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• Events and workshops, listed chronologically. These are events that take place just once.
• Ongoing jams and classes
• People and Places teaching, performing, or otherwise involved in contact.
• Announcements and links (notices, advertisements, etc.)
• Photographs of contact.
• CI25 was the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Contact Improvisation, held at Oberlin College, June 1997. This section includes historical information about contact including a bibliography and list of videos), so it might be useful to students of contact. It also includes pointers to other celebrations of contact held worldwide.
• Essays, articles, and theses about contact improv. New: Article from the Portland (Maine) Phoenix.
• New listing: Four weekly jams in Stockholm, Sweden.

Workshops, Festivals, and Other Events

In chronological order. For historical interest, see also the list of past events. Last update 31 Jan 2006.

2006 Israeli Contact Festival Tel-Aviv (and more...), All over, Israel

THE FESTIVAL: 12/27/2005 - 1/13/2006, Over 25 teachers and hundreds of dancers from around the globe, in the belly button of the Middle East. 3 weeks of juicy dancing, in a warm heartfelt community atmosphere. .....THE GREENHOUSE 12/27/2005 - 1/1/2006, A 6 day event, including room and board, intensives classes, jams and performances. .....CONTACT IN THE CITY 1/2/2006 - 1/7/2006 In the beach town of Tel-Aviv, there are still lots of possibilities to participate in the day-workshop, evening-classes and jams. .....DANCING AROUND ISRAEL 1/9/2006 - 1/13/2006 Hop on the CI bus and roll out from Tel-Aviv to a contact adventure in the hills of the north, ancient Jerusalem, and Ramon Crater in the southern Desert... .....Many blessings and adventures, The Israeli CI festival team.
200-250$ per week
CONTACT: Hanna Zohar     PHONE: ++972-3-7441062     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.contactil.org
[Oct 11 2005]

Jan 1 - Feb 28, 2006 Urban Research Theater: Winter Work Session New York City, NY, USA

URBAN RESEARCH THEATER: Winter Work Session - Call for Participants. SUMMARY: The Urban Research Theater is an institute for practical research in physical and vocal craft. Performance artists, practitioners of traditional forms, and other interested parties are invited to enter into specific lines of inquiry with the human body and voice. The use of props, notebooks, spoken language and other technologies will be strictly limited. This work can be a kind of active meditation, focused on balancing precision with spontaneity. We will practice stretches, exertions, repetitions, precise movement structures, and song fragments as tools for developing quality in awareness. LEADERSHIP: Ben Spatz has directed multiple theater projects in New York City and Poland, ranging in duration from two weeks to six months. He recently returned from two years in Poland, where he was an apprentice at the Centre for Theatre Practices Gardzienice and a Fulbright fellow at the Centre for the Study of Jerzy Grotowski's Work and for Cultural and Theatrical Research. In the United States he has worked with the Cornerstone Theater Company, Cirque Boom, North American Cultural Laboratory, and This is a Science Project. For more information, see website. COMMITMENT: The work session will run for seven weeks in January and February of 2006. There will be a regular schedule of approximately twenty hours per week, four hours per day, five days per week. This schedule is most appropriate for people working 9-5 jobs, who do not have any other other outside commitments. LOCATION AND FEE: We will work in a clean, accessible studio space in Manhattan. A fee of $300 will be used to cover space rental and organizational costs. There is one full scholarship available. APPLICATION: Five to seven participants will be accepted. To apply, send a letter of interest and resume to the address above by December 18, 2005. No background in theater is required, but participants should have some experience with song or movement. Preference will be given to those who are potentially interested in continuing after February.
$300 for seven weeks, twenty hours per week. One scholarship available.
CONTACT: Ben Spatz      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.junkriver.org
[Nov 29 2005]

Jan 1 - Oct 1, 2006 movingartsbase International Improvisation Programme 2006 London, Islington N1 1LA, UK

PREPARE TO DARE as national and international Improvisation teachers bring Butoh, Skinner Releasing Technique, Contact Improvisation, Improvisation using movement, text & voice, Action Theatre and much more to London. January to September sees Gaby Agis (UK), Helen Poyner (UK), Florence Peake & Kirstie Richardson (UK), Andrew Morrish (Australia), Sten Rudstrom (USA/Germany), Suprapto Suryadarmo (Indonesia), Guy Dartnell (UK), Marie-Gabrielle Rotie (UK), Nita Little (USA) and Adam Benjamin (UK), share their expertise. To book a place on a workshop and for further information, please visit our website or send us an email.
CONTACT: Camilla Maling or Marie Davies     PHONE: +44 207 609 6969     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.movingartsbase.co.uk
[Jan 4 2006]

Jan 5 - 8, 2006 Mazopalooza! Improvisational Dance Festival and Jam Mazomanie, WI , USA

WORKSHOP: Thurs. Jan. 5; noon-6:30 p.m., Fri. Jan. 6; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "The Soft Animal," a contact improvisation intensive with Gretchen Spiro. PERFORMANCES: "Some Assembly Required," Fri. Jan. 6, at 8:00 p.m. "Red Herrings, Dancing in Public Spaces," Saturday, Jan. 7 at 10:00 a.m. CLASSES: Sat-Sun. Jan. 7-8: Intro to contact improvisation, Aerial improvisation (with low-flying trapezes), Authentic Movement. JAMS and other forms of improvisational merrymaking: Sat-Sun. Jan. 7-8. Local accomodations, catered meals, warm midwestern hospitality. See the brochure pdf on our website (www.mazoMAC.com/mazo6.pdf) for more detailed schedule, workshop description, registration info, directions, etc.
$190 for entire festival. Includes 3 nights lodging and 4 catered meals. $65 for weekend jam. Includes 1 night lodging and 3 catered meals. $100 for Thurs/Fri workshop only. $55 for Thursday workshop or Friday workshop only. Other price options available, see website.
CONTACT: Marcia Miquelon     PHONE: (608)795-0014     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.mazoMAC.com/mazo6.pdf
[Nov 6 2005]

Jan 9 - 27, 2006 Nancy Stark Smith's 3-week January Intensive Plainfield, MA, USA

A deepening investigation of Contact Improvisation, Changing States, Improvisational Scores/The Underscore, Composition, and Performance. The workshop meets Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with occasional evening and weekend activities. Room and board are provided at Earthdance, a beautiful dance retreat center in the hills of western Mass. The January 2006 workshop is open to those who have taken part in other intensive workshops with Nancy and/or those with intermediate/advanced level Contact Improvisation skills. All registrations must be approved by Nancy. This year's workshop will include physical training and exploration of questions such as: What kind of preparation/structure do we need in order to pursue the dancing that is most meaningful and satisfying on physical, aesthetic, intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and compositional levels? How does the internal experience of dancing relate to what is seen? How can we simultaneously strengthen physical, experiential, and compositional concerns? How can we integrate Contact Improvisation into a broader field of improvised dancing/dancemaking without losing its particular integrity and depth?
Tuition: $675-$750 sliding scale (with deposit of $150 received by November 23, 2005; $700-$750 thereafter) Room and Board: $495 (plus 3-5 hours housework per week)
CONTACT: Kristin Horrigan     PHONE: (413) 320-3299     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.nancystarksmith.com
[Aug 24 2005]

Jan 11 - Mar 15, 2006 MOVE Worcester, Massachusetts, US

One-hour jam that offers a safe and inviting space for all people 18 and over to relieve stress, have fun, and explore creative expression through movement.Wednesdays, 11:30am-12:30pm Session 1: January 11- February 8, 2006 Session 2: February 15- March 15, 2006. YWCA Health and Wellness Center, 1 Salem Square, Worcester, MA 01608
Non-Members Fee: $35.00/ 5 weeks, plus $40.00 annual Basic Membership fee or (Drop-in, $8/ class, plus $40.00 annual Basic Membership fee or Drop-in, $16/ class without Basic Membership).
CONTACT: Amy Mosher     PHONE: 508.791.3181     EMAIL:
[Dec 28 2005]

Jan 21, 2006 Facilitated Warm-up & Open Jam Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

A three-hour warm-up and introduction to basic principles (including weight, momentum, suspension, elevation, levity) facilitated by Samantha Pienaar (for full biography visit website listed) followed by a two-hour open jam session. Focus will be on working with efficiency and dynamic range, and developing personal vocabulary of falls, rolls, lifts and spirals. Suitable for beginner and intermediate jammers.
R100 (warm-up), R50 (open jam). Discounts available for early booking and payment.
CONTACT: Samantha Pienaar     PHONE: (021) 855 5523     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.contact-improvonline.com
[Dec 10 2005]

Jan 23 - 27, 2006 International Director's Laboratory Kiev, Ukraine, Ukraine

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR'S LABORATORY under the guidance of Sergey Ostrenko "Director since Meeting the Actors till the Premiere". PROGRAMME: intensive practical training, lectures and discussions. PARTICIPANTS: theatre directors, playwrights, actors of dramatic, musical, dance and physical theatres, theachers of theatre methods, dancers, choreogrpahers. The Director's Laboratory is the excellent opportunity for directors, actors and choreographers to get the new creative inspiration during the practical work with colleagues from different countries and to find interesting ideas valuable both for the daily work with the group and the realization of the greatest projects on the stage. The group will work on the basis of methods developed as a result of the long-term research carried out by Ostrenko together with the members of IUGTE Creative Laboratory. This intensive workshop is a wonderful opportunity to collaborate, to share ideas and gain valuable practical experience in methods of contemporary directing and actor's training.
REGISTRATION In order to register, please send your detailed CV and the brief description of motivation to info@iugte.com The number of participants in the group is limited. Registration fee: 400 EUR - by transferring the fee before December 23rd. 480 EUR - by transferring the fee after December 23rd. (deadline January 16th).
CONTACT: Inga Ryazanoff     PHONE: +380 50 44 100 45     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.iugte.com/projects/Lab.php
[Nov 7 2005]

Feb 3 - 5, 2006 Asheville Mountain Jam Asheville, NC, USA

a fun weekend of contact improv, good people, good food. barefoot boogie saturday night. accomodations available. young/old, beginner/experienced, full time/part time welcome. some meals will be done communally, some will be out at some of asheville's great restaraunts..
$50/weekend $5/session or communal meal
CONTACT: michael hurd     PHONE: 585-802-3320     EMAIL:
[Jan 11 2006]

Feb 11 - 12, 2006 Winter Offerings Movement Festival at Earthdance Plainfield, MA, USA

Winter Offerings was developed to offer a retreat, a chance to dance and move, in the midst of New England Winter. Two days of classes, jams, delicious vegetarian food, sauna, hiking trails, and more. More details, pdf flier of the schedule and registration available online at http://www.earthdance.net/programs/winterofferings06.htm
Full Weekend Cost: $140 (includes all classes, evening activities, meals, and lodging Saturday Only Cost: $85 (includes 3 meals, 3 classes, and Saturday evening activity)
CONTACT: Lita Lundeen     PHONE: (413) 634-5678     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.earthdance.net
[Jan 17 2006]

Feb 16 - 20, 2006 Jess Curtis/Gravity -PerformingContactImprovisationIntensiveLaboratory San Francisco, California, USA

A course for professionals and people with advanced skills in Contact Improvisation, exploring the use of those skills as both a compositional tool and a performance form. We will address issues of presence, connection with a partner, dynamics, virtuosity, utilizing scores and musical accompaniment. We will develop movement as both virtuosic, performative action and as meaningful theatrical image. We will examine the physical actualities of touch, manipulation, counterbalance, force, resistance, and surrender, both as physical states and as metaphors for interpersonal and intercultural relations. The week will culminate in a public performance on Monday evening February 20th. 4 hours daily plus the evening performance on the 20th. Space is limited, pre-registration and approval required. Send a CV to: info@jesscurtisgravity.org or call, 415-435-7549
$250 for workshop $5-7 for performance/discussion on the 20th. Some scholarships/workstudy available contingent on space availability.
CONTACT: Amy Kingwill or Jess Curtis     PHONE: 415-435-7549     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.jesscurtisgravity.org
[Jan 7 2006]

Mar 10 - 12, 2006 7th Annual North Carolina Jam Carrboro, NC, USA

Carolina Contact will be hosting its seventh annual jam on March 10-12, 2006, in Carrboro, North Carolina. You are invited to join us for a weekend of Contact Jams, Contact Improvisation Classes, and Contact Community. This event welcomes those new to Contact Improvisation as well as those well seasoned. Teaching this year is Brad Stoller. For more info check out the web site.
$75 before the jam, $85 at the door. To register, send a check payable to Dan Schmidt along with the information below to Amanda Huber 417 W. Maynard St. Durham, NC 27704. Name, Address, City, State, Zip, Telephone, E-mail, When do you plan to arrive? Do you need a place to stay? If yes, do you have pet allergies or other special needs? Let us know if you need a place to sleep. Bring a sleeping bag and pillow and we'll try to make arrangements for you.
CONTACT: John Bainbridge     PHONE: 919-932-1190     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: ci.baynbrigge.com/NCjam2006.html
[Feb 21 2006]

Mar 13 - Dec 15, 2006 Subbody dance workshop 2006 Dharamsala, H.P., India

Let`s explore the way of deep communication with yourself and the others through making your own dance. The dance related to your true depth firmly has strong power to touch other people. Because that is your life-stream itself. Through calm down process by deep breathing, try to listen to the subtle stream which flow in our body and mind. Our method guide you to contact with your deep memories, complex,and so on. Through this your secret which only your body knows will be able to become creativity, and it is sublimed as your whole-self. When you become a guide to your real inner world through sinking into your subconscious world,it will be treasure to the world. Let's open full of your creativity and originality with us in nature of himalaya!
One month : 210 US$ One term(Three months): 570 US$ One year(Three terms): 1300 US$
CONTACT: Michi     PHONE: +91-01892-226136     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: subbody.net
[Jan 1 2006]

Mar 16 - Dec 15, 2006 International Subbody Butoh Dance School Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India

International Subbody Butoh Dance School in Himalaya India 2005-2006 Don't you want to find your own deep butoh dance which connects to the depth of yourself. By subbody method, you can sink into the darkness of the subconscious realm of body to find your own deepest butoh dance, and come back safely with cotroling yourself. You can meet the true self. 31 Oct-18 Nov, 28 Nov-16 Dec Three week course 2006 March 16 One Year International Butoh Class start! <About subbody method> Subbody method is originated by Rhizome Lee( Lee Ryuji Oka; Japanese) This method guide you to sink into the subconscious realm, to travel between life and death, to contact with your deep memories, complex, traumas, dissociations, not-me, and so on, to create your own deep butoh dance. It has safe method by using original bottom breathing, you can contact with your subconscious world, create dance and come back with controling yourself. Subbody method was originated by integrating Butoh, Noh, Yoga, Tao, Noguchi seitai, Noguchi taiso, Contemporary dance, Contact Improvisation, Psychological work of C.G.Jung,and Arnord Mindel. <Profile of Rhizome Lee> Started butoh dance under the influence of Tatsumi Hijikata who originated the Butoh and Zeami who was the greatest master of Noh dance. 1998-2002 world dance tour as a dance troup "Dance Rhizome"; Thailand, India, France, Hungary, Romania, Slovekia, Yugoslavia, Holland, Vennezuela, U.S.A. and so on. 2003 Started to live in India, and construct International Subbody Butoh Dance Center with outside Cobody Theater. Rhizome Lee overcome the borderline disorder, multiple personality, neurosis, and so on through creating the subbody method, and continues dancing on the edge.
210US$ for one month 2000US$ for Ten Months
CONTACT: Rhizome Lee、Michie Kobayakawa     PHONE: 91-98160-43030     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: subbody.net
[Oct 12 2005]

Mar 16 - 19, 2006 Spring Equinox Jam Plainfield, MA, USA

A Three Day Contact Improvisation Gathering in the Berkshire foothills ñ dripping eves, soft spring breezes and buds on the trees, right??? Hereís to our dancing in faith with one another that spring is coming whether thereís snow on the ground or not. We dance out the cobwebs and dance in new life, creations and possibilities! A great opportunity to shed your layers, stir your blood and quicken your spirit with a bunch of other great folks who are doing the same.
Full Weekend Cost: $150 (includes tuition/room/board) Register online or mail your $75 deposit to Earthdance, 252 Prospect St., Plainfield, MA 01070
CONTACT: Lita Lundeen     PHONE: (413) 634-5678     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.earthdance.net
[Jan 17 2006]

Mar 25, 2006, Basic Skills Contact Improvisation Workshop Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1:00 pm. - 5:30 pm, Dovercourt Penthouse, 805 Dovercourt Rd, In this workshop participants will learn basic principles of giving and sharing weight and executing partnering movements with ease. No previous experience is needed. We will dance in bear feet. This workshop is appropriate for beginners as well as for experienced contact dancers who want to hone their basic skills and develop new pathways into movement.
Prices: $45-Regular, $35 per person-with payment before March 20, 2006, $30 per person-with groups of two or more registering and paying together,with payment before March 20, 2006.
CONTACT: carlynn@imagiscape.ca     PHONE: Carlynn     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.imagiscape.ca
[Feb 4 2006]

Apr 6 - 9, 2006 What Just Happened? Advanced Contact with Chris Aiken and Angie Hauser Plainfield, MA, USA

Each of us has experienced heightened states of being through contact improvisation-times when we felt fearless and alive. There are no recipes to create these moments, but training can lay the foundation for physical and emotional breakthroughs. In this workshop we are specifically interested in developing our reflexes, our coordination, and the capacity to continually recycle our mental and physical energies back into the dancing. At the core is the commitment to staying with the modulation of tone and weight in the body-so that the touch remains alive. We are committed to individual coaching and group investigation of specific aspects of the work. Come with questions, energy and commitment to serious training and playful, imaginative dancing.
$160-220 sliding scale for tuition, $115 shared room and board Register online or mail your $75 deposit to Earthdance, 252 Prospect St., Plainfield, MA 01070
CONTACT: Lita Lundeen     PHONE: (413) 634-5678     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.earthdance.net
[Jan 17 2006]

Apr 6 - 9, 2006 Beginning Contact Improvisation with Mark Zemelman Plainfield, MA, USA

Contact Improvisation is an honoring of every moment. There is a sweet surrendering that happens when our bodies stay faithful to what is happening now, and now... and NOW! In this workshop we learn to recognize and differentiate the subtle impulses in our choices and our partner's choices. We begin to decipher the cues that we give and receive which tell us when to lead or follow, when to go up, when to go down, where to touch, how to lift, when to slow down, and when to be still. Learn to stay in integrity with each choice, never forcing, never rushing. When Body, Mind, and Spirit are united in their instinctive wisdom we find our-selves at home in every moment expressing our true nature in the dance. - For the Beginner in all of us
$120-170 sliding scale for tuition, $80 shared room and board Register online or mail your $75 deposit to Earthdance, 252 Prospect St., Plainfield, MA 01070
CONTACT: Lita Lundeen     PHONE: (413) 634-5678     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.earthdance.net
[Jan 17 2006]

Apr 12 - 16, 2006 THE 2006 SPRING EAST COAST JAM Claymont Court, Charles Town, West VA, USA

* Wednesday dinner April 12 through Sunday lunch April 16 *
Enjoy Luscious Vegetarian Meals, Shared Lodging (or camping), Great Dance Spaces, the Mansion Porch with Beautiful Views, the Steamy Hot Sauna, Plenty of Apple Blossoms and Dance Dance Dancing. To keep costs down each dancer will be asked to work one share-hour - part of the community dance...
Costs - per arrival time: - $270 Wednesday Evening - $215 Thursday Evening - $160 Friday Evening **Add 6% sales tax for West Virginia *** If you get your deposit in by March 31 you'll save $20
CONTACT: Diana Hilgert      EMAIL:
Gary Kuntz
Ken Manheimer

WEBSITE: eastcoastjam.com
[Mar 9 2006]

Apr 12 - 17, 2006 4th international EasterImprofestival, April 12-17 2006 Göttingen, middle, Germany

4th international EasterImprofestival www.osterimprofestival.de Contact, Dance, Theatre, Music and Painting ...space for playing with your creativity.. April, 12-17 2006 in Göttingen, Germany Liebe TänzerInnen, Contacter, SchauspielerInnen, Fools, MusikerInnen, MalerInnen, PeformancekünstlerInnen und alle Menschenkinder und Osterhasen, die gerne improvisieren Willkommen zum vierten OsterImproFestival!!!!!!! Wir m&GG#246;chten dich in einen Raum einladen, in dem unterschiedliche Kunstformen mit dem Fokus auf Improvisation sich begegnen und austauschen, sich miteinander verweben und verschmelzen, wo Grenzen sich auflösen und neu gefunden werden. Bring all deine Verrücktheit, all deine Liebe, Spiel- und Bewegungsfreude in einen Austausch mit dir selbst und anderen. Lass dich bewegen, berühren und verwandeln, komm mit auf eine Reise, die dich in Wildheit und Stille führen kann. Begegne dir selbst, in dem du dich dem Augenblick hingibst. Önothing remains to do. You only have to understand the movement of the energy, the unintentional movement of the energy. It flows, but not directed to a goal, more as a celebration ,like in dance. It does not move because it likes to reach a goal, rather because it slops over by its ownÖ Dear dancers, contacters,actors, fools, musicians, painters, life artists all colours and Easterhares who love to improvise Welcome to the EasterImproFestival!!! We are happy to invite you again to a space where different arts based on improvisation can meet, exchange and be mixed up. Please bring all your crazyness, all your love, all your playfulness and your joy of movement into a process of exchange with yourself and others. Let yourself be moved, touched and transformed, get a ride, which may lead you into silence or wilderness. Get in touch with your nature through the way of improvisation! Kabiro,Jagat,Ingo and Daniel Contact: osterimprofestival@web.de, Ingo Rosenkranz +49 (0)2448 919225 Kabiro Scheller +49 (0)221 1700245 Daniel Werner +49 (0)5563 999007 Jagat Frenzel +49 (0)178 5373077 If you do not want to have more information by email, please sent an empty answer mail ! Wenn Sie/Du keine Infomail mehr bekommen möchten/möchtest, bitte einfach eine leere Antwortmail schicken !
www.osterimprofestival.de
CONTACT: www.osterimprofestival.de     PHONE: www.osterimprofestival.de     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.osterimprofestival.de
[Feb 3 2006]

Apr 14 - 16, 2006 Ontario Regional Contact Improv Jam Ottawa / Gatineau / Hull, Ontario, Canada

The Ontario Regional Contact Improvisation Jam is open to anyone, from anywhere on the planet, who is interested in contact improvisational dance. You don't even have to know where Ontario is to dance with us! The jam is open to all; beginners and all skill levels are welcome. This annual event is hosted in Ottawa this year, in the studios of The School of Dance at 200 Crichton St. in central Ottawa. The building is accessible by public transit, and neighbourhood street parking is also available. We offer a language-agnostic bilingual (English/francais) environment as best we can; volunteers to help connect the two languages during circles and workshops are warmly welcomed. Nos voisins du Quebec/Montreal sont chaleureusement invite(e)s. Housing is available. The web site http://contactimprov.ca/ has the latest information.
See the web site http://contactimprov.ca/ for registration and cost.
CONTACT: Ian! D. Allen      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: contactimprov.ca
[Dec 2 2005]

Apr 17 - 21, 2006 Jess Curtis/Gravity -PerformingContactImprovisationIntensiveLaboratory Berlin, Berlin, Germany

A week-long course/laboratory for professionals and people with advanced skills in Contact Improvisation, exploring the use of those skills as both a compositional tool and a performance form. We will address issues of presence, connection with a partner, dynamics, virtuosity, utilizing scores and musical accompaniment. We will develop movement as both virtuosic, performative action and as meaningful theatrical image. We will examine the physical actualities of touch, manipulation, counterbalance, force, resistance, and surrender, both as physical states and as metaphors for interpersonal and intercultural relations. The week will culminate in a public performance on Friday evening April 21st. 4 hours daily plus the evening performance on the 21st. Space is limited, pre-registration and approval required. Send a CV to: pcberlin@jesscurtisgravity.org or call, +49.30.44 35 87 86
à200 for workshop, à180 for repeat participants à5-7 for performance/discussion on the 21st. Some scholarships/workstudy available contingent on space availability.
CONTACT: Gabi Beier     PHONE: +49.30.44 35 87 86     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.jesscurtisgravity.org
[Jan 7 2006]

Apr 21 - 23, 2005 INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND CONTACT IMPROVISATION JAM London, England, United Kingdom

Back by popular demand, a weekend devoted to dance and creative connection, open to all interested in Contact Improvisation. This is a fabulous opportunity to jam until midnight. Thereíll be live music with experienced improvisers and warm-up classes with international teachers to lend some atmosphere and inspiration. Informal performances, video showings and space for bodywork. Please bring food to share. Beginners are more than welcome. Warm-up teachers: Mans Erlandson (Stockholm) & Merav Israel (Edinburgh) on Saturday. Charlie Morrisey (Brighton) & Sarah Gray (London) on Sunday. Musicians: David Leahy & Matt Davis. Venue and booking: Chisenhale Dance Space, 64 - 84 Chisenhale Rd, London, E3 5QZ. http://www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk/ mail@chisenhaledancespace.co.uk/ +44 (0)20 8981 6617. Warm-up Workshop with MANS ERLANDSON (Sweden) on Friday 21st April 1900 - 2200: Starting with some training for moving on the floor and in the space. Taking this into approaching each other. Then some jam training (simple version of the Underscore) and finally some skills in taking and giving weight. Venue: movingartsbase - 134 Liverpool Road - Islington - London - N1 1LA - + 44 (0)20 7609 6969 http://www.movingartsbase.co.uk/ Booking: Robert Anderson (see below)
COST: 35 GBP/25 GBPconc WEEKEND TICKET (Sat & Sun). 20 GBP/15 GBPconc DAY TICKET (Sat or Sun). Friday Workshop Cost: 10 GBP/9 GBPconc.
CONTACT: Robert Anderson     PHONE: + 44 (0)20 8341 1848     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk
[Mar 24 2006]

Apr 22 - 23, 2006 Third annual Concord Weekend with Shakti Andrea Smith Concord, MA, USA

This will be a delicious weekend to sink in deeply, expand out fully and be with what is there in movement and in stillness. With the trees holding us from just outside the windows, we will explore the world of Authentic Movement interspersed with yoga, meditation, and ritual. This will be a spacious weekend with time for writing or drawing, and a long break each day for meals, long walks, resting...along with, of course, abundant movement time. Weather permitting, we will do some movement outside in Concord's "Fairy Wilderness," near Walden Pond. ------------ More About Authentic Movement: Authentic Movement is a dance form that focuses on following the threads of our inner impulses. It is from these impulses that our movement comes. Moving them, dancing them, brings into physical being the fabric of the stories of our bodies. Within the structure of the form we try on the roles of both mover and witness. This is usually followed by writing, drawing, and/or speaking to integrate and further develop the movement experience. Authentic Movement is a meditative, expressive, creative and spiritual practice. It is explored by some to deepen compassion, and acceptance, and by others simply for the joy of movement. It is practiced by dancers, musicians, writers, visual artists, and others to source material. No dance or movement experience is necessary. ------------ About the Instructor: Shakti Andrea Smith is a dancer and bodyworker practicing and teaching in New York City and New England. She teaches Yoga, Authentic Movement, Contact Improvisation, and Dance Meditation. Other influences include ritual, being in nature, and other pathways to being more fully alive and present in this moment. Shakti has a degree in Transpersonal Psychology and has been inhabiting the world with Authentic Movement since 1992. About the workshop: We will move together in the beautiful dance studio at Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts on the 2nd floor, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, 01742 on Saturday, April 22 from 10am to 6pm, and on Sunday, April 23 from 12:00pm to 5:30pm. Beginners welcome! EU is a 20-25 minute drive from Harvard Square and is accessible via public transportation on the Fitchburg commuter rail. The studio is within walking distance of the Concord rail stop or we can pick you up. Parking is available. A light Saturday breakfast is provided 9-9:45am. ------------ For more information: For more information, please email us at mail@dancingwithshakti.com or please feel free to contact the organizer, Wendy, at 978-369-5283 / wolfberg@post.harvard.edu; or you can contact Shakti in Brooklyn, NY at 718-857-1024 / shaktismith@hotmail.com. Blessings to you! We hope you can join us! Beginners welcome! ------------
$150 (by 3/29) or $175 (by 4/9) Registration is limited to 15 participants. Early registration is $155 if received in full by March 29th . Early registrations help build cohesion, help us cover our costs, and offer scholarship monies. Regular cost is $175 due in full by April 9th .To hold your space, please send payment or a $75 deposit and a completed registration form. (There is a downloadable form on the Web site or weíd be glad to mail you one). The balance is due by March 29th for early discounts or by April 9th. Please make the check payable to Shakti Smith and mail to Dancing With Shakti, 12 Tarbell Spring Road, Concord, MA 01742. There is a non-refundable $25 administration fee.
CONTACT: Wendy     PHONE: 978-369-5283     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.dancingwithshakti.com
[Feb 21 2006]

May 12 - 14, 2006 Richmond Contact Improv Jam Richmond, Virginia, USA

COME JOIN OUR CELEBRATION OF CONTACT IMPROV.This event is our 11th annual jam. It will start Friday evening May 12th at 6pm with a pot luck dinner at Cathy Magill's house. From here we will go to the VCU DANCE CENTER at 8pm for our opening circle. After everyone arrives, we will jam until 11pm. Saturday, May 13th, breakfast is on your own. Registration is from 9am to 9:50am. Classes will start at 10am with your choice of : Contact Improv class taught by Cheryl Pallant, CI teacher and author OR Feldenkrais workshop led by Cass Overton Feldenkrais and Tai Ji instructor- these will end at 1pm. Lunch is on your own and we will reconvene at 3pm for a warm-up leading into an open jam. Options for later: going to the river for hiking, climbing rocks or enjoying the water or spend! time alone or continue to dance. At 7pm, we will meet for PAJAMA JAMA BOOGIE at ART6 GALLERY on W. Broad Street (www.art6org/homepage.htm). We will have a catered dinner followed by the DJ creations of the Psy-fi Bros. Match their creative genius with your own Pajama magic, be it silk, satin, flannel or tie dye to boogie on down. Sunday morning, Breakfast is own your own and Contact or Feldenkrais will start at 10am and continue until 1pm. We will provide lunch at 1pm at the VCU DANCE CENTER to give all a chance to connect befor closing circle at 2:30pm. After that it's open jamming until we're done.
The cost will be $65 for the entire weekend (before May 1st) or $75 (after May 1st). This includes meals listed, classes and housing. There will be no discount for partial attendance as we want to encourage you to be with us the entire time. Send payment to Cathy Magill, 3505 Pinebrook Drive, Richmond, VA 23225.
CONTACT: Cathy Magill     PHONE: 80 4/272-4249     EMAIL:
[Apr 24 2006]

May 17 - 21, 2006 10th FESTIVAL OF INTERACTIVE PHYSICS Toronto, ON, Canada

STREAM 1 ñ COEXISTING FORMS-MAY 17-21 Instructors: NANCY STARK SMITH (dance) and MKE VARGAS (music) Furthering our research into performable structured improvisation, weíll work with three independent but interconnected formsócontact improvisation, live improvised music, and a movement practice called ìcome as you are.î The simultaneous overlay of these three ìcoexisting formsî will organize our performance at the end of the workshop. STREAM 2 - IMPROVISATION TOWARD PERFORMANCE--May 19-21 Instructor: NINA MARTIN This workshop is for those interested in Improvisation as a performance art 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 a sophisticated and integral performance ability. All participants work towards a final performance.
Stream 1 (5 days): $350 (canadian funds) Stream 2 (3 days): $215 (canadian funds)
CONTACT: Karen      PHONE: 416-537-5153     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.kaeja.org/FIP
[Jan 19 2006]

May 19 - 21, 2006 ADRIATIC JAM! Castello di Brussa - Caorle, near Venice, Italy

We will stay in a wonderful site near the magnificent Brussa nature reserve, 5 minutes from the ocean. The jam will offer you dance, nature and relaxation! Visit the reserve's web site www.vallevecchia.it Visit the hosting B&B's web site www.bborizzonte.it Schedule: please be there Friday at 6.30pm, we will stop around 5.30pm on Sunday. Nearest areoport: Venezia Marco Polo or Treviso if you travel Ryanair. Nearest train station: Portogruaro (VE), there will be a pick up around 5pm on Friday.
Fee till May 5th: 100 euro EASYGOING ñ sleeping arangment is on the floor of the dance studio with own sleeping bag, materasses are available in limited number. 150 euro DOUBLE ñ private room with twins beds and private bathroom. All the meals are included in the fee. If you have special needs or special diet, please communicate that asap. After May 5th 20 euros will be added to both fees. Booking: 40 euros deposit, please contact Debora for the money transfer and Banking information if you intend to make reservations.
CONTACT: Debora Sbaiz     PHONE: 00 39 0431 422147     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.deborasbaiz.it
[Mar 5 2006]

May 25 - 29, 2006 Harbin Jam Middletown , California, USA

Contact improvisation at Harbin Hot Springs in Northern California, a perfect natural environment to release into the warmth of healing waters and inclusive dancing! The jam is a creative construction of all the participants including group warm-ups, classes, open jamming, outdoor scores & exploration, creative play, music, water dance, watsu, community building, delicious catered meals, and some things inexplicable and unexpected. The jam is contained in a secluded conference center with private hot & warm pools, a group sleeping deck, and space for camping. Jam participants also have access to the public pools and facilities at Harbin Hot Springs. Contact experience required. Participants must have a firm grasp of contact fundamentals.
Rates: $365 - $445 See website for details. Scholarship & Work Exhange: The Harbin Jam is a volunteer run event that costs $370 per person in fixed expenses. Every dollar paid over that amount goes to support dancers in need of financial aid. Limited work exchange positions are available at a reduced fee of $330. Additional financial aid may be granted depending on donations. To apply, e-mail Craig Schwartz (craig@souljoy.com) by May 1, 2006 with your name, address, phone number, involvement in CI, and amount of aid needed.
CONTACT: Susan McKearnan     PHONE: 510-526-1055     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.harbinjam.org
[Apr 4 2006]

Jun 1 - 6, 2006 NIM (nordic improvisation meeting) oslo, countryside, norway

WELCOME TO THE NORDIC IMPROVISATION MEETING, a gathering for contact improvisers with all kinds of backgrounds and levels of experience. It is organised in the Nordic countries once to twice a year, this time in Oslo. The meeting will be arranged as the sixteenth in the row, and its focus will be on contact improvisation classes and jamming. You will find more information about NIM on www.kontaktimprovisation.se The meeting will be held in the countryside at Vestoppland folkhighschool (Hadeland), 7 miles (approx. one hour bus drive) from Oslo. There are single and double rooms to sleep in, two dance spaces, an aikido dojo for warm-ups, and a sauna. You will find more information about the premises on www.vofhs.no This NIM is arranged in the Pinse/Pentecost weekend. The meeting will start Thursday evening with supper and a welcome jam, and end the following Tuesday morning after breakfast. We would be grateful if you would like to lead a class or a jam at NIM! Please send us information about your teaching ideas. You can also write to us about any other wishes for the meeting. Warm regards from NIM team Norway 06; Ingeborg Dugstad Sanders, Hilde Rustad & Ingrid Remmen
The total fee of 125 euros includes 3 vegetarian meals a day, lodging and dancing. In order to participate at NIM you need to pay the deposit, 65 euros before the 1st of May. This will secure your place at the meeting.Send payment to Ingeborg Dugstad Sanders, c/o Byrge Kaldestad, 5450 Sunde i Sunnhordland, DnB NOR Bank, N ñ 0021 OSLO. Swift code: DNBANOKK. IBAN: NO19 9713 5076 078 Make sure your name, e-mail and phone number is attached to the payment. We will send you a confirmation that we have received it within two weeks. Bring the remaining 65 euros cash to be paid the first day you arrive at NIM, (or pay the total fee before the 1st of may)
CONTACT: NIM TEAM NORWAY     PHONE: 0047 91351142     EMAIL:
[Mar 27 2006]

Jun 2 - 4, 2006 Atlanta Contact Weekend Jam Atlanta, GA, USA

Enjoy a weekend communal feasting, dancing, palavering, and slumbering as we celebrate the joy of movement and connection.
$35 full weekend, $30 without lodging, or $5 per jam or meal
CONTACT: Sandra     PHONE: 678.488.6633     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.atlantacontact.org
[May 11 2006]

June 8 - 12, 2006 Australian Contact Improvisation Convergence #2 Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Following the success of last year's gathering, NORPA Dance Action presents the second Australian Contact Improvisation Convergence (ACIC)! Set in a beautiful hall in the lush hinterland of Byron Bay, NSW, the convergence brings together experienced facilitators and practicing contact improvisers to delve into the infinite possibilities of CI dance. Facilitators David Corbet and Jacob Lehrer, from the former Melbourne-based CI performance group State of Flux, will be joined by other teachers to run workshops, discussions, jams, live music, and performance, held over five days offering a rich collection of contact experiences. A two day CI Laboratory will open the convergence followed by a three day Convergence Weekend. Bookings can be made for the Whole Convergence, the Convergence Weekend, or a Single Day. Wholesome vegetarian lunches and dinners will be catered for and included in the cost. Unwind and soothe tired muscles during the weekend at the nearby spa and sauna or treat yourself to a massage from an onsite massage therapist. Seeking to foster a national CI community, ACIC welcomes anyone with some contact improvisation experience. Beginners are required to undertake introductory classes in their hometown prior to the convergence. Hope to see you there!
$225 - $385 Depending on how many days and whether you have a concession.
CONTACT: Paula Williams     PHONE: +61 2 6622 3279     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.norpa.org.au
[June 17 2006]

Jun 10, 2006 , Contact-Improv on Toronto Islands (at: Hanlan's Point) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Contact-Improv on Toronto Islands (at: Hanlan's Point) *2006 Dates: Sat. Jun. 10 Jul. 8 Aug. 5 *Time: 4-8 pm *Description: Contact-Improv Dance Jam on the Toronto Island (at Hanlan's Point) Dance on the†grass, sand, or in the water *Please rsvp if you are definitely planning to attend *Directions†to the Ferry Docks: The Toronto Ferry Docks is located at the foot of Bay St. and Queens Quay, just East of the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. TTC ~~ From Union station take any streetcar to the Bay & Queens Quay (Ferry Docks) Stop - OR - take the Bay Bus #6 south from the corner of Front & Bay to the Bay and Queen's Quay stop. The entrance to the ferry docks is on the south side of the street, just east of the Westin Harbour Castle hotel. Walk / Drive ~~ Main entrance at foot of Bay St on Queens Quay. Enter via walkway through park between Harbour Castle Westin Hotel and Harbour Castle condos. Parking is available 1 block N at Lakeshore and Bay; 1 block W on Queens Quay between Bay and York Sts; 1 block E opposite Toronto Star building adjacent to Captain Johns restaurant. *Ferry Schedule: http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/summerschedule.htm *Ferry info: 416-392-8193 *Ferry Cost: > Adult - $6 > Student (under 19 with Student Card & Senior (over 65) - $3.50 > Junior (under 14) - $2.50 > Child (under 2) - Free *Suggested Provisions: ~ A sweater & warm pants for the Ferry ride back ~ Dance clothes that you don't mind getting stains on ~ Food for a Pot-luck (optional) *Bikes: Bikes are allowed on Ferry. *Directions (once on the Island): Walk along the pedestrian roadway until you come to a 2-direction turn-off point. Then go along the right-hand path (you should see a sign on a post pointing towards the Clothing-optional beach - follow it) *Meeting Point: At the white goal posts in the field just outside of the Clothing-optional beach. (Look for the guy who sits at the information table during the Sunday Jam)
Free, except for the cost of the Ferry ride.
CONTACT: John Newton      EMAIL:
[May 10 2006]

Jun 12 - Dec 8, 2006 Himalaya Summer Butoh Camp! Dharamasala, Himachal&#12288;pradesh, India

Let's learn a new way of life at Subbody Butoh School Himalaya. Stop daily body and mind. Meet whole self. Dance from bottom. Open resonance ability. Beginnerís course: 1 month 12June-7July, 17July-11Aug., 14Aug.-8Sep., 18Sep.-13Oct.,16Oct-10Nov.,13Nov.,-8Dec. Creatorís course: 3 months 12June-8Sep.,17July-10Oct.,14Aug.-10Nov., 18Sep.-8Dec., Resonatorís course: 1 year (Any month you can start flexiblly) Facilitatorís course: 3 years (Any month you can start flexiblly) Please visit our site: http://subbody.net/ You can find some novel hints for changing way of life at school video journal, photo jouranl, illusration guide of subbody method. You can apply now June to November course! Contact: Rhizome Lee Application: subbody@hotmail.com
210us$ /one month course 570us$ /three months course 1300us$ /one year course 3500us$ /three years course
CONTACT: Rhizome Lee     PHONE: 91-01892-226136     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: subbody.net
[Jun 5 2006]

Jun 13 - 24, 2006 TRANSIT, ISTANBUL IMPROVISATION DAYS Istanbul, -, TURKEY

11 days entirely dedicated to improvisation in Darphane, the buildings of the old Mint of Istanbul in the Topkapi gardens. 11 day improvised dance workshop with Kirstie Simson. 5 day free improvisation music workshop with Le Quan Ninh. The 2 last days of the workshops dancers and musicians will be working together and an out door performance will be presented to the public on the last day. This event will also propose performances, jams, panel, video projections.
Dance workshop fee 120 Euros. Music workshop fee 70 Euros. Hosts are proposed to out of town participants for a participation of 3 euros per night.
CONTACT: Yanael Plumet      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.istanbulimprovisationdays.org
[May 12 2006]

Jun 16 - 18, 2006 Grace and Power: Contact Improvisation for Women Plainfield, MA, USA

Grace and power in movement come from trusting the knowing of our bodies. How can practicing the art of Contact Improvisation support and uncover this knowing in us? In this workshop, we will look at some fundamental movement principles of partnering as well as explore some of the less tangible aspects of the dance, specifically as they might apply to us as women: boundaries, choice, desire, fear, connection. This workshop is taught by Debra Bluth and Maxine Gautier.
Tuition/Room/Board: $200-250 sliding scale.
CONTACT: Lita Lundeen     PHONE: 413-634-5678      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.earthdance.net
[May 15 2006]

Jun 19 - Sep 8, 2006 Teaching of resonance method Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India

School for your metamorphosis. Subbody School is a place for metamorfosis to start a new life through learning subbody resonance method.
Creator's course: 3 months (To study subbody method for starting a life as an original creator)
Resonator's course: 1 year (any month you can start) (To study whole of subbody resonance method for changing your way of life as a resonator)
Facilitator's course: 3 years (any month you can start) (To become a facilitator who can support others to connect with their own subbody and to create subbody dance) School should be a place for secret metamorfosis for you.
Three months 570 us$ (one month 210us$)
CONTACT: Rhizome Lee      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: subbody.net
[Apr 29 2006]

Jun 19 - 25, 2006 Minneapolis 30th Anniversary Contact Improvisation Festival Minneapolis, MN, USA

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Contact Improvisation being taught and practised in Minneapolis. We are celebrating by holding an anniversary festival and reunion in late June. The schedule of events is still under development but is expected to include jams, classes, discussions, and performances. Several former Twin Cities contacters have committed to returning to help us celebrate. The festival as a whole is being co-ordinated by Patrick's Cabaret, a community-oriented performing arts organization and venue. Patrick's is providing the space and has cleared out their calendar for the week of June 19-25, 2006. Additional events may be added for the weekend of the 17th-18th. Please check Patrick's website for further information as! it becomes available.
To Be Determined
CONTACT: Patrick Scully     PHONE: 612.724.6273     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.patrickscabaret.org
[Mar 16 2006]

Jun 19 - Jul 1, 2006 Zen Monkey Project 7th Annual Summer Intensive: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Language of the Body. Poetics of Space. Come join the Zen Monkey Project for a unique approach to intensive dance training. For over 10 years, the Zen Monkey Project has been consistently exploring the boundaries of somatic movement education and contemporary dance forms. Our style is rigorous, experimental, and alive. Investigating the body, developing dynamic presence, and supporting curiosity are hallmarks of our distinctive synthesis. Our practice draws from a variety of methods and approaches for questioning the body and embodying questions. Our curriculum melds these influences into creative work. As contemporary movement artists we combine a reverence for tradition with respect for the individual's voice. As educators we support the student's current process while presenting them tools for enriching their potential. This intensive invites you to investigate and embody your own working process, learn with a diverse group of artists, and share your experience with others.
Total tuition for two weeks is $515. To confirm your reservation, you must send a deposit check by mail for $75 (non-refundable) by May 5, 2006 to: ZMP Summer Intensive Zen Monkey Project 1513 East Market Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 USA Students are responsible for their own housing. Informational asistance is available.
CONTACT: Kelly East and Zap McConnell     PHONE: 434-963-4099     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.zenmonkeyproject.com
[Jan 30 2006]

Jun 27 - Jul 2, 2006 Contact Improvisation Teachers Exchange Plainfield, MA, USA

Every Contact Improvisation teacher has a distinct approach to the form. During this four day exchange we bring our questions and challenges, share our findings, and look to broaden our inquiry and repertoire. This is not a teacher training, but rather a facilitated inquiry and exchange for active Contact teachers to work and collaborate with peers. We seek to better articulate and transmit what our bodies know about the skills, principles and ideas at work in Contact Improvisation. A $50 discount is available to those who register by May 31st.
Tuition/Room/Board: $375 ($325 before May 31)
CONTACT: Lita Lundeen     PHONE: 413-634-5678      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.earthdance.net
[May 15 2006]

Jun 29 - Jul 4, 2006 West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival Berkeley, CA, USA

The 18th annual West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival will take place this summer from June 29 to July 4 at 8th Street Studios in Berkeley (2525 8th St.). It is a 5-day festival wherein more than 30 of the West Coast's finest improvisation teachers will offer Contact Improvisation classes, intensives, performances, discussions and teaching labs at 8th Street Studios in Berkeley. This year the festival highlights 4 intensives including a mixed-abilities workshop that is specifically for dancers with and without disabilities, 2 nights of student performance opportunities, and a curated gala performance. In addition, festival participants get free rehearsal space and time. For registration information and class/teacher schedule check out www.wccif.com. Hope to see you there!
Registration information and costs can be seen online at www.wccif.com or you can email info@wccif.com.
CONTACT: Rachel Winograd     PHONE: 845 532 1261     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.wccif.com
[May 8 2006]

Jun 29 - Jul 20, 2006 Body-Mind CenteringÆ Dance & Contact Improvisation Lab Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Body-Mind CenteringÆ brings a subtlety and finesse to dancework, expanding your present-moment movement choices whether dancing solo, with a partner or in ensemble. This workshop will source dances from a menu of Body-Mind CenteringÆ explorations which could include: fluids, organs, respiration cycles, nervous system process and architecture, muscles, skeletal embodiment, cellular consciousness, developmental movement patterns. The learning environment will encourage dialogue, depth, risk, curiosity, and an openess to inquiry and possibility. This laboratory is designed for experienced movers. Thursdays 3-5pm Dancehouse 150 Princes Street Carlton North VIC
Cost: $80.00 Full (prepaid), $72.00 Dancehouse Subscribers/Concession (prepaid), $25.00 (per class casual attendance) Please RSVP and/or send your payment by Thursday 23/06/06. To RSVP, please send an email with your name & contact details to register@embodied-life.net
CONTACT: Llewellyn Wishart     PHONE: + 61 500 555 563     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.embodied-life.net
[Apr 18 2006]

Jul 2 - 10, 2006 Kontakt Budapest 5.International Improvisation Festival Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Kontakt Budapest is an annual International Improvisation Festival that has been organized since 2002 and it is open for people with all abilities. The festival organizes classes and workshops taught by internationally recognized teachers/performers and it offers space to research and explore movements, work deeply with different aspects of improvisation and gives possibility to perform. This year we include a series of classes with mixed ability, theoretical work with writing and a research lab for musicians in the afternoons. In the evenings there will be space for open dancing (jam) and two nights for performing. We would like to encourage all participants to explore performing improvisation and invite you all to discuss issues of improvisation as performan! ce art form. International teachers staff: Andrew de Lotbiniere Harwood, David Zambrano, Eva Karczag, Karen Schaffman, Jess Curtis, Mat Voorter, Keri Judit, Peter Pleyer, Feher Laszlo, Gal Eszter, Oriane Boyer, Anouk Llaurens, Sores Zsolt, Micheale Pein, Nathalie Dessner, Barbara Ziegler, Kalman Ferenc Your registration is complete when you sent us the filled in registration form (by email or fax) and you paid either the registration cost of 30 EUR or the full festival fee! In case of cancellation the registration cost of 30 EUR will not be refunded. The registration form can be found on the website, www.kontaktbudapest.hu Fax +36-1-8875228 E-mail to: kontaktbudapest@juveprod.hu
Full payment received by JUNE 10th: 350,- EUR Festival fee, paid after the 10th of June or at arrival: 380,- EUR Registration cost (deposit): 30,- EUR Morning classes and intensives or afternoon project: 190,- EUR There will be a few places for work exchange, the reduced fee is 280,- EUR. Please indicate this choice on the registration form. Festival payment and registration cost should be sent: via Western Union to or you may send a money order or cashierís cheque to: Gal Eszter, 1165 Budapest, Irinyi Janos u. 16., Hungary
CONTACT: Gal Eszter     PHONE: +36 70 3389932     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.kontaktbudapest.hu
[May 11 2006]

Jul 4 - 9, 2006 Earthdance July 4th Jam Plainfield, MA, USA

A Five Day Contact Improvisation Gathering July 4 (Tuesday evening) - July 9 (Sunday afternoon) The most luscious time of the year at Earthdance with the hottest dancing ñ the grass is high, bees are buzzing and the garden smells and tastes like heaven. What better way to be patriotic than to dance with the land and make fireworks on the dance floor? Itís family time too with an offering of magical childrenís activities 4-5 hours per day. All levels of experience welcome. Register at http://www.earthdance.net/programs/julyjam06.htm
Tuition/Room/Board: $300 all inclusive $235 children under 15 who take up a bed, $50 children under 15 who sleep in a tent or share a bed with their parents.
CONTACT: Lita Lundeen     PHONE: 413-634-5678      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.earthdance.net
[May 15 2006]

Jul 8, 2006 - , Contact-Improv Jam on Toronto Island (Hanlan's Point) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

From:†John Newton islandcontactjam@hotmail.com Subject: Contact-Improv on Toronto Islands (Hanlan's Point) *2006 remaining Dates: Saturdays July 8 Aug. 5 *Time: 4-8 pm *Description: Contact-Improv Dance Jam on the Toronto Island (Hanlan's Point) Dance on the†grass, sand, or in the water *If you are certain that you can attend, please rsvp: John Newton IslandContactJam@hotmail.com *Directions†to the Ferry Docks: The Toronto Ferry Docks is located at the foot of Bay St. and Queens Quay, right near the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. TTC ~~ From Union station take any streetcar to the Bay & Queens Quay (Ferry Docks) Stop - OR - take the Bay Bus #6 south from the corner of Front & Bay to the Bay and Queens Quay stop. The entrance to the ferry docks is on the south side of the street, beside the Westin Harbour Castle hotel. Walk / Drive ~~ Main entrance at foot of Bay St on Queens Quay. Enter through park via walkway between Harbour Castle Westin Hotel and Harbour Castle condominiums. Parking is available 1 block north at Lakeshore and Bay, 1 block west on Queens Quay between Bay and York Sts, 1 block east opposite Toronto Star building adjacent to Captain John's restaurant. *Ferry Schedule: http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/summerschedule.htm *Ferry info: 416-392-8193 (recording) 416-392-8194 (live) *Ferry Cost: > Adult - $6 > Student (15-19 with Student Card) & Senior (over 65) - $3.50 > Junior (14 and under) - $2.50 > Child (under 2) - Free *Suggested Provisions: ~ A sweater & warm pants for the Ferry ride back ~ Dance clothes that you don't mind getting stains on ~ Food for a Pot-luck (optional) *Bikes: Bikes are allowed on Hanlan's Point Ferry *Roller Blades: Roller blades are not allowed to be worn on the Ferry Dock or Boats *Directions (once on the Island): Walk along the pedestrian roadway until you come to a 2-direction turn-off point. Then, go along the right-hand path (you should see a sign on a post pointing towards the Clothing-optional beach - follow it) *Meeting Point: At the white goal posts in the field just outside of the Clothing-optional beach. (Look for the guy who sits at the table during the Sunday Jam).
The only cost is for the Ferry ride (see details in body of message).
CONTACT: John Newton      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/IslandContactJam
[Jun 19 2006]

Jul 8 - Dec 8, 2006 International Contactfestival Freiburg (GERMANY) Freiburg, baden-wuertemberg, Germany

The Contactfestival 2006 will take place from August 7th till 13th. More detailed information will be online from April 06. ------ The contact festival is a place where contents of contact improvisation are practiced, creatively exchanged and discussed, where people meet who are interested in this dance form. It is a meeting of about 50 Contactteachers and 150 Contactdancers, from allmost 30 Countries. The program includes contact activities in 3 studios parallel like: intensive workshops , different classes, discussions, single lessons, performances and of course jams until late night! ------ Map of Freiburg and Germany ------ The fee of the 6 day festival 2005 was 200,- / 230,- Euro (about 260,- / 295,- $) including food and accommodation in one of the studios. ------ currency converter to get the actual currency of any country ------ 2005 we had the great opportunity to have had Nancy and Mike teaching a 8-day-workshop right before the festival. It was a great opportunity to deepen the work with contact in a very specific and subtle way. If you want more information about that Workshop click: http://www.contactfestival.de/english/nancyandmike.htm ------ Thank you all for been in Freiburg to create this extraordanary contact event. Continue having a lot of fun in dancing, talking, teaching, thinking and moving, ... all over the world. ------The team Eckhard, Barbara, Benno
230 euro (around 270 $) incl. food and accomodation in hall
CONTACT: info@contactfestival.de     PHONE: ++49 761 7078533      WEBSITE: www.contactfestival.de
[Oct 13 2005]

Jul 9 - 14, 2006 Contacting Nature - A Backpacking and Contact Improvisation Adventure Sierra Nevada, CA, USA

Contacting Nature - A Backpacking and Contact Improvisation Adventure (with Aaron Jessup) A Contact Improvisation, movement and awareness focused backpacking expedition. Spend a week hiking, dancing, doing bodywork and playing in the pristine northern sierras.
$650
CONTACT: Aaron Jessup     PHONE: (888) 211-8526      WEBSITE: www.isantrips.com
[May 21 2006]

Jul 12 - 15, 2006 VIVID Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kathleen Rea is an active member of the Contact Dance Improvisation community in Toronto, founding the Wednesday Dance Jam and teaching classes and workshops through the year. She choreographs utilising Contact Dance Iprovisation theories and movements. VIVID has been an ongoing presentation vehicle through which Kathleen Rea has presented her choreographic work as well as the work of others.VIVID 2006 will include the world premiere's of Rea's IRE and sift by Travis Birch as well as Blue, a short solo performed and choreographed by Barbara Pallomina (also a member Toronto Contact Dance Improvisation community) Kathleen Rea's IRE, will explore the many forms of aggression that surface as positive and negative aspects of people's lives. Six exceptional dancers and co-creators - Johanna Bergfeldt, Bess Callard, Anna Finkel, Pam Johnson, Karen Kaeja and Teisha Smith - are featured. Travis Birch's sift describes the creative process of Co>Lab. Sifting through sedimentary mental and muscular memory, the collective tills the subconscious for buried truth and beauty. Birch, along with his collaborators, assembles that which has been extracted into an intricate and subtle, yet universal and accessible, dance experience. sift is performed by Birch, Anna Finkel, Luke Garwood, Teisha Smith and Mathew Waldie. Blue, a new solo work created by Barbara Pallomina, traces memories and the passing of time like the undercurrents of a river, evoking a poignant feeling of nostalgia for someone who is far away. VIVID 2006 is produced by REAson d'etre productions and Co>Lab
$16 each show in advance, $20 cash only at the door,$14 Student, Senior, CADA members, $28 for both shows (Scarlet's Room and VIVID) in advance
CONTACT: Kathleen Rea     PHONE: 416-366-7723     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.stlc.com
[Jun 14 2006]

Jul 15 - 23, 2006 International Contact Improvisation and Performance Festival Moscow, Russia

The Festival "Contact Moscow 2006" will take place from July 15th to 23rd. We offer 5 days of interesting CI and performance classes. Intensives with world known teachers Andrea Keiz, Dieter Heitkamp, Steve Batts. Both directions (CI&Performance) are completely balanced. Additional specific is Improvisation Laboratories - two-hour classes where theme of performance class-work may be offered either by teachers or by participants of festival. TWO side-specific performances and performance in theatre! And many other interesting events.
The fee of the 9 day festival 2006 is 260 / 300 Euro including food(lunch and dinner).
CONTACT: Angela Doniy     PHONE: +7 (495) 919 74 65     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.contactfestival.ru
[Apr 14 2006]

Jul 29 - Aug 6, 2006 TRANS - CONTACT, 1st International Contact Improvisation Festival Cluj-Napoca, ., ROMANIA

TRANS-CONTACT ñ 1st International Contact Improvisation Festival is held between 29 July - 6 August 2006 in Cluj Napoca - a beautiful city known as heart of Transilvania - and it brings together for the first time in Romania professional movers (dancers, actors, choreographers) as well as everyone interested to explore Contact Improvisation in an intensive week of workshops, research, discussions and jams led by internationally acclaimed coaches. It is a unique form to introduce Contact Improvisation to the Romanian dance and theatre community through international collaboration. It aims to develop in the participants an awareness of the importance of this movement technique in the creative process of performing arts. Teachers: Kurt Koegel (Belgium), Alicia Grayson (USA), Florin Fieroiu (Romania) Malcolm Manning (Switzerland), Oriane Boyer (France) For more information, please visit our website: www.groundfloor.ro Uncover Feelings. Recover Yourself. Discover Contact! See you in Cluj-Napoca.
Fee for international participants: 300 EURO /270 if payed in advance by bank transfer. Registration form available on the website. We can help you with accommodation (Youth Hostel/2 star hotel), if needed.
CONTACT: Kinga Kelemen     PHONE: +40-745-842322     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.groundfloor.ro
[Jun 6 2006]

Jul 29, 2006 Contact Improvisation Master Classes with Jordan Fuchs Columbus, Ohio, USA

Flesh into Space: 10:00-11:30 AM Expanding our awareness of our partner beyond the skin surface and out into space, in Flesh into Space we will explore connected dancing that supports easeful transitions between being together and apart. Accompanying: 12:00-2:00 PM focuses on solo scores and partnering scores for accompanying soloists. We will explore the duet possibilities at the meeting point of different intentions. Jordan Fuchs has been practicing Contact Improvisation since 1989 and his teaching is informed by his continuing fascination with physical relationships at close quarters. Fuchs is a dance specialist in the Dance Division of the New York Public Library for Performing Arts and an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College, and teaches at Movement Research, and at universities, college and festivals, such as the Danz Aqui Festival International in Puerto Rico. In August he teaches at the Moving Arts Festival at Earthdance.
Pre-Reg by July 26 Columbus Movement Movement Members $15 single class/$25 both Non-Columbus Movement Movement Members $20 single class/$35 both At the door Columbus Movement Movement Members $18 single class/$28 both Non-Columbus Movement Movement Members $23 single class/ $38 both
CONTACT: Katie Teuchtler     PHONE: <br />     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: <br />
[Jul 24 2006]

Aug 2 - 12, 2006 TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA Munich, Bavaria, Germany

The TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA is an annual festival which includes performances and workshops held by international choreographers and artists. The 10-day-long workshops are aimed at amateur and professional dancers. The program this year includes: Stefan Dreher (Germany) - Yoga for Dancers; Thomas Lehmen (Germany) - Funktionen; Nik Haffner (Germany) - Forsythe and Other Improvisation Approaches + Inhabiting The Gap; Dr. Liane Simmel (Germany)- Fit for Dance - Dance Medicine to Grasp; Katja Wachter (Germany)- Contemporary Dance; Jan Kodet (CZ) - Contemporary Dance Class; Jennifer Bury (USA) - The Sensing Body: Increasing Responsiveness and Balance; Jonathan Burrows (UK)- What is the dance we want to see now?; Felix Ruckert (Germany)- Tools - Contemporary Ballet; David Colas (F)- Hip Hop; Constanza Macras (AR/D) - Performance Laboratory. Of particular interest for contact improvisation might be Dieter Heitkamp's (Germany) workshop: The Rolling Point of Contact + Dictionary of Delight - Dancing is Writing Professionals: In the course The Rolling Point of Contact we will define basic elements of the CI-vocabulary and integrate this information into the dance. We will explore communica! tion possibilities that develop through touch and being touched; possibilities of moving in pairs - rolling, walking, wrestling, falling, carrying while constantly maintaining the contact- spatially, energetically or physically. One focus will be the work with Over Balls and Physio Balls. Contact / Improvisation / Performance - from perception to technical skills to spatial scores. Dancing is Writing: under this headline we will develope solo and duet material and explore different exercises to transform and manipulate the material and using it as a source to create duet and group performances. Dieter Heitkamp is professor for contemporary dance, director of the educational division for contemporary and classical dance, and dean of performing arts at the Academy for Music and the Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main. After having served as artistic director at Tanzfabrik Berlin for many years, Heitkamp now focuses his energies on teaching and performing contact improvisation. He has created numerous pieces for Tanzfabrik Berlin, the Frankfurt Ballet, and the Ballet of the State Opera Unter den Linden. Classes in German and English.
There are different price levels for amateurs and professionals. Please check our homepage for the detailed price scheme. Prices are between à 135,- (1 class, professional, discount) and (à 425,- (3 classes, amateurs, regular price). Discount prices are available if you register and pay on or before June 30, 2006. Professional dancers are also students in the third year of a recognized dance education (please furnish unmistakable proof of your student status). Payment via bank transfer or cheque.
     PHONE: 0049-89-724 25 15     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.tanzwerkstatt-europa.net
[May 15 2006]

Aug 5, 2006 Contact-Improv Jam on Toronto Island (at: Hanlan's Point) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

From: John Newton <islandcontactjam@hotmail.com> Subject: Contact-Improv Jam on Toronto Island (Hanlan's Point) - Date: Saturday Aug. 5 Contact-Improv on Toronto Islands (Hanlan's Point) * Date: Saturday, Aug. 5 (This is the final scheduled Island Contact Jam of the year - don't miss it!) * Time: 4-8 pm * Description: Contact-Improv Dance Jam on the Toronto Island (Hanlan's Point) Dance on the grass, sand, or in the water * If you are certain that you can attend, please rsvp: John Newton IslandContactJam@hotmail.com * Directions to the Ferry Docks: The Toronto Ferry Docks is located at the foot of Bay St. and Queens Quay, just West of the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel. TTC ~~ From Union station take any streetcar to the Bay & Queens Quay (Ferry Docks) Stop - OR - take the Bay Bus #6 south from the corner of Front & Bay to the Bay and Queens Quay stop. The entrance to the ferry docks is on the south side of the street, just east of the Westin Harbour Castle hotel. Walk / Drive ~~ Main entrance at foot of Bay St on Queens Quay. Enter through park via walkway between Harbour Castle Westin Hotel and Harbour Castle condominiums. Parking is available 1 block north at Lakeshore and Bay, 1 block west on Queens Quay between Bay and York Sts, 1 block east opposite Toronto Star building adjacent to Captain John's restaurant. * Ferry Schedule: http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/summerschedule.htm * Ferry info: 416-392-8193 (recording) 416-392-8194 (live) * Ferry Cost: > Adult - $6 > Student (15-19 with Student Card) & Senior (over 65) - $3.50 > Junior (14 and under) - $2.50 > Child (under 2) - Free * Suggested Provisions: ~ A sweater & warm pants for the Ferry ride back ~ Dance clothes that you don't mind getting stains on ~ Food for a Pot-luck (optional) * Bikes: Bikes are allowed on Hanlan's Point Ferry * Roller Blades: Roller blades are not allowed to be worn on the Ferry Dock or Boats * Directions (once on the Island): Walk along the pedestrian roadway until you come to a 2-direction turn-off point. Then go along the right-hand path (you should see a sign on a post pointing towards the Clothing-optional beach - follow it) * Meeting Point: At the white volleyball net, in the field just outside of the Clothing-optional beach. (Look for the guy who sits at the information table during the Sunday Jam.)
The only cost is for the Ferry ride (round trip) : * Ferry Cost: > Adult - $6 > Student (15-19 with Student Card) & Senior (over 65) - $3.50 > Junior (14 and under) - $2.50 > Child (under 2) - Free
CONTACT: John Newton      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/islandcontactjam
[Jul 16 2006]

Aug 13 - 18, 2006 INSIDE OUT - A workshop in Contact Improvisation with Charlie Morrissey Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

An opportunity to spend an intensive week developing contact improvisation skills at a beautiful venue on the edge of the Ashdown Forest. Participants will explore giving and taking weight, rolling, falling, sliding, lifting, jumping; a full range of movements. At the heart of the dance is listening; both to a partner and to our own bodies. It will engage the whole person and is an opportunity to find the dance which exists within the decisions and non decisions between two people. This workshop will take a developmental pathway from exploring a deeper experience of the movement potential of our own bodies, through to working with a partner and discovering different pathways in which we can follow our sensations of weight, momentum and our relationship to gravity. Charlie Morrissey is a dance teacher, performer and director who has been working nationally and internationally for fifteen years. He has worked with many of the key figures in the development of Contact Improvisation globally including; Steve Paxton, Kirstie Simson, K.J.Holmes, and Karen Nelson.
Cost Tuition 195 pounds; Accommodation 60 pounds; All meals 60 pounds (Camping 35; Lunches only 35)
CONTACT: Helen Macdonald     PHONE: + 44 (0)1342 822238     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.emerson.org.uk>
[Mar 13 2006]

Aug 22 - 27, 2006 Groundwork ñ a mover's retreat and laboratory Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN NEW MOVEMENT POSSIBILITIES Presented by the North End Dance Co-op: a 5-day infusion of dance, community, creativity and the great outdoors on Nova Scotiaís beautifully rugged Eastern Shore featuring somatic movement, yoga, pilates, contact dance, improvisation and performance. Experience how an intensive period of training, artistic exploration and creative practice set in a beautiful natural environment leads to enriching, artful discoveries. It is all inclusively priced to include accommodations and vegetarian meals. Check out the website for more details. Taught by Sally Morgan, Cat Crocker, Susan Cook and Susan Barratt. With diverse backgrounds in the performing arts, these women are experienced movement educators who enjoy sharing their expertise with the community.
$550 inclusive (tuition/lodging/vegetarian meals) $495 if paid before July 1st. Prices in CAD. Space is limited.
CONTACT: Catherine Crocker     PHONE: 902-233-9794     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.drumdance.ca/NorthEnd.htm
[Jun 14 2006]

Aug 28 - Sep 4, 2006 Contact Camp at Burning Man Black Rock City, NV, US

a coming together of contacters in the radical environment of the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock dessert in western N America. for contact camp, goto www.burningcontact.org, then write to burningcontact at gmail dot com for Burning Man, go to www.burningman.com Welcome Home!
Burning Man ticket is somewhere around $225-$250 contribution for camp will be somewhere around $100-$200 check out the web page for latest info
     WEBSITE: www.burningcontact.org
[Jan 31 2006]

Aug 29 - 31, 2006 'Being' In Touch, 3 Day Residential Small Group Workshop with Nita Little Llandysul, Wales, UK

We all think we know what touch is & but what if we are only skimming the surface of the potential experiences available to us through this sense mo- dality? In this Contact Improvisation workshop we will reinvent ourselves and mindfully engage in the conscious evolution of our tactile experience. We will explore how an expanded touch ripples through our internal experience and informs our relationship to other dancers and to the environment surrounding us.† We will mine the gifts of touch in terms of expanded technical abilities, creative and perfor- mance range, and access to the spacious possibilities of the present moment.† Come to participate in rich, full dancing and training and to immerse yourself in inquiry and sensory relationship with those present and with the lands at Pen Pynfarch.
GBP 205 residential in farmhouse (bedding,linen & towels provided), GBP 195 caravan or GBP 185 camping, all with vegetarian full board. Deposit of GBP 50 to secure a place. Full fee 1 month in advance, please.
CONTACT: Eeva-Maria Mutka     PHONE: 44+1559-384 948     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.penpynfarch.co.uk
[Jul 14 2006]

Sep 2 - 3, 2006 Beginner's Mind Columbus, OH, USA

Sat. 9am-12pm & 1-6:30pm / Sun. 9am-12pm and 1-5pm / An introduction to Contact Improvisation, welcoming advanced practitioners seeking to break habits through the (non)meditation practice of Zazen. This workshop will focus on bringing the stillpoint into dancing; surrender of choice into clear action; and persistent presence in the here and now. The curiosity here rests on how Zazen and C.I. are manifestations of the same practice of non-thinking, following the truth of the moment, and trusting one's experience as it unfolds -- and how movement and stillness are simply opposite expressions of the same continuum.
$90-120/weekend; $45-60/day (sliding scale for artists, students, and those in need)
CONTACT: Sandra Mendes   !   PHONE: 614-804-3671     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.geocities.com/zen_dancer@sbcglobal.net
[Aug 14 2006]

Sep 4 - 10, 2006 Barcelona Contact & Movement Festival Celra, Catalunia, Spain

6 days of classes, jams & performance in the village of "Celra", 2 hours from Barcelona. The philosophy of "Quatre" is to offer a space to explore and experiment different types of movement and body work, especially "contact improvisation", in a supporting natural environment.
250à - 280à.
CONTACT: Guy Aloni     PHONE: +34 687 58 46 50     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.contactfestival.es
[Jun 27 2006]

Sep 8 - 10, 2006 Waves, Swells and Undercurrents, a Workshop with Martin Keogh Ashland, Oregon, United States

In this workshop we will discover and master more skills and thrills of CI. We will explore the many currents, ripples and patterns available in our sea of peception. With games, some sweat and the unique physicality of the contact body, we will savor and rock the boundaries between states of allowing and mindful intention. Martin Keogh has taught and performed CI for over 26 years. He co-facilitates teacher conferences internationally and is a Fullbright Senior Specialist for his contributions to contact improvisation. His poetic sense of play, enthusiasm and spontanaeity captures the essence of CI and his workshops delight and inspire.
$140-$165 financial ability sliding fee. $20 discount if postmarked by Aug. 30th. Send a check for the amount payable to: Lizz LoPresti, 520 Fordyce St. Ashland, OR 97520
CONTACT: Lizz LoPresti     PHONE: (541) 482-6858 cell: (541) 941-8442     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: <br />
[Aug 6 2006]

Sep 15, 2006 - Sep 19, 2008 A Dance-Focused Wilderness Trek with Nita Little northern sierras, California, USA

In this Contact Improvisation, movement and awareness focused backpacking expedition we will draw inspiration from the everyday miracles of the natural world. Who wouldn’t want to spend time hiking, dancing, doing bodywork and frolicking in the pristine northern sierras? Don't miss this chance to spend five days immersed in nature and dance accompanied by acclaimed Contact Improvisation dance teacher Nita Little. This expedition will change your dance life forever. The Institute for the Study of Awareness in Nature combines wilderness immersion with awareness practices (in this case Contact Improvisation) to create deep, meaningful and potentially life changing experiences. The founder of ISAN (Aaron Jessup) will be leading the backpacking aspect of this trip.
$535 with $200 non-refundable deposit by 9/1/06. ($600 after 9/1/06) Deposit To: Aaron Jessup, 1786 Filbert St., San Francisco, CA 94123
CONTACT: Aaron Jessup     PHONE: (888) 211-8526     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.isantrips.com
[Jul 26 2006]

Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2006 Ray Chung workshop, Malmö Sweden Malmö, Skåne, Sweden

Integrating Movement Methods This class will focus on integrating elements from various movement forms (CI, martial arts, dance, bodywork) to expand our choices and possibilities for Contact. Developing skills for moving in and out of contact seamlessly, how can we use elements of different movement forms to create the dance that moves us physically, emotionally, and in spirit?
700 SEK/€ 76
CONTACT: Sofi H√•kansson     PHONE: +46 (0)733 907596     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.kimpro.se
[Aug 5 2006]

Oct 11 - 15, 2006 Fall East Coast Contact Improvisation Jam Charles Town , WV, USA

This is our 20th year, so join the anniversary celebration! The Fall ECCJ is 5 days dedicated to contact improvisation. Walk the many paths on a 350 acre retreat center, dance, perform, play, experiment, laugh, sauna, sleep, & eat yummy vegetarian meals at Claymont Court. Skilled dancers and newcomers welcome.
Meals, room, & board $265 by September 18; $290 after; deposit $50. Workstudy available. For more information, or .
CONTACT: Michael      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: eastcoastjam.com
[Jul 28 2006]

Oct 14 - 29, 2006 ZIP 2006 International Improvisation festival Live Performing Arts ORVIETO, Umbria, ITALY

Welcome to contact dancers from all over the world!-------------------------------------Zip 2006 Seventh edition October 14-29 \ 2006. A lively international kermes on improvisation performances of dance and live music, with a rich calendar of concerts, performances and jams, Contact Improvisation and Improvisation workshops.This is an announcement with the outline of the Zip 2006 project and the special guests who are truly outstanding this year!! Those who are interested in our Zip project, can in the meanwhile look over the list of performers/masters invited and write us for information and reservations. ----------------------------------- Our site www.contactfestival.it will be up-dated by June.------------------------------- The project this years is planned in three phases:--------------------------------------- BeforeZip October 14-19 Intensive workshop with Simone Forti ìLogomotionî. Six hours a day, reserved to a max of 20 advanced level / expert participants. Requests will be subject to selection.(enrollment ends on July 15).------------ Zipfestival October 19-22 workshops, jams, study labs, performances, concerts. International guests: Simone Forti (USA), Scott Smith (USA), Mans Erlandson (Sweden), Robert Anderson (England), Rick Nodine (USA), Susanne Martin (Germany), Gaby Koch (Germany), Piero Leccese (Italy), Rossella Fiumi (Italy), Franco Zita (Italy), and the musicians Roberto Bellatalla (double-bass), Michele Rabbia (percussion). --------------------------------------------------------------- ----------AfterZip October 24-29 Intensive workshop with Scott Smith. ìMaterials for Movement: Principles, Practice and Contact Improvisationî (Six hours a day).-------- SIMONE FORTI SPECIAL GUEST ZIP 2006: We are particularly proud to communicate the presence at the festival of the great Italy/American Artist Simone Forti, a pioneer and real milestone in the story of improvisation performance!! At the end of the workshop Simone Forti will present a final performance of the group as part of the festival program, during the Zip performance evenings. Simone Forti will also dance her solo in the festival and will give a lecture demonstration , of exceptional interest, on her intense career through the world artistic scene. Definitely not to be missed !! ------------------------- The project is being carried out under the guidance of the independent artist Rossella Fiumi, in her artistic residence in Orvieto Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, and supported by the City of Orvieto. www.contactfestival.it \ info@contactfestival.it +39 0763 34 14 79 --------------------------------------- SIMONE FORTI's Logomotion workshop description: Working with wild mind and intention. In our daily lives, we spontaneously weave together body language and spoken words to help us understand and communicate. Logomotion cultivates this synergetic process, and can serve both as a tool for exploring ones thoughts and feelings, and as a medium for performance. The class will include a warm-up practice to awaken our kinetic juices, and timed writings to put us in touch with our wild thoughts and observations. We will focus on improvisation, including movement explorations and exercises for perceptual and compositional awareness. And for developing a natural and intuitive flow between our moving and our speaking, with depth, surprise and delight. Fortiís general approach to the workshop process comes from Anna Halprinís early dance improvisation work of the 1950s and her influence from the Bauhaus School of Design with its emphasis on education through exploration. Fortiís warm up practice includes influences from Anna Halprinís experiential anatomy work with Margaret HíDoubler, from Yang style Tai Chi Chuan which she studied with Marshall Hoío, and from Bonnie Bainbridge Cohenís developmental movement. The warm up will often lead us to inspired dancing that transcends its point of departure.The writing practice comes from Natalie Goldberg as found in her books ìWriting Down the Bonesî and ìWild Mindî. It will consist of writing sessions of about seven minutes, exploring the associations that gather spontaneously around a chosen point of departure.-------- SCOTT SMITH's workshop description: Materials for Movement - Principles, Practice and Contact Improvisation. The workshops begin with warm ups focused on action and release of movement, in relationship to mass, gravity, momentum, falling, recovery, and reflex, to bring a state of flexibility and awareness to dancing. The movement work uses skeletal imaging and action, with particular focus given to the pelvis and spine as root and limb, for extending spherically and dimensionally into space. The material encourages sensation, improvisation, and use of the dancer's own form and action in relationship to the physical world. Research in' Contact improvisations' will provide lens and practice from which to participate in 'partnering' as movement material, encouraging athletic and or sensual physical engagement with other dancers.------------------------------------------------- Organization Zip.Orvietofestival: Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, Via Malabranca 15, 05018 Orvieto (TR) Italy \ info@contactfestival.it \ rossella@contactfestival.it \ www.contactfestival.it \ Tel +39 0763 34 14 79 \ Project assistant Monica Serra monica@contactfestival.it \ tel +39 339 6675800
The detailed calendar of Zip: hours, lodging logistics, costs, and description of all the workshops, study labs and performances, is still in the process of being defined. General Fees from a minimum of 150 to 400 Euros.
CONTACT: Rossella Fiumi     PHONE: +39 066868746