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Camp CONTACT at Burning Man

2008-07-14T23:10:37Z

Registration for Camp CONTACT at Burning Man 2008 is now open!

Contact Camp has been a fixture on the playa for the past three years, and we're bringing it back in style for 2008. We've got some new infrastructure, a distributed leadership team, and a new on-line registration system. We plan to better coordinate work party participation and work shift participation prior to the event so that we're not spending valuable time on the playa figuring it all out.

Camp CONTACT will host 80-100 Contact Improvisators for the ten days spanning Saturday, August 23rd to Monday, Sept 1st. We'll start off by building a kitchen, a common area and the dance spaces. We'll also have shade structures to keep your tent cool, with the possibility of other amenities. We come to the playa to offer the gift of Contact Improvisation. Mornings, we'll be able to jam in Burning Man's Center Camp; afternoons, we can teach or take beginners and advanced classes. Each evening we will share in community meals and then glow in all that Black Rock City has to offer at night, including some of our own jams.

If you're into Contact, and up for the adventure of a lifetime, check us out! If you've camped with us before, we welcome you back.

More details, commitment requirements, and on-line registration are available on our website at http://campcontact.org/burningcontact

Questions? Email me at burningcontact@gmail.com

Yours in Contact,

--Darrell

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ARTISTIC CARAVAN

2008-07-06T12:49:09Z

Hey all arts, artistic, acrobatics, juggling ...related people !

Take a look on the PROJECT i posted here on "ARTISTIC CARAVAN"-tribe or on
http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=12509

-> let me know what you think about it and about your ideas !

See/hear you soon ...!

Bieger :-)

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High Speed Video of Contact Improv

2008-07-04T21:12:19Z

Hello everyone

Here are some snippets of dancers in rehearsal caught by ultra high-speed video. What you see is self-emitted infrared light coming off their bodies. I think you will enjoy this

http://youtube.com/watch?v=flAtYQvriAI&fmt=18

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mEb3jcAFKN4&fmt=18

http://youtube.com/watch?v=r-1_1y3Zpss&fmt=18

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West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival 2008

2008-07-03T00:48:19Z

West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival 2008

Be a part of our exciting 20th Anniversary Celebration, complete with innovative classes, jams, performances, and more!

visit
www.wccif.com
today to register, see the schedule of events, and for more info!

we are featuring many exciting celebratory events!

~check out the special gala performance!
~participate in innovative outdoor jam activities!
~attend our new peer drop-in sequence!
...and so much more!

~as in previous years, we are offering a wide array of class topics and
teachers. you can broaden the base of your dance by experimenting with new
things... register for the full festival and you can also choose a
beginning, advanced, or all-levels intensive series to really deepen and
focus your practice...

* intensive spaces fill up quickly, so register now!*

check out *www.wccif.com* for schedule, info, and registration.
WORK EXCHANGE AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE ARE STILL AVAILABLE. CONTACT US ASAP.
questions? write us at *contact@wccif.com
*

co-organizers WCCIF 2008

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Private Beginner's Belly Dance Classes! Learn belly dancing from an inspiring and patient teacher!

2008-06-14T20:13:20Z

I'd like to offer private belly dance classes for anyone who feels like they need more one-on-one instruction, privacy, patience and a teacher dedicated to spreading the joy of the dance! You'll get to work at your own pace, wear whatever you like, and be encouraged to find the beauty of the dance in your own way.

I absolutely believe in the spirituality of belly dancing, and see it the way it was meant to be seen- a beautiful act that praises life and strengthens women's bodies.

The dance will help with self-esteem, body image, flexibility, moods, and over-all well being.

Wear comfortable yoga clothes or dress up for each lesson- it’s up to you!

The schedule is absolutely flexible, and I will do my best to work out a time that works best for you- lessons can be anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours- again, it's up to you! The price will vary as to how long you want your lesson to be. To give you an idea, an hour-long lesson will be $15. However, trades can be made and I can always knock down the price if you need it. My goal is to inspire you and help you find belly dance as wonderful as I do.

Learn to relax into the art and the beauty of the dance and enjoy yourself!

Email me (Charlene) at charleneeldon@yahoo.com, or give me a call at (415) 299-1026

I look forward to hearing from you!

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CI Quarterly article

2008-06-13T22:44:22Z

Hi Folks,

I'm contemplating submitting the following to CI Quarterly at the end of next month. I would appreciate any comments you have to give. The topic is a previous discussion in this forum.

Wynship
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The Values of Contact Improvisation

Some time ago, I participated in, and later facilitated, a discussion on tribe.net about values and contact improvisation (CI). At issue were economic considerations: the cost of classes, the ability of artists to make a living, the diversity of jams, etc. As someone with an advanced degree in an area closely related to economics (M.S. in Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research), I took particular interest in these issues. Practitioners in my field, among other talents, use mathematical analysis to spot inconsistencies in decisions, strategies, and daily policies that elude even experienced professional intuition. Occasionally, the opportunities for improvement are very large. For more about this little-known area, see http://www.scienceofbetter.com.

My contribution to the discussion began in the usual way, with a solicitation of answers to the question “what are we trying to achieve?” It had already led to a possibly-viable alternative – the creation of a membership program which would subsidize attendance of more-frequent dancers at festivals, etc., through a small increment in the cost of less-frequent dancers – when the discussion broke down for lack of participation. One discussant expressed disbelief that this method could lead to progress. This disbelief is as widespread as it is untrue. I could cite the many improvements that these methods have led to, or I could cite the Nobel Prize-winning research showing how great a potential for improvement exists (see Daniel Kahneman, Economics, 2002). Nevertheless, my area of expertise suffers from a crippling lack of exposure. I won’t address this issue, however. This article will deal, rather, with the “meta-issue” of values in CI versus those of economics in general.

It’s well-known that we’ve resisted economic pressures to turn CI into one of those actively-marketed performing art techniques that one occasionally sees with a trademark next to the name, an extra-expensive path for potential teachers, and the like. It seems obvious that we all agree, CI should never be about making money. Economic and statistical sciences, however, are much more pervasive than that. More and more, they are finding use in the nonprofit sector, where organizations compete for donors rather than customers, and struggle to show what bang-for-the-buck they can deliver, “bang” measuring whatever happens to be of interest. At an intra-organizational level, pricing and many other decisions can be manipulated to increase performance, however one chooses to define it. Profit is really just another objective. “Environmental sustainability” and “economic justice” are some others that are currently more popular. Combine your favorites. Invent your own. You’ll still be well within the purview of economic and statistical science.

Given this flexibility, it seems worthwhile to ask what “hidden” values these sciences themselves bring to the table, in order to evaluate whether they can be made of use to realizing other values more particular to our “tribe.” Inherent in all economic science is the concept sometimes called “economic man”. Economic man, often a straw man and object of caricature and ridicule for many on the political left, nevertheless has some appealing qualities. I will not pass judgment here on whether they are desirable for us. I only wish to make them apparent, so that choosing to accept or dismiss them will be done with consciousness.

“Economic man” is an intellectual. By that, I mean that he imagines things in his mind and calculates among them before consciously settling on a course of action. Already, the dissonance with CI is glaring, perhaps terminally so. This “perhaps” is precisely the issue. The issue is not whether such methods are fruitful. It goes without saying that they are. The examples, in every field, even the performing arts, are legion. The issue is whether we are even willing to consider the question – already adopting the stance of this man – whether using this mode of decision-making (a cost, because it is antithetical to CI principles) is worth its advantages (the exact extent of which are uncertain, but that uncertainty is not a critical issue for this particular entity, “economic man”). To go further, if we are willing to consider this question, how much of an advantage would it have to give? Such advantage could be stated in any concrete terms. Would it be worth it if the form were to die out for sure, without it? Etc. But I digress.

These imaginings of economic man bear further specification. They are images, specifically. They are images of objects, present at one time or another, and such presence or absence is apparent, or, in mathematical terms, decidable, whether logically or empirically. For example, the number of people alive with a given proficiency in CI, the number of people who have been to a CI jam within the past year, the amount of fees above which a given dancer will choose not to attend a given festival, or attend in a different capacity, or attend an alternative festival in its place, etc. Complication is not the issue, here. Far more complicated problems have been conquered by our friend homo economicus. In a sense, anything can be described in this way. Anything that cannot, due to the biases of our culture, has its status as “thing” (as opposed to nothing) drawn seriously into question. This, however, is another issue for decision. Is going along with this particular aspect of mainstream culture, i.e. its radical privileging of the present, of presence, of worldliness, if you will, this privileging that is absolutely necessary for science of any kind to be brought to bear, worth the advantages it brings? Again, the same sorts of questions can be asked. CI, as a counterculture movement, would prefer, ceteris paribus, to distance itself from science as much as possible. But what if the stakes of doing so were very high?

“Economic man” is more than just an intellectual and more than just a scientist in general. He not only imagines the multiplicity of outcomes that could result from his actions and the many ways of knowing. He – and this is what makes him specifically an economic scientist – has preferences among these outcomes, and these preferences themselves, in total, usually have particular qualities. There is some dissonance within and around the field of economics on this point. “Alternative utility theories” have been proposed. However, discussion of these goes beyond the scope of this article. We will consider only the orthodox model, here. Not to worry, because, of the issues presented so far, these are the least controversial.

These preferences have particular qualities. One of them is “transitivity.” This sounds more technical than it is. Suppose there are three mutually exclusive outcomes, each of which completely describe a state of affairs, in all its relevant aspects, and only one of which can occur: A, B, and C. Suppose we prefer A to B, all things considered. Suppose we also prefer B to C under the same condition. Transitivity means we no longer get to choose between A and C. Given our other preferences, we must prefer A to C, because we prefer A to B and B to C. Transitivity reduces the number of choices we have to make. Some consider this an advantage. Certainly, it solves a number of technical difficulties when making decisions. How does the CI community feel?

Another quality of the preferences of economic man is that they exhibit “independence of irrelevant alternatives.” This means, to use the above example, that if we take B out of the set of outcomes under consideration, our preferences regarding A and C don’t change. Again, this is choice-reducing, because it determines our preferences between A and C in the absence of B. When we above asked the question regarding A and C, B was considered part of the choice-set. Again, some consider this an advantage. What about the CI community?

Worthy of consideration, when considering the above choices, is also the political nature of decision-making. The more of the above that are accepted at some reasonable level, the greater the dependence on people, such as, I admit, myself, who have special decision-analysis and -assessment skills. The issue is not one of power – i.e. whose preferences are maximized – but of politics, i.e. who is doing the technical work that substantiates the decision, even if their particular preferences are expressly ignored? For instance, I am not a teacher of CI. Therefore, under current arrangements, I cannot participate in WCCIF decision-making processes. This rule, not without its reason, was made specifically in response to someone outside the WCCIF teacher community who attempted to take control of the WCCIF decision-making process. Such issues are of great concern in the CI community.

There are other meta-decisions that could very well be of issue for the CI community, of a yet more technical nature. However, this article has achieved its objective. The above-discussed issues need be not only decided, but evaluated, by the CI community. If it chooses not to do so, alas, it has still made a choice, and that choice will have material consequences.

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Still room at the Wild Meadows Contact Improv Intensive in Pa (1 hour from CI36)

2008-05-24T19:11:45Z

Wild Meadows Contact Improvisation Intensive
an official CI36 satellite event (only 1 hour away)

Date & Time: Sunday, June 8, 2008 - Thursday, June 12, 2008
1:00 PM
A CI36 Official Satellite Event

June 8 - 12, 2008 in Schellsburg, PA

www.phffft.org/wmeadows.htm for complete information

Explore Contact Improvisation through somatic modalities, site specific work and as a performance form. Members of SPAN: Spontaneous Performing Artists Network, a national group of improvising artists, come together in a lab environment to deepen our research into multiple approaches of Contact Improvisation. Located at Wild Meadows Farm and surrounded by 200 acres of secluded mountain ranges and fertile valleys near the Allegheny Mountains, the intensive will provide ample opportunities to nurture, expand and challenge your Contact Improvisation practice. Activities will include classes in Contact Improvisation, improvisational performance, developing site specific approaches, The Feldenkrais Method®, the Bartenieff Fundamentals, Six Viewpoints and Authentic Movement.

Facilitators include:
Nicole Bindler (Philly)
Daniel Burkholder (DC)
Cyrus Khambatta (Seattle)

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Zipfest OrvietoContactfestival is a CI36 Satellite Event, JOIN US!

2008-05-18T18:31:56Z

June 21–29\2008
Orvieto \ Italy
www.contactfestival.it

Registration is still up ... last call for entries!!

Celebrating the Summer Solstice, Zip opens to the Orient ...
Contact, Jams, Tai Chi Chuan, Meditation, Free Climbing and Satellite Events.

The annual Contact Improvisation festival in Italy, Zipfest, is a Satellite Event of CI36, and invites you to join for the Celebration of Contact Improvisation and for the Summer Solstice.

The festival opens its ninth edition with a weekend of International Summer Solstice Jam, starting Saturday June 21st through Sunday June 22nd, in a White Night Jam-contact day ... A 25 Hours of Movement Art and Contact ...

The festival will go on until June 29th: sixteen guest artists from various countries will animate the city from early morning to late at night, taking turns in a dense calendar of jams, performances and concerts, intensive workshops, encounters and laboratories centered around the theme of Contact Improvisation, improvisation dance and the performing arts.

INFO AND CONTACT
PHONE: +39 0763341479
EMAIL: info@contactfestival.it
WEBSITE: www.contactfestival.it

Zipfest is a lively kermis with internationally famous guest artists invited to the Umbrian residence from various countries to collaborate in the creative production of events, promoting the identification of a trans-cultural art. The festival is an event of art and culture speaking the language of today, questioning itself on the processes or artistic interaction, creating contacts and occasions for cooperation among the guest artists, who bare their experience, affinities and cultural and generational differences in Orvieto, to create the festival together.

International scene 2008
Nita Little (www.nitalittle. com), American pioneer of Contact Improvisation, an internationally acclaimed artist, invited to Italy for the first time in April in the residenza dinamica of Palazzo Caravajal, for the project Restless Peace, and once more present in June as part of the Zipfest guest artists. Keith Hennessy, a Canadian performer with countless awards, for the first time in Italy, will present an interesting workshop in which improvisation dance, performance and shamanism will be put in relation to each other. Giorgio Convertito, an eclectic Italian dancer who has been living in Helsinki for six years, and is today an artist on the Finnish scene, Jacky Miredin the virtuoso French performer previously invited to Zipfest07 and the young Italian choreographer Sara Simeoni, currently dancing with Carolyn Carlson. The artistic director of the festival, Rossella Fiumi, takes part with her installation titled I'm All Ears, a forum on the theme of listening and communication in contemporary creativity.Jens Biedermann, a Swiss acrobatic dancer and accordion player, Adalisa Menghini, Italian choreographer who has been living in Berlin for years, Alessia Scala a young Neapolitan dancer, Isabelle Uski, Contact improviser from Grenoble, Gionatan Surrenti Italian dancer, improvisor and pedagogue, previously invited to several Zipfest editions, Yanaël Plumet French performer and traveler currently living in Istanbul, the musician and performer Michele Rabbia virtuoso percussionist invited to the preceding editions of the festival and particularly beloved by the Zip public, Marko Timlin Finnish sound artist proposing new modes in the field of electronic sound, composing and improvising on solar panels and Barnaby O'Rorke Tree, a versatile Scotch performer, improviser-cellist, composer and vocalist.

21-22 June White Night Jam-Contact day
Inauguration- meeting point Residenza dinamica of Palazzo Caravajal, headquarters of the international Summer Solstice Jam, at 9 p.m. on 21 June, throughout the sleepless summer night up to 10 p.m. on 22 June, in the studios-houses- ateliers of artists-cultural- associations- creative- persons-columnis ts-others who work-look for a Contemporary idiom in Orvieto.

24-28 June Performances, concerts, forum
One of the most eagerly awaited events in Zipfest calendar, the improvisation performances: instant compositions, proposed then and here by the guest artists, in a type of performance called Real Time Composition.

Heart-felt curves
It is a great honor to present and pay homage to Luigi Mario, known also as Engaku Taino, a Zen master who has been living in the hinterland of Orvieto for many years. He is a fascinating figure with proficiencies and preparation of alpine skiing and rock climbing, as well as a Tai Chi Chuan guru, but above all a person to meet and know to practice meditation. Luigi Mario has been invited to the festival for two reasons: the first is to lead, aided by assistants, a free climbing session on the rocks of Ferentillo, a splendid zone in Umbria-Valnerina, on June 23rd. It is a unique occasion for those who practice Contact as well as others, because it gives one a chance to find out what it's like trying one's hand at a height of 30 meters, using one's strength, resistance, balance, gravity, weight, feeling of the void, and any number of other emotions to explore. The second reason is purely contemplative: three meetings of Tai Chi Chuan and meditation.

Festival residence and organizing
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica \ Compagnia ALEF
Via Malabranca 15 Orvieto, Italy
tel +39 0763341479
fax +39 0763340669
info@contactfestival.it

Project and artistic direction
Rossella Fiumi
rossella@contactfestival.it

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Contact Workshop on the Sunshine Coast, BC Canada

2008-05-12T21:16:53Z

The Aesthetics of Instinct
Saturday May 31st
12-6pm
$50-$65 sliding scale

Jennifer McLeish Lewis of the Tomorrow Collective comes to Granthams Hall on the Sunshine Coast, Saturday May 31st to teach a contact improvisation workshop at Granthams Hall. Called The Aesthetics of Instinct, the workshop goes from 12-6, and the cost is $50-$65 sliding scale. To register contact Romina 604 989-1876 / andabeat@spinningdrum.com

About the workshop
In this workshop we will explore moving in and out of contact with partners, codified techniques of the form (skills) and open dancing with self and others. We will move from the floor, to standing, back to the floor cultivating a sense of grace and flow. Touch is inherent in these practices, so come ready to touch and be touched. Boundaries are asserted and respected as we become more sensitive to one another's space, both energetic and physical.
Please wear comfortable, moveable clothing

About Jennifer McLeish Lewis
Jennifer has trained in contact improvisation since 2002. As an advanced practitioner of the form she has taught classes, hosted jams and lead workshops in Vancouver, Calgary, Victoria and Croatia. She has trained with and performed work by master teachers Peter Bingham (edamdance.org), Karl Frost (bodyreasearch.org) and Daelik (machinenoisy.com), as well as studied at intensives with experts Andrew Harwood and Ray Chung.

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CI36!

2008-05-01T04:10:29Z

Greetings from CI36 headquarters!

CI36 preparations are bubbling along with great excitement.
As expected the smaller Training Intensive is full, however the larger CI36 Celebration (June 12-18) still has plenty of room. Please help spread the word about this historic event by inviting your ci communities to register.

CI36 Celebration
June 12-18, 2008
Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA, USA
www.ci36.com

Hosted by Juniata College and Contact Quarterly/Contact Collaborations Inc.,
CI36 will be a time to honor & celebrate the existence of Contact Improvisation
through dancing, study, performance, reflections, and exchange with hundreds of practitioners, teachers,
founders, and developers of CI from around the world.

Joining us will be...
Andrew Harwood (Canada), Martin Hughes (Australia), Kurt Koegel (USA/Germany), Danny Lepkoff (New York), Tica Lemos (Brazil), Nita Little (California), Nina Martin (Texas),
Steve Paxton (Vermont), Nancy Stark Smith (Massachusetts), Cristina Turdo (Argentina), Mike Vargas (Massachusetts), Benno Voorham (Sweden/Netherlands), and many more!

CI36 CELEBRATION
June 12-18, 2008 (arriving Thursday, June 12)
Classes, presentations, performances, jamming, talk structures, CI paper and video library,
labs, spontaneous events organized by 30+ international curators,
AND a central studio open for jamming 24 hours a day. It will be an environment to rub shoulders (literally) with hundreds of practitioners, instigators, and supporters of Contact Improvisation from around the world.

Registration is open.
See Registration page on the website.
check www.ci36.com updated details.
We look forward to seeing you there!

The CI36 Hub:
Erica Kaufman (coordinator), Ray Chung, Alicia Grayson,
Martin Keogh, Scott Rodwin Gretchen Spiro, and Nancy Stark Smith

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Pics of CI ?

2008-04-27T21:34:00Z

Anyone an idea where/how to get some good learning pics
of Contact Impro lessons - more the acrobatic ones ...?
Thank you very much !

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DANCE ON SCREENS every 2. thursday in berlin

2008-04-20T14:45:58Z

8 pm
bar + live video screening
contact dance

- free entry -

www.103studio.de

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ACROBATICS + DANCE WORKSHOP & Others in Berlin May 12th - 17th 2008

2008-04-19T09:26:53Z

I will give a ONEDAY-workshop in ACROBATICS + DANCE in Berlin
on May 15th 2008 10-18 afternoons (2 big breaks)

There are also others like
CONTACT IMPRO*CAPOEIRA ANGOLA + DANCE*PHYSICAL THEATRE*TAI CHI* ...etc.

www.blo-ateliers.de - GREAT + big place !

Hope to see you

Bieger

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ACRODANCE- inviting a tribe for dancers, acros, ci-lers ...

2008-04-02T21:22:59Z

Just have a look !

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live music and live dancers

2008-04-02T06:58:36Z

An infrequent and enthusiasticly dorky contact guy at best, I Iean more toward other expressions -
music for example..
I've been working as a solo musician with two C.I. dancers (who've danced together a lot),
our aim being to possibly gel some sort of structure, or dance piece form, to improvise off of.
Maybe a performance eventually,
maybe just for the joy in it.
We've done a few sessions using electric guitar, ambient moody sounds and such - went good.
This afternoon I switched to electric violin, run thru a sort of wah tubular fx filter (with some subtle reverb).
Very fine results!
All the airy, textured sounds of a fiddle (bowed or plucked) worked splendidly with Kyla and Quint's dancing
and we all got lost in the shifting interplay of sound and bodies.
The violin played the dancers and the dancers played violin, don't'cha know.
Also I'd asked about hands.. using hands in dance, like those lovely asian traditions of stylized gestures..
so the dancers at times emphasized this aspect, and I used their hands as a focus to build musical moods from..
We worked just one hour without stopping - but it felt sublime.
Wanted to share this..

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I Am Looking for One Woman Movement Partner

2008-03-29T23:02:39Z

- I am looking for someone who like me needs a partner that is committed to going into the depths of what is possible. When we have fulfilled what is possible we will go into what has been considered impossible. Limitations are of the mind not of the body. The body has been the repository of our thoughts of limitation. We join in the total expression of all that we are and dismiss every assumption of limitation that has ever been made. All beliefs in limitation have been long ago eliminated from our minds and this work brings to fruition what we Know to be True.
- The “physical body” is a thought form and therefore does not “die”. We will face the erroneous idea of death in our moving together and the “form” of our thoughts will be changed. (I mention death because that is the central illusion of the ego. All other beliefs of limitation are subservient to this one) This is brought about by maintaining the point of contact. In this case however, the contact is maintained not only with the body, but also every thought, feeling, and emotion. Everything is brought to this meeting. It is total Commitment.
-It should go without saying that, at this level of involvement, I am willing to relocate to anywhere on this planet. If you are doing this work now you already understand. If you are just getting ready to begin this I can explain more.

I-Magi-Nation.com
I-Magi@austin.rr.

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the cost of a bottle of wine

2008-03-12T04:06:36Z

going back to that thread last year about quality of dance education and training vs the cost, there was just an excellent article on the bbc about Americans' tendency to think that a bottle of wine tastes better if it costs more. when offered two glasses of the same wine, they will tend to claim with confidence that the one they were told was more expensive tastes significantly better.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7187577.stm

is a link to the article...

K

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how has CI shaped your view of ...

2008-03-12T04:02:38Z

1. sex
2. appropriateness of touch
3. physical violence
4. view of your own body
5. general relating to others

I'm back to combating the public school's w/no touch policies, and I want to be sure to give CI and the plus sides of good touch a good representation - so I'm gathering information. For now I'm only going to write solid articles for newspapers and magazines... please only respond if I can use your responses in my article. Please include anonymous if I can use them only as such.

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argentina contact camp

2008-02-18T17:28:45Z

I was just wondering if anyone knows if there is still a three month
contact gathering happening in a rural part of Argentina. I know it
happened last year but haven't heard anything about it happening
again this year.
any clues?

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NORDIC IMPROVISATION MEETING

2008-02-16T11:35:44Z

NORDIC IMPROVISATION MEETING
COPENHAGEN 15-23 March (Easter Holiday)

WORKSHOPS 15-18 March
15+16+17+18 March 2-6 PM / Advanced Contact Improvisation w. Stephanie Maher (US/Berlin)
/ cost 80 euros (600 Dkr)
15+16 March 10-12 AM / All levels Contact Improvisation w. Pipaluk Supernova (Copenhagen)
/ cost 20 euros (150 Dkr)

NIM PROGRAM 19-23 March
10-12 AM Morning Classes / all levels / advanced / w. international teachers
2-6 PM Improvisation Labs / 2-3 studios + site specifics
8-12 PM Contact + Improvisation Jams w. live music
Wednesday 19th Opening Circle 2 pm
Saturday 22nd 8-12 PM Open House showings +jam
Sunday 23rd 8-12 PM Circle + Closing Jam

NB NIM is a non profit shared event for artists
NB 19+23rd are included, not travel days!
Cost : 130 euros (1.000 Dkr) + food, brunch/dinner, great cook (-: 70 euros (500 Dkr).
Register /pay before 19th February!! Later registration+25 euros (180 Dkr)
Sleeping : private apartments or simple dormitory.

PLEASE help the organizers, send an email + payment right away if you wish to attend workshops and/or NIM Copenhagen (-:
We'd also like to recieve proposals for NIM Labs, and if you wish to teach a class.

read more http://www.ci-cph.dk
Please forward this email, thank you (-:

Much love from Copenhagen
Pipaluk+ Kerstin

NIM Contact : Kerstin Löfvander tel. mobile +45 27627891/ home +45 35852403
email kerlof@hotmail.com
To register, send us an email + transfer money to
Kerstin Löfvander
Danske Bank
0274 251 00 05441
swift DABADKKK
IBAN DK3330002510005441
remember to write NIM + your NAME

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update on Bay Area Contact Jams... 4 per week! plus Dance Jam

2008-01-22T23:05:15Z

Hi all... just went to the Fairfax jam last night (Monday ) and felt like letting folks know about it... really a happening jam! There were about 28 people who came last night making it the second biggest jam in the bay area behind the SF Tuesday night jam at Counterpulse.

The Fairfax jam is 8p-10p every Monday at Marin Ayurveda (85 Bolinas Rd in Fairfax). There is a warm up class 7p-8p which is usually taught by Rana Stewart, although I'll usually teach there when I'm in town. The vibe is really friendly and inviting and at the same time very focussed. It's a small space, but if it gets too crowded, they open up the yoga studio next door, so it works out well. There is ambient music at the jam. It ends at 10p on the nose, so best to get there early.

For info sake, there are also the following jams
Tuesdays 8p-11p at Counterpulse in SF (Mission and 9th) class with changing instructors 6p-8p. This is still the biggest jam. nice floor, although they could use better lighting.
Saturdays 3:30p-5:30p at 8th Street Studio in Berkeley (8th & Dwight) (sometimes a class beforehand). This is the longest running jam, but is a bit quieter in terms of numbers than it once was... I thin there were about 15 people there this last Saturday, which seemed typical.
Sundays 1:30-4p at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory (Mission and 11th). newer jam that I haven't been to yet, so I can't say anything about it, except that i have the sense that it's smallish, which makes sense as it is just starting out

Of course, the other really big place to go do contact is Friday night Dance Jam, which I think something like 150 to 200 or so people go to every Friday in Berkeley. two rooms of dj'd barefoot dancing. probably a good 30 or so people there at least dabbling in contact over the course of the evening. very fun space! 8th & Dwight in Berkeley 8:30p - 1a

regards
Karl

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seattle jam & potluck @ grassroots this saturday

2008-01-17T14:52:46Z

Reminder from: SeattleContact Yahoo! Group

Title: Seattle Contact Jam and Potluck

Date: Saturday January 19, 2008
Time: 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Repeats: This event repeats every month on the third Saturday.
Location: Grass Roots Studio - 5609 34th Ave SW, Seattle, WA, 98126
Phone: 206-935-0459
Notes: From 4-6pm we have the jam and then a potluck at 6pm until 8pm. Bring your food and we will warm it up after the jam. We are asking for a contribution of $3-$8 for the space costs.

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looking for a male contact improv teacher/facilitator for conscious men's gathering...

2008-01-08T21:31:26Z

hello all,

i am helping to organize a conscious men's gathering, wherein we try to build intimacy and connection between a diversity of men (diversity referring to sexual orientation, age, etc). This is an annual event that takes place in the area of Vancouver Canada near the end of february.

And I believe that a contact improv introduction class would be fabulous for this, yet i am missing who the facilitator might be - i am wondering if any of you might have some ideas/leads?

much thanks,

Bradley

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Not Until Now - Short Film of Contact Improvisation by Brandon Gonzalez

2008-01-07T14:10:00Z

Hey Contacters,

Just finished this video! Excuse the quality on YouTube (it was
actually shot in HD) and enjoy. Thanks Mediums, for the music.

link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=FTTIc_XHNrA

The film documents two dancers as they strive and sometimes struggle
to create intimate connection both physically and emotionally. Using
the form contact improvisation as their focus. The music, instrumental
and skillfully composed, along with serene images of nature, set the
stage for the dance to unfold.

Not Until Now (Remix) by MEDIUMS

A Film by Brandon Gonzalez

Dancers Laurie Ellington and Brandon Gonzalez

Filmed by Michel Scott

www.myspace.com/musicbymediums

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Nita Little \\ first call

2008-01-04T12:55:36Z

Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
International Projects 2008

Orvieto \ Italy
April 25–May 2 / 2008

Nita Little
Restless Peace
A mind in motion and Contact Improvisation experience
Residential project for experienced movers

The American performer Nita Little will be the special guest of our association, first time in Italy as guest artist, for giving the project “Restless Peace”. The intensive workshop with Nita Little is in the calendar of our Residential Projects 2008, and will be from April 25 to May 2, 2008 in the beautiful Etruscan city of Orvieto, in middle Italy.

After the end of the workshop, on May 3rd and 4th, the association will plan also two days with the International Springfest Jam.

The intensive workshop and the Jam will be held both at the headquarters of the cultural Association Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, in the prestigious sixteenth century rooms of the Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli, in Orvieto.

Application for registration in the project with Nita Little is open from January 7th. For information and more details write to: info@contactfestival.it, or telephone to +39 0763.341479.

Nita Little
Restless Peace
The urge to move, to go where we have never been, is the soul of our practice in this workshop.
Developing a "home base", a place of personal and creative safety is as important as the journey; how wonderful to be free when you have a home! We learn, how like nomads, we may carry our home with us, even as we track paths in and out of unfamiliar territory.
We focus on developing the mental, emotional, and physical skills that enable dancers to travel creatively. Utilizing a full dance vocabulary, we integrate gestured movement improvisation with contact improvisation and build the skills to consciously weave these two forms.

We investigate “states” of mind / “states” of body as a means to develop and direct creative work in our improvisations. Developing the ability to describe and craft subtle levels of action and experience, we boost our physical potential while increasing our readability. Moving in solo, duet and group forms, we gain compositional tools for structural orientation; like torches, they light the way.

This workshop is developed for experienced movers who wish to pass beyond the threshold of old patterns. The restless human drive that takes us out of comfort, urges us to meet the unfamiliar, to move into, through and with the unknown, is a dance artist’s call. Here, we harness that drive and discover how, moving at the speed of our restless calling, we can find peace.

This class culminates in a creative work for performance at the workshop and at Zipfest08.

Things we will do:
Go deep into the physical philosophy behind contact improvisation.
Learn underlying CI principles that manifest as pathways of action.
Build the tools for safe physical and creative relationships
Discover different spatial orientations: vertical/hierarchical and horizontal/diffuse.
Learn about our temporal orientation and develop tools that modulate time.
Develop the skills to be able to move freely between states of mind.
Deepen our agreements to open to life, to the dance.
Honor peace.

about Nita Little
www.nitalittle.com
Nita Little has been developing, choreographing, performing and teaching improvisational dance for the past thirty-six years, notably Contact Improvisation, which she helped evolve from its inception with Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and others.
She collaborated in numerous performing companies introducing Contact Improvisation throughout the United States. She is a master teacher with former students all over the world, who are themselves now master dancers and teachers: Gretchen Spiro, Andrew Harwood, Frey Faust, Scott Wells, Julie Oak, Peter Bingham to name just a few. Through CI she discovered her abiding interest in the evolution of consciousness and the mind body relationship. Since 1981 she has been developing an evolving curriculum called The Mind in Motion, which explores the range of experiential states along the mind-body continuum and reveals principles that define Contact Improvisation as well as other movement forms. This work is informed by her investigation of the mind through work such as hypnotherapy and NeuroLinguistic Programming.

As a performing artist her current work is a mix of both formal and improvisational choreography and scores. While anchored in process, it frequently explores character, story, and concept.

Nita received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in choreography and was on the California Arts Council Touring Program.
The latter award was to her solo dance company, NITA LITTLE DANCE THEATRE, which she began in 1984, continued through 1990, and reinstated as a pickup company in 2000. In 2002 Nita created Playing God, an hour-long dance opera that received funding through the Dance USA /National Endowment for the Arts.

Over the years Nita has been both faculty and guest artist at numerous colleges and universities including New York University, California Institute for the Arts, Texas Christian University, Temple University, Tufts University, Scripps College and UC Santa Barbara.

Nita teaches and performs yearly at national and international dance festivals including ImPulsTanz, Vienna, The Side Step Festival, Helsinki, Kontakt Budapest International Improvisation Festival, the International Contact Festival Freiburg, Germany,the Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance and Improvisation and the West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival, Berkeley California.
She also teaches locally and nationally throughout the year. She lives with her son in Santa Cruz Mountains in California.

As she has pioneered a path in the understanding of the mind/body/spirit relationship, Nita's mission, conscious evolution, has been the backbone of her passion and her practice. Her goal is to see, feel and reveal grace in all its forms and as it exists in the actions of the mind and the body.

Info and reservation
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15
05018 Orvieto (TR) - Italy
tel +39 0763.341479
fax +39 0763.340669
info@contactfestival.it
www.contactfestival.it

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NEW YEARS DAY JAM IN PORT TOWNSEND, WA

2007-12-20T08:11:32Z

Fwd: New Years Contact Jam in Port Townsend‏
From: michal lahav (michalahav@gmail.com)
Sent: December 19, 2007 4:04:23 PM
To: (Unknown)

On Dec 19, 2007 3:48 PM, Maureen Freehill <mfreehill@hotmail.com> wrote:

ANNOUNCING THE NEW YEARS DAY CREATIVE PLAY AND CONTACT JAM
IN BEAUTIFUL PORT TOWNSEND
NOON TILL 4PM
AT FORT WORDEN STATE PARK'S MADRONA MIND BODY INSTITUTE
ALL IN HONOR OF THE QUICK AND EASY (and temporary) PASSENGER FERRY!!!
(while it lasts---dec 13-Jan 5)

AT 8:30 AM GET ON THE FERRY DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AT PIER 50 (pay 6.70 RT and 1.00 for bicycle--if they are charging--they were still not equipped to charge for the ferry when i rode it on monday so it was free)
ENJOY THE LOVELY RIDE FOR 90 MINUTES--(sit upstairs for the best view)
GET OFF DOWNTOWN PORT TOWNSEND
ENJOY A MEAL AND/OR SHOPPING DOWNTOWN
BIKE RIDE, HITCH, WALK or arrange a pick up (we will do our best to have enuf cars to get everyone who makes arrangements with me or nalawalla@hotmail.com)

ARRIVE AT FORT WORDEN'S MADRONA MIND BODY INSTITUTE BY NOON.
http://www.madronamindbody.com/welcome/
FEE IS 15 dollars per person for the use of dance studios and heat.

AT NOON BEGIN THE JAM with an opening circle.
BRING INSTURMENTS, SNACKS, RECORDING DEVICES, ART AND WRITING SUPPLIES OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CREATIVELY PLAY WITH (anyone who wants to do a particular score or activity to share with the group please send a proposal to maureen AT mfreehill@hotmail.com by december 29th)
THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SPACE FOR CONTACT IMPROVISATION and CONTEMPLATIVE DANCE PRACTICE.

COME AND GO AS YOU LIKE. THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL PLACES TO WALK ON BLUFFS, BEACH AND WOODS.

AT 4PM WE END THE JAM with a closing circle.

RETURN TO DOWNTOWN PORT TOWNSEND IN TIME TO CATCH THE 6:15 FERRY BACK TO SEATTLE OR SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE OLYMPIC HOSTEL (if space is available) ON THE GROUNDS OF FORT WORDEN
http://www.hihostels.com/dba/hostel060110.en.htm

MAUREEN WILL HOST AN AFTERJAM NEW YEARS PARTY/POTLUCK
AT HER LAND IN PORT TOWNSEND.
FROM 6PM TILL WHENEVER
(check with her if you want to spend the night there--it may be possible)

QUESTIONS AND INFO
mfreehill@hotmail.com or 206 855 5836
nalawalla@hotmail.com

FEEL FREE TO PASS THIS INFO ON TO ANYONE SINCE IT IS PRETTY LAST MINUTE NOTICE

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Winter Solstice Jam \ last call

2007-12-03T01:09:24Z

Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Orvieto - Italy
presents
Four Seasons Jams

International Winter Solstice Jam
21\22\23 December 2007

Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli
Orvieto - Italy
info@contactfestival.it

Last days for the registration in the Jam!!
With Christmas just around the corner…we’re dancing Contact !

Second encounter with Four Seasons Jams, a project of art and culture that continues to call attention to the city of Orvieto in Italy, with regards to Contact Improvisation, the Performing Art and dance of Improvisation.

The next appointment is the International Winter Solstice Jam on the 21, 22 and 23 of December, to greet the arrival of winter, and to celebrate Christmas time and a week from the end of the year, dancing Contact together.
Second Jam in a series of four, every three months, at every change of season.

The jam will be held at the headquarters of the cultural Association Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, in the prestigious sixteenth century rooms of the Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli.

The dance studio in our dynamic residence is welcoming and serene; in addition to dancing together, time and space are dedicated to personal requirements, to being together, to visiting the splendid Etruscan city of Orvieto.

We’ll dance together and we’ll warm ourselves in front of the fire in the fireplace in the frescoed Room of the Four Seasons, during the three days of the jam.

It is open to all, with three days of improvisation dance in the residence, including hospitality, reception and meals.

The fee is 100 euros, which includes also hospitality, reception and meals.

For information write to: info@contactfestival.it, or telephone to +39 0763.341479.

Info and reservation
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15 Orvieto (TR) Italy
tel +39 0763341479
fax +39 0763340669
mobile +39 3391017492
info@contactfestival.it
www.contactfestival.it

Lodging in the residence
We can host up to 20\24 people, comfortably.
We are organized with mattresses that the participants can use, scattered here and there in the 150 square meters of the studio.
You have to bring your own sleeping bag and a blanket, or sheets\pillow and blanket, as you prefer.
There’s a room in residence equipped for preparing breakfast and meals, in addition to dressing rooms and showers.
One person will cook for us during the three days of the jam.
Lunch will be light (fruit, rice, vegetables and/or cheese, cookies, honey, tea, coffee, etc.).
Evenings a dinner will be offered.

Artistic project and organization
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica

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Losers

2007-12-02T18:45:54Z

my friend Rosy Simas just put up an old video clip from a piece that we did back in '99 called "Losers" (Minneapolis, MN).

www.rosysimas.com

It was a 15 minute piece in which we drank half a bottle of wine 5 minutes before going on stage and then finished it while we were performing. fun piece and even more fun audience reactions!

K

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desire

2007-11-23T16:52:32Z

warm greetings fellow rollers and flyers,

I have a question that I hope I can word correctly and it peaks interest. When I'm teaching introductory classes, I usually invite the students to first be aware of the connections around them (space, self, other) and to play with responding or not responding to these connections. I then say that these responses aren't from a place of desire.

What is your experience with personal desire when you dance? Perhaps they don't altogether disappear, but with awareness simply have respect. Perhaps sometimes they are good to be aware of and to follow or not? Do you see our responses as desire?

I don't see them as desire - it's as if what I want from an ego place simply disappears and I'm acting from a much deeper place. I've taken space away from them, and can see them, but no longer want to act on them.

The reason I tell my students this is to aid in their brain asking "what do I have to do?" and to keep open their options by breaking down the walls of "I". But perhaps allowing them to act on desire is okay at first? Any help on this? I want to open not limit my students.

Thank you.

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butho dance testimonial/comments please

2007-11-11T17:35:07Z

hi!!
what do you know about butho dance???
it came to my life this week and many times it's been calling me.....
there is a school in india offering short and long term workshops. the most recent post by lee is about that.

do you have personal info you could share???
here is the web site : www.subbody.net
many videos on youtube.com . search for BUTHO.

their web page is simple but include a good expression of what it involve and what the technique is conceived for!!!

paix
manuel

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Die down your daily mind in Himalaya!

2007-11-03T08:57:31Z

Die down your daily mind in Himalaya!

Welcome to Himalaya!

If you want to live as a facilitater of body communication worlshop, you can learn the whole method here.
If you want to become an unique butoh dancer, also you can learn whole creation method here.
If you want to meet your whole self, you can learn how to contact your whole here.

School Guide 2008

One year course: March 17-December 8
Half year course: Available to start flexiblly
Three months course: Available to start flexiblly

●Spring term（Three months course ）: March 17- June 6, 2008

●Summer term（Three months course）: June 16- September 5, 2008

●Autum term（Three months course）: September 15- Decmber 5, 2008

Monday to Friday
AM 10:00 - PM 4:30

Anybody, any age, any sex, any handicaped people; OK!
(But here is the highland of 1800m sea level, on the foot of Himalaya mountains. Regrettably, you can not use wheelchair.)

One year(Three terms): 1300 US$
Half year(Two terms): 1000 US$
One term(Three months): 570 US$

International Subbody Butoh School
(Jogibara, Dharamsala. Himachal Pradesh, India)

Ten　students only (In order of application. Long term student are given priority.)

Send e-mail with your personal information and hope.

to: subbody@hotmail.com

more info.: www.subbody.net

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if you are in florida ..

2007-10-26T13:04:45Z

and want to recieve or study thai massage !! find me!!

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In Santa Monica - Sunday nights

2007-10-21T23:54:31Z

This seems to be the central LA meet-up for contact improv:

http://www.contactimprovla.com/la_jam.php

Tonight they have an intro before the main jam (since it's the 3rd Sunday...)

A few of us did a contact improv -style dance as part of the entertainment at a Los Feliz art opening last night - it turned out to be the perfect mix, for the vibe of the event, and got the whole audience dancing after that (of course the fact that their DJ rocked helped too!) :)

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Underscore

2007-10-14T16:31:01Z

I was trying to find something on Nancy's Underscore on the web. as it was surprisingly not-easy to find it written out, when i did find it, I thought to post it here. It is from a jam that happened (is happening?) in Amsterdam, but i don't know who wrote it.

I am wondering about people's experiences of being in Underscore jams and how you experience it changes the opportunities... what does it add, what does it take away (both in terms of explicit intentions and effective practice). any thoughts?

regards
Karl
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description of Nancy's Underscore from Amsterdam Underscore Jam

UNDERSCORE:

Developed by Nancy Stark Smith, it is a structure that organizes a contact impro and allows people to work together in a warm-up or an impro session. It generates a very interesting frame to share that may orient the impro and provides a language to be able talk about the experience later.

I. Sequential Aspects: These Aspects of the Score serve as a guide that develops sequentially. The changes from one aspect to the next occurs spontaneously for each dancer rather than being strictly controlled.

a. Arriving:

i. Arriving energetically: bring the focus to the present.

ii. Arriving Physically: bring the attention to the sensation you have in the body at this moment.

iii. Pow-wow (optional): coming together to talk in a circle (names, injuries, how long it will last)

iv. Pre- ambulation: (optional): go through the space, open connections with the space and the people after the talk.

b. Skinesphere:
What’s inside the skin, sensation, what we feel in the small dance.

i. Bonding with the earth: to relax the body, to feel the support from below, connection with the floor.

ii. Mobilizing, agitating the mass: To mix the mass with the air, by jumping, moving, to get a new organization afterwards.

c. Kinesphere:
Attention to what you can reach with your limbs.

i. Low kinsphere: Dome, centre on the floor.

ii. High kinsphere: With the centre high.
(Maybe a moment to balance, to increase our tone.)

iii. Expanding and traveling kinsphere: The base of it is the connection with your centre and with the floor. Breath.

d. Overlapping kinspheres:
We start to be more conscious of the others in the space.

e. Connections- Grazing:
Short connections happening during the Overlapping Ks. Between one and the other is your solo.

i. Coincidence: same time same thing.

ii. Confluence: two rivers that meet.

iii. Divergence

iv. Touch

v. Attraction: is magnetic, you feel attracted by a body or a movement.

vi. Repulsion or Aversion

vii. Intersection: cross ways.

viii. Influence: music, people…

ix. Contrast: acknowledge that difference is a way of connection.

x. Collisions: soft, they wake us up.

xi. Tangent: when our route meets another just on a point.

xii. Empathy and Resonance: I feel something from the distance.

xiii. Shearing: from shearing sheeps.

f. Engagement:
At some point we start to be more implicated with the connection.

i. Development: developing a duo

ii. Resolution: disengagement, end of the duo.

g. Re-circulation through the score:
Allow the sensation to continue. Where am I? What do I want to do? Don’t cut it, don’t escape to drink water.

h. Open Score:
We can use different ways to re-enter the score.

i. Observation

ii. Re-Entrance

i. Final Resolution of the room:
The beginning of the last chapter. Each person resolves his own activity arriving to stillness where we can feel the experience of had been dancing.

j. Disengagement of the whole pattern:
From the stillness we imagine the group as a crystalline form, and when we are ready….end of the total design.

k. Reflection and Harvest:
Introspective revision of the body. And then harvest, you may write or draw or…

l. Sharing:
Harvest’s celebration. Listening to the authentic of the personal experience, we learn, we feel.

II. Non Sequential Aspects- Any time All the time:

a. Streaming:
Current, flow, stream. Small particles of light in movement (like the fffffff of the tv). Vital force. Related with the breath.

b. Gap:
Temporal moment of absence of reference. You don’t have orientation.If we experience a gap we may focus on the streaming, for the current not to diminish, because we need it to orient ourselves. Also allow ourselves to explore the gap, we don’t have to fill it always.

c. Telescoping Mind:
We can zoom in and out when we like to.

i. Zoom in: We concentrate on a particular sensation and we increase the focus. It gives context.

ii. Zoom out: Consciousness of the total composition, without loosing the consciousness of what we are doing.

d. Idiot Button:
When it gets too much the trying to be aware of so many things we press this button and we simplify. We feel, we breath, and if we want awareness we press it again.

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Simone Forti "Logomotion Writing Workshop" \ project in residence

2007-10-14T00:15:24Z

Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Orvieto \ Italy
International Projects 2008

Hello!
We are happy to announce that Simone Forti will be again the guest artist of our residence, for giving her intensive residential workshop “Logomotion Writing Workshop”.
The intensive workshop with Simone Forti is in the ambit of our international projects 2008, and will be from March 8 to 15 2008 in the beautiful Etruscan city of Orvieto, in mid Italy.
The workshop is limited to 16 participants.
The intensive workshop will be held at the headquarters of the cultural Association Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, in the prestigious sixteenth century rooms of the Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli.
The fee is 400 euros, which includes also hospitality, reception and meals.
Application for registration is open from October 15th.
For information write to: info@contactfestival.it, or telephone to +39 0763.341479.
Info and texts below.

Simone Forti \ Logomotion Writing Workshop
Intensive residential workshop
8-15 March 2008
maximum 16 participants
7-day workshop, plus one day pause
fee 400 euros (including meals and lodging)
pre-registration: 150 euros

Logomotion Writing Workshop
Sometimes our words don't have access to what we know in our bones.
In this workshop we will be improvising moving and speaking, and we will be writing.
While our writing will stimulate our imagination and support our improvisations, our improvisations will enrich our writing with a kinesthetic timing to phrasing and windows on sudden thoughts and memories.
Our activities will include studio sessions of improvisational moving and speaking, spontaneous writing, walks in town, with partners, for conversations about matters large and small, and private times to write and to craft our writings and to read them to each other.
We will borrow from the writing practice of Natalie Goldberg as found in her books “Writing Down the Bones” and “Wild Mind”, discovering the associations that gather spontaneously around a chosen point of departure.
As our movement work will include many activities in partners and in groups, some of our writing will include more than one voice, focusing on the relationships between the thoughts of different people.
A goal will be to write with wild mind and intention, and with awareness of world.

Jennifer Dunning writes in her 1991 New York Times review: “Simone Forti presented her first dance program in 1960 and has since then had a steadily increasing influence on post-modernist choreographers interested in exploring ‘natural’ or non-formalist movement and dance”.

Info and reservation
Caravajal15 residenza dinamica
Via Malabranca 15
05018 Orvieto (TR) - Italy
tel +39 0763341479
fax +39 0763340669
mobile +39 3391017492
info@contactfestival.it
www.contactfestival.it

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New San Francisco Jam on Sundays!!!

2007-10-08T03:12:37Z

Sunday Contact Jam
at 1519 Mission St. near 11th
class is from noon to 1:30-$10
jam is from 1:30 to 4pm-$5
class & jam $12

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CI dance jam partners in Las Vegas

2007-10-04T20:42:31Z

I'm interested in starting a dance jam in Las Vegas (I live here). If anyone is interested please let me know. I used to do CI a lot before moving here 4 years ago.

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Kneepads

2007-10-02T22:26:52Z

After wearing kneepads while teaching at Earthdance this past weekend, I began to wonder two things about them.

Do kneepads interfere with the patella tracking in the knee joint?

Which way do people wear kneepads - felt inside or out? curved line up or down?

I wear them with the felt inside. I think there is less wear on the felt that way, and with the curve up so that there is more felt in contact with the ground.

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anyone interested in a trip from ca to the montreal jam in november?

2007-09-16T21:38:39Z

i've been thinking about planning this trip to go to the jam in montreal. its the weekend of november 17th and there is a workshop with nancy stark smith. i myself am located in oakland, and i'm not sure if i want to fly or drive or what, but i think it could also be more fun to go with a couple contacters and go together and meet the scene in montreal. are you interested? willing to just take off for a week or two in the middle of november? like random roadtrips with random road buddies? send me a message, and maybe we can organize something.
-jen

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east coast jam oct 17-21

2007-09-13T14:21:14Z

There's still time to get the earlybird discount. Send in your deposit by Oct 1 to reserve a space for yourself at the Fall East Coast Jam, October 17-21 in Charles Town, WV. It's sure to be as delightful as previous years with great dancing, yummy food, and restful walks in the woods and fields.

When: Wednesday, Oct 17-Sunday, Oct 21
Where: Claymont Court, Charles Town, WV
Cost: $300 if deposit of $50 received by Oct 1; higher if registering later
More info: www.eastcoastjam. com
Who: Call Mike Hurd for questions 828-329-2369

or email me.

in dance&breath,
Cheryl

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ride offered to breitenbush fall jam

2007-09-07T04:20:03Z

hi all;
i am driving south from vancouver bc to breitenbush for the fall jam
i have room (presently) for five riders
i am asking for contributions for gas $$
if you would like a ride please email me:
impromptudance at yahoo dot com

this is my fifth or sixth? jam at breitenbush
lots of ci folks to dance with from the pacific northwest
(california has the harbin hot springs jam memorial day weekend)
namaste, Xris

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any child psychologists out there?

2007-08-31T15:26:59Z

I'm looking for someone in the psychology or related field that is involved in CI and interested in at least the raw beginnings of a project towards bringing touch and emotional education to our public schools!

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brazil scene?

2007-08-31T13:04:38Z

has anyone done contact in brazil?
any idea which areas have a contact scene?
thanks !

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Contact Improv and Healing

2007-08-17T01:21:47Z

I recently went through a lot of physical and emotional trauma...but I found a group here in LA that is a mix of Contact, 5 Rythyms and Soul Motion. I am having these incredibly healing experiences during Contact Improv...my body is going places it has never been, but most suprising is the emotional healing that is occuring. I don't know if it is the touch, the surrender of myself, or something else. Has anyone had a healing experience during the dance? An emotional release of sorts? Or have you heard about healing aspects of Contact Improv? Are there any books to read on the subject? I am curious if I have stumbled onto something!?!?!?!

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eyeDance

2007-08-16T21:01:04Z

I'm experimenting with a blog as a vehicle to expand some of my photographs with the thoughts that prompted the shot or were drawn out when I looked at the result. Much of my photography is of dancers and musicians, and so the effort is of possible interest to this tribe. As dancers, your comments at the site would help greatly in the shaping of its growth. It's called eyeDance, and can be found here:

http://eyedance.blogspot.com

Criticism and compliments are equally welcome. Many thanks.

Nataraj

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Booty Boogie at Harbin!!!

2007-08-15T02:54:17Z

The BOOTY BOOGIE is happening!!!!
Come to Harbin Hot Springs September 7-9th for
a weekend of free-style dance,
community play and connection.

This booty shaking event is geared towards movers
that enjoy the energy of places like
Dance Jam, Sweat your Prayers, Dance Church, Barefoot Boogie, Dance Camp,
etc…

Boogies in the evenings
with melodic, playful and lyrical DJ'd music.
During the day we’ll play with
Dolphin Dancing, Body Painting, Singing,
Contact Improv on land & water
Dance Church, Gratitude Boogie, and ?????
We’ll also have plenty of free time to soak, schmooze,
and to spontaneously create classes, silliness,
depth and anything else that arises.
We will make it what we want it to be!

Your talents, gifts and ideas are welcome and appreciated!
If there’s something you would like to teach or share, let me know!

Price includes 6 yummy vegetarian meals,
use of all Harbin facilities and yoga classes,
PLUS our sanctuary away from the weekend crowds
where we’ll have own private pools to play in, indoor /outdoor camping,
a beautiful wood dance floor
and lots of LOVE!

We can be at Harbin from noon Friday until 10pm Sunday!!!!!!!
And the Conference center will be available from 5pm Friday-5pm Sunday
So come and join us for a rich and yummy gathering.
We’ll be coming together in the spirit of community…
to celebrate, relax, share, play, explore, and DANCE ! ! !

Sliding scale
$265-$295 before August 31st
Kids under 4=$55 /ages 4-8=$90 / ages 9-12 =$120)
late fees apply after September 1st

Luna Baron will be your host
For any more info, or to reserve your space e-mail lunabaron@hotmail.com
Check out our website at www.dolphin-dancing.com
or call 707-987-9778
Send payments to Luna Baron
PO Box 1294 Middletown, CA 95461

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Travellin and looking for contact in South America

2007-08-09T04:10:16Z

I'm traveling to South America this fall and am hoping to find some CI. I've heard that Argentina was a hot spot, but I am looking for some specifics. Does anyone know any CI communities in South America?

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Proximity ........ in SANTA CRUZ

2007-08-04T10:00:10Z

if your about .....check it out .......

http://www.bodyresearch.org/proximity/index.html

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Petition to revoke "no touch" policy

2007-08-02T14:15:46Z

Greetings fellow friends of touch!

While I greatly appreciate all the work those who manage our public schools put in, sometimes with all they have to deal with they need our help! Perhaps you've read in recent weeks about a school in Vienna, VA that punishes students for all bodily contact. (For NPR's coverage go to: http://www.npr.org/blogs/news/2007/06/dealing_with_va_schools_total_1.html) As this touches on my most personal values, and I'm sure many of ours, I have drawn up a petition in response on the care2.com petition site. If you feel there are better ways of managing our children regarding touch and wish to sign or if you simply want to read my letter to the school officals, please visit the site below. Feel free to pass the word on! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-revoke-the-quotno-touchingquot-policy-at-kilmer-middle-school-in-vienna-va

In peace, love and healthy development through touch, Lynn Christianson

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AXOLOTL and PROXIMITY ... two Karl Frost/BODY RESEARCH participatory performance events ... JULY 26 - AUG 12, SF and Santa Cruz

2007-07-24T14:47:36Z

of interest for Contact Improvisors... these two shows offer fascinating alternative lenses on the exploration of touch and contact...

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BODY RESEARCH is performing two shows in San Francisco and Santa Cruz, July 26 - August 12

PROXIMITY and AXOLOTL

www.BODYRESEARCH.org/proxax

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AXOLOTL -- A participatory performance experience, psychological and kinesthetic: be blindfolded for 2 hours of exploration of self and other

July 26, August 9, 10 in San Francisco (8PM at Million Fishes, 23rd and Bryant)
July 28, August 2 in Santa Cruz (8PM at the Vet's Hall, 846 Front St)

"I left the theater shell-shocked.
It was easily the oddest, most surprising performance experience I've ever had. And, against all expectations, one of the most rewarding."
BRENDAN KILEY, The Stranger (Seattle 2005)

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PROXIMITY (premier) -- an exploration of social distance, connection, and disconnection. The audience wanders a convoluted space witnessing shifting relationships amongst an ensemble of performers. Watch safely from a distance or get a better look up close and risk getting involved.

July 27, August 5, 11, 12 -- San Francisco (8pm at 1800 Illinois St)
July 29, Aug 4 -- Santa Cruz (8pm at 418 Project, 418 Front St)

"... fascinating; awkward, tender, and violent movement combined with snippets of dialog and swiftly built-up characters and
relationships, creating social and sexual conflicts with an almost unnerving intimacy... utterly compelling. "
BRETT FETZER, The Stranger (Seattle April 2004){about research work for Proximity}

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Performers: Isabelle Fortier, Isabella Kirouac, Sasha Klapkin (Canada), Elska Zeidle (Germany), Natalie Heller (Cyprus), Maja Paalsson (Denmark), Munir Rashid, Cammie Kelly, Kevin Dockerty, Karl Frost, Collin Leach (US), and guests

shows $15-$30 sliding scale ... $12 for July 26-29
reservations recommended because of audience size limitations
e to info@bodyresearch.org or call (206) 790 1645 for reservations

www.BODYRESEARCH.org/proxax for info

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non-touching exercises

2007-07-24T02:34:29Z

Hi all,

I'm beginning a class with people I feel it may take awhile to actually get to the touching part, and wanted to brainstorm teaching exercises that don't involve touching each other. I know Martin K. has a lot, but am having trouble remembering some.

What I have right now and usually use are general mediation exercises/warmups: scores for getting into your own body, connecting with the floor, soloing with the floor, connecting with the room/air, scores for falling, releasing, imagery, softness... looking for more specific ones though. Exercises that involve dueting with the floor, architecture or objects I usually reserve after people are familiar with dancing with people (makes it easier to surrender and feel and not feel so stupid).

Anyone have anything to add?

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Definition

2007-07-21T01:24:16Z

What is the definition of an advanced CI dancer?

Is it skill in lifty aerial tricks?

Is it skill in sensitivity to the contact point?

Is it skill in following the contact point wherever it may roll?

Is it skill in dancing comfortably with whomever comes your way?

Is it skill in wearing cool pants with pockets and stripes?

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75 CI videos now in the YouTube Contact Improv channel - Add yours too

2007-07-19T04:42:35Z

There are now 75 Contact Improvisation dance related video clips in the YouTube Contact Improv channel located at:
http://youtube.com/group/ContactImprov

There are new videos from;

imaginatorist
- --Contact Q&A - A Dance Documentary (an interesting improvised group dance and interview about CI)

tofi2000
- --Lee-Anne and David Corbet dancing contact at ACIC 2006
- --Group contact investigation during class
- --Those who have felt love and pain (dance from the big toes)

adamjgriff
- --Moab Jam 2007 Contact Improv 1, 2, 3, and 4

1Lerber
- --Early Morning Contact

and many more...

How To Add Your Own Clips

To add your own CI related videos to the group, just join the group and you can add your own video clips or others that you find on Youtube. Having the videos grouped like this makes them easier for viewers to find..

The process for adding a video to the CI group:
join the group at
http://youtube.com/group/ContactImprov

go to your clip, and below the clip is a button
(Add to Groups)
click on it and all the groups you belong to will show up.
add the clip to the group
(x ) CI All Things Related to Contact Improv Dance
click (Add to Group) button
it will then show up in the CI group.

I look forward to seeing your clips!
best
edwin

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Contact Improv Dance Jam on Toronto Islands (Ontario, Canada) - * NEW DEPARTURE POINT * - Sunday, July 22

2007-06-12T20:57:48Z

Contact Improv Dance Jam on Toronto Islands (Ontario, Canada)

* NEW DEPARTURE POINT *

WHEN: Sunday, July 22

We will be departing from our Sunday Jam location : Dovercourt House, Penthouse studio (805 Dovercourt Rd., 3rd Floor - just N of Bloor St. W) at 1:30pm (or possibly earlier) to head to the beach.

You are strongly encouraged to join us in the Sunday Jam (11am - 1:30pm) ($5) at Dovercourt House prior to going to the Island, so that we don't lose track of anyone.

WHERE: Hanlan's Point (Toronto Islands) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Meeting Point: at the white goal posts in the grass, just outside of the clothing-optional beach
Island Map http://www.toronto.ca/parks/pdf/island/toronto_island_map.pdf

Directions to the Ferry Docks:
The Toronto Ferry Docks is located at the foot of Bay St. and Queens Quay W., near the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel.
*Direction by TTC: From Union station take any streetcar to the Queens Quay (Ferry Docks) Stop. The entrance to the ferry docks is on the south side of the street.
*Walk / Drive: Main entrance at foot of Bay St. on Queens Quay W. Enter through park, via walkway between Harbour Castle Westin Hotel and Harbour Castle condominiums. Parking is available 1 block N at Lakeshore Blvd. W. & Bay St.; 1 block W on Queens Quay W. between Bay and York Sts.; 1 block E opposite Toronto Star building adjacent to Captain John's restaurant.

Toronto Island Ferry information: 416-392-8193

Ferry Cost:
Adults $6.00
Students and Seniors (under 19 with Student Card and over 65) $3.50
Juniors (under 14) $2.50
Children (under 2) Free

Hanlan's Point Ferry Summer Schedule http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/summerschedule.htm

Directions (once on the Island):
Walk along the pedestrian roadway until you come to a 2-direction turn-off point, then follow the right-hand path

INFO: IslandContactJam@hotmail.com

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judo pants, chinese knea pads, martial arts shoes

2007-06-12T13:24:48Z

hey I was recently asked by someone where to get these things for contact, so i thought i would pass them along here.

for judo pants, the best source I've seen is Chajonshim Martial Arts Supply
www.cjmas.com/index.php

they are actually hard to find seperate from the rest of the uniform, and i love dancing contact in them. They sell for $18 plus shipping

for chinese knea pads, the best i know at the moment is still contact Quarterly ... $15 plus shipping
www.contactquarterly.com/kp/kp.html

for chinese martial arts shoes (fabulous for outdoor dancing!) Martial Arts Mart ...$14 plus shipping
http://www.martialartsmart.net/45353l.html

happy dancing
Karl

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WCCIF Crashing Pad

2007-06-06T15:55:37Z

Hi;

I'm coming from the Boulder contact community and am looking for a place to stay from June 29th - July 5th. I'm quiet and almost always smile, plus most of the time I will be dancing!!!!

I recently was at the Moab jam and graduated from Naropa University with an MFA in Contemporary Performance. I'm 39, don't drink or smoke and have a daily meditation practice.

love, light & magic,

Jennifer

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$300 or less Room for Contact Dancer Visiting Berkeley(WCCIF) & SF June 24-July 23rd (need in berkeley)

2007-06-04T22:55:38Z

WHEN: June 24 through July 23rd

Looking to share some space this summer? I just graduated from a College of Design in Denver and will be looking for an internship/career start in the Bay Area for several weeks. Here’s a little bit about me:

I am 36 years old and prior to my recent degree in Industrial Design worked as a graphic designer and massage therapist around Arizona and Boulder/Denver, Colorado.

My passion is dance (Contact, Salsa/Tango), and I’ll be attending many of the wonderful dance opportunities the Bay Area has to offer this summer, including the West Coast Contact Festival, June 29-July 4th. I’m a clean, responsible and down-to-earth guy who doesn’t drink or smoke. I enjoy a balance of conversation and quiet time, with plenty of adventurous strolls around the city and its pockets of nature. (I’m a fanatic photographer, so you’ll get plenty of photos as souvenirs of my stay, if you’d like.)

I’m looking for a friendly place that is not a party zone, preferably near the Bart and a safe, walkable pedestrian traffic area. I do need a safe place to park my car included in my stay. Since I am conducting a career/intern search on this trip, I will need to be able to patch into your Wifi with my laptop to write emails. Besides that, all I need is a place to rest my head and throw together some food.

So if you have an extra room or cottage and would like an interesting roommate or neighbor, please send me a note. I look forward to talking with you and seeing if we’re a fit.

Thank you! ;)
-Thomas

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Contact Camp at Burning Man ... August 25- September 3

2007-05-31T14:57:08Z

Contact Camp is happening again this year...

a nexus for the exploration of contact improvisation in the cultural wilds of Black Rock City!

a living experiment for a week in the gift-giving culture of Burning Man, where sharing the art of contact improvisationis our gift

a place to stay in this temporary city of 40,000 in the desert devoted to opening up our idea of the possible.

www.bodyresearch.org/burningcontact is the web site

regards

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