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Start the New Year by participating in a workshop which looks at strategies for excavating material for improvisation in performance. Drawing from the work of Augusto Boal's "Image Theatre" and "Real Time Composition" techniques from the New Dance, we will spend the weekend exploring the relationship between the moving and sounding body. We will see how in a short time we can develop a vocabulary of set and improvised movement scores to use as a resource for performance. We will be looking at ways of crafting the intertextuality of this found material, culminating in a performance on Sunday evening. An open jam will follow. Some experience would be helpful, but the workshop will be an open level and will provide an environment for spontaneity and hardworking fun.
Workshop Fee: $150 for the two days, $75 deposit needed to hold your space in the workshop. Maximum enrollment is eighteen. For more information and workshop schedule, please contact organizer Sarah Swenson at sarahvox@earthlink.net or 562.439.9010.
[added 2 Dec 2000]
Jan 12 7:30-9:30pm
Jan 13 10:30am-4:30pm
Jan 14 1:30pm-7pm
at the Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
$110 prereg by Jan 3; $150 after.
For info: 781-395-9428, pganesha@aol.com To register: send check to Patrick Crowley, 17 Usher Road, Medford, MA 02155. [added 14 Dec 2000]
As long as I have been performing, I have been improvising. Instantaneous or real time composition is an ongoing artistic process for me for over 25 years now. We will be exploring the basic need to move and express ideas and emotions through the vehicle of our body and mind.
Through various investigations in improvisation, Contact Improvisation, and chance procedures, we will practice instant inventiveness, refine our sensing skills and develop various compositional strategies which will become the framework for composing solo, duet and group material. A deliciously deep and sensual warm up will entice us into this world.
Jan 15, 11-4pm
$55 prereg by Jan 3; $80 after.
$155 both workshops prereg by Jan 3; $210 after
at the Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
For info: 781-395-9428, pganesha@aol.com To register: send check to Patrick Crowley, 17 Usher Road, Medford, MA 02155.
[added 14 Dec 2000]
If you sit and watch at a West coast jam you are likely to see more weight exchange, often with quick changes of roles - the supporter going into flight and the flyer becoming the support. There is a blending of centers that encourages near weightlessness and spontaneous acrobatics. You are also more inclined to see people having an angry dance, a sexual dance or a tearful dance.
In this workshop we will play with this physicality while asking the question "How do I bring more of myself to the form?"
We'll explore:
This workshop is not for beginners. For those with a solid grasp of Contact Improvisation fundamentals.
This workshop includes four six-hour days, with breaks, over two weekends. Those registering for the entire four-day workshop will be given priority. Tuition: 4 days: $185. First weekend only: $110
To register send a $60 non-refundable deposit with your phone, address, email, and choice of first weekend or full workshop to:
Martin Keogh
35 Gifford Street #2
Brockton MA 02301
Martin Keogh has taught and performed Contact Improvisation for over 20 years. He has co-facilitated Contact Improvisation Teachers Conferences on three continents and was the first contact teacher on the faculty at Stanford University and at the National School of Fine Arts in San Miguel, Mexico. When not on tour, Martin dances with his family in Southeastern MA.
To receive the photo-filled brochure or for more information email or call: (508) 588-5818
[added 3 Jan 2001]
| a laboratory in the magic of Contact Improvisation with Carolyn Stuart and Leilani Weis In San Miguel de Allende, Mexico February 11-24, 2001 $300 usd (housing and food extra - approx. $200) | un laboratorio en la magia de Improvisación de Contacto con Carolyn Stuart y Leilani Weis en San Miguel de Allende, México. February 4-17, 2001 $300 usd (vivienda y comida extra - aprox. $200) |
Click on http://33faintingspells.org/ndcinema.html to check out the festival program.
Call the NDC info line at 206-686-2358.
Or pick up a program at The Little Theatre, The Grand Illusion, On The Boards, 33 Fainting Spells' office (4th floor Oddfellows Hall) or other locations around town.
| Write: | Joint Forces, P.O. Box 3686, Eugene, Oregon U.S.A. 97403 |
| Call: | 541. 342. 3273 |
| Email: | altio22@yahoo.com |
Arriving at performance is an organic process that begins with identifying and practicing the principles that support our movement. We'll gather to exchange and deepen in our personal and common understanding of C.I. and it's performance potential. Open to those with experience in C.I. and an interest in exploring the ability to see and be seen.
Since 1984, Carolyn Stuart has used C.I. for over 150 performance projects. She is also fascinated with the form as a spiritual practice and how it can inform our performance in daily life as well as artistic expression. Her on-going investigation has revealed a state in which complete autonomy AND continuous union with other occur simultaneously and enhance the well-being of both. This phenomenon is at the heart of the TOUCHMONKEY perspective.
Location:- Salamander Camp, a charming and conducive setting in the Santa Cruz mountains with hot tub!
Cost: 4 days $200 - $250 Weekend $120 - $150
Pre-register with a $50 deposit before March 30th
Maximum 15 people
Contact Katja for information & registration
408 286-5354 katja@us.ibm.com [13 Mar 2001]
Materials for Movement with Scott Smith
The work is informed by exercises intended to cultivate physical and perceptual embodiment and use of the dancers own form, in relationship to their environment. The physical work uses skeletal imaging and movement, with particular focus given to the spine as the root and limb for extending spherically and dimensionally into space. The perceptual work researches the genius of the senses, and the use of the senses for dancing and composition. The purpose of the class work is to extend the participants experience and use of their own body, sensation, and action.
Feldenkrais¨ for Dancers: Impulse, Action, Reaction with Lila Hurwitz
Integrating the Feldenkrais Method¨, Authentic Movement, and improvisation to find freedom and increase options in your dancing body. The Feldenkrais Method¨ is a subtle and powerful system of neuromuscular repatterning which evokes changes in range of motion, coordination, muscular tone, and the comfort and efficiency of movement. Learning to recognize habitual movement patterns, you'll discover more comfortable ways to dance in any style. Improve breathing, posture and flexibility, to allow full grace and ease in your dancing. We'll go deep to find rich impulses and encourage creativity and suppleness.
$288--Tuesday eve arrival $245 Weds eve arrival. $210 Thurs eve arrival. (no weekend option) To keep costs down, everyone is asked to help out with 2 work-share hours
Jam is limited to 45 participants so register early (liKE NOW!) Send $50 non-refundable deposit to Johanna Walker, 114 Middle St Hadley, MA 01035
For more info contact Johanna 413.584.1562 joeymoey3@excite.com
stephen yoshen 413.634.5431
diana hilgert 410.869. 7952 dianahil@mindspring.com [added 11 Feb 2001]
The dance space is in a beautiful old church that has two rooms with beautiful hard wood dance floors and enormous windows plus a kitchen and a shower. The area where we camp is just 15 minutes away and is in a picture perfect high desert setting with views of Arches National Park, 200- 300 foot red-rock cliffs and the snow-capped La Sal Mountains.
This event is attended by dancers from coast to coast. If you're traveling into Moab from out of state, you are invited to join a group of us for Pre and/or Post jam dance and exploration in the Moab area. The Pre-Jam gathering starts around April 27th and runs until the Jam starts on May 3rd. The Post-Jam gathering begins when the Jam ends on May 6th and extends until May 12th. We will be hiking, exploring and dancing in some incredible places, like red-rock sandstone slot canyons and high plateus with 50 mile views in all directions. Please be sure to check out the website below for lots of pictures and more details.
The teachers/facilitators are Carolyn Stuart (originally from Portland, OR - but now on the road in her van); Scott Waldron (New York City, NY) and Todd Paulsmeyer (Salt Lake City, UT).
For cost, registration, pictures of previous jams and lots more information visit, call, email or write:
| Visit: | www.contact-improv.com |
| Call: | 801. 580. 3263 |
| Email: | toddp@contact-improv.com |
| Write: | Todd Paulsmeyer 2887 South Katherine Circle Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 [added 30 Jan 2001] |
Also: For dancers and lightdesigners! Improvisation in Performance; Space and Light by Julyen Hamilton og Svante Grogarn. ?rhus May 14.-18. 500 Dkr. in ?rhus:
Also: Body/Landscape by Frank van der Ven og Stuart Lynch. In the countryside near Copenhagen/South of Sweden. June1.-10 1500 Dkr (includes food)
For more information please contact Kamma Siegumfeldt at:
NEW e-mail address: dansidialog@dansenshus.dk
Dans i Dialog
Dansens Hus
H¿rsholmsgade 20
DK 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
tel: +45 35 83 06 09 fax: +45 35 82 06 20
homepage: www.dansenshus.dk [13 Mar 2001]
May 16-20 - three different streams, two of them working toward a performance. One of them focusing on concepts and skills with no performance.
| 1 | Danny Lepkoff | Improv Toward Performance |
| 2 | Karen Nelson | Contact Toward Performance |
| 3 | Kirstie Simson | Contact Skills and Concepts |
May 13-20 - one stream of Improvisation working toward a performance.
| 7 day intensive | Taught by Lisa Nelson. | There is one day off on the 15th. |
| Fees: streams 1, 2, 3 | cost $275 ($240 CADA and students) |
| Lisa's 7 day intensive | costs $ 350 ($300 CADA and students) |
| Info and reg: | Karen Kaeja 789 Manning Ave. Toronto, Ont M6G 2W7 |
| Phone: | (416) 516-6030 |
| fax: | (416)537-5205 |
| email: | kaeja@kaeja.org |
Come meet Moving On Center (MOC), an alternative model of education that integrates expressive and performing skills with the healing arts. Several new models of education we will be explored, including: Body-Mind Centering (BMC); Laban Movement Analysis (LMA); Body Counseling; Voice through the Body; and Somatic theory. We will take time for writing, drawing, sharing personal stories, and "heart circles". Beginner or experienced, this work will be physically and mentally rigorous.
For more Information contact MOVING ON CENTER or EARTHDANCE
(510) 834-0284, web site: www.movingoncenter.org, email: info@movingoncenter.org
(413) 634-5678, web site: www.earthdance.net [23 Apr 2001]
Sat, 5/19, 1:30-5:30 beginning/advanced beginning
Skills of listening to and developing movement from the contact point with a partner, pouring and receiving weight, sensing breath and the internal body, letting momentum give us a ride, moving from center and core, falling, rolling. We will deepen into this foundation as we trust and move our impulses. For beginners and those with experience.
Sun, 5/20 1:30-5:00 mixed level
Working developmentally, we continue our research of movement with a partner in the physical forces of gravity and momentum. States of groundedness and buoyancy will bring us into explorations of supporting, flying, and moving from a spherical center. Staying open moment to moment to sensation, feeling, imagination and our environment will bring presence and exciting dancing!
$35 pre-reg for each, $60 for both by 5/11. After, $50 for each, $85 for both
@ the Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Ave, Central Square, Cambridge, MA
Patrick Crowley has immersed himself in how the moving body teaches us to live fully for 17 years. Developmental movement, experiential anatomy, yoga, and improvisational theater influence his teaching. He has taught and performed throughout New England and in Argentina. Patrick also works with people individually in Brookline, Cambridge, and Northampton, MA.
Info: 617-320-9792, pganesha@aol.com Registration: make ck. to Patrick Crowley @ 17 Usher Rd #2, Medford, MA 02155 [23 Apr 2001]
Need Refreshing? Need Support? Need to dialogue with other somatic practitioners, or to share questions and concerns that have come up in your work? Need new skills and ideas? Come join us for an informally structured refresher and exchange. Morning activities will include: Somatic Singing; Developmental Advances; Hands-on Tune up; and Meditative Integration. Each afternoon we will practice with one another, discuss personal case studies, and address questions from Alexander, Bartenieff, BMC, Hakomi, LMA, Moving On Center, and SMTT perspectives.
For more Information contact MOVING ON CENTER or EARTHDANCE, see above [23 Apr 2001]Friday night you are also invited to come to dance friday 8:30pm $7, which will most likely be held at the Arlington Town Hall in Arlington center. Call or email Neige for directions, 781-647-1044, kasbara@earthlink.net.
If you can't be there for the jam, please come for the performance, 8pm, and boogie, 9pm, on Saturday night, May 26, $5., with musicians Daniel Orlansky, Stan Strickland, Neville, and Bob Weiner and DJ Mark Haskins.
Please let us know if you are coming to the May Jam with children. And if you want to help with setting up, come at 9am on Sat. For our Canadian friends, we hope all of you come. You can pay the pre-registered amount ($35) at the door, but let us know you are coming.
For details and directions, see the MAY JAM web site. [added 17 Apr 2001]
Cost is $120. IF you pay by May 1st cost will be $105. And if you are taking the Zen Monkey Project's Intensive we are offering the special price of $70 to be added to that tuition.
Email: earthdrama@cstone.net
Phone: (804) 972-2387
Alicia is a Phoenix Rising certified yoga instructor and teaches Contact in the Washington D.C area including George Washington University. Brad is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, long time practicing Aikidoist and has taught Contact for over 18 years.
A weekend workshop to drop into the formative as well as the expressive elements in coordination, dancing and improvising. We will begin with developmental movement patterns from Body-Mind Centering which underlie our physical integration in movement. Those who are new to the patterns may discover support and increased internal connections, while those continuing to explore them may deepen connections and increase intention and follow-through. As the patterns facilitate the sensing and integration of our own bodies, they form a foundation in the exploration of contact improvisation and on and outward into space. We will simplify movement pathways, not to reduce, but to clarify the physical specificity born of necessity or of choice. We will cultivate our availability in the act of creation by entering the collective realm of the imaginary.
Where: Loft 211, 211 A Street, Boston
Cost: $100 (registration b/4 5/26, $120 after)
To register, please send $50 deposit to:
Lani Nahele, 48 Potash Hill Road, Cummington, MA 01026
or call Lani at (413) 634 5653 or Olivier at (617) 269 2744 for more information [28 May 2001]
Come join Katharine Birdsall, Ray Eliot Schwartz, and members of the Zen Monkey Project for two weeks of Body-Mind Centering, Alexander Technique, Contact Improvisation, Release Technique, Vocabulary, Improvisation, and Public Performance. Stay for an extra week of intensive BMC study for only $100 dollars more.
Since its inception in 1995, the Zen Monkey Project has been consistently exploring the boundaries of somatic movement education and contemporary dance forms. Their style is rigorous, experimental, and alive. Investigating the body, developing dynamic presence, and supporting curiosity are hallmarks of their distinctive synthesis.
The curriculum will include:
Body-Mind Centering (BMC): BMC is a creative approach to embodiment and movement re-education. Its principles guide the student on a journey towards understanding the powerful wisdom contained within the substance of the human body as well as how this substance is expressed through fundamental patterns of movement.
Alexander Technique: We will explore methods of freeing the body/mind from postural sets, thus leading us away from the inertia of habit and towards a way of being with ourselves; one which is responsive rather than than reactive. We will have the opportunity to step out of the technique classes which ask us to approach learning through the repetition of form and into a world which offers refreshment in the everyday movements of standing, sitting, lying down, and squatting. We will also investigate the work of anthropologist Raymond Dart whose developmental movement patterns were adopted by F.M. Alexander. The patterns consider movement from an evolutionary point of view.
Contact Improvisation: Contact Improvisation is about becoming a conscious mover while creating partnerships with yourself, your environment, and others. Our time will be spent developing the basic principles of the form; with special attention to warming up into the dance, rolling in and out of the floor, following the point of contact, and weight sharing.
Technique: Daily class integrating comprehensive warm-ups, phrases, and dynamic movement through space.
Vocabulary: We will use several methods to create individual, original dancing languages. These include Authentic Movement, writing, recognition of content during improvisation, building phrases from dynamic physical states, and using text and/or music as source material.
Improvisation: How do we balance the internal focus of kinesthetic experience with a generous and fully aware sense of what is going on around us? Particular attention will be paid to differentiating "behaving" from "composing". We will gain experience in qualitative variance as well as the ability to make clear choices in relation to content, time, and space.
Public Performance: Students will have an opportunity to present work to the Charlottesville community made prior to or during the workshop on the final weekend in a "loft" style performance space with basic technical support.
For more information or to register for the training please call (804) 295-7856 or E-mail us at Ray987@hotmail.com [18 Feb 2001]
If you could do Aikido, surf, wrestle and dance at the same time, you would have an idea of what Contact Improvisation feels like.
Contact Improvisation is unpredictable by nature and requires being in the moment and letting go of preconceived notions of how to move. What makes Contact Improvisation different from other dance is that partners are often moving in and out of physical contact while rolling, spiraling, springing and falling. They find ways to "enjoy the ride" and improvise while mutually supporting and following each otherâs movements. The dancing can be dynamic and action packed or gentle and quiet. The form and rhythm of the dancing is inspired by the physical and energetic contact the partnersâ share.
Ernie Adams is a dancer with over twenty years teaching experience, including extensive touring in the US and Europe, with Mangrove (1977-81) and Umbrella for the Performing Arts (1982-86). Since 1986, he has been developing an integration of Contact Improvisation with bodywork and somatic education. and has been a Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm since 1993.
Note: Space is limited/Pre-register if possible/Send checks to: Ernie Adams, 1164 Solano Ave., #164, Albany, CA 94706
Information: (510)433-9591 -or- www.movementpathways.com [2 May 2001]
Three Weeks of *Intensive Training* in Contact Improvisation. See details below.
San Francisco Tuition: US $450 before May 15, 2001, or US $490 after May 15, 2001
For more information and a photo brochure call: Ray (510) 649 3066 or email: MartinKeo@aol.com [added 5 Feb 2001]
WAY IN! June 22-28, 2001
The WAY IN to Contact Improvisation essentials- a week long intensive for dancers and teachers in training. Dance sessions are open to all levels of Contact Improvisation experience. Beginners especially welcome. Seminar sessions are open to anyone who teaches (or is considering teaching) Contact Improvisation.
WAY OUT! July 6-15, 2001
The WAY OUT to future Contact Improvisation teaching- a ten-day intensive training and support group for Contact Improvisation teachers and teacher trainees. Open to experienced Contact Improvisation dancers, no matter what level of teaching experience. (WAY IN! is prerequisite if you have less than one year of teaching experience).
Classes 6-8 hrs daily, including: Daily physical warm-up class
Teaching methods and ideas (you will compile a notebook to take home)
Curriculum planning (each participant will prepare a special project)
Constructive Feedback on your teaching. (each participant will lead one or more lessons)
Philosophy and history of Contact Improvisation (Discussions, special guest presenters, videotapes)
Supportive problem-solving (bring a list of your most pressing problems)
Lots of Dancing and Jamming!
One day will be spent together with over 20 experienced Contact Improvisation teachers, brainstorming with "Tried and True" teaching scores, discussions and a jam. Nita Little Nelson, who has been dancing, performing, and co-inventing contact improvisation since its earliest days, will be a featured presenter.
On five evenings, we will observe as six Bay Area Contact Improvisation teachers lead a beginner's class. Follow-up discussions with these teachers will also take place during the daily program.
Tuition: $250 WAY IN!; $450 WAY OUT!; $600 WAY IN/WAY OUT!
For more info contact Jacky McCormick 860-439-5283 or email jackymcc@hotmail.com [23 Apr 2001]
Cost: $350. Or $75 for individual days; $10/jam if you attend only evening jams.
For more information contact:
Andrew Richardson
4016 Kansas St., Apt. B, Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 336-1838
email: drewrichardson@wildmail.com or go to: web site [28 May 2001]
Schedule for Friday, Saturday & Sunday: Modern Technique 10am-12pm
Contact Improvisation 1-4pm (please bring knee pads)
Contact Jams in the evening
Cost $150; Prior movement experience recommended.
To register send payment to: Dancers' Workshop, PO Box 1500. Jackson WY 83001
Some housing available, first-come first-serve! Camping is also a possibility. Let us know you are coming so we can help.
For more information: dw@onewest.net / 307.733.6398 [28 May 2001]
Wednesday, 9 a.m.-Saturday, 5 p.m.
Join us for 4 days of movement exploration and body awareness in Charlottesville, Virginia, nestled in the scenic beauty of the Blue Ridge mountains. Each of the days will include an awakening warm-up led by Chris Friedman, NIA and Alexander teacher, two 3-hour classes of your choice and free evenings for experiencing the sights and sounds of Charlottesville. The featured teachers are Roger Tolle, Simona Aronow, Krista Weih, Brad Stoller. A workshop for anyone wanting to explore the joy of movement ö all levels welcome. Cost: $225 for 4 full days or $125 for 4 half days.
In this workshop, you will be working with three very experienced contact teachers: Pam Johnson (Toronto), Peter Ryan (Ottawa) and Naomi Sparrow(Ottawa).Under their guidance, you will have the chance to explore contact improvisation, its possible applications within the wider context of movement improvisation and its ground of support within systems of the body-mind.
Open to those with at least some previous experience in movement (dance, theatre or sport). Some contact improvisation experience is recommended, but not absolutely necessary. However, curiosity and motivation are essential.
The workshop will be capped off with a day-long Contact Jam on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at Dance Network Studio.
Workshop cost: CDN $300 / $270 for Dance Network Members
Location : Dance Network Studio, 111A Rideau St. 3rd floor, Ottawa
Information: call 613-562-4177 or e-mail dancenetwork@artengine.ca, or web site. To register, send your information and a cheque for 50% of the total to Dance Network, 111A Rideau 3rd floor, Ottawa, ON K1N 5X1. Balance of payment is due by July 20, 2001.
SUN AUG 19. CONTACT IMPROV JAM. 10 :00 AM - 4:30 PM. Open to all levels of experience! Snacks available/ some live music. Cost:$10. Location : Dance Network Studio, 111A Rideau St. 3rd floor, Ottawa. Call 562-4177.[18 June 2001]
Three Weeks of *Intensive Training* in Contact Improvisation.
To develop confidence in our common vocabulary we will begin by reviewing the essentials of Contact Improvisation. These include: tuning the senses, communicating through touch, weight exchange , moving support, falling safely, and aerial work. There will be special emphasis on releasing the neck and pelvis, and surprising ourselves in flight and extended follow-through.
From this bedrock of skills we will investigate improvising that arises directly from physical sensation. We will use scores to expand and integrate our improvisational choice-making to include: bringing the many facets of ourselves into the improvisation; development of relationships; playing with musicality; and using imagery and imagination to inform and embody the dance. We will play with discarding conventions and jumping off into the unknown together.
To support the development of our skills there?¥ä will be opportunities for giving and receiving feedback within the structure of practice sessions, discussion groups, and labs.
We will work together five hours a day, five days a week. Other activities will include jams, potlucks, and other spontaneous surprises.
We want to get to know you, your treasures, your idiosyncrasies, your distinctive pathways into the Contact form. Attending a three week training allows the group to establish working relationships, and provides the opportunity for everyone to create significant changes in their dancing.
***Because of the advanced nature of this workshop, this intensive is for those with a solid grasp of Contact fundamentals.***
Martin Keogh and Ray Chung bring distinct and complementary approaches to the Contact form. Ray creates an environment of curiosity that guides the senses to the material of improvisation. Martin enlivens the space with games and metaphors. They have been performing and teaching for over twenty years and share a long history of collaboration and a desire to see people excel in their dance.
Freiburg Tuition: DM 950 before July 15, 2001, or DM 995 after July 15, 2001
For more information and a brochure with photos, call: Ray (510) 649 3066 or email: MartinKeo@aol.com or (Freiburg only) Eckhard at: 0049 / 761 / 4765384 mullecki@yahoo.de [added 5 Feb 2001]
The practices of Body Mind Centering and Alexander Technique and Contact and other improvisation forms all include awakening the senses and being in the present moment. Working indoors and out we will examine how the bodies' weight, mass and breath become movement, story, question and idea. We will work in morning and afternnon sessions.
This workshop will offer in-depth study of practices designed for efficiency, ease and a deeper understanding of the body in motion. Bearnstow, a retreat center, is nestled on the shores of Parker Pond in Central Maine on more than 60 acres of lush woodlands. Accomodations are in rustic lakeside cabins with screened porches, cots and bathrooms with showers. There will be timwe to enjoy swimming, hiking, canoeing, berry picking on nearby islands, and evenings by the fireplace.
Tuition: $240; Room and Board: $275 Space is limited to 15 participants. To reserve space, please email bearnstow@aol.com or call 212-777-1340 to request an application. Applications and deposit of $50 are due by end of May and should be mailed to
Bebe Miller Company, 140 Second Ave., Suite 404, New York, NY 10003
www.bearstow.com [28 May 2001]
Dancing Bodywork can enhance your life and work in all these ways. It combines the instinctual, playful movement found in Contact Improvisation with the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education¨. COST: $150-$175 @ weekend, LOCATION: Nevada City, CA/Phillips School of Massage: INFO: 530/265-4645, email: psm@jps.net, website: www.handsinharmony.com or Ernie Adams enadams@movementpathways.com. Continuing Education Units available for Certified Massage Therapists.
Saturday 11 am - 6 pm & Sunday 10 am to 4 pm
WASHINGTON, DC: September 15 & 16, GWU Dance Studio, 800 21st St.
RICHMOND, VA: October 6&7, VCU Dance Center, 1315 Floyd Ave.
Tuition: 4 days - $185, 2 days - $110. This workshop includes 4 days over two weekends. Space is limited! Those registering for the entire four-day workshop will be given priority. To register: send tuition to Susan Singer, 6603 Woodrow Terrace, Richmond, VA 23228. For more information: Alicia Grayson at 540-592-3715 (after August 1) or Susan at 804-262-2448 or SingerSus@aol.com
In this four day workshop we will use the learning of Contact Improvisation to investigate our relationship to time. With games, some sweat, and the unique physicality of the Contact form, we will ask -
These questions will arise as we master more of the skills and thrills of the Contact form. Special emphasis will be on surprising ourselves in flight and extended follow-through. [31 July 2001]
An invitation to dancers of all levels of experience, from veterans to beginners, to get together and dance. Warm-up sessions with Kate Brown, Janis Claxton, Katy Dymoke and Rick Nodine will offer routes into our bodies, our dancing and the jam. The weekend will provide an informal setting in which to learn and exchange skills, to play, be invigorated and chill out. Foyer available for siestas and socialising. Bring food to share. Cost: both days 25 pounds (18 conc) one day 15 pounds (10 conc). For further info and to book contact Chisenhale on 0044 (0)20 8981 6617 or
For info contact: Cheryl 804.355.7524, Roy 716.254.6514, or Mugsy 804.231.6227, mugsy@cavtel.net. To register send $50 non-refundable deposit with contact info to: Mugsy, 619 West 25th Street, Richmond, VA 23225. Make check payable to: Claymont Seminars.[12 Aug 2001]
"What does it mean to be 'ready' to dance? How can we arrive at this state? During this two day workshop we will begin by focusing attention on the details of sensation. We will work on skills of receptivity and responsiveness. Special emphasis on releasing the neck and pelvis and surprising ourselves in flight and extended follow through."
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 to 4:30, $95 both days, $60 saturday only, 10% discount with current student ID. For info: 773-338-0519 or email kmcoyote@earthlink.net. To reserve a place in the workshop: send a check made out to
FLUID MEASURE PERFORMANCE COMPANY c/o Kathleen Maltese 1720 W. Chase Ave. Chicago, IL 60626 [6 Oct 2001]
We will be cultivating skills and awareness:
From this base we will be moving on different levels, fingding new ledges, being still, exploring being upside down, and moving through space softly and solidly. All while meeting our partners in improvisational dances connected by a point of contact.
EARTHDANCE, a dance center in the Berkshires, features two large cathedral roofed dance studios, farm house, comfortable dorm accomodations, large kitchen, scrumptious vegetarian cuisine, wood-stove sauna, spring-fed quarry, and 125 acres of magnificent hills.
This class is geared for the beginner, but open to all levels of experience. Pre-Registration required. Call Shakti @413.634.0140 or Earthdance @ 413.634.5678 with questions. $250. Cost includes workshop, accomodations, and food. Send $75 non-refundable deposit to Earthdance, 252 Prospect Street, Plainfield, MA 01070.
Cost: £30 which includes an evening meal and swim/sauna (does not include accomodation but there are loads of B&Bs nearby) Booking essential, minimum numbers required Further info and booking: Rachel Freeman tel 01597 840 348 or email rachel@grrf.freeserve.co.uk [26 Sep 2001]
Amidst the velocity and whirling of a hurricane rests an area that is silent and still, known as the ãeye.ä Cultivating this quiet core at the center of activity is the theme of this workshop. We will settle into a base camp of mindfulness, and then set out to investigate the wilderness of disorientation. We will enter the forest where there's no trail, jump into the dark, swim into what might be a cave, and build a tolerance for waiting in the unknown. Special emphasis on releasing the neck and pelvis, and surprising ourselves in flight and extended follow-through.
For information and registration, see web page
or contact Ulli S§ at Verein Inntanz, Tel: 0043 (0) 512 36 52 25 Email: [26 Sep 2001]
Saturday 2:00pm to Tuesday 2:00pm. 3 days $200; 2 days $185; add $15 after 12-20-01. Work-study available. To register, send $50 non-refundable deposit to Lawton Rogers, Rt. 1 Box 279, Charlestown, WV 25414. Make checks payable to "New Years Jam." For more info, contact Lawton and Kit, 304-728-3506 or email seminars@claymont.org [14 Dec 2001]