon classes and evening jams, sleeping accomodations and delicious, vegetarian food. The large and light-filled movement space has a heated dance floor and is surrounded by meadow, forest and quiet. Participants may arrive either Wednesday night or Thursday morning and the workshop ends Sunday afternoon. To reserve a place in this workshop, please send a check for $150 to David Hurwith, P O Box 624, Worthington, MA, 01098. Information: antediluv@aol.com, or call 413-238-4474. [Added 15 March 1999]
- 7-9 May: Three-day National Jam , London, England
- at Chisenhale Dance Space, London Further info ring 0181 981 6617 (Robert Anderson). [Added 24 March 1999]
- May 8, 1999: Water, Bones...and a little bit of Air, Cambridge MA
- A one day adv. beginning workshop in Contact Improvisation with Debra Bluth and Patrick Crowley. 1:30-5:30pm.
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
1151 Mass Ave, Harvard Sq, Cambridge MA
$30 pre-reg. by May 2nd, $40 after that.
For more info: 781-395-9428 or pganesha@aol.com [Added 17 Apr 1999]
- 15-16 May, 1999: Shakti Smith Beginning Contact Improvisation Earthdance
- This class is geared for the beginner, and also invites more experienced contacters to join in to reconnect with the roots of contact. We will be cultivating skills, deepening awareness, and dancing, dancing, dancing...
Shakti Smith has been exploring improvisational dance and stillness for over ten years. Her movement roots are in dance meditation, theatre, contact improvisation, and Authentic Movement. She teaches, performs, and is a massage therapist in the Boston area. [17 Jan 1999]
- 17 to 28 May, 1999: Angelia Oie: Brasilia, Brazil
- [That's all I know right now] Information: Giovane Aguiar usina@bsb.zaz.com.br [updated 14 March 1999]
- 21-24 May 1999: dancing nature, Duesseldorf
- Landscape in Movement - a Choreographic Project See dancing nature.
| Location: |
tanzhaus nrw, die Werkstatt e.v. Duesseldorf
Erkrather Strasse 30
D - 40233 Duesseldorf
Tel: ** 49 (0) 211 - 17270-0
Fax: -17270-17 |
| email: |
Brigit Raven B.Raven@neuss.netsurf.de |
[added 10 Nov 1998]
- 23-23 May: Richmond Contact Improvisation Jam: Richmond, VA
- jams, classes, authentic movement, body work, boogie & more. $40. more info, email cpallant@titan.vcu.edu. [added 16 Apr 1999]
- 4-6 June 1999 4th international Blackforest Contact Jam
- 3 days of dancing exploration, jamming, fun, serious contact, making and meeting friends, live music, campfire,...and more danceability experienced contactors welcome! early registration recommended, - fills fast info: ines heckmann, Tel. xx49-761-476 26 54 or Martin Zeidler at: birklehof@t-online.de [14 March 1998]
- 6-13 June, 1999: Nancy Stark Smith, Susan Schell, Karen Nelson: Moving's View Earthdance
- Moving's View A week of improvising, dance practice and study including Contact Improvisation, Authentic Movement, and current passion. Each day will include three classes:
- Daily Dancing Forms to Feel and See
- Authentic Movement-Harvesting our Returns
- Questions Into Dancing/Contact Improvisation
Evenings will be open for relaxing and spontaneous events.
Nancy Stark Smith danced in the first CI performances in 1972, and has traveled extensively around the world teaching and performing CI and related dance work. In 1975 she found Contact Quarterly dance journal which she continues to co-edit and produce with Lisa Nelson.
Susan Schell has taught and performed dance throughout the US and abroad. She has been on the faculty of several programs for the study of Authentic Movement, and has been influenced by her extensive practice of CI, Action Theater, and child's play.
Karen Nelson, choreographer and improviser, since 1977 has focused on the development of CI as well as on performance and dance making that uses improvisation as both the process and the goal. She currently organizes Diverse Dance Research Retreat, an annual forum for mixed abilities dance and music. [17 Jan 1999]
- 7-27 June, 1999: Performance Intensive, Arcata CA
- Three week intensive with Robert Funk and Catherine Duncan. Humboldt State University Arcata Ca. {in the North Coast Redwood Forest}
| Mon - Thurs |
1-4:30, 6:30-9 |
| Fri & Sat June 25, 26 |
Evening Performances |
| Sun June 27 |
post performance seminar / wrap up |
Exploring Improvisational Movement Performance as a Necessarily Paradoxical Experience : Performance as Presenting / Sharing the "process" Being and Transcending One' Self.
focused on: Presence & Awareness in the Expression of Multi-leveled/Integrated Process and Clarity/Ease of Movement. Integrating : Contact Improvisation / Releasing Technique / the Feldenkrais Method and other neuro-muscular-skeletal techniques.
ROBERT FUNK and CATHERINE DUNCAN have performed and taught dance, movement and bodywork throughout the US and Canada. They began exploring Contact Improvisation in the mid 70's and have been instrumental in developing and supporting the work ever since. Both are trained in teaching Skinner Releasing Technique. Robert, a Feldenkrais practitioner, has practiced and taught bodywork since the late 60s. They integrate dance with their extensive experience in movement and verbal therapy, bodywork and other personal growth modalities. They have participated as dancers, hosts and educators in countless performances and forums to investigate, make conscious and refine the "process" creating improvisational work. Contact and Releasing are at the heart of their lives. Respect, mindfulness and "a willingness not to know" central in their work.
contact Humbolt State University Office of Extended Education at (707)826--3731 or http://www.humboldt.edu/-extended or Robert and Catherine at: duncanfunk@yahoo.com [6 June 1999]
- 17-26 June, 1999: Debra Hay: Solo Commissioning Project Earthdance
- The circumstances for this residency are unique. Up to twenty artists are invited to commission a solo that Hay will choreograph and teach over the course of two weeks. But unlike typical business exchange between two people, this residency is based on involving a larger community in the creation of art. The commissioning fee must not come from the performer's private resources. The performer must find sponsorship from relatives, friends, and local arts organizations for the commissioning fee, thereby supporting the artist's development while paying for the creation of art. A public performance will conclude the residency.
Deborah Hay's orientation to dance is activated by attention to practice of performance. In an intense learning environment she challenges the experienced performer with movement concepts that trigger multiple levels of perception at once. Hay's approach 'choreographs' the world between moments where movement proclivity plays second fiddle to exercised inquiry. [17 Jan 1999]
- June 19-20: Bridging Home To Air: Maryland, USA
- Contact Improvisation and Body Mind Centering Workshop with Francis Savage Saliq. Exercises will be given that lead to:
- Ease and grace, in the most extreme states of orientation/disorientation.
- How to honor the tissues that make up our bodies so as never to puncture or over stress.
- Listening and responding.
- Landing as well as launching.
- Flying, perching, being light, supporting weight.
- Knowing the direction of your intention.
All levels welcome.
Francis Savage Saliq is a teacher at the School for Body-Mind Centering, a mover with advanced kinesthetic awareness who empowers individuals to remember their potential and move it. He has been teaching Contact Improvisation and BMC throughout the world for the last 10 years.
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June 19th 9:00-4:00 |
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June 20th 10:00-3:00 |
stay afterwords for DC CI Jam 3:30-6:00)
Joe's Movement Emporium
3802 34th St
Mt Rainier, MD
$60 if register by June 12th $70 after June 12th
Registration information: Alicia Grayson
1724 Blue Ridge Farm Rd
Upperville, VA 20184
(540)592-3715
agrayson@crosslink.net
[6 June 1999]
- June 19-20, 1999: Indiana Weekend Jam, Purdue University
- contact Jamie Hansen @ 219.833.3768. or jchansen111@yahoo.com
- June 21 - July 11 1999: PHYSICAL IMPROVISATION: OBSERVATION & ACTION: Hadley MA
- A three week workshop with Daniel Lepkoff. See workshop page for more information. [added 15 March 1999]
- 26-27 June, 1999: Upside down Movement and its Variations: NYC
- A workshop at Movement Research/NYC taught by Jo Kreiter studies in inverted motion, to include partnering, improvisation, phrasing, and the use of architecture to facilitate movement invention. 12-4 PM Saturday and Sunday, at Battery Dance $40 total fee $20 pre-registration to Movement Research/296 Elizabeth Street/ NY NY 10012 info call: 212.477.6635 or jo-fly@dnai.com [6 June 1999]
- June 30 - July 5: West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley CA.
- Many teachers, classes, performances, jams, lectures. $280 for five days. Write to WCCIF c/o Bill McCully, 1717 McAllister #3b, SF CA 94117, 415-289-2016, email wccif@yahoo.com. [updated 6 June 1999]
- 3 - 16 July 1999: dancing NATURE a choreographic approach, Potsdam, Germany
- with Birgit Raven Ruttkowski.
When we honor landscapes as the source of our movement material, we open the gates to our own naturalness, to the water, earth, wind, fire and void within and throughout spirit. By pledging creation our attentions, by listening to the common heartbeat, we open ourselves fully to the beauty of the Earth so we are able to step through the flimsy veil and walk through the illusion of separation to remember those elements alive and vibrant inside ourselves; the cadence of the water, the currents of the air playing in a treetop, the textures of the earth against our fingers, the dance of an open fire in the night, the silences between our heratbeat. We become present, realigning to and re-energizing our oneness to all that is, ever was, and will be, nourish and revive our dance therefore our dance of life.
We will work in the studio as well as in the beautiful parks of Potsdam, developing our first sequences and choreographies, which will be improved to be presented the last day.
Fee: DM 550,-/ 450,- (students) contact and detailed information:
fabrik Postdam
Schiffbauergasse 1
D- 14467 Postdam (close to Berlin)
tel: **49 - (0)-331 - 28 00 314
FabrikEVP@aol.com
B.Raven@neuss.netsurf.de
[added 17 Apr 1999]
- 30 June - 4 July, 1999: July Fourth Jam Earthdance
-
- July 1999: Dancing Wilderness, Alaska
- wilderness backpacking and experiential dance-making (contact, authentic movement, writing, etc) directed by Karl Frost. Info karlfrost@aol.com [19 Aug 1998]
- July 5-17, 1999: Lower Left's 3rd Annual Performance Intensive, San Diego, CA
- at Sushi Performance and Visual Art in San Diego, CA
| classes by Lower Left Members: |
Nina Martin
Mary Reich
Jane Blount
Karen Schaffman |
| with guest artists: |
Mary Overlie
Paul Langland
|
| Performances by guest artists, lower left, and participants. |
for details: email: mpreich@juno.com tel: 619-235-8466 [added 17 Apr 1999]
- July 7-25, 1999 Contact Teachers' Training Lab: San Francisco, California, USA
- 16 day intensive training and support group for Contact Improvisation teachers. Led by Jacky McCormick and Keriac with support from other experienced Bay Area Contact Teachers. REASEARCH...EXCHANGE..FEEDBACK...SUPPORT..DANCING & JAMMING Information and Registration Jacky McCormick, 2225 Floral Hill Dr, Eugene, OR 97403. 541 684-8642 Email: jackymcc@hotmail.com [14 March 1998]
- July 12-24, 1999: Skinner Releasing Ongoing Intensive Seattle, WA
- A two-week intensive in the Skinner Releasing Technique at a level beyond the introductory work, taught by Joan Skinner, Robert Davidson, and Stephanie Skura. Classes involve deeper and more challenging work with imagery, partner graphics, and spontaneous movement. Prerequisite is the first 15 classes of the introductory pedagogy. Contact 206/233-8803 or lhurwitz@speakeasy.org for info/brochure. [6 June 1999]
- July 14 - Aug 5, 1999: Danceability Training, Eugene Oregon
- Taught by Alito Alessi.
Registration deadline: June 20. Information: jforces@pond.net, or (USA) 1-541- 342- 3273.
See http://www.nonothing.com/dance/danceability.
Gabriela Guebel asked me to add this statement:
"I know that we all have a lot to share with each other with the intention of developing our work so we can continue to support our own expression as well as the growth of the integrated art world. I see Danceability as one of the many groups leading the evolution of contempory dance."
[20 June 1999, updated 11 July 1999]
- July 16-18, 1999: Contact Jam M?nster, Germany
- beginning: Friday at 7 p.m. end: Sunday 3 p.m. location: Kreativ-Haus, Diepenbrockstrasse 28, D-48145 Mnster costs: 90 DM (including catering and a room for sleeping-backs) informations: Mario Born, Dodostrasse 4, D-48145 Mnster/Germany, Tel. 0251-34750 [6 June 1999]
- July 17-25, 1999: European Contact Improvisation Teachers Conference, Potsdam, Germany.
- See Ecite 99 web page, or contact Peter Dauer at Pdauer@flynet.de[28 Dec 1998, updated 24 March 1999]
- July 17-18: Body-Mind Centering and Contact Improvisation Weekend Intensive: Brisbane
- with Zjamal Xanitha and Llewellyn Wishart. The workshop will explore the synergies between these two unique approaches to the body. Not to be missed by anyone interested in investigating the experiential anatomy of Body-Mind Centering and the spontaneous dynamics of Contact Improvisation. At G Block - Queensland University Technology. For More Info: e-mail Llewellyn dnznomad@webtime.com.au or Zjamal zjamal@m141.aone.net.au [19 June 1999]
- July 19 to 30: dance conference, Chapada dos Veadeiros, Brazil
- Howard Sonenklar and Jordi Cortes Molina come together for meeting work with dancers and choreographers from diferent parts of Brasil. This meeting is at Chapada dos Veadeiros farm 300 Km of Braslia. This place is very nice, has many waterfalls, big rivers and alternative community. The place for workshop a small farm with 27.000 m2, good places for sleep with accomodations for 30 persons, studio with 113m2 is very close to small city Alto Paraiso. After two weeks return to Braslia for show in the theatre. Information: Giovane Aguiar usina@bsb.zaz.com.br [updated 14 March 1999]
- 26 July - 13 Aug 1999: Ready (San Francisco, CA)
- Three Weeks of Intensive Training in Contact Improvisation with Ray Chung and Martin Keogh. See Ready home page for more details. [added 14 March 1999]
- July 26-30, 1999: Skinner Releasing Advanced Intensive Seattle, WA
- A week-long intensive in the Skinner Releasing Technique at a level beyond the ongoing work, taught by Joan Skinner and Bob Davidson. Classes involved more sophisticated and at times stark imagery and a deeper dissolving of boundaries. Prerequisite is the completion of the 12 ongoing classes. Contact 206/233-8803 or lhurwitz@speakeasy.org for info/brochure. [6 June 1999]
- 30 July - 1 Aug: Pat Hall: African-Haitian Dance: Haiti in my Soul Earthdance
- In Haiti, dance, drum, and song are a vital and essential means of expression; they draw the individual and the community together. They help strengthen the connections between god, the deities, nature, and humans. In this workshop, we will learn sacred and secular dances, paying careful attention to the bond between dance, rhythm, and song. Pat Hall is a critically acclaimed teacher, choreographer, dancer and musician. She teaches and performs in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and throughout the US, and recently toured as a guest artist with the Urban Bush Women. In collaboration with her percussionist, Pam Patrick, she has created a powerful teaching style uniting dance, rhythm, and song. Her teaching is warm, clear, and joyous. [17 Jan 1999]
- August 1999: Dancing Wilderness, eastern Sierra, Calif, USA.
- wilderness backpacking and experiential dance-making (contact, authentic movement, writing, etc) directed by Karl Frost. Info karlfrost@aol.com [19 Aug 1998]
- August 2-7, 1999: 1999 Aerial Dance Festival, Boulder, CO
- An opportunity for people from all walks of life to experience the joy of dancing in the air -- for beginners through advanced aerial dancers. The nationally recognized faculty, including Terry Sendgraff, the inventor of the low-flying trapeze, brings many years of expertise to the workshop. Join us for an unforgettable week of airborne dance. Information: Frequent Flyers Productions, PO Box 1979, Boulder, CO 80306-1979. 303-444-5569. I don't have an email address for them. [6 June 1999]
- 8-19 Aug, 1999 Expression: Improvisation in Performance Chicago, IL
- Patrick Scully. This workshop will focus on the role of expression, emotion, and drama in improvisation. We will engage in exercises to heighten our awaerness of our feelings, and remove blocks to their spontaneous physical, vocal and verbal expressions. Two weeks intensive, costs $350 is registered in full with non-refundable deposit by 1 Aug 1999. $400 after. Scholarshio internships available. Links Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield, Second floor, Chicago IL 60657. 773-281-9824
[added 11 Jul 1999]
- August 9-27, 1999: Skinner Releasing Introductory Intensive, Seattle, WA
- Introductory workshop in this unique approach to movement, integrating creative process with technical growth. Featuring daily classes in Skinner Releasing Technique (Joan Skinner), Improvisation & Finding Forms (Stephanie Skura), and Aerial Dancing on Low-Flying Trapezes (Bob Davidson). Contact 206/233-8803 or lhurwitz@speakeasy.org for info/brochure. [6 June 1999]
- Aug 12- 17: 1999 Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance & Improvisation, Seattle, Washington
- The 1999 SFADI schedule includes extra-special 5-day intensives with Nina Martin, Simone Forti, and K.J. Holmes, plus a smorgasbord of classes by tons of fabulous teachers including: Denise Benitez, Shahara Brook, Jeanne Castle, Karen Clay, Robert Davidson, John Dixon, Heidi Drucker, Liz Faller, Lila Hurwitz, Daniel Lepkoff, Tonya Lockyer, Karen Nelson, Lionel Popkin, Karen Schaffman, Scott Smith, Crispin Spaeth, UMO Ensemble, & Scott Wells!!! info/brochure, contact Julie at 206/782-5707 or Lila at lhurwitz@speakeasy.org [31 January 1999, updated 6 June 1999]
- Aug 18-22: home and the marketplace Earthdance (Plainfield, MA)
- Carolyn Shakti Sadeh, weaving authentic movement and action theater.
[10 July 1999]
- 20-28 August 1999: eat dance here: Vashon Island, WA, USA
- An IMPROVISATION INTENSIVE with Daniel Lepkoff and Karen Nelson. This workshop is devoted to cultivating the life and imagination in the dancer's body. A 7-day, live-in, communal camping environment, with exquisite healthy food at Hanna's Barn on Vashon Island, WA. See Eat Dance Here web page for details.
[20 June 1999]
- 23-29 Aug, 1999: Chris Aiken and Andrew de L. Harwood Opening to the Unknown Improvisation, Composition and Performance Earthdance
- This one-week workshop/lab is for the passionate practitioner of improvisation and performance. Three sessions each day will focus on:
- Release Technique/Contact Improvisation
- Improvisational Scores/Composition
- Performance.
This is intended as a comprehensive training for those ready to risk the unknown, willing to extend themselves on physical, emotional and mental levels, and excited about meeting the challenge of a concentrated schedule.
Andrew de L. Harwood has also developed a reputation as an outstanding solo performer and has established himself as an accomplished choreographer with over 25 choreographies to his credit. His work has been presented in numerous national and international dance festivals throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.
Chris Aiken tours throughout the US, Canada and Europe, teaching and performing various forms of dance improvisation. His work has been presented by the Walker Art Center, Chisenhale Dance Space, Jacob's Pillow, Dance Theatre Workshop, Philadelphia Dance Alliance/University of the Arts, Links Hall and many festivals and universities throughout the US and Canada. [17 Jan 1999]
- Sept 2-6, 1999: Third Annual Rocky Mountain CI Jam Gold Hill, CO
- Thursday 4pm through Monday morning. Delicious food, cabins, heated pool, beautiful dance space. $225 is paid in full before 1 Aug, $250 after 1 Aug if space is still available. Send $75 non-refundable deposit to Adwoa Lemieux, 660 Pine St., Gold Hill CO 80302. Info: 303-442-6476 or adwoa@nmci.com.
[9 June 1999]
- Sept 3 - 5, 1999: Jam Innsbr?ck, Austria
- Cost: 730 Austrian currency = 105 Deutsche marks = around $55 dollars
Room for about 50 contacters. Food will be provided via buffet and there will be vegetarian options. Contact: Martin Franzmair, Karntnerstr?sse 28, 6020 Innsbr?ck, tel: (0043) 0512 341620
[added 19 June 1999. The person who sent me this information was translating it from German, and was not an organizer of the event, so please double check for yourself.]
- Sept 17-19 1999: Contact Jam G?ttingen, Germany
- beginning: Friday at 6 p.m. end: Sunday at 3 p.m. location: MUSA, Hagenweg 2a, Gttingen/Germany costs: 90 DM (including catering and a place for sleeping-backs) informations: Benno Enderlein, Lotzestr. 28, D-37083 Gttingen Tel. 0551/75265. [6 June 1999]
- 17-19 Sept 1999: Fifth Annual New Dance Improvisation Festival Washington DC
- Features Contact classes, jams and performances with guest artists Andrew de L. Harwood (Montreal), K. J. Holmes (NYC), and Ray Chung (San Francisco). Cost is $135, not including housing. For registration brochure, housing info., directions etc. email Cathy Paine at cathypaine@mindspring.com.
[added 11 Jul 1999]
- 2-3 Oct 1999: dancing and contact improvisation Earthdance (Plainfield, MA)
- Kirstie Simson.
[11 Jul 1999]
- Sept 19 - October 3rd. Danceability Project International Teachers Trainings 1999 Buenos Aires
- led by Alito Alessi Registration deadline: August 1st. Information: gabiguebel@sion.com.ar Or Phone/Fax 5411-4521-9931 See http://www.nonothing.com/dance/danceability web site.
[20 June 1999, updated 10 July 1999]
- Oct 10-14, 1999: Breitenbush Jam, Oregon
- Contact David Sommerville (541 687-5780) 10 Ash St. Eugene OR 97402. email is cimprov@teleport.com extra jam in Eugene Sat Oct. 9th 6-9 pm [17 April 1999]
- Oct 13-17 1999: Fall East Coast Contact Jam, Claymont Court, Charleston WV
- one hour from Washington, DC). Contact Roy Wood at 716-254-6514 or roywood@kodak.com. [6 June 1999]
- 18 to 29 October, 1999: Ray Chung Brasilia, Brazil
- [that's all I know right now] Information: Giovane Aguiar usina@bsb.zaz.com.br [updated 14 March 1999]
- Oct 22-24, 1999: 99 Senses Contact Jam, Duesseldorf
- open dancing, performance and intensive bodywork classes with Ka Rustler, Mathias Frueh, Birgit Raven Ruttkowski and others
| Location: |
tanzhaus nrw, die Werkstatt e.v. Duesseldorf
Erkrather Strasse 30
D - 40233 Duesseldorf
Tel: ** 49 (0) 211 - 17270-0
Fax: -17270-17 |
| email: |
tanzhausnrw@t-online.de |
| [Added 10 Nov 1998] |
- 23-24 Oct, 1999: Moving Together: authentic movement gathering for men and women Earthdance (Plainfield, MA)
- Led by Bill McCully, Andrew Gaines, Sarah Hickler and Carolyn Sadeh.
[11 Jul 1999]
- 6-7 Nov 1999: Beginning from the Body Earthdance (Plainfield, MA)
- Leigh Evans
[11 Jul 1999]
- Nov 12-14, 1999: From tail to Head through rippling center Earthdance (Plainfield, MA)
- an intermediate level intensive in Contact Improvisation with Debra Bluth & Patrick Crowley
A workshop for those with comfortable experience in the fundamentals. We will be investigating the particulars of our anatomy to increase the richness of how we inhabit our bodies. From this we will see how states of mind and movement emerge. How can we take luscious, physical risks without it feeling risky? Some of what we'll explore: diving from the kidneys, rotating and inverting from the coccyx, playing with how we experience vision in relationship to the spine, and surrendering to disorientation in the mind while grounding through the body. With succulent and full-bodied contact with the earth and our partners, we will experiment with being completely committed and non-attached in our improvising. For more information/registration call 413-634-5678 or email: registration@earthdance.net [added 17 Apr 1999]
- 18th-21 November 1999. Nordic Improvisation Meeting (NIM) in Copenhagen
- The theme for this NIM is going to be 'sight-/situation-specific' improvisation. All of you are welcome to think about ideas, suggestions and structures for improvisations that are taken out to public spaces. Those could be a bus, library, cafe, station etc. or a specific situation like for example a meal. Please think if you would like to facilitate a study lab around a specific issue.
The approximate schedule for this NIM will be:
THURSDAY, 18th November: 19 h WELCOMING-JAM
FRIDAY, 19th November: daytime: Work on improvisation scores evening: JAM
SATURDAY, 20th November: daytime: Improvisation in public places
evening: Showing of the experiences from day in a studio(evt.video) and party Jam
SUNDAY, 21st of November: daytime: Bodywork, discussion and informative talk about the work of each to gather information and strengthen the network of improvisers.
15h-18h: goodBye-Jam
Expenses - a small amount for the studio ( approximatly 100 DKR). Accomodation - we are trying to find free / private accomodation, but can't guarantee anything yet. contact Kerstin at Tel:+45-35852403 / Email: kerlof@hotmail.com, or Vera at Tel: +45-28 188 496
[added 7 Nov 1999]
- 1 -4 Dec 5th INTERNATIONAL IMPROVISATION PLUS+ FESTIVAL Wash DC
- http://www.gwu.edu/~theatre/improv.html
[added 7 Nov 1999]
- 3-5 Dec: First Glendale Weekend Dance Retreat, southern california, USA
- "We are an evolving group of movers and dancers centered in Southern California who are passionate about coming together in community. We are collaborating in offering a variety of ways for expression in the arts. We welcome every one of every age no matter your dance or movement background or level of experience. This is a volunteer effort, and our love of dance inspires us to invite others to be a part of this vision. For more information visit our website http://scdance.org/"
[added 18 Nov 1999]
- Dec 11-12 Improvisation, Contact other Arts Chapel Hill, NC
- Roy Wood will be leading an improvisation workshop at UNC, on Dec 11-12, 10-4:30 Sat, 10-12:30 on Sun, covering movement and the other arts- music, writing,drawing/coloring-co-creation; connecting with other people through movement, story, and contact; and dance as an exploration of different characters. Cost is $30. Dan Scmidt is handling pre-registration, danschmidt@mindspring.com. Roy will answer questions, 716-588-7538
[added 23 Nov 1999]