From mark at contactimprov.com Sat Nov 25 22:23:31 2006 From: mark at contactimprov.com (Mark Zemelman) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:23:31 -0600 Subject: [CI-Announce] Contact Improv in Paradise - Please post Message-ID: <4568B453.5030709@contactimprov.com> *Contact Improv in Paradise!* *Lake Atitlan, Guatemala* *March 4-10, 2007* *with Mark "Moti" Zemelman* Contact Improv picture Picture - Sunset Come join internationally known dance teacher, *Mark "Moti" Zemelman* at the extraordinary *Villa Sumaya Retreat Center* on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Dance, swim, kayak, and hike in heaven on earth. Enjoy daily Contact Improv classes and evening dance jams with live music, as well as opportunities to boat across the lake to traditional Mayan villages to experience Guatemala's rich indigenous culture. Villa Sumaya's 1000 square foot dance/yoga studio boasts a lake front location, full panoramic view, hardwood floor, glass pyramid sky light and cascading garden waterfalls. The sublime retreat is a thatch roofed complex, with comfortable rooms, spacious gardens, restaurant/bar, book/video library, hot tub, and sauna, all hidden in the natural surroundings of this beautiful setting. CLICK *HERE* For the REGISTRATION FORM For more info check out *www.contactimprov.com* and click on workshops and classes, or e-mail Mark at contactimprov.com *Room/Board: * Shared room (2-3 person) - $390 Single room - $540 Camping (limited number of spaces) - $240 *Workshop Fee:* Early Registration (before Dec. 31) - $250 (before Jan. 31) - $300 (After Feb. 1) - $350 * Limited Scholarships available, please inquire. Course includes three gourmet meals a day plus a group hot tub and sauna. Airfare and additional travel costs not included in pricing. Workshop limited to 23 people. Villa Sumaya Picture CLICK *HERE* For the REGISTRATION FORM for more info CALL/ E-MAIL : (413) 231-4623 mark at contactimprov.com Visit Mark's new website and learn more about Mark's workshops and Contact Improv Jams world-wide! *www.contactimprov.com * Contact Improvisation is a partner dance form with safe touch as the foundation for connecting with others in a playful intimate way. Through the physical principles of touch, momentum, and weight sharing, this movement practice explores the skills of falling, rolling, counterbalance, lifting using minimal effort, centering and breathing techniques, and responsiveness to our partners and surroundings. Together we create a safe space to explore these skills and let our curiosity and joy lead the dance. * There is a sweet surrendering that happens when our bodies stay faithful to what is happening now, and now... and NOW! In my classes participants 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, 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. *Mark "Moti" Zemelman*, MFA, began practicing Contact Improv seventeen years ago. Over the past twelve years he has taught and performed across the US and more recently in Guatemala, Europe and Israel. He runs the new website www.contactimprov.com , plays ambient vocal-electronic music for Contact Jams, was an original member of Wire Monkey Dance Company , and has facilitated programs at Earthdance , Omega Institute , and Kripalu Yoga Center . Other training includes yoga, Action Theater , voice training, stilt-walking, modern dance, and clowning. Mark Zemelman Pic -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ci-announce/attachments/20061125/b7dd6d9b/attachment-0001.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 21151 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ci-announce/attachments/20061125/b7dd6d9b/attachment-0004.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 20462 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ci-announce/attachments/20061125/b7dd6d9b/attachment-0005.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Claymont will supply food, bring own bedding RSVP (or just come) Lawton! _________________________________________________________________ Share your latest news with your friends with the Windows Live Spaces friends module. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk From ken.manheimer at gmail.com Thu Nov 30 23:42:42 2006 From: ken.manheimer at gmail.com (Ken Manheimer) Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:42:42 -0500 Subject: [CI-Announce] Fwd: Winter Offerings at Earthdance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2cd46e7f0611301442o3212ba89s39470497a23b92cb@mail.gmail.com> Winter Offerings at Earthdance *February 9 ? 11, 2007* *Featuring classes with jeff bliss, daniel lepkoff, ione beauchamp, pooh kaye, melinda buckwalter, jen harmon, lani nahele, margit galanter * Come to Earthdance for a little mid-winter fun and some rekindling of your creative juices! Back for a third year by popular demand, this is a lovely opportunity to taste test a variety of classes by local teachers in improvisation, movement arts, somatics, and performance composition. The weekend includes several classes of your choice and evening activities, with plenty of time built in to take deep breaths, walk along snowy paths, and thaw out in the sauna. *Special Events:* Films by Pooh Kaye, an Open Jam with "informances", and a facilitated group conversation: "The Art and Practice of Leaving: Performances, Jams, and Here Now." Classes are listed below and full details are available at www.earthdance.net/programs/winterofferings07.htm *Fees * $165 Tution/Room/Board all inclusive $50 Any Half Day Option Arrival Friday, 2/9, after 5 p.m. Last session ends Sunday afternoon 2/11 Register now at www.earthdance.net/programs/winterofferings07.htm Saturday Classes: *gravity tastes like honey. jeff bliss.* The mudslide series: an exploration of the textured available in our play with gravity. Come join an ongoing, playful exploration of creating more choices to choose from. *foundations for dancing. daniel lepkoff.* In this functional technique class we'll practice movement sequences based on developmental patterns of locomotion that underlie & support all our physical action: rolls, spirals, crawling patterns, crouching, sitting, standing, walking, running, and the transitions between. (cont'd sunday) *access/axis. ione beauchamp.* Drawing from a variety of movement traditions, we will orient to create dance that is multi-dimensional, embodied and articulate. Class may include aspects of: Experiential anatomy, repatterning thru proprioception and touch, movement sequences, and scores/assignments. *beyond seeing. pooh kaye.* This class will introduce ways of sensing proximity. Through heightening alternate senses, most particularly sensing electro magnetic fields, we will navigate both intimate and geographic space. Imagine how flocking birds are in unimaginable proximity to one another and yet they do not collide-this is what we will aim for- the ability to move freely through space sensing one another without fear. *informance. melinda buckwalter.* informance = information + informal performance. Informance develops strategies to research your own movement interests, sharing your work with a partner, an intimate lab for two. participants are invited to facilitate a CI related informance for the evening jam. *dynamic anatomy + improvisation: the spine. jen harmon.* the topf technique. Skeletal imagining and action, with particular emphasis given to the spine and central axis of gravity, will encourage a playful approach to alignment and enliven movement possibilities. movement work in deep stretching, developmental movements, and spiral forms as research and preparation into solo improvisation. * * Sunday Classes *foundations for dancing. daniel lepkoff. (cont'd)* This material provides a natural base for movement explorations designed to enliven and integrate our physical senses and perceptions with our technical dancing skills. Areas of exploration include: Gravity Touch Vision Sequence *kneading touch? lani nahele.* For touch on the inside, We'll use Continuum Breathwork, and on the outside, Katsugen Undo. This is a form akin to Authentic Movementm, with active witness to move our nerves, our blood and our bodies. *being scene. margit galanter.* we will generate composition through collective action, using our multi-senses. in/visibility - becoming both scene and seen. Influences include Lisa nelson's tuning scores, free improv, & dialogue. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ci-announce/attachments/20061130/4091fc7f/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Winter Offerings 2007.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 174047 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.python.org/pipermail/ci-announce/attachments/20061130/4091fc7f/attachment-0001.pdf