From ashevillejam at gmail.com Thu Jul 11 21:49:17 2013 From: ashevillejam at gmail.com (Asheville Jam) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:49:17 -0400 Subject: [CI-Announce] ASHEVILLE AUGUST JAM!! Message-ID: Firstly, if you don't want to receive e-mail from Asheville Contact Jam about big events, please reply to this message and start the body of the e-mail with the word "UN-SUBSCRIBE". Hey Dancers, JUST A FEW WEEKS LEFT TO REGISTER WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING YOU!!!!! 2013 AUGUST ASHEVILLE JAM Friday - Sunday, Aug 2-4 Friday night Registration/Opening circle, warm-up, jam Saturday morning classes: beginner-intermediate Contact; Flying class Lunch provided Saturday afternoon warm-up and open jam (dinner on your own in beautiful downtown Asheville) Saturday evening informal performance followed by large group improv and jamming into the night! And if that is not enough dancing, we resume Sunday 11-2 with introduction to Underscore (participants must attend talk-through at 11am or have previous "Underscore" experience); Underscore concludes with closing circle bringing the jam to its conclusion. Please SAVE THE DATES and send us a note when you know you will be joining us so we can begin to get a head count. More details in our next mailing. Pre-registration pricing: $60 Student rate (full-time student or those unemployed) $75 Regular rate (employed including self-employed) $90 Professional rate (Pay this if you can) $105 Supporting the Arts! At-the-door pricing: $75 Student rate (full-time student or those unemployed) $90 Regular rate (employed including self-employed) $105 Professional rate (Pay this if you can) $120 Supporting the Arts! ? La Carte - bits and pieces of Aug Jam (at the door only): Friday Night Jam only ? $10-15, sliding scale Saturday Morning classes ? $22 per class Saturday lunch ? $12 Saturday afternoon Jam (does not include the evening jam) ? $10-15, sliding scale Saturday evening Performance only $5 Evening Jam following performance $10-15, sliding scale Sunday Underscore ? $10-15, sliding scale (Participants must attend talk-through at 11am or have previous "Underscore" experience.) To register now, make check payable to Idelle Packer with ?Aug contact jam? in memo, mail to: Idelle Packer, 146 Merrill?s Chase, Asheville, NC 28803) Knowing the count early is so important for us in our efforts to effectively plan this event. The Asheville dance community is looking forward to dancing with all of you. The event coordinators for the August Asheville Contact Jam, Idelle and Dayna OUT-OF-TOWNERS: You are Welcome!! Come one, come all!! We can help you with housing here in the homes of local dancers. Please pre-register and indicate you need housing; we'll work it out for you. THE FINE PRINT: Regarding product sales at the Aug Jam: If you have items of interest to contact improv dancers (generally clothing) that you would like to sell at the Aug Jam, please contact the organizers in advance. We have limited space available for vendors, and may not be able to say yes to everyone, so it is important you let us know well ahead of time. Cancellation Policy: ? If the whole event is canceled, we will refund your entire registration fee. If we cancel an event part-way through, we will pro-rate your refund. ? If you withdraw from an event more than two weeks before the event, we will fully refund you. ? If you cancel within two weeks of the event, you may choose to either receive 75% of your fees back, or apply 100% of your balance to a future ACJ event. ? If you have to cancel due to a hardship (such as illness, injury, or family emergency), please contact the registrar and explain your situation to be considered for a hardship refund. -- To be removed from this list, just reply with "unsubscribe" in the subject line, and a kind word or two in the email. This account is used by multiple Asheville contact improv supporters. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ashevillejam at gmail.com Wed Jul 17 14:26:27 2013 From: ashevillejam at gmail.com (Asheville Jam) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:26:27 -0400 Subject: [CI-Announce] IMPORTANT AUG JAM INFO Message-ID: Hey Dancers! See attached flyer for important updated information on our upcoming August weekend Jam. Included are times and locations for the jam. If you have not yet registered and are planning on coming, PLEASE GET YOUR CHECKS TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!! 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ASHEVILLE CONTACT IMPROV JAM**** Friday - Sunday, Aug 2-4**** *Friday night** Registration/Opening circle, warm-up, jam* *Saturday morning:** beginner class and open jam* *Saturday afternoon** flying class and open jam * *Saturday evening** **informal performance; **group improv and jamming into the night!***** *Sunday 11-2** The Underscore** (a semi-structured jam experience, with a delightful awareness piece). **We'll conclude with a closing circle.* *A more specific detail email with the when's/where's will go out to those who register. We'd love to see those folks who have expressed interest but haven't registered. Don't let the small stuff stop you from dancing!* *Pre**-registration pricing: **$60-**105 sliding scale* *At-the-door pricing*: *$75-**120 **sliding scale* *? La Carte** available also* *OUT-OF-TOWNERS will stay with** local dancers. **Please pre-register and indicate you need housing.* *~~~~~ PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE ~~~(but come at the last second if you have to :-)~~* *Send your name, email, phone# and check payable to Idelle Packer with ?Aug contact jam? in memo, to: Idelle Packer, 146 Merrill?s Chase, Asheville, NC 28803)* We are looking forward to dancing with all of you! -Idelle, Michael, Travis, Matt, Kelly and the rest of the Asheville contacters! PS - a few video clips to whet your appetite... *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4P3Mji8uDc* *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebg_vFaYG8U * -- To be removed from this list, just reply with "unsubscribe" in the subject line, and a kind word or two in the email. This account is used by multiple Asheville contact improv supporters. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nssunderscore at gmail.com Wed Jul 31 04:17:33 2013 From: nssunderscore at gmail.com (Nancy Stark Smith) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:17:33 -0400 Subject: [CI-Announce] Nancy Stark Smith - January Workshop 2014 and 2013 events Message-ID: <19F6A5FA-8C27-46E4-8601-258A56BEC214@gmail.com> Dear dancing friends, We thought you might be interested in the 2014 January Workshop and other workshops in 2013. (My 2013 schedule is below the information on the January Workshop.) Please help us spread the word by forwarding this to others who might be interested. Thanks! Nancy (& Patrick, workshop coordinator) JANUARY WORKSHOP 2014 a 3-week OPEN training with NANCY STARK SMITH plus Mike Vargas and other guests January 5 (arrive afternoon) - January 25, 2014 Earthdance, western Massachusetts, USA Contact Improvisation Solo Training ? Changing States Improvisation Scores ? The Underscore Composition ? Performance A 3-week residential workshop focused on contact improvisation and other related work: physical training, improvisation and composition scores, jamming, watching, discussion, feedback, labs, contemplation practice, and performance studies. In solo, duet, trio, and group work; in and out of contact; in silence and with live music, we'll move toward greater clarity and inspiration in our dancing and watching. Please come prepared for intensive practice (and a bit of fun!). Intermediate level in CI required. Fill out online application form-outlining your background and skill level in contact improvisation, dance, and improvisation, and your reasons for wanting to attend. All registrations must be approved by Nancy. The workshop will meet Monday-Friday, 10 am to 5:30/6 pm in studios at Earthdance, in Plainfield, MA, (a beautiful dance retreat center located 35 minutes west of Northampton, MA, in the Berkshire Mountains), and in town at an Aikido dojo. There will be some evening and weekend activities. For details & application form: www.nancystarksmith.com Early Registration Deadline: October 15, 2013 Contact: Patrick Crowley, workshop coordinator, januaryworkshop at nancystarksmith.com, (617) 320-9792 or Nancy, contactq at aol.com, (413) 586-8243 OTHER NSS EVENTS/WORKSHOPS 2013 BATES DANCE FESTIVAL 3 weeks of classes & performance with Nancy, Mike, and many others July 20?August 11, 2013 Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA contact: dancefest at bates.edu www.batesdancefestival.org i-Dance TAIPEI festival classes, performance, talk, Underscore November 25?December 1, 2013 Taipei, Taiwan contact: Ku & Dancers, kudancers at gmail.com www.idancetaipei.tw i-Dance JAPAN, TOKYO workshop, talk, Underscore December 5?8, 2013 Tokyo, Japan contact: Chico Katsube, C.I.co., i-Dance Japan ci at ci-jp.com www.ci-jp.com i-Dance HONG KONG 2013 workshop, lecture, Underscore December 12?15, 2013 Y-Space Hong Kong contact: Victor Choi-wo Ma, office at y-space.org www.y-space.org, www.i-dancehk.com JANUARY WORKSHOP 2014 a 3-week OPEN training with Nancy, plus Mike and guests January 5?24, 2014 Earthdance, Plainfield, Massachusetts USA contact: januaryworkshop at nanctstarksmith.com www.nancystarksmith.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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