From scottbwells at hotmail.com Tue Dec 1 12:33:28 2009 From: scottbwells at hotmail.com (scott wells) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:33:28 +0000 Subject: [CI-Announce] San Francisco, January, Contact and BMC with Scott Wells and Cathie Caraker In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Here's SW&D 1 minute trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h1-LQ0Dufo > Subject: python.org mailing list memberships reminder > From: mailman-owner at python.org > To: scottbwells at hotmail.com > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:00:16 +0100 > > This is a reminder, sent out once a month, about your python.org > mailing list memberships. It includes your subscription info and how > to use it to change it or unsubscribe from a list. > > You can visit the URLs to change your membership status or > configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery > or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. > > In addition to the URL interfaces, you can also use email to make such > changes. 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URL: From scottbwells at hotmail.com Wed Dec 2 16:09:24 2009 From: scottbwells at hotmail.com (scott wells) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:09:24 +0000 Subject: [CI-Announce] San Francisco, January Intensive, Scott Wells and Cathie Caraker, BMC and Contact Message-ID: Contact Improv and Body Mind Centering JANUARY 8-17 With Scott Wells and Cathie Caraker Dear Friends, Cathie Caraker and I are teaching a ten day intensive on Body Mind Centering and Contact Improvisation. I have found that BMC and particularly Cathie's approach to it uniquely alters my body and movement experience. And I have wanted more affordable opportunities to study BMC and the other somatic wonders that are generally more expensive than contact/dance workshops. Drumroll.....so at $450 10 days is a great deal, but we want to get the ball rolling with early registrations so, we've made a $150 DISCOUNT: $300 (To receive discount send your deposit of $75 postmarked on or before December 15. Check payable to Scott Wells mail to 1805 divisadero, SF 94115 Attention Winter Intensive). Space is limited, so the earlier the better. Please email me at scottbwells at hotmail.com to confirm. THE INTENSIVE Body-Mind Centering?, Contact Improvisation and Performance Research JANUARY 8-17 Experiential, Technical, Somatic and Acrobatic For experienced dancers and contactors. A 10 day intensive with Cathie Caraker and Scott Wells At Danceground Keriac; 1805 Divisadero, San Francisco SCHEDULE: JANUARY 8-17 (10 - 4 M-F) 12-6 Saturdays, Sundays and 7:30-10 Friday and Saturdays The first class is January 8 at 7:30pm Informal performance Party Sunday Night January 17th (There will be studio space available for other meetings and rehearsals) PS: January 18th is a holiday, so there may be transition time. Cost: $450 (priced for artists) Pre-registration ($75) recommended Check payable to Scott Wells Mail to 1805 Divisadero, SF 94115 for bios: ScottWellsdance.com Caraker.com Video info: SW&D 1 minute trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h1-LQ0Dufo BODY-MIND CENTERING? WITH CATHIE CARAKER Body-Mind Centering? (BMC) is an innovative approach to movement reeducation developed by dancer and occupational therapist Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. Integrating anatomical, psychological and developmental principles, the work leads to an understanding of how the mind is expressed through the body in movement. BMC offers an experiential approach to learning about our living anatomy, as well as a method of movement analysis which can be useful in the creative process. In this workshop we will use the BMC work as a lens through which we investigate our creative resources as movers. We will study each of the major body systems (skeleton, muscles, organs, fluids, nerves and endocrine glands), experiencing their structures, functions and individual expressive qualities through intentional touch and improvisation. We?ll also explore the developmental movement process, which underlies all our movement expression. Reintegrating these fundamental patterns and principles helps to increase our clarity and coordinaton as movers, allowing us longer and healthier dancing lives. This workshop is highly recommended for dancers, actors, movement therapists and others who work with movement. CONTACT IMPROV WITH SCOTT WELLS CI into Performance Jam We take one element (yes, we'll learn some flying and fluid acrobatics) work it inside out, practice integrating it into jamming then use it for performance experiments. Performance research: 1) We start with our own body. Sensing self, desires, body awareness. 2) We expand our awareness to partners ( contact improvisation). 3) We expand our awareness to watchers (or audience). We connect to their experience. This is improvisational performance. To connect to the audience, we must also practice being an audience. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From xs4jan at gmx.de Wed Dec 2 21:32:24 2009 From: xs4jan at gmx.de (J.B.) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:32:24 +0100 Subject: [CI-Announce] WORKSHOP "Dancing The Endless Web - Fascia & Contact Improvisation" DANIEL BEAR DAVIS, January 23/24 2010, BERLIN, Schwelle 7 Message-ID: Dancing The Endless Web Fascia and Contact Improvisation Intermediate/ Advanced Workshop with Daniel Bear Davis Saturday & Sunday January 23 / 24 2010, 12 am - 6 pm Fascia: the three dimensional web of connective tissue that runs continuously from a thick layer just under your skin into the mysterious depths of your body. Fascia weaves a network of interwoven membrane around every muscle, organ, bone and cell. Accessing this incredibly intelligent system in our dance opens a world of specificity, subtlety, and increased kinetic potential. We will traverse the range, from witnessing and following the delicate unwinding of the tissues, to finding incredible support for dynamic flight, elastic buoyancy and the creation of countless hidden shelves. Join me in researching this endlessly fascinating realm. Daniel Bear Davis is a recent transplant from the SF Bay Area. He has been teaching and dancing CI for 10 years. He utilizes the form in his dance theatre company, Shah and Blah Productions as well as in acrobatic stilt theatre work with The Carpetbag Brigade He has been influenced by his study of Axis Syllabus: Universal Motor Principles and by his massage practice. He has also been influenced by the countless bizarre apparatuses and architectures he has performed on including construction scaffolding, boulders in the desert, the walls of a boat, a submarine, a suspended welded sphere, and many more. Participation: 2 days 80 Euro Registrations per email: danbeardavis at hotmail.com Daniel Bear Davis: +49-176 8755 8566 Place: Schwelle 7, Uferstra?e 6, HH 1. OG (near Uferstudios), 13357 Berlin Web: www.schwelle7.de/DanBearDavis.html More: Myspace.com/shahandblahproductions -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From xs4jan at gmx.de Mon Dec 7 23:35:41 2009 From: xs4jan at gmx.de (J.B.) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:35:41 +0100 Subject: [CI-Announce] MALCOLM MANNING: 1. Awareness Perception Presence class & 2. Contact Improvisation workshop, January 25-29, 2010, Schwelle7, Berlin/Germany Message-ID: <9526F6B1-A3BB-4526-9457-DA21D1C89CCE@gmx.de> MALCOLM MANNING: 1. Awareness Perception Presence class & 2. Contact Improvisation workshop, January 25-29, 2010, Schwelle7, Berlin/Germany 5 day Intensive with Malcolm Manning morning classes 11am - 1:30pm: Awareness Perception Presence class afternoon workshop 3:00pm - 6:00pm: Contact Improvisation workshop WHEN: Monday ? Friday, January 25-29, 2010 WHERE: Schwelle 7, Berlin, Germany (1)AWARENESS PERCEPTION PRESENCE: MOVING FROM THE FISH BODY Morning Class series - open for all levels - (11:00am - 1:30pm) (You can attend only the morning classes, without the workshop!!!) Malcolm has spent the last five-years developing a body of work called Awareness Perception Presence in which he combines the Feldenkrais Method, Experiential Anatomy and other specially-devised material to enter into a physical dialogue with ourselves and our environment. In this particular series, we'll explore the Fish Body (axial skeleton) taking some of Steve Paxton's Material For The Spine as our reference. Each class begins with a guided exploration/lecture/dialogue in which the specific theme of the class is introduced through movement and associated anatomical details. Next a Feldenkrais (ATM) class which aims to clarify some aspects of the theme. The final part of the class is spent in self-directed exploration taking the references movements as a starting point. SInce we work alone in these classes, it is possible to open these to anyone who wishes to attend. The set material is simply standing and walking so makes no special demands physically. (2) Contact IMPROVISATIONAL MIND Contact Improvisation Workshop - advanced only - (3:00pm - 6:00pm) (Includes participation in the morning classes!!!) When are we truly improvising CI and when are we just running through familiar patterns and pathways? As we become more experienced and skilled in the form, how can we keep our dancing fresh and improvisational? One way is to study how to be present to ourselves and to extend our perception of ourselves. The Awareness Perception Presence morning class series aims to address to these issues. In the context of this workshop, you could think of them as an extended warm-up or preparation to dance CI. In the afternoon sessions, we'll follow a process that unfolds by exploring a series of simple CI scores designed to interrupt the familiar. We'll also create our own scores, explore some less-common contact technique, watch each other dancing, and dialogue on the improvisational nature of CI. During the workshop, the exploration of scores will be directed mainly toward the question of improvisation in CI. My experience is that they are interesting to watch and also open up strategies for performing CI. The workshop will therefore culminate in a showing where we will dance some of the scores that we have worked on for an audience. Participation in the workshop showing is not absolutely necessary but strongly encouraged. It will take place on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 8:30 PM For the afternoon workshop there is a limited number of places, available for participants with at least three years experience of dancing and studying contact improvisation. If you are interested then please write a brief outline of your experience and interest in attending (no more than one side A4). -------------------------------------- MALCOLM MANNING: I am a somatic movement researcher, educator and performing artist. Movement is life and just about any situation can be analysed in terms of what moves, how, where, when and with what quality - I am fascinated by how people move and by how I move, both alone and in relation to others. I have been based in Finland for the last eight years where I am currently a part-time senior lecturer in the dance department of the Theatre Academy of Finland (Finland's highest level dance education) and have helped to develop and teach around two months a year on the one-year Dance And Somatics education in Joensuu. I also tour Europe teaching, at various venues including TanzQuartier Wien and ImpulsTanz. For more info visit http://www.movetolearn.com WORKSHOP: http://www.schwelle7.de/Malcolm.html REGISTRATION: xs4jan (at) gmx.de FEES: Workshop including morning classes: 5 days / 200 EUR Morning classes only: 5 days / 120 EUR SLEEPING: We can host up workshop participants basic opportunities to stay overnight. The cost is 10 EUR a night per person. ----------- LOCATION -------- Schwelle 7 Uferstra?e 6 HH 1. OG 13357 Berlin/Germany Phone: +49 (0) 173 - 6118404 http://www.schwelle7.de Email: info (at) felixruckert.de TRAFFIC LINK: UB Nauener Platz, Pankstr, Osloer Str, SB Gesundbrunnen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From saliq at wiremonkeydance.com Wed Dec 9 20:35:42 2009 From: saliq at wiremonkeydance.com (Francis Savage) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:35:42 -0500 Subject: [CI-Announce] TrypTik Dance premieres STILL IN THE PINK, Northampton MA, this weekend! References: Message-ID: <937A9376-7F55-4B00-9762-BAB1DA40E8F8@wiremonkeydance.com> Jen Polins, co-director of Wire Monkey Dance is premiering a new show. See details below. Saliq >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Friends, Just a friendly reminder about our upcoming shows STILL IN THE PINK. Not only will it be a entertaining, unconventional evening, it is also the first more formal performance at Studio Helix in Thornes Market. As most of you know, we lost a great resource and historical space with the sale of Thornes and the transition of the third floor. Thanks to Gordy Thorne for his generous support for so many years! And thanks to Bill Arcand and Kate Faulkner who are holding the vision with a small (1/8 of the size) space with the hopes that dance and performance can still happen on some level up on the third floor of Thornes. We are excited to have you join us for the adventure. Also, please note that seating is very limited and we are almost at capacity for Sunday afternoon. So please try to come Friday or Saturday if possible! And please spread the word! Arff! Jen Polins 413 695 1799 "Still In The Pink" 1.a wild, sexy and trenchant confrontation with time, death, aging and femininity. 2. a premiere by TrypTik, a new dance company with three old souls.? TrypTik: Lani Nahele/Lisa Schmidt, Catherine Musinsky and Jennifer Polins Fri/Sat Dec 11-12, 8PM, Sun Dec 13, 4pm Studio Helix, Thornes Market 3rd floor, 150 Main Street, Northampton $15/$10 students 413 695 1799 reservations/information -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 3ladiesWindowFlyer-2[3].jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 168680 bytes Desc: not available URL: From spiralforward at gmail.com Wed Dec 30 14:39:31 2009 From: spiralforward at gmail.com (k h) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:39:31 -0500 Subject: [CI-Announce] Only a couple spots left and one day to register for CIRF NYI Jan 1-3! Message-ID: Hi friends! I thought I'd forward this along in case you are ringing in the new year in the sf bay area; there are only a couple of spots left and this workshop promises to be deeply gratifying. (plus i just got word that if you need a payment plan to make it happen, you can contact CIRF directly at contact at ciResearchForum.org or 415-335-6384 !) ... happy dancing and best wishes for 2010! ~kim Happy holidays, dancers! In case you haven't heard, there are only a couple of late-reg spaces left in CIRF's *New Year?s Intensive (NYI) Jan 1-3, 2010: Research Into Scores* with Jennifer Chien and Brenton Cheng at CounterPULSE in San Francisco, CA (USA) $185 Registration includes 1-year CIRF membership. (see website for growing list of CIRF discounts/benefits with membership.) *Already registered? Forward this email to a friend!* *Not sure* if this intensive is for you? *Read on* for more detailed information! *Questions? *Ask them at: contact at ciResearchForum.org or 415-335-6384 (Payment plans and special accommodations are available. Check out the FAQs link at the bottom of this email.) If you're in, you can go to registration right now: http://ciResearchForum.org/membership Or, please read on for more details and link to full description: *In this Intermediate Intensive you will learn/enhance how to:* - Craft scores for performance, jamming, artistry, and personal practice. - Integrate contact improvisation (CI) into more open improvisation without losing track of partners. - Discover new tools for staying engaged and true to your own impulses. - Identify your own superpowers and get new ones. - Enhance skills for dancing CI with more than one person. - Big picture vs. little picture focus ? make the dance meaningful. - Learn how specific scores and parameters can clarify your compositional intent. - Move beyond your current edge by employing new concrete tools/pathways. *SCHEDULE* *Fri Jan 1: 7-10pm *Intros & Intentions Jam: semi-open score, watching, collecting, harvesting *Sat Jan 2: 10am-6pm* 10am-1pm CI Class: Skills and Patterns 2-4pm Tools/Exercises for Group Tuning 4-6pm Scorework: Practicing & Feedback *Sun Jan 3: 10am-6pm * 10am-1pm CI Class: Personal Style and jumping out of your own frame 2-4pm Tools/Exercises for Solo Resourcing vs. Group Action 4-6pm Scorework: Development, Usage and Crafting. Final Harvest. *CounterPULSE *Studio Theater has a full kitchen where students can store/prepare lunch Sat & Sun, a beautiful sprung wood dancefloor, good heating, and is conveniently located a quick walk from all major public transit and good vegan/vegetarian/organic meat restaurant options. (Details at link below.) For Brenton & Jen?s juicy bios, Intensive full description and FAQs go to: http://ciResearchForum.org/nyi_info *We hope to see you there for a lovely and lively cap on the holiday season! ~CIRF Staff * ------------------------------ For all correspondence with CIRF, email us at contact at ciResearchForum.org This message was sent by CIRF 1005 Market Street, #411 San Francisco, CA 94103 United States 415-335-6384 -- ...it's funny because it's true. wccif.org is now: www.ciResearchForum.org check us out! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: