- Jan 11-Mar 31, 2003 Lasqueti Winter Improvisation and Performance Intensive Lasqueti Island, BC, Canada
- 11 weeks of full time training and laboratory in interdisciplinary appraoches to performance and improvisation with daily practice in contact improv. Primary instruction -- Karl Frost. Also wiith Jez Parus, Amii Legendre, Jeff Mooney, Joey Blake, Keth Hennessey.
Contact Onionoak@hotmail.com, 250 333 8608
Onionoak, GD, Lasqueti Island, BC, V0R 2J0 Canada, www.karlfrost.com [29 Aug 2002]
- Jan 24-26 Lasqueti CI Jam Lasqueti Island, BC, Canada
- Two days and two nights of open time and space sharing contact improvisation, creative process, and dance at beautiful Lasqueti Community Hall. Morning warm-up classes, opportunity to share performance work, and lots of open time for jamming, relaxing, or just taking a hike in the woods. Organic vegetarian food included! This jam is happening as part of the 3rd Lasqueti Winter Improvisation and Performance Intensive and will be overflowing with fun dance possibilities!
Bring your dancing body, and come have fun! This jam is for those already familiar with contact basics. Starts Friday at 4PM and ends Sunday at 3:30PM, coinciding with ferries. $60 - $90, includes all meals. Space limited to 55. Send $30 deposit to Onionoak, GD, Lasqueti Island, BC V0R 2J0 For more info, contact Onionoak@hotmail.com, 250 333 8608 [27 Dec 2002]
- Feb 15-16 5th Annual Philadelphia Contact Improvisation Weekend Philadelphia, PA
- Featuring Chris Aiken, Eric Schoefer, Leah Stein, and Yvonne Meier. Two days of classes, jams, and a performance lab, from 10:00 am Saturday to 5:00pm Sunday. New dance site with great wooden floors in Old City, Philadephia. For details, see the web site or email Terry Fox. [14 Jan 2003]
- Mar 1-2 Contact for Couples at Earthdance in Western Massachusetts.
- A weekend in Contact Improvisation and Authentic Movement with Debra Bluth & Patrick Crowley.
March 1-2, 2003 (Arrive Friday night 2/28). All levels of experience welcome.
A time to deepen and explore our connections through movement and witnessing, through the support of our partner and a larger community. Intricacies of trust, giving & receiving, following and leading, primalness, being true to our personal dance within a duet, how to witness ourselves and each other. How can a creative, body-based, and natural environment help us come back to an essentialness as individuals and as a couple? Discoveries will emerge as we dance & reflect. We will have plenty of time for personal dialogue. We will do some of our exploring outside. Bring a journal and art supplies.
EARTHDANCE, 252 Prospect St, Plainfield, MA 01070.
Registration and logistical info: 617-634-5678, www.earthdance.net, info@earthdance.net
Information: Patrick pganesha@aol.com or Debra dbisvara@aol.com, 781-395-9428. [3 Feb 2003]
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- Mar 6-14 Breitenbush JAM Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon
- Beautiful Breitenbush Hot Springs is 3 hours from Portland or Eugene, Oregon. The Conference topics this year are:
-- 4 sessions on Music and Movement Improvisation will be led by Seattle’s Serge Gubelman.
-- 2 sessions on Yoga into Contact Improv will be led by Alicia Grayson.
Each session will be about 2 and a half hours long. The rest of the time, the dance studio with new wooden floor will be filled with open dancing.
$595 includes housing, 3 meals a day, Jam, and Conference. Pre-registration and non-refundable deposit (U.S. $125) due by February 12th, balance by February 24th. Limited space, fills fast. Come celebrate!
To register,
Write: Joint Forces, P.O. Box 3686, Eugene, Oregon U.S.A. 97403
Call: (US +) 541. 342. 3273
Email: alito22@yahoo.com
See www.breitenbush.com to find out more about Breitenbush
See www.danceability.com for more on Joint Forces Dance Company [11 Jan 2003]
- Mar 7-9 Burlington International Contact Jam Burlington ,Vermont
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Here's some thing to warm you up and bring in spring. The jam starts on Friday march 7 at 7:00 till 11:00....... march 8th, Saturday 9:30 till midnight....Sunday march 9 from 9:30 until 4:30......this year is the 12th annual jam and host some new organizers......our thanks to all the people
who have worked so hard over the years to keep this jam happening!.....this jam started as a exchange between Burlington and
Montreal contacters and many folks still share their houses in both cities with dancers today the Burlington jam also draws from Boston, Utica NY, Northampton ,mass, Maine and New York city.....
Register with Levie Gray at leviegray@yahoo.com or 802 635 2674 ......early registration helps with finding housing .....for housing assistance contact Chris at 802 238 7480 at biscutx@yahoo.com. There is a boogie on Saturday night so bring some costumes,props and musical instruments and warm up to spring !!! Online registration: www.geocities.com/leviegray/Burl_Jam_Reg.html [16 Feb 2003].
- Mar 16-Apr 13 3rd annual Touched By Contact Residential Intensive, Buenas Aires, Argentina
- We invite you to join us for 1 – 4 weeks to share in our research of living and dancing Contact Improvisation. The research that we are doing is grounded in the principle rule of C.I.: to take care of yourself, first. In this intensive we will explore what this principle means on and off the dance floor. During at least 5 hours each working day we will offer-
- 5 distinct choices that you can make at the point of contact to create a satisfying dance with anyone, anywhere, anytime.
- A strategy for investigating how to keep your dances lively and evolving.
- Practices that develop self-awareness while maintaining contact with others.
- A simple tool for expanding your sense of touch.
We, Carolyn Stuart, Bryce Kasson and Cuti Walberg, are involved in an ongoing research project of living and dancing Contact Improvisation, which is at its heart the interplay between autonomy and connection. We are engaged in daily practices which explore what it means to take care of yourself, first and be with others.
The intensive will take place in our house and at a nearby studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We will live, cook and dance together! Buenos Aires has one of the largest C.I. communities in the world. During the intensive there will be many opportunities to meet and dance with contactors here. We are also seeking out possibilities to spend some of our working time in the countryside and to dance with children with disabilities.
Come for 1, 2, 3, or all 4 weeks.
Fees (all prices in U.S. dollars) -- 1 week: $200 ö 300, 2 weeks: $350 ö 500, 3 weeks: $400 ö 600, 4 weeks: $500 ö 700.
Accommodations $40 per week. Meals will be improvised! Expect to spend $20 ö 30 per week.
For more information check out www.geocities.com/contactargentina/intensives
Questions and registration at contactargentina@yahoo.com [20 Jan 2002]
- Mar 28-30 3rd Annual Ontario Jam, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Good Food & Live Music & Excellent Facilitators
802 Dovercourt (north of Bloor) $60
To register: ontariojam@sympatico.ca or 416-537-4866
Housing: housing.ontariojam@sympatico.ca or 416-778-6877 [16 Dec 2002]
- Apr 3-6 WORKSHOP con Andrew Harwood Florence, Italy
- Thurs. 3rd and Fri. 4th hr.: 18.00/22.00
Sat. 5th and Sun. 6th hr.: 11.00/13.30; 14.30/17.00
170,00 EURO. To reserve your place, (fills up fast) send a 50,00 euro postal check to:
COMPANY BLU, VIA CADORNA 18 - 50019 SESTO FIORENTINO (FI) [20 Mar 2003]
- Apr 7-11 Martin Keogh in Paris Paris, France
- Martin Keogh (USA/Boston) will be in Paris for a 5 days workshop. Intermediary/Advanced level. Class size limited to 20 people. Inscriptions already opened. Price is 175 euros (about the same in US dollars).
Please write to stane28@hotmail.com and leave your address and phone number, we will contact you. Phone number : 00 33 1 48 03 98 35 (Stéphane) If you are coming from out of town and in need of accomodations please let us know and we will try to help you out. [17 Mar 2003]
- Apr 8-13 Spring 2003 East Coast Jam!!! Claymont Court, Charles Town, WV
- Luscious vegetarian meals. .shared lodging or camping. .2 dance spaces. .sunny verandah. .sauna. .apple blossoms!!!
For evening arrival: Tuesday $325; Wednesday $285; Thursday $240. Add WV Sales Tax.
$20 discount for early registration by March 25.
To keep costs down, each person is asked to work one share-hour.
Limited to 45 folks -- please register now!
Send $75 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit to Diana Hilgert, 1316 S. Carey St., Baltimore, MD 21230. Indicate day/time of arrival, any special needs, travel assistance needs, etc.
For more info, contact Diana 443.226.9190 dianahil@mindspring.com, Johanna 413.584.1562 joeymoey3@yahoo.com, or Gary 301.270.7373 garykuntz@starpower.net [5 Feb 2003]
- April 10-13 Contact Improvisation Dance - Getting In Touch Kripalu Yoga Center, Lenox, MA
- Workshop Leader: Mark Zemelman.
Honor your body. Open your heart. Dance ecstatically. Dance to nurture yourself. Dance to the music. Move to silence and breath. Feel your power and aliveness. Balance, lift, leap and fly, or be as still as a Zen monk. There is no right or wrong way to move!
Contact Improvisation is a movement practice that involves sharing a moving point of contact between partners. The studio is the temple where, together, we create a safe haven for the healing touch of this partner dance form. With our bodies, we'll sculpt the sacred space for an intimate and purifying exchange. By observing our bodies in relationship to others through this moving meditation, we empower ourselves to break old patterns and redefine our connections to ourselves and each other, while having loads of fun!
Fee: $225 tuition, + 3 nights Rm/Meals. To register and for more info: www.kripalu.org/programs/selfdesc/CI.shtml. [16 Feb 2003]
- April 10-14 Mind in Motion: Cultivating Perception and Fluidity in Contact Improvisation Boulder, CO
- Workshop and classes with Nita Little (assisted by Gretchen Spiro Shansby). Nita is an amazing teacher and improvisor who has been involved with CI since its inception. She has a keen ability to articulate states of awareness for exceptional dancing. Contact Gretchen for details and registration magnoliahealingarts@juno.com (303) 545-9956. [Feb 6 2003]
- Apr 15-19 In the eye of a hurricane, with Martin Keogh Freiburg, Germany
- Workshop Contact Improvisation for those with a solid grasp of contact fundamentals.
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.
Martin Keogh has taught and performed Contact Improvisation for over 20 years. He has co-facilitated Contact Improvisation Teacherâs Conferences on four 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.
Martin is teaching in English. 210 EUR (185 EUR for members of bew.-art). For info and registration, post: bewegungs-art freiburg Guntramstraße 52 D-79106 Freiburg, Germany, call 0041.761.276167, web www.bewegungs-art.de or email info@bewegungs-art.de [12 Feb 2003]
- Apr 27 Music & Contact: Listening to Each Other at Earthdance, western Massachusets.
- With Nancy Stark Smith and Mike Vargas. Throughout the day we will move with many species of live music, in "silence," and will make our own music, including "CI"-style music duets. Nancy and Mike's intention is to promote detailed listening and to cultivate more conscious and varied relationships between how we move and what we hear.
Tuition/Room/Board: $65; ($85 includes Sat. jam/sleepover). A residential workshop at Earthdance, in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. For brochure and registration: Earthdance at (413) 634-5678 (phone/fax); register@earthdance.net; www.earthdance.net [17 Feb 2003]
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- May 4-18 7th Annual Moab Jam Moab, Utah
- THREE events in one: A Contact Improvisation Workshop, Jam and Campout.
Featuring Martin Keogh'sworkshop, "The Time of Your Life".
Martin Keogh's Workshop: May 4 to May 8, 2003 (Sun. to Thur. @ 10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm daily)
Jam: May 9 to May 11, 2003 (Fri. 3pm to Sun. 3pm)
Campout: May 12 to May 18, 2003 (Mon 12th to Sun 18th)
You are welcome to join us for as much of this event as you can.
In Martin's 5 day workshop, we will use the learning of Contact Improvisation to investigate our relationship to time. Dancing in Moab in the heart of the Southwest we will explore how the desert invokes different qualities of time and space. With games, some sweat, and the unique physicality of the Contact form, we will ask -
- How do we relate to having only a finite amount of time?
- What does it mean to have "enough" time?
- How can we dilate time by putting our attention in the details?
These questions will arise as we master more of the skills and thrills of the contact form. Special emphasis on surprising ourselves in flight and extended follow-through. Martin's teaching is well known for it's clarity, depth of investigation and shear fun. This workshops is for those with a solid grasp of Contact fundamentals.
For the Jam and Workshop we will dance at the Moab Arts and Recreation Center. It has nice hard wood dance floors and tall windows that let in plenty of bright sunshine. The group will car-camp at a campground nearby town.
For the Campout, which is right after the Jam, we will camp just outside of Canyonlands National Park next to Indian Creek. Check out the beautiful pictures on the website. From our campsite we will take day trips to dance, hike and explore the nearby waterfalls, narrow water-carved slot canyons, grand mesa overlooks and red-rock mazes.
Prices and all the rest of the details at: http://www.moabjam.com. For more info: Todd Paulsmeyer at 801-580-3263 or email toddp@moabjam.com. E-mail your street address if you want to receive a flyer in the mail. Please specify how many flyers you want. You can also visit the web site to print a flyer. [10 Feb 2003]
- May 11-18 Moving's View at Earthdance, western Massachusets.
- Authentic Movement: Collaborations with the nature of things, with Susan Schell.
Dancing in the Score, with Nancy Stark Smith.
Questions into Dancing, with Karen Nelson.
A wildly human and heartfelt journey into the arts of movement improvisation through Contact Improvisation, Composition, and Authentic Movement. Come share the current passions conjured by the facilitators, whose combined life and dance experience encompass decades of experimenting in these fields. Each day this residential workshop will include 3 classes and free time for personal activities and spontaneous group events each day.
A residential workshop at Earthdance, in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts. The workshop is intended for people with experience in Contact Improvisation. For brochure and registration: Earthdance at (413) 634-5678 (phone/fax); register@earthdance.net; www.earthdance.net [10 Feb 2003]
- May 13-17 7th Festival of Interactive Physics Toronto, Ontario
- Two 5-day intensive workshops culminating in a performance. Each participant chooses one stream only. The performance is on May 17th at 8pm for all participants.
Contact Toward Performance Instructor: Karl Frost.
This is a workshop for participants with basic Contact skills to the work with the instructor¹s improvisation scores and structures to create an ensemble performance that is based on the technique and dynamic of Contact Improvisation. All participants work towards a final performance.
Improvisation Toward Performance Instructor: K.J. Holmes.
This workshop is for those interested in improvisation as a performance skill and who intend to include improvisation in future performance work. Participants need a moderate to high level of improvisational skill and a strong curiosity about turning this skill into sophisticated and integral performance ability. All participants work towards a final performance.
The fees are: $325 Canadian. Class sizes are limited, so register early. Housing available w/ full registration before May 1. Info & registration: Karen Kaeja, phone: 416 516-6030, E-mail: karen@kaeja.org. [26 Feb 2003]
- May 16-18. Richmond Contact Improvisation Jam, Richmond, VA.
- Join us in historic Richmond for our 7th annual weekend-long jam. Featuring CI jams, boogie, and classes in CI and Body-Mind-Centering with Mark Zemelman and Ray Schwartz. Advanced registration $65 by April 18; after $75. For more info, contact Jennifer Stanger at springrnut@erols.com or 804-752-2605. [3 Feb 2003]
- May 17-18 Weekend Workshop with Karl Frost Seattle, WA
- Karl Frost teaches Contact Improvisation in Seattle Two weekends, May 17/18 and June 21/22, and a weekÐlong workshop, June 23-27. The weekend workshops will be an organic mixture of principles, techniques, and vocabulary designed to work on the dancersâ sense of momentum and exchange of momentum, movement into and out of the floor, lifts and supports, physical listening, and the balance of intention and surrender into flow and the unknown. Principles of dynamic use of alignment and release support an investigation into more surprise and more sophisticated 3 dimensional movement. They will also explore the range from the subtle to the more athletic and acrobatic. Lots of fun. We will sweat a lot. The weekends, developing related themes, will each take a different path into the work. They will be open level, 10-5 Saturday, 10-3 Sunday (ending before the jam).
All workshops are in the Oddfellow’s Building in Seattle, 915 E Pine St. Different studios will be used, but they all start in the Chamber
Theater on the 4th floor. Fees are sliding scale
$75-$150. discount for multiple workshops.
Registration and more info: Contact karlfrost@postmark.net or 206 790 1645. To register, send deposit ($25 for weekend, $50 for the week) to
karl frost, 410 E Denny Way #259, Seattle, WA 98122[3 May 2003]
- May 17-18 Momentarily: A Weekend Intensive Amsterdam
- A Weekend Intensive Exploring Sensation, Falling, Following, Dynamic Support, and Momentum in Contact Improvisation led by Asaf Bachrach.
Sat. May 17th, CREA studio 3.10 (Amsterdam), 11:00 to 17:00
Sun. May 18th, Single Studio (Amsterdam), 13:00 to 18:00
Momentarily: The weekend long workshop will explore deepening the practice of contact improvisation. We will approach the form through experiential anatomy and ideokinesis on one hand and the off-center 'physics' on the other. The first day will be devoted to freeing up the dance, sharpening the tools of falling and following and introducing dynamic support and momentum. During the second day we will dive into the multidimensional, working in trios and with 'unusual' surfaces of support. The workshop is open to intermediate and advanced practitioners.
Asaf Bachrach lives in Paris where he dances and teaches Contact Improvisation, founder of the Contact Improvisation Collective. Asaf has studied and danced in NYC, Japan, Israel and around Europe. He has practiced CI with Kirstie Simson, K.J. Holmes, Andrew Harwood and Nancy S. Smith, the tuning score with Karen Nelson and Lisa Nelson and « Body weather » with Min Tanaka.
Price: 30 Euro/day, or 50 Euro for both days. Registration and Information: Asaf Bachrach: asafbac@hotmail.com, or Patrick Johnson: p.m.johnson@phys.uu.nl (phone: 020-673-6765). For more info on CI in Amsterdam: www.geocities.com/amsterdamjam. [3 May 2003]
- May 22-26 California Contact Improv Jam Harbin Hot Springs, CA
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Guest teacher: Martin Keogh. Open dancing, classes, opportunities for participant-initiated activities, explorations in nature, music and theater, mineral hot springs and swimming pools, delicious catered meals, group sleeping room or camping.
Sliding scale $455525. Work exchange available for those with financial need. Contact: Leigh Hollowgrass (510) 428-1319
leighzal@earthlink.net or see http://home.earthlink.net/~rachelsh/contact/. [3 May 2003]
- May 29-Jun 1 Black Forest Contact Jam Germany
- For the 8th time there will be a jam for contact improvisation at 'Birklehof' boarding school in the middle of the mountains of the Black Forest. 4 days of jammin' ( Thursday 18°°- Sunday 15°° ). Wow ! An opportunity to have: warm up & down, live music improvisation, open stage, small group exchange, library, silent jam, round robins, Black Forest scenery and more. Detailed information about time-schedule and whereabouts you will find soon at this web site. [13 Jan 2003]
- June 6-8 Women's Contact Improvisation at Earthdance, Plainfield, MA
- With Lani Nahele (Lisa Schmidt) and Shakti Andrea Smith. Join us as we enter the dance of Contact Improvisation with Women: For the safety of it, for the challenge of it. For the fact that we know each other's bodies as we know ourselves. For the "deliciousness" of women in community with each other. Being with our curves, our strength, and the delight of our empathic listening. We will practice lifting and carrying, using our strength with new ease. We'll work with trust, balance, and our willingness to give weight. This event will encourage taking leadership and initiative, as women and as dancers.
Tuition/Room/Board: $250. For info, contact Earthdance, 252 Prospect St., Plainfield, MA 01070, (413) 634-5678, www.earthdance.net. [17 Feb 2003]
- June 19-22 Contact Improv and BMC Workshop with Urs Stauffer, Vinci - Firenze - Italy
- Perception, experimentation, respect of our own body and others are some of the aspects of contact improvisation.
alone or with someone else we become aware about the evolution and the stream of the movement.
Urs Stauffer, dancer and teacher, works in many european countries.
he trained with steve paxton and bonnie bainbridge cohen who introduced him to her personal method: body-mind centering.
bmc investigate mostly on the main connections of the human structure.
thur 19 + fri 20 from 18.00 until 22.00
sat 21 + sun 22 from 11.00 until 14.00
fees: 4 classes € 100,00; 3 classes € 80,00; 2 classes € 55,00; 1 class € 30,00. every one is welcome!
For accomodations: studio for free or camping or farm in the countriside.
For info, please contact: ecole de dance zéphir - via f. filzi, 25/a - 50059 sovigliana - vinci - firenze (ITALY). Tel. 329 0908119 (massimo pierini). [8 Jun 2003]
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- June 21-22 Weekend Workshop with Karl Frost Seattle, WA
- Karl Frost teaches Contact Improvisation in Seattle Two weekends, May 17/18 and June 21/22, and a week<ETH>long workshop, June 23-27.
The weekend workshops will be an organic mixture of principles, techniques, and vocabulary designed to work on the dancersâ sense of momentum and exchange of momentum, movement into and out of the floor, lifts and supports, physical listening, and the balance of intention and surrender into flow and the unknown. Principles of dynamic use of alignment and release support an investigation into more surprise and more sophisticated 3 dimensional movement. They will also explore the range from the subtle to the more athletic and acrobatic. Lots of fun. We will sweat a lot. The weekends, developing related themes, will each take a different path into the work. They will be open level, 10-5 Saturday, 10-3 Sunday (ending before the jam).
All workshops are in the Oddfellow’s Building in Seattle, 915 E Pine St. Different studios will be used, but they all start in the Chamber
Theater on the 4th floor. Fees are sliding scale
$75-$150. discount for multiple workshops.
Registration and more info: Contact karlfrost@postmark.net or 206 790 1645. To register, send deposit ($25 for weekend, $50 for the week) to
karl frost, 410 E Denny Way #259, Seattle, WA 98122[3 May 2003]
- June 23-27 CI: Technique into Poetry with Karl Frost Seattle, WA
- Although contact improvisation is an open form with no set rules, there have been many techniques evolved over its 30 year history. In this week-long workshop, we will dive into some of the streams of technique in contact work and use this as a base for scores and ideas intended to open up the creative, experiential, and performance ends of the practice.
Mornings (9:30-11:30) Contact Technique The morning technique classes will focus on how to cultivate a simultaneous sense of power and soft availability in contact. Principles from release technique and martial arts will be integrated to work on movement into and out of the floor w/ and w/o a partner, alignment and architecture, weight sharing, lifting and being lifted (principles and vocabulary), flight, easeful pathways, following and channeling the flow of momentum, physical listening, the balance of intention and detachment, and allowing surprise and the unpredicted while staying present and aware.
Afternoons (12-3) Contact Practice and Poetics The afternoons will open up our sense of poetry in motion, both in terms of experience and performance. We integrate our always evolving sense of contact with the larger dance of image, composition, creation/discovery, and sensorial play. Contact will be explored in relationship to solo and non-contact improvisation The week-long workshop will be for dancers who have already been exposed to contact improv. Highly recommended to do one or both of the weekend workshops (discount available).
All workshops are in the Oddfellow’s Building in Seattle, 915 E Pine St. Different studios will be used, but they all start in the Chamber
Theater on the 4th floor. Fees are sliding scale $150-$300, discount for multiple workshops.
Registration and more info: Contact karlfrost@postmark.net or 206 790 1645. To register, send deposit ($25 for weekend, $50 for the week) to
karl frost, 410 E Denny Way #259, Seattle, WA 98122[3 May 2003]
- July 2-6 July 4th Jam! at Earthdance, Plainfield, MA
- Along with our clear intention to nurture passionate, focused dancing, this jam welcomes the participation of children and families. Earthdance will provide a child coordinator to facilitate activities, field trips, and foster the interplay of kids and adults four to five hours per day. Parents should know that this is not a "child care" program and you will need to assume primary responsibility for their children.
Tuition/Room/Board: above 12 years of age = $250; below 12 that sleep in tents or share a bed with their parent(s) = $20 per day; below 12 that "take up a bed" = $195. For info, contact Earthdance, 252 Prospect St., Plainfield, MA 01070, (413) 634-5678, www.earthdance.net. [17 Feb 2003]
- July 8-13 Contact Improvisation Retreat - 7 Options and a 3 Step Process Salamander Camp (Santa Cruz Mts. near San Jose, CA)
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With Carolyn Stuart. The 5 days will focus on 7 options at the point of contact and a 3 step process of exploration. They become the basis for instant dancing and long term investigation. They create a clarity of intention that provides the confidence to dance with anyone. There will also be time for delving into issues that arise in the practice C.I. This retreat is open to people of all levels of experience. The material is both basic for the beginner and challenges the experienced to take more responsibility for creating the dance that satisfies.
Salamander Camp is a delightful spot in the mountains with hot tub, cold pool and costume closet - a perfect place to deepen in our connection to C.I. and each other.
FEE: Workshop and Accomodations $300-$500 sliding scale (you decide what you can pay)
FOOD: Participants bring food to share (or not!) Meals will be improvised.
Registration: Send a $50 non-refundable deposit to arrive no later than June 27 to- Carolyn Stuart 1603 S.E. Ladd Ave. Portland, OR 97214 This workshop is limited to 15 people so register early to secure a space. For more information contact Carolyn: touchmonk@yahoo.com 503-235-7030 [3 May 2003]
- Jul 12-19 European Contact Improvisation Teachers Exchange 2003 Findhorn, N.E Scotland
- For information, contact Karl Jay-Lewin, Bodysurf Scotland, 201 The Park Findhorn, Forres IV36 3TB Scotland, +44 (0)7967 830 174 ecite@bodysurf.findhorn.com or see www.bodysurf.findhorn.com[21 Feb 2003]
- Aug 16-24 Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive 2003 Schellsburg, Pennsylvania
- FACILITATORS: Alicia Grayson, Martin Keogh and Cyrus Khambatta.
DATE: Sat. 16th-Sun 24th, August (classes run Sun. through Sat.)
DESCRIPTION: Located in a lush valley at the base of the Allegheny mountains on 200 acres surrounded by rolling hills, meadows, lakes, forests and farm land, The Wild Meadows Farm and barn-studio sits between two quiet ridges inviting creative contemplation and movement discovery. This year's Improvisation Intensive will include study of contact improvisation/release technique, composition and perceptual awareness and Yoga, while tasty homemade food will nourish our bodies. Through Yoga we will use the principles of sthira (alert and awake) and sukha (comfortable and relaxed) to connect us to our vibrant core. Through improvisational dance we will examine how to connect to our deep well of personal imagery, finding the strength of one's own presence and inner stillness as a source of inspiration and realizing the expression of our multifaceted being. In contact, we will focus attention on the details of sensation and work on skills of receptivity and responsiveness. Integrating these three approaches we will awaken our dancing, open our aesthetic palette and find new sources from which to draw. The daily schedule will include a warm-up, two class sessions and a jam session. The day will be divided as follows: Morning Yoga with Alicia Grayson Afternoon Contact with Martin Keogh Afternoon Composition and Perceptual Awareness with Cyrus Khambatta After dinner jam Group discussions will further investigation of the material covered (See article by Cyrus in May issue of CQ for example of subject matter).
COST: $465 (includes food, lodging and class fee - $100 deposit due by July 31st) Travel is not included but rides can be arranged with others coming from the nearby cities of Washington D.C. New York City, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
CONTACT: Cyrus Khambatta at Cyrusak@juno.com or (206) 935-0459 [3 May 2003]
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- Aug 16-21 Dance Improvisation Summer Intensive # 7 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- MOVING TOWARD CLARITY IN IMPROVISATION; Image, Language and Physical Expression.
For six days, you will work with teachers Alexis Kate Andrew, Elizabeth Langley and Naomi Sparrow to explore the pathways from embodied personal images and language to whole body expression.
Starting with experiential anatomy and principles of Body-Mind Centering® , Naomi Sparrow will lead you through the transformative world of
"wild mind" writing and free drawing to generate personal material with which to work. On alternate mornings, Alexis Kate Andrew will link this inner exploration with external dialogue. Drawing on your chosen material, you will use text and movement to challenge and further define your improvisational choices. Finally, afternoon classes with Elizabeth Langley will encourage you to distill your material, refine your physical expression and foster "permission for the self, moving". Over the six days you will dive deeply and resurface with practical knowledge of a process that allows you to channel embodied experiences into clear, personal movement.
Open to those with some movement or improvisation experience (dance, theatre or sport). Curiosity and motivation are essential. Limited to twelve participants, so register early.
Location: Dance Network Studio, 111A Rideau Street, 3rd floor, Ottawa
Fees: Non-members: CA$ 380, Dance Network Members (Individual): CA$ 350.
Registration: Send name, address, contact information and cheque to: Dance Network, 111A St. 3rd floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5X1.
Information: Call Dance Network at 613-562-4177 or e-mail dancenetwork@artengine.ca. [22 June 2003]
- Aug 17-24 Opening to the Unknown: Improvisation, Composition and Performance at Earthdance, Plainfield, MA
- With Chris Aiken and Andrew de L. Harwood. This intensive workshop/lab is intended as a comprehensive training for those ready to risk the unknown, willing to extend themselves on physical, emotional and mental levels, and prepared to meet the challenge of a concentrated schedule. Three daily sessions will focus on: Release Technique/Contact Improvisation; Improvisational Scores/Composition; and Performance. Come learn, experiment, discuss, write, collaborate, play and perform with two outstanding artists in the field of improvisational dance and performance.
Tuition/Room/Board: $595. For info, contact Earthdance, 252 Prospect St., Plainfield, MA 01070, (413) 634-5678, www.earthdance.net. [17 Feb 2003]
- Aug 22-24 Lasqueti Island Summer Contact Improvisation Gathering Lasqueti Island, BC, Canada
- This weekend (Friday - Sunday) gathering is an mix of Contact Improv Jam, Laboratory, and Workshop facilitated by Karl Frost on rural Lasqueti Island, BC ?both open and structured dance time, as well as space to just take in the island. Bring tent and sleeping gear for camping out in the woods. Bring your body and curiosity and dance!
- Evening and afternoon jams
- Morning class and warm-up with Karl Frost
- Afternoon facilitated labs/round robin
- Plus time as you like for hiking, swimming, or just hanging out
Fees are sliding scale, $80 - $160 if deposit in by August 15, $100 - $200 after August 15. Space limited to 45.
To register, send $30 deposit to karl frost, 410 E Denny Way # 259, Seattle, WA 98122 USA, or onionoak, general delivery, Lasqueti Island, BC V0R 2J0 Canada. For more info, contact karlfrost@postmark.net or 206 790 1645 (Karl in WA), 250 333 8523 (Ellah in BC). [23 July2003]
- Sep 19-28 5° Festival Internacional de Contact Improvisacion Buenos Aires Argentina
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There will be Classes, Workshops, Labs,Jams, Performances.
For more information, contact Cristina Turdo cristurdo@infovia.com.ar [2 Jul 2003]
- Sep 24-28 GLACIER (Great Lakes Area Contact Improvisation Enthusiasts Retreat) Central Wisconsin, USA.
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A fabulous, 5-days of classes, jams, performances, nature walks, saunas and more. GLACIER teachers include Charles Campbell, Stefanie Cohen, Heather Good, Daniel Halkin, Mark Koenig, Judy Leemann, Kathleen Maltese and Jeff Wallace.
The Christine Center, located in central Wisconsin, USA, is a tranquil, spiritual retreat center on 120 acres of wooded land. The accommodations include guest house rooms, woodland cabins and camping. Wholesome and natural vegetarian meals are prepared in the kitchen and are served in a central dining room.
Cost for 5-DAY RETREAT: Modern cabin, $395; Rustic cabin, $375; Camping, $320. WEEKEND JAM (Fri nightSun ONLY) rates are also available. Register on or before August 10 or pay $25 late fee. (Work study also available -- apply before 8/10).
For more information please call: 734-665-8798, or email: stefanieco@hotmail.com.
- Oct 1-5 17th Annual Fall East Coast Contact Improvisation Jam Claymont Court, Charles Town WV
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We stay in a beautiful mansion, bake in a soothing sauna and dance in an octagonal, wood floored, barn. We will rise, eat a marvelous breakfast and wander through the woods to the dance space. We will dance eat sleep walk talk play dream conspire fly sauna wander back and eat a wonderful lunch. Then we'll go back and dance sing inhale create inspire jump trust sunbathe toss roll stretch move imagine make contact float sauna breathe saunter over to the mansion for more glorious food, then we'll ...
$290 = Fun, Food, Lodging. $265 early registration discount if received by Sept 15. Include a $50 non-refundable deposit with your application. Send info to: East Coast Contact Jam c/o Mary, 201 Davie Rd, Apt. A, Carrboro, NC 27510. Make check payable to: Claymont Seminars.
Further Info: Cheryl 804.355.7524, cpallant@mail1.vcu.edu, Mary 919.942.5634, mtippens@bellsouth.net, or Roy 716.254.6514, dancmonky@hotmail.com.. [7 Mar 2003, updated 21 Aug 2003]
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- Oct 10-11 Third Annual Fall Jam Boston, MA
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A two-day contact improvisation dance gathering sponsored by the Boston contact improv community. Lots of open dancing, yummy food and good company! Saturday, October 11 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday, October 12 noon to 7 p.m.
Special event Saturday night 7:30 - 9:30: Music improv jam. Stephen Katz from western Mass providing music. Stephen plays cello and other instruments and creates a magical musical ambience for improvisational movement. It's included with your jam registration, or come just for the evening for $7. Spread the word about this â€jam within a jam!
At the Cambridge Friends School, 5 Cadbury Road, Cambridge, MA.
$50 at the door, $40 if pre-paid. Send registration check to: Maxine Gautier, P.O. Box 806, Bedford, MA 01730
For info: See our website (PDF flier available):http://www.geocities.com/contactimprovboston, or contact Max joyfuldanseur @yahoo.com 781-275-9727 or Joe loamhit@hotmail.com 617-666-7231. We will try to arrange housing for Friday and Saturday if you are coming in from out of town. Please let us know as soon as possible if you want accommodations. [5 Oct 2003]
- Nov 7-9 2nd Contact Jam internazionale di Roma, Rome, Italy
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The jam is a free, un-structured space for dancing, improvising and experimenting with Contact Improvisation. There will be brief led warm-ups to guide people into dancing. Invited musicians will sometimes play live.
WHERE: il Centro Arte Danza L¹Officina, Via Giovanni da Castelbolognese 81 (zona Trastevere)
HOUSING: We will house as many as possible in private houses. Otherwise we will give you informations about pensioni, bed and breakfasts and youth hostels available.
WHEN: Friday 7 November 17-22, Saturday 8 November 10¹30-13 14-20, Sunday 9 November 10-17.
MEALS: snacks for lunch included. Dinner all nights (including Friday) and breakfasts are included.
COST: 100 euro including Jam and meals.
INFORMATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS: Please send 40 euros by postal wire-transfer to :
Simonetta Alessandri
Via dei Foscari 7 00162 Roma.
Dead-line: saturday 18 october
Telefoni: (Italiano-Inglese) Cinzia Galli 0039 339-7034968. (Italiano) Simonetta Alessandri 0039 335-7003493. (Italiano-Inglese) Barbara Lucarini 0039 338-4883203. [1 Oct 2003]
- Nov 20-23 Improvising Contact: Progressive skills for the Advanced Dancer at Earthdance, Plainfield, MA
- With KJ Holmes and Ray Chung. How can we dance in a way so that the technique does not interfere, but helps the dancing to become effortless? What do we choose to focus on once the techniques and skills of Contact lmprovisation begin to demand less of our attention? In this workshop, we will find the mind of the movement in ways that will not distract from the basic skills of contact but enhance the compositional and very physical explorations of measures and musicality, direct intention and sideways flight. This workshop is for those who have a solid grasp of Contact Improvisation.
Tuition/Room/Board: $325. For info, contact Earthdance, 252 Prospect St., Plainfield, MA 01070, (413) 634-5678, www.earthdance.net. [17 Feb 2003]