From cathypaine at mindspring.com Wed Jul 9 12:27:52 2003 From: cathypaine at mindspring.com (Cathy Paine) Date: Wed Jul 9 11:27:55 2003 Subject: [CI-Announce] FW: This Saturday 7/12/03: Boston-Baltimore Dance-Music Collaboration with Nicole Bindler and Alli Ross Message-ID: <000501c3462e$ab704f10$65e64a43@MAX> This weekend, experimental Boston-based dancers Nicole Bindler and Ali Ross come to Baltimore for two very special events: 1.) performance collaboration with local musicians Saturday night at the Red Room, and 2.) contact improvisation workshop at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute Saturday day. 1.) Concert at The Red Room 7/12/03 8:30 PM $6 The Red Room Presents a Night of Extremely Experimental Movement and Sound: with Boston dancers- Nicole Bindler Alli Ross and Baltimore sonic improvisors- Andy Hayleck : gong, electronics Catherine Pancake : percussion Dan Breen : strings, electronics John Berndt : reeds, electronics at The Red Room c/o. Normals Books and Records 25 E. 31st Street Baltimore .......... 2.) Contact Improv Workshop Saturday 7/12/03 1:00-4:00PM Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute 847 N. Howard Street Baltimore, MD. Open to the public: $13-$20 (sliding scale) 3 hr performance workshop with Nicole Bindler and Alli Ross. Part 1 -New Dance Technique --------------------------- Nicole will lead a warm up based on Yoga, Feldenkrais and New Dance Technique. The warm up will focus on initiating from both our core and periphery, and reconciling our internal sensation with the outside world. This slow, deep warm up will prepare our bodies for full, powerful dancing in the context of a choreographed movement phrase. Part 2 -Improvisation and Composition. -------------------------------------- Alli will facilitate solo, duet and group improvisation scores based on her work with Deborah Hay and Debra Bluth. We will develop compositions based on our improvisational research. Elements in the environment and photographs supplied by Alli will also deepen our investigation .......... About the performers: --------------------- Nicole Bindler LMT, holds a BA in Dance and Poetry from Hampshire College. She has studied Modern Dance, Contact Improvisation, Composition, Martial Arts, Yoga, Butoh, Pilates, Body-Mind Centering and Feldenkrais. Some of her most influential teachers have been Wendy Woodson, Felice Wolfzahn, Cathy Caraker, Rythea Kaufman, Jessica Newman, Deborah Butler and Debra Bluth. Nicole Bindler has shown her own multimedia work throughout Boston, the Northeast, Midwest and in Berlin. She has performed in the work of Brenda Divelbliss, Jennifer Hicks and has ongoing collaborations with dancers Lailye Weidman, Alli Ross and Joe Burgio. She has worked with many experimental musicians including Bhob Rainey, Greg Kelley, Jonathan Vincent, Howard Stelzer and Mike Bullock. Nicole Bindler is highly influenced by comic books. She also directs political street theater. Occasionally she can be found lying in the street in protest of war. Alli Ross is thrilled to be collaborating with such innovative artists who curiously explore these powerful vehicles we reside in. Her interests in the performing arts and culture have lead her to study a broad spectrum of dance forms ranging from West African dance in Ghana to experiential anatomy in Cambridge, MA. Recent solo, collaborative and commissioned work includes 'Spillway' Produced by Lailye Weidman, 'Filling up' in the Last Call Improvisation Series at Olivier Besson's Loft in South Boston and at Mobius, Deborah Hay's Solo Commissioning project 2000. Alli Ross holds a BA from Skidmore College in Anthropology and Dance and is currently teaching creative movement in the Boston Public schools. She is currently studying the art and skill of Massage at The Muscular Therapy Institute. Deborah Hay, Anne Bogart, Min Tanaka, Kirstie Simson, Yaucub Addy, Lorinda Garner, Marjorie Morgan, Debra Bluth and the wise, intelligent Nicole Bindler and Lailye Weidman continuously present her with inspiration. Baltimore musicians Catherine Pancake, Dan Breen, Andy Hayleck, and John Berndt are all memebers of the collective that organizes the Red Room, and are highly developed local improvisors who work with a broad range of unusual sounds and ideas. Each has substantial abilities with conventional unconventional instruments and has collaborated extensively inside and outside Baltimore with a host of international improvisors. This performance marks one of the first between this group of improvisors and nationally know dancers working in with equivently extreme techniques in experimental movement. .......... http://www.redroom.org The Red Room: expanding the definition of expanding the definition. ____________________________________________ Always Thinking. The Berndt Group, Ltd. www.berndtgroup.com 2850 N Charles St, 2nd Fl Baltimore, MD 21218 Email: johnb@berndtgroup.net Voice: (410) 889-5854 Fax: (410) 889-5904 From cyrusak at juno.com Fri Jul 11 01:10:48 2003 From: cyrusak at juno.com (cyrusak@juno.com) Date: Fri Jul 11 03:45:23 2003 Subject: [CI-Announce] Fw: Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive is coming up... Message-ID: <20030711.003719.-4025927.16.cyrusak@juno.com> (If you wish to be removed from list, just reply with "remove" in subject) Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive 2003 - Schellsburg, PA August 16-24 FACILITATORS: Alicia Grayson, Martin Keogh and Cyrus Khambatta DATE: Sat. 16th-Sun 24th, August (classes run Sun. through Sat.) DESCRIPTION: Located in a lush valley at the base of the Allegheny mountains on 200 acres surrounded by rolling hills, meadows, lakes, forests and farm land, The Wild Meadows Farm and barn-studio sits between two quiet ridges inviting creative contemplation and movement discovery. This year's Improvisation Intensive will include study of contact improvisation/release technique, composition and perceptual awareness and Yoga, while tasty homemade food will nourish our bodies. Through Yoga we will use the principles of sthira (alert and awake) and sukha (comfortable and relaxed) to connect us to our vibrant core. Through improvisational dance we will examine how to connect to our deep well of personal imagery, finding the strength of one's own presence and inner stillness as a source of inspiration and realizing the expression of our multifaceted being. In contact, we will focus attention on the details of sensation and work on skills of receptivity and responsiveness. Integrating these three approaches we will awaken our dancing, open our aesthetic palette and find new sources from which to draw. The daily schedule will include a warm-up, two class sessions and a jam session. The day will be divided as follows: Morning Yoga with Alicia Grayson Afternoon Contact with Martin Keogh Afternoon Composition and Perceptual Awareness with Cyrus Khambatta After dinner jam Group discussions will further investigation of the material covered (See article by Cyrus in May issue of CQ for example of subject matter). COST: $465 (includes food, lodging and class fee - $100 deposit due by July 23) Travel is not included but rides can be arranged with others coming from the nearby cities of Washington D.C. New York City, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. CONTACT: Cyrus Khambatta at Cyrusak@juno.com or (206) 935-0459 FACILITATORS BIOGRAPHIES: Alicia Grayson, a practitioner of yoga for 16 years and contact improvisation for 13, she teaches a synthesis of yoga, body mind centering, authentic movement and dance. She holds teacher certifications in Kripalu yoga, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Todd Norian?s Anusara Style Yoga and Danskinetics. Alicia teaches yoga and contact improvisation at Shenandoah and GW Universities and in Virginia where she lives. Martin Keogh has taught and performed Contact Improvisation for over 20 years. He has co-facilitated Contact Improvisation Teacher?s Conferences on four continents and was the first contact teacher on the faculty at Stanford University and at the National School of Fine Arts in San Miguel, Mexico. When not on tour, Martin dances with his family in Southeastern, MA. Cyrus Khambatta is the Artistic Director of Phffft!, a performance group with whom he has toured both choreographed and improvised work internationally at venues such as The Spoleto Festival (USA), World Expo (Lisbon), Young Choreographers Festival (Caracas), Washington D.C. Improvisation Festival (also a co-curator) and many others. He has given workshops/lectures on improvisation for over ten years at universities and institutions internationally. He has taught/performed with many in the field of improvisation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ci-announce/attachments/20030711/a800ddcc/attachment.htm From judygrooves at hotmail.com Fri Jul 11 15:54:09 2003 From: judygrooves at hotmail.com (Judith Atrubin) Date: Fri Jul 11 15:54:44 2003 Subject: [CI-Announce] Fwd: Re: yoga in the park- tomorrow saturday Message-ID: > > > >hi, it is summer again, the rain has stopped( well it had-seems to be back > >today0 and I am back in the park doing yoga. hope you can join me. >much peace, >Judy > >Here Comes the Sun and? > >Yoga in the Park!!! > >Come practice yoga in the park, meet your neighbors and enjoy the much >awaited summer. This hatha yoga class will combine yoga poses (asanas), >breathwork and meditation to open, energize and relax you. > >When: Saturdays July 5, July 12 & July 19, 10:00am-11: 30AM, >and every Sunday in August -10:00-11:30AM >Where: Meet at 9th Street entrance to Prospect Park by the >statue >What: A hatha yoga class taught by a certified yoga instructor >What to bring: Please bring a towel, lots of water and suntan lotion >Cost: $5-$10-sliding scale (no-one turned away-a good mix CD, a >bunch of >flowers, fresh garden vegetables, etc happily accepted as payment) >Class taught by Judy-a certified yoga instructor, dancer and park >enthusiast. > >Questions? Call Judy at 917-846-8524 >In case of rain (no!) class will be cancelled. > > >Here Comes the Sun and? > >Yoga in the Park!!! > >Come practice yoga in the park, meet your neighbors and enjoy the much >awaited summer. This hatha yoga class will combine yoga poses (asanas), >breathwork and meditation to open, energize and relax you. > >When: Saturdays July 5, July 12 & July 19, 10:00am-11: 30AM, >and every Sunday in August -10:00-11:30AM >Where: Meet at 9th Street entrance to Prospect Park by the >statue >What: A hatha yoga class taught by a certified yoga instructor >What to bring: Please bring a towel, lots of water and suntan lotion >Cost: $5-$10-sliding scale (no-one turned away-a good mix CD, a >bunch of >flowers, fresh garden vegetables, etc happily accepted as payment) >Class taught by Judy-a certified yoga instructor, dancer and park >enthusiast. > >Questions? 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If you >received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material >from any computer. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: yoparkbig.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 20480 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ci-announce/attachments/20030711/4db22198/yoparkbig-0001.obj From cyrusak at juno.com Fri Jul 18 01:00:48 2003 From: cyrusak at juno.com (cyrusak@juno.com) Date: Fri Jul 18 08:40:13 2003 Subject: [CI-Announce] Reminder: Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive Deposit Deadline this week... Message-ID: <20030718.012810.-194485.7.cyrusak@juno.com> (If you wish to be removed from list, just reply with "remove" in subject) Hey Folks if you are interested in attending the Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive this week, please note the deadline for sending in the check is July 23rd. If you intend on coming please let me know so I can look out for your deposit. Best Wishes to all Cyrus- Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive 2003 - Schellsburg, PA August 16-24 FACILITATORS: Alicia Grayson, Martin Keogh and Cyrus Khambatta DATE: Sat. 16th-Sun 24th, August (classes run Sun. through Sat.) DESCRIPTION: Located in a lush valley at the base of the Allegheny mountains on 200 acres surrounded by rolling hills, meadows, lakes, forests and farm land, The Wild Meadows Farm and barn-studio sits between two quiet ridges inviting creative contemplation and movement discovery. This year's Improvisation Intensive will include study of contact improvisation/release technique, composition and perceptual awareness and Yoga, while tasty homemade food will nourish our bodies. Through Yoga we will use the principles of sthira (alert and awake) and sukha (comfortable and relaxed) to connect us to our vibrant core. Through improvisational dance we will examine how to connect to our deep well of personal imagery, finding the strength of one's own presence and inner stillness as a source of inspiration and realizing the expression of our multifaceted being. In contact, we will focus attention on the details of sensation and work on skills of receptivity and responsiveness. Integrating these three approaches we will awaken our dancing, open our aesthetic palette and find new sources from which to draw. The daily schedule will include a warm-up, two class sessions and a jam session. The day will be divided as follows: Morning Yoga with Alicia Grayson Afternoon Contact with Martin Keogh Afternoon Composition and Perceptual Awareness with Cyrus Khambatta After dinner jam Group discussions will further investigation of the material covered (See article by Cyrus in May issue of CQ for example of subject matter). COST: $465 (includes food, lodging and class fee - $100 deposit due by July 23) Travel is not included but rides can be arranged with others coming from the nearby cities of Washington D.C. New York City, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. CONTACT: Cyrus Khambatta at Cyrusak@juno.com or (206) 935-0459 FACILITATORS BIOGRAPHIES: Alicia Grayson, a practitioner of yoga for 16 years and contact improvisation for 13, she teaches a synthesis of yoga, body mind centering, authentic movement and dance. She holds teacher certifications in Kripalu yoga, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Todd Norian?s Anusara Style Yoga and Danskinetics. Alicia teaches yoga and contact improvisation at Shenandoah and GW Universities and in Virginia where she lives. Martin Keogh has taught and performed Contact Improvisation for over 20 years. He has co-facilitated Contact Improvisation Teacher?s Conferences on four continents and was the first contact teacher on the faculty at Stanford University and at the National School of Fine Arts in San Miguel, Mexico. When not on tour, Martin dances with his family in Southeastern, MA. Cyrus Khambatta is the Artistic Director of Phffft!, a performance group with whom he has toured both choreographed and improvised work internationally at venues such as The Spoleto Festival (USA), World Expo (Lisbon), Young Choreographers Festival (Caracas), Washington D.C. Improvisation Festival (also a co-curator) and many others. He has given workshops/lectures on improvisation for over ten years at universities and institutions internationally. He has taught/performed with many in the field of improvisation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ci-announce/attachments/20030718/936da150/attachment.htm From cyrusak at juno.com Wed Jul 23 20:14:17 2003 From: cyrusak at juno.com (cyrusak@juno.com) Date: Wed Jul 23 22:28:41 2003 Subject: [CI-Announce] Deadline for Wild Meadows extended - receive 10% off by signing up with a friend Message-ID: <20030723.192006.-19503.8.cyrusak@juno.com> Dear Improvisation Community, The deadline for The Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive has been extended to July 31. You can receive a 10% discount when you sign up a friend to take The Intensive (or split the discount between two people). Here is info about the intensive: August 16-24 Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive 2003 - Schellsburg, Pennsylvania USA FACILITATORS: Alicia Grayson, Martin Keogh and Cyrus Khambatta DATE: Sat. 16th-Sun 24th, August (classes run Sun. through Sat.) DESCRIPTION: Located in a lush valley at the base of the Allegheny mountains on 200 acres surrounded by rolling hills, meadows, lakes, forests and farm land, The Wild Meadows Farm and barn-studio sits between two quiet ridges inviting creative contemplation and movement discovery. This year's Improvisation Intensive will include study of contact improvisation/release technique, composition and perceptual awareness and Yoga, while tasty homemade food will nourish our bodies. Through Yoga we will use the principles of sthira (alert and awake) and sukha (comfortable and relaxed) to connect us to our vibrant core. Through improvisational dance we will examine how to connect to our deep well of personal imagery, finding the strength of one's own presence and inner stillness as a source of inspiration and realizing the expression of our multifaceted being. In contact, we will focus attention on the details of sensation and work on skills of receptivity and responsiveness. Integrating these three approaches we will awaken our dancing, open our aesthetic palette and find new sources from which to draw. The daily schedule will include a warm-up, two class sessions and a jam session. The day will be divided as follows: Morning Yoga with Alicia Grayson Afternoon Contact with Martin Keogh Afternoon Composition and Perceptual Awareness with Cyrus Khambatta After dinner jam Group discussions will further investigation of the material covered (See article by Cyrus in May issue of CQ for example of subject matter). COST: $465 (includes food, lodging and class fee - $100 deposit due date extended to July 31) Travel is not included but rides can be arranged with others coming from the nearby cities of Washington D.C. New York City, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. CONTACT: Cyrus Khambatta at Cyrusak@juno.com or (206) 935-0459 FACILITATORS BIOGRAPHIES: Alicia Grayson, a practitioner of yoga for 16 years and contact improvisation for 13, she teaches a synthesis of yoga, body mind centering, authentic movement and dance. She holds teacher certifications in Kripalu yoga, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Todd Norian?s Anusara Style Yoga and Danskinetics. Alicia teaches yoga and contact improvisation at Shenandoah and GW Universities and in Virginia where she lives. Martin Keogh has taught and performed Contact Improvisation for over 20 years. He has co-facilitated Contact Improvisation Teacher?s Conferences on four continents and was the first contact teacher on the faculty at Stanford University and at the National School of Fine Arts in San Miguel, Mexico. When not on tour, Martin dances with his family in Southeastern, MA. Cyrus Khambatta is the Artistic Director of Phffft!, a performance group with whom he has toured both choreographed and improvised work internationally at venues such as The Spoleto Festival (USA), World Expo (Lisbon), Young Choreographers Festival (Caracas), Washington D.C. Improvisation Festival (also a co-curator) and many others. He has given workshops/lectures on improvisation for over ten years at universities and institutions internationally. He has taught/performed with many in the field of improvisation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ci-announce/attachments/20030723/c6dcc57e/attachment.htm From cyrusak at juno.com Wed Jul 23 20:19:55 2003 From: cyrusak at juno.com (cyrusak@juno.com) Date: Sat Jul 26 22:50:52 2003 Subject: [CI-Announce] Wild MEadows Improvisation Intensive deadline extended - receive a 10% discount Message-ID: <20030723.192007.-19503.9.cyrusak@juno.com> Hello Fellow Improvisors, The Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive deposit deadline has been extended to July 31. Receive a 10% discount for signing up a friend (or split the discount between two people). If you unable to attend but know someone who is, please pass this info along to them. Here is the info about the intensive: August 16-24 Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive 2003 - Schellsburg, Pennsylvania USA FACILITATORS: Alicia Grayson, Martin Keogh and Cyrus Khambatta DATE: Sat. 16th-Sun 24th, August (classes run Sun. through Sat.) DESCRIPTION: Located in a lush valley at the base of the Allegheny mountains on 200 acres surrounded by rolling hills, meadows, lakes, forests and farm land, The Wild Meadows Farm and barn-studio sits between two quiet ridges inviting creative contemplation and movement discovery. This year's Improvisation Intensive will include study of contact improvisation/release technique, composition and perceptual awareness and Yoga, while tasty homemade food will nourish our bodies. Through Yoga we will use the principles of sthira (alert and awake) and sukha (comfortable and relaxed) to connect us to our vibrant core. Through improvisational dance we will examine how to connect to our deep well of personal imagery, finding the strength of one's own presence and inner stillness as a source of inspiration and realizing the expression of our multifaceted being. In contact, we will focus attention on the details of sensation and work on skills of receptivity and responsiveness. Integrating these three approaches we will awaken our dancing, open our aesthetic palette and find new sources from which to draw. The daily schedule will include a warm-up, two class sessions and a jam session. The day will be divided as follows: Morning Yoga with Alicia Grayson Afternoon Contact with Martin Keogh Afternoon Composition and Perceptual Awareness with Cyrus Khambatta After dinner jam Group discussions will further investigation of the material covered (See article by Cyrus in May issue of CQ for example of subject matter). COST: $465 (includes food, lodging and class fee - $100 deposit due date extended to July 31) Travel is not included but rides can be arranged with others coming from the nearby cities of Washington D.C. New York City, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. CONTACT: Cyrus Khambatta at Cyrusak@juno.com or (206) 935-0459 FACILITATORS BIOGRAPHIES: Alicia Grayson, a practitioner of yoga for 16 years and contact improvisation for 13, she teaches a synthesis of yoga, body mind centering, authentic movement and dance. She holds teacher certifications in Kripalu yoga, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Todd Norian?s Anusara Style Yoga and Danskinetics. Alicia teaches yoga and contact improvisation at Shenandoah and GW Universities and in Virginia where she lives. Martin Keogh has taught and performed Contact Improvisation for over 20 years. He has co-facilitated Contact Improvisation Teacher?s Conferences on four continents and was the first contact teacher on the faculty at Stanford University and at the National School of Fine Arts in San Miguel, Mexico. When not on tour, Martin dances with his family in Southeastern, MA. Cyrus Khambatta is the Artistic Director of Phffft!, a performance group with whom he has toured both choreographed and improvised work internationally at venues such as The Spoleto Festival (USA), World Expo (Lisbon), Young Choreographers Festival (Caracas), Washington D.C. Improvisation Festival (also a co-curator) and many others. He has given workshops/lectures on improvisation for over ten years at universities and institutions internationally. He has taught/performed with many in the field of improvisation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ci-announce/attachments/20030723/cef6093e/attachment.htm