Hello dear friends from everywhere,

We are happy that the 9th edition of the "Global Underscore Solstice" will happen the week-end of the 20th and 21th of June 2009!

The schedule should be:

Northampton time: saturday 20th june, from 10am to 2pm
Paris time: saturday 20th june, from 4 pm to 8 pm
Japan, Australia , New Zealand : sunday 21th june, at night.

We do hope that you are willing to join the adventure again, or for the first time!
If so, please contact us at: underscoresolstice@yahoo.fr .
We will need a first answer before June the 2nd ; and after we will ask you for an engagement-confirmation before June 7th.
As usual, we will need the name of the coordinator of each group: it'll be
easier to communicate.
And after June 14th, we will send all the final details.

Again we would like to remind you that we prefer to keep the Underscore
Solstice with people that know the Underscore (“Full Score Practice”). However, in an effort to include others who are not as familiar with the Underscore, or cannot organize people to join them, there are three possible levels of participation one can choose from in joining this practice.
To help, here is a description of the three forms of participation:

A. Full Score Practice:
You are a community of dancers in which every dancer present is a part of a
serious exploration of the ideas/perceptions/principles operating in Nancy ’s Underscore (and behind that, in her work (and your own work) with Contact Improvisation). This probably means that several of you have studied and/or practiced the Underscore with Nancy directly. Since the event, for you, is about practicing the Underscore, even 1 or 2 dancers who are not familiar with her work will change the quality of the practice. Please feel free to set limits based on experience (for example: someone experienced in the Underscore can go over the score with one or two people beforehand, and they can join depending on the size of the group), and to contact us with any questions…

B. Modified Score/Jam:
You are a community of dancers who have various levels of experience with
Contact Improvisation and with Nancy ’s work. You may have one person who has studied with Nancy , but in general your experience as a group is in “jamming” and exploring improvisation. You might feel more resonance with a more open participation. For example, you might open and close with the small dance, and in the dancing section, you warm-up individually, circulate a bit, find a first partner for a contact improvisation dance, and then move into an “Open Jam” format. You might even end together at the "Final Resolution" time, take some time for personal reflection, rest, or warm-down, and then have a circle of sharing at the end. The circle might not necessarily be a “Harvest” in terms of the perceptions of Nancy ’s score, but would be a rich way of sharing your experience.

C. Satellite:
You want to participate but are unable to for many reasons: you are alone, you have an obligation, etc. You might join us for the opening and/or closing Small Dance (both would be great!) to sort of “click-in” to sense the dancing, and to give your support. You know enough about the small dance to be able to explore it deeply for that brief shared time.

We are extremely happy to renovate our yearly meeting with all of you, such a special occasion to be connected and dance together all over our planet!!! Do not hesitate to write us and thanks in advance for the support and the cooperation each of you will certainly bring.

Looking forward to have news from you, lots of love from Claire & the Parisian Global Underscore Solstice team.