From xs4jan at gmx.de Sat Jan 4 08:40:16 2020 From: xs4jan at gmx.de (Jan Boeschoten) Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 14:40:16 +0100 Subject: [CI-Announce] Scott Wells: The Flying Score - Workshop, Berlin 16+17.5.2020 Message-ID: <661A1060-6E3A-47BA-A43D-2CF314B73EFC@gmx.de> The Flying Score ? Workshop by Scott Wells Workshop in Contact Improvisation, flight patterns and fluid acrobatics May 16-17, 2020 - Berlin Scott Wells, San Francisco Artistic Director of Scott Wells & Dancers ? contemporary dance ensemble ?renown for their high-flying, gravity-defying dance? SCHEDULE: - Saturday 16.5.: 10-19:00 (break ~14-15:00) - Sunday 17.5.: 11-18:00 (break ~14-15:00) (=total teaching time: ~14h) TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/109335346 COST: Early bird: 145? (money transfer until April 16, 2020), thereafter regular fee: 185? YOUR REGISTRATION: For registration details and workshop questions please contact me by e-mail at xs4jan at gmx.de EVENT WEBSITE: http://contact-improvisation.net/2020/01/01/the-flying-score-ws-by-scott-wells-may-1617-2020/ SHARE YOUR INTEREST: https://www.facebook.com/events/572103330037591/ WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION ? The Flying Score: Starting with contact as our foundation, we?ll traject towards a space that supports freedom of flight and expression: expression that takes us into interaction and ensemble improvisation. That is: we start at zero to redefine what is contact?to ourselves, others, reality, gravity. We start at zero to connect with our bodies, our interest and spontaneity. Some notions: We will decode momentum to ride moving support ? riding momentum is about letting go without being out-of?control. We?ll track flying centers of gravity to find aerial interactions that increase the contact. I like to inject some body systems material (BMC, Alexander Technique and bodywork). For example: Jumping ? Flying because jumping is a muscular action, whereas flying is in the bones and is affected greatly by emotions and attitude. Some of the techniques that will be tought are: ?flying patterns? (lifts, how to spring, how to jump, how to fly), ?fluid acrobatics? (actobatics in movement), ?pure contact?(contact improvisation basics). For the acrobatic and advanced patterns everyone will work at their own level and will learn best by building group safety and trust ? everyone will do something new. We will learn some repertory and practice taking the aerial work into improv. I like feedback and will see what the group is up for. We will practice flying, catching, landing, fluid acrobatics and deft maneuvers. We?ll be doing my favorite contact exercises and current curiosities--created or learned over the decades of investigation and indulgence. We use these to warm up, center and to re-enter the ?beginner?s mind? of contact improvisation. We will practice integrating the flying and acrobatics into the contact flow. That is: aerial interactions that increase the contact. We will take the aerial work into improvisation FLYING SCORES. VIDEOS: https://vimeo.com/115280415 https://vimeo.com/71350780 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAxE41NM5Pg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBnus7agXHk https://vimeo.com/132053009 https://vimeo.com/69625456 BIO SCOTT WELLS: In 1981 Scott Wells discovered the pleasure of contact improvisation shortly after becoming obsessed with the struggles of modern dance. He stuck with both, received an MFA in dance from the University of Illinois (1991) and currently directs a company in San Francisco. Scott Wells & Dancers is celebrating 25 years of making dances in San Francisco. Wells has created works for skateboarders, for boxers and choreographed West Side Story for Sonoma State University. In 2010 and 2005 Scott received the Izzie (San Francisco?s most prestigious dance award) for Outstanding Choreography and was selected by Dance Magazine as ?one of the 25 To Watch?. In 2016 Wells choreographed Touchy Subjects with Keith Hennessy and in 2017 choreographed On the Occasion of our 25th Anniversary (and eviction) we ask, ?Was that good for you?? with Kathleen Hermesdorf. Wells has been practicing Alexander Technique for twenty five years and BMC for fifteen. Scott?s style of contact is athletic and emphasizes freedom of movement, flying, fluid acrobatics (easy to advanced), safety, precision, pleasure and technique. What students often like best in Scott's classes is the variance between meditative, playful, and very physical dancing. And students appreciate how the scary or advanced moves are safe, relaxed and made possible. PRESS: ?Scott Wells...has a dizzying abundance of pure dance-making talent? Rachel Howard, SF Examiner "Wells has become over the last fifteen years the Paul Taylor of Contact Improv ? that is, the first to make dances in this idiom that are deeply musical, somehow "normal," imaginative, witty, often hilarious, sometimes fierce.? Paul Parrish, Danceviewtimes "Come for the Thrills, Stay for the Artistry." Allan Ulrich, Voice of Dance "Sproing! Once you adjust to the notion that very fit people are supposed to be bouncing off walls and flying in your face, you can relax and let them (Wells and dancers) do their thing, which is an electrifying style of contact improvisation" SF Weekly LOCATION: Tanzraum Wedding Oudenarder Stra?e 16-20, 13347 Berlin Bauteil A-West, 2. OG, between staircase A7-A8 Studio No.2 https://www.tanzraum-berlin.de/saele TRAFFIC LINKS: Subway U9 : Nauener Platz Tram M50, M13 : Osram-H?fe Bus Linien 106, 120, 142, 327 https://www.google.de/maps?daddr=13347+Berlin,+ Oudenarder+Strasse+16-20 PHOTO CREDIT: David Papas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Chair dive 300dpi.jpg Type: image/jpg Size: 262859 bytes Desc: not available URL: From elskeseidel at hotmail.com Sun Jan 5 11:05:31 2020 From: elskeseidel at hotmail.com (Elske Seidel) Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 16:05:31 +0000 Subject: [CI-Announce] CI BASIC Training Program Hamburg with Elske Seidel - April I May I June 2020 - Germany In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: [cid:a3a8f073-297c-46b2-b56f-49c978b9ccd1] CI BASIC Training Program Hamburg with Elske Seidel April I May I June 2020 Germany > deutsche Version siehe unten The CI Basic Training Program offers a clear supported space to focus on the fundamentals of Contact Improvisation, laying the ground for our practice. As we enter into the experience of essential states and qualities of Contact Improvisation, core movement principles and specific techniques will emerge that support us in finding ease and flow in our movement both solo and with a partner. Looking at precise technique as well as working somatically, discovering and learning from our bodies, we can widen our experience and the joy of dancing Contact Improvisation. The progression of the three weekend-modules allows for material to build and community to grow. Together, in the ease of continuity and connection, we will create a space to discover, explore, question, research, and enjoy. The training program opens our sense of possibility, connecting to different layers and aspects of Contact Improvisation. The stream of choice becomes three-dimensional and we can move in any direction both metaphorically and physically. Embodying a deeper joined physical and intellectual knowing, we will move, practice and dance, as well as read, write, talk and listen. There will be time to look at the history of CI. Understanding where CI comes from, out of what context it emerged, and how it developed over the years supports us in finding our own freedom, meaning, and place in it today. One essential element of Contact Improvisation is jamming. The Basic Training Program would like to offer the space and time to feel comfortable in a Contact Jam. As we enter a field of improvisation and play, we discover what thrills and supports us, and what we need to feel safe in our practice of CI. Understanding its language more intuitively and clearly empowers us to follow our own curiosities and ease as we dance and play together. Each time finding again and again our own way 'in' to enjoy and participate in the dance, in the practice, in a contact jam, and in movement itself. 3 Modules: 17-19 April / 8-10 May / 12-14 June 2020 Times: Fri 7 am-9:30 pm, Sat 11 am-6 pm, Sun 10:30 am-4:30 pm (Sat+Sun including 1.5h lunch break) Price: 380 ? (with bank transfer until Feb 18), later 450 ? sleeping in the studio possible for 7?/night Registration & Info: http://elskedance.de/en/events/5d0b428414c91a8432247ce9/view Place: TRIADE ? Zentrum f?r Tanz und Performance Bernstorffstr. 117, Hamburg ? St. Pauli / Germany www.triadehamburg.de Elske Seidel based in Berlin, is a passionate CI dancer & teacher, deeply committed to CI and its community internationally. She has been teaching dance full time and wholeheartedly for over two decades, CI since 2004. Her boundless fascination and joy exploring and researching Contact Improvisation in all its depth and subtleties, inspires her workshops, privates, ongoing classes, and each of the projects she creates. Her work recognizes nature, improvisation and teaching itself as core sources for knowledge and understanding. Meeting the moment, she offers organic support for the individual and the instant community as it emerges, allowing each to feel, find and follow what they need to learn and dance. She is the artistic director of the Annual Contact Festival Fuerteventura/ Spain and co-creates Dance Your Question: CI Research Week for Experienced Contact Dancers, CI Training Program Hamburg/ Germany, CI BASIC Training Program Hamburg/ Germany and Nature as Teacher Workshops. www.elskedance.de www.canarian.contactfestival.info photo @Katelyn Stiles flyer design @mapp.graphics ** ****Deutsche Version***** BASIS Ausbildung Contact Improvisation mit Elske Seidel April I Mai I Juni 2020 HAMBURG In drei aufeinander aufbauenden Modulen, erleben und erforschen wir Wesensprinzipien, Grundtechniken und essentielle Bewegungsqualit?ten der Contact Improvisation. Die Basis Ausbildung l?dt ein, intensiv und systematisch ?ber einen l?ngeren Zeitraum in einer Gruppe Contact Improvisation zu lernen und durch das gewachsene Vertrauen Qualit?t und Tiefe in der t?nzerischen Entwicklung sowie in der Begegnung im Tanz zu erfahren. Es wird Raum f?r auftauchende Fragen und Themen geben und ein gesunder Austausch ?ber das eigene Erleben kultiviert. Wir werden technisch-pr?zise und somatisch-sp?rend Bewegungsprinzipien erforschen, die wesentlich f?r eine m?helose, genussvolle und nachhaltige K?rperorganisation sind. Dabei arbeiten wir alleine und im Kontakt. Neben dem ?berwiegend praktischen Anteil der Ausbildung werden wir anhand von Texten und Originalvideos aus der Entstehungszeit einen Einblick in die Theorie und Geschichte der Contact Improvisation erhalten. Wir werden erfahren, wo CI herkommt, wie und in welchem zeitlichen Kontext es entstanden ist und wie es heute praktiziert wird. Ziel der Ausbildung ist es Jam-f?hig zu sein, sich sicher zu f?hlen im eigenen K?rper, im Tanz und im Kontakt mit anderen. 3 Module: 17.-19. April / 8.-10. Mai / 12.-14. Juni 2020 Zeiten: Fr 19-21:30 Uhr, Sa 11-18 Uhr*, So 10:30-16:30 Uhr * *mit 1,5 Std Pause Preis: 380 ? (Kontoeingang bis 18. Feb.), sp?ter 450 ? ?bernachtung im Studio m?glich ? 7/ Nacht Introductory Weekend: 125 ? (until 18. Feb), after 150 ? Anmeldung & Info: http://elskedance.de/de/events/5d0b428414c91a8432247ce9/view Ort: TRIADE ? Zentrum f?r Tanz und Performance Bernstorffstr. 117, Hamburg ? St. Pauli www.triadehamburg.de Elske Seidel (Berlin) ist eine global vernetzte und international engagierte Contact Lehrerin, T?nzerin und Bewegungsforscherin. Sie unterrichtet seit weit ?ber zwei Jahrzehnten kontinuierlich und von ganzem Herzen Tanz, Contact seit 2004. Ihre Hauptforschungsfrage 'Das Wesen von Tanz und seine Vermittlung' motiviert seit Beginn ihres Studiums 1993 bis zum heutigen Tag den Kern ihrer Arbeit. Elske hat eine unersch?pfliche Faszination Contact Improvisation in ihren Feinheiten und ihrer Tiefe zu erforschen und ?ffnet daf?r den Raum und das Bewusstsein in ihrem Unterricht. Ihr Tanz und ihre Forschung sind getragen von ihrer Arbeit in der Natur, als Quelle f?r Wissen und Inspiration. Einige ihrer Projekte sind: Dance Your Questions: CI Research Week, CI Fortbildungsreihe Hamburg, CI BASIS Ausbildung Hamburg, Contact Festival & Camp Fuerteventura, Nature as Teacher Workshops. www.elskedance.de www.canarian.contactfestival.info photo @Katelyn Stiles flyer design @mapp.graphics -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Outlook-nytcw1gr.png Type: image/png Size: 889288 bytes Desc: Outlook-nytcw1gr.png URL: From ontjam at contactimprov.ca Fri Jan 17 16:02:30 2020 From: ontjam at contactimprov.ca (Ontario Regional Contact Jam) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:02:30 -0500 Subject: [CI-Announce] ORCJ extra-early-bird registration closes in two weeks, after Jan 31 Message-ID: View online or unsubscribe . Ontario Regional Contact Jam 2020 Three days of contact improv in three large sun-lit studios. Amazingly economical if you register by January 31 . This year?s three-day contact improv jam runs Saturday, April 4 to Monday, April 6. This is the weekend before the Easter / Passover holiday weekend (so the Monday is a work day). Doors open at 9 am each day, and we dance to midnight on Saturday and Sunday, 5 pm on Monday. Once again we are at Canada?s National Ballet School, 400 Jarvis St , in Toronto. You pay discounted prices if you register in January ($100) or in February ($120). You pay full price in March and April ($140). Registration will pause after Wednesday, March 25, ten days before the jam, and reopen at the event itself. People registering up to March 25 have access to the delicious catered food, which is three lunches and snacks. At-the-door registration gives you everything except lunches and snacks. If you wait to pay at the door, the caterer won?t have brought food for you; please plan to bring food or eat out. We encourage participation in the whole three-day weekend, but you may also register online or at the door for any combination of mornings (9-2), afternoons (2-7), and evenings (7-12). Each segment costs $30; there are no early discounts. Register now at orcj.yapsody.com. If money is an issue, email Charlie at ontjam at contactimprov.ca: we?ll easily work something out. As we head towards 300 attendees, it helps us plan if you register early. Already registered? Invite a friend. Programming Team Laurie Davis and Celia McBride are curating and facilitating again this year. One of their many goals for this year is to leave more space in the program for open community jamming. Welcome to Toronto About half our attendees come from out of town, and we hope to offer free lodging to as many as possible, on a first-come first-served basis. We are confident that we will be able to find spaces for everyone who registers by the end of January. We will continue to accept requests until the end of February. If you have a spare floor or couch, please tell Dmitri at orcjhousing at contactimprov.ca. Thanks to the exchange rate, you can attend the ORCJ for just $77 US if you pay in January. Toronto is an easy trip from the US Midwest and East Coast. Every Body Is Invited We welcome new dancers, non-dancers, people of all ages, sizes and shapes, gender identities and sexual orientations, colors and cultures, mental and physical configurations. New to contact improvisation? We?ll have a total-beginner class on the first morning. (Included with the weekend; $30 for just that morning, including both the class and time for jamming.) Following the morning, participants can choose to attend more of the weekend. The venue is wheelchair accessible, including common areas, dance floors, and washrooms. Studios and washrooms have manual doors, usually kept propped open. For those who request attendant care, ASL translation, or have other accessibility requests, please let us know as soon as possible to increase the likelihood that we can make arrangements. Food is vegan with gluten- and nut-free options. Contact Olya at olyaglotka at gmail.com with any food requests or questions. Our community guidelines can be found here . We hope you?ll help our inclusion efforts with your suggestions. How we can best include you and others? Weekend Highlights - Complete and total newcomer class. - All-level, and intermediate/advanced workshops. - Dancing with and without music. - Open jamming available at all times. - Space for silent dancing, resting, and bodywork. - Lunches and snacks if you register by March 25. - Dinners with new friends at the many nearby restaurants and groceries / food courts / parks. More Information Questions or suggestions? Ask ontjam at contactimprov.ca. - Non-tracking web site: contactimprov.ca/orcj - It helps us if RSVP and share with your friends on Facebook: facebook.com/events/292156211719415 - Register now: orcj.yapsody.com See you soon! ? Celia, Charlie, Dmitri, Emily, Eva, Henry, Ian!, Ken, Laurie, Luke, Michael, Miro, Olya, Sarah, Suzanne, Sylvia, Vivek, ... [Add your name to this list. Help us run the jam!] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ontjam at contactimprov.ca Wed Jan 29 15:19:38 2020 From: ontjam at contactimprov.ca (Ontario Regional Contact Jam) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:19:38 -0500 Subject: [CI-Announce] Early-Bird Registration Deadline Approaching In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Early-Bird Deadline The early-bird rate of $100 for the Ontario Regional Contact Jam 2020 in Toronto lasts through Friday, January 31. In February, the price rises to $120. Full price is $140 through March 25, then pre-event registration ends. You can still pay $140 at the door, but food will not be included. You should register now: orcj.yapsody.com Registration includes dancing for three days, with nearly three hundred people, in at least three large rooms, with three delicious lunches and three healthy snacks. (Saturday, April 4, 9am?midnight; Sunday, April 5, 9am?midnight; Monday, April 6, 9am?5pm.) Non-tracking web site: contactimprov.ca/orcj It helps us if you share with your friends on Facebook: facebook.com/events/292156211719415 Hit reply to ask questions or to unsubscribe. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ken.manheimer at gmail.com Wed Jan 29 17:21:56 2020 From: ken.manheimer at gmail.com (Ken Manheimer) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 17:21:56 -0500 Subject: [CI-Announce] East Coast Jam registration open, jam will be April 15 to 19 Message-ID: Hi, all! The East Coast Jam is a four day gathering near Washington DC, USA to explore Contact Improvisation with people who love it. The Spring jam 2020 Spring East Coast jam happens April 15th to the 19th in a retreat center in rural West Virginia, around 1.5 hour drive from DC. We'd love to see you there - it's a great opportunity to gather with contact improvisers in a lovely setting, with time to breathe and meander and, most of all, dance. Details below. Spring 2020 East Coast Jam registration is ready The prospect of dancing with you warms us. Join us! - *When*: April 15th to the 19th - *Where*: Claymont Society , a 1.5 hour drive from Washington DC - *Cost* for full jam: $410 . Fewer days is an option - see the website. Costs increase after March 29) - *To register*: https://eastcoastjam.com/jam-registration/register-here - *Jam **specifics*: https://eastcoastjam.com/events/spring-2020-jam The cost for the full jam is up $10 from last year, to $410 for the full jam with the early-bird discount. (Three days is up by $5, to $340.) You secure your registration with a $50 deposit, which is fully refundable until the end of the early-bird period, March 29th (so no reason to delay!) *Please help spread the word* - links, dates, and love - with all who might like to join us: - Share this and the Facebook event with your friends and interested groups, mark yourself as going, and like the event! Questions? Contact springecj at gmail.com We look forward to having time to breathe and dance and wander with you soon! With love, Jonathan, Kathleen, and Ken -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: