From ontjam at contactimprov.ca Wed Feb 28 13:57:47 2018 From: ontjam at contactimprov.ca (Ontario Regional Contact Jam) Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:57:47 -0500 Subject: [CI-Announce] Price goes up at midnight. Register now for ORCJ 2018. Message-ID: *Last chance for discounted registrationPrices for the Ontario Regional Contact Jam go up from $100 to $120 tonight, Wednesday, February 28 at midnight. The jam itself is only a month away: Friday to Sunday, March 30 to April 1, at Canada?s National Ballet School, 400 Jarvis St , in Toronto.You should register now at orcj.yapsody.com or with an email to ontjam at contactimprov.ca . Let us know if money is a problem.We expect around 300 attendees this year, the largest jam in North America.Already registered? Encourage a friend .Making space for everyoneWe have a lot of people coming from out of town, and we hope to offer housing to them all. You don?t have to attend the jam to participate, and you don?t need to provide any food. All you need is a spare floor. If you or someone you know can help, please tell Dmitri at orcjhousing at contactimprov.ca .We encourage complete beginners to attend. If you, or someone you know, is new to contact improvisation, consider our Friday morning class (details below). Following the class, participants can choose to continue with more of the jam. But note that all classes and all pre-jam warm-ups will welcome beginners.This jam is fully wheelchair accessible. For those who request ASL translation, attendant care, or have other accommodation requests, please contact henryhwai at gmail.com immediately to increase the likelihood that we can make arrangements.Last year?s scheduleWe don?t quite yet have this year?s schedule locked down. So please take a peek at last year?s schedule. This year will be kinda similar: Vegan lunches will be provided on site, as will afternoon snacks.[image: Capture.JPG]Newcomers classYou can start with an introductory class for people new to contact improvisation at 10 am on Friday, March 30.The class is included free as part of full-weekend registration ? or the cost is $20 for Friday morning from 9 am to 2 pm, including the class, lunch, and dancing time. You have the option to upgrade your registration to attend more of the jam.Though this class is focused on total beginners, note that we welcome all levels of experience and all variations in physical ability in all classes.We welcome you ? all of youIt is important for us that everyone feels welcome: people who are new to dance, people with disabilities, all kinds of bodies, minds and hearts; that all gender and gender expressions are welcome, womyn and men; cis and trans; of all ages, sizes and shapes, skin colours, cultures, subcultures and countercultures; that gays, lesbian, bi, queer and straight people are welcome. Whatever your story or the story of your people, your mother tongue, you are welcome, the fullness of you is welcome, no parts left out. Whatever your mind state, whether your heart is heavy or light, troubled or clear. If there?s a way we can better include all parts of you, please let us know; we want to know. We are perfectly imperfect beings. We are going to make mistakes, and we want to learn from them and to create a jam that welcomes you. Nous trouvons important que chacun se sente bienvenu: les nouveaux, ceux avec des limitations physiques ou autres, tous genres de corps, coeurs et esprits. Toutes les expressions de genre sont bienvenues (femmes, hommes, cis, trans), ainsi que les gens de tous ?ges, grandeurs, formes, couleurs, cultures, sous-cultures et contre-cultures, gais, lesbiennes, bis. Quelle que soit ton histoire ou l'histoire de ton peuple, ta langue maternelle, tu es bienvenu dans tout ce que tu es. Quel que soit ton ?tat d'esprit, que ton coeur soit l?ger ou lourd, troubl? ou clair. S'il y a une fa?on pour nous de mieux inclure toutes les parties de toi, stp nous en parler, nous voulons le savoir. Nous sommes des ?tres parfaitement imparfaits. Nous ferons des erreurs et nous voulons apprendre de ces erreurs afin de cr?er un jam qui t'accueille vraiment. More information - Can you offer a floor to a visitor? Email Dmitri .- Can you help with the welcome desk? Email Ferenc .- Questions, suggestions or offers re food. Email Olya .- Any other question? Hit reply to this email to contact Charlie .- Website: contactimprov.ca/orcj - Facebook event: tinyurl.com/orcj2018 - Register here: orcj.yapsody.com - See you there!* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: