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Jan 2-6, 2001 FREE DANS ORVIETO - THE ZIP SESSIONS ORVIETO ITALIA

Dance & Music & Theatre; Workshop, Performances, Jams See Free Dans Orvieto info
[added 12 Dec 2000]

Jan 6-7, 2001 START WITH WHERE YOU ARE! Santa Monica CA

Improvisation in Performance - Weekend Intensive Caroline Waters, Teacher & Facilitator.

Start the New Year by participating in a workshop which looks at strategies for excavating material for improvisation in performance. Drawing from the work of Augusto Boal's "Image Theatre" and "Real Time Composition" techniques from the New Dance, we will spend the weekend exploring the relationship between the moving and sounding body. We will see how in a short time we can develop a vocabulary of set and improvised movement scores to use as a resource for performance. We will be looking at ways of crafting the intertextuality of this found material, culminating in a performance on Sunday evening. An open jam will follow. Some experience would be helpful, but the workshop will be an open level and will provide an environment for spontaneity and hardworking fun.

Workshop Fee: $150 for the two days, $75 deposit needed to hold your space in the workshop. Maximum enrollment is eighteen. For more information and workshop schedule, please contact organizer Sarah Swenson at sarahvox@earthlink.net or 562.439.9010.
[added 2 Dec 2000]

Jan 12 - 14, 2001 Andrew Harwood Contact Improvisation Workshop Boston, MA

Contact Improvisation evolved in the early '70's out of the work of Steve Paxton and a group of postmodern dancers in New York City. Through inverstigations of weight, touch and momentum, contact improvisors learn to relate to their own bodies, each other and audiences in new ways. The practise has deeply affected contemporary dance and been the source of many new understandings with the body, movement, and performance.

Jan 12 7:30-9:30pm
Jan 13 10:30am-4:30pm
Jan 14 1:30pm-7pm
at the Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

$110 prereg by Jan 3; $150 after.
For info: 781-395-9428, pganesha@aol.com To register: send check to Patrick Crowley, 17 Usher Road, Medford, MA 02155. [added 14 Dec 2000]

Jan 15, 2001: Andrew Harwood: Instantaneous Composition Boston MA

Workshop for advanced level dancers/improvisors

As long as I have been performing, I have been improvising. Instantaneous or real time composition is an ongoing artistic process for me for over 25 years now. We will be exploring the basic need to move and express ideas and emotions through the vehicle of our body and mind.

Through various investigations in improvisation, Contact Improvisation, and chance procedures, we will practice instant inventiveness, refine our sensing skills and develop various compositional strategies which will become the framework for composing solo, duet and group material. A deliciously deep and sensual warm up will entice us into this world.

Jan 15, 11-4pm
$55 prereg by Jan 3; $80 after.
$155 both workshops prereg by Jan 3; $210 after
at the Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

For info: 781-395-9428, pganesha@aol.com To register: send check to Patrick Crowley, 17 Usher Road, Medford, MA 02155.
[added 14 Dec 2000]

Jan 15 - Mar 18, 2001 2nd Annual Lasqueti Winter Contact Intensive, Lasqueti Island, BC, Canada

2nd Annual Lasqueti Winter Contact Intensive on Lasqueti Island, BC, Canada -- 9 weeks of workshop and research in contact improvisation, body-based creative process, and interdisciplinary performance work on isolated Lasqueti Island with Karl Frost. Guest instructors Michelle Miller (contemporary technique), Dave Hatfield (voice and song improvisation), Irene Franco (rhythm and percussion), John LeFan (Theater), Master Geo (Tai Chi). a full time laboratory investigating the integration of art and life. For info, http://www.feet.org/guest/frost.html, +1 (250)333 8608 or Onionoak@hotmail.com
[added 20 April 2000, updated 25 Aug 2000]

January 19-21 Contact Jam on Lasqueti Island,BC

$40, contact onionoak@hotmail.com, 250 333 8608
[added 5 Dec 2000]

Jan 20-21, 2001: Feldenkrais Movement & Contact Improvisation Nevada City, CA, USA

taught by Ernie Adama. For Massage Therapists, Body Workers and Somatic Practitioners. The details are on www.movementpathways.com. Ernie Adams 510/433-9591 enadams@movementpathways.com
[added 12 Oct 2000]

February 3 + 4 and 17 + 18, 2001 West Coast Style Cambridge MA

with Martin Keogh. What do you imagine when you hear the phrase "West Coast Style"?

If you sit and watch at a West coast jam you are likely to see more weight exchange, often with quick changes of roles - the supporter going into flight and the flyer becoming the support. There is a blending of centers that encourages near weightlessness and spontaneous acrobatics. You are also more inclined to see people having an angry dance, a sexual dance or a tearful dance.

In this workshop we will play with this physicality while asking the question "How do I bring more of myself to the form?"

We'll explore:

• Moving from a base of sensation
• Playing with a more weighted contact point
• Emphasizing a strongly shared center
• Seeking ease in going off balance
• Spending more time in disorientation,
• surprise and extended follow-through

This workshop is not for beginners. For those with a solid grasp of Contact Improvisation fundamentals.

This workshop includes four six-hour days, with breaks, over two weekends. Those registering for the entire four-day workshop will be given priority. Tuition: 4 days: $185. First weekend only: $110

To register send a $60 non-refundable deposit with your phone, address, email, and choice of first weekend or full workshop to:

Martin Keogh
35 Gifford Street #2
Brockton MA 02301

Martin Keogh has taught and performed Contact Improvisation for over 20 years. He has co-facilitated Contact Improvisation Teachers Conferences on three continents and was the first contact teacher on the faculty at Stanford University and at the National School of Fine Arts in San Miguel, Mexico. When not on tour, Martin dances with his family in Southeastern MA.

To receive the photo-filled brochure or for more information email or call: (508) 588-5818
[added 3 Jan 2001]

feb. 9,10,11, 11th annual burlington jam

It is held at city hall auditorium on church st. in burlington,vermont.....the cost is $42. with people arriving at 7:00 on friday night......the jam has been well attended by contacters from northampton,mass...boston,,,n.y......and we have been a exchange jam with the montreal contact community for about 8 years...........for more info .....gabekin@msn.com...... or by phone at 802 860 3674.....

[added 3 Jan 2001]

Feb 11-24, 2001: TOUCHED by CONTACT San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

a laboratory in the magic of Contact Improvisation with Carolyn Stuart and Leilani Weis In San Miguel de Allende, Mexico February 11-24, 2001 $300 usd (housing and food extra - approx. $200)

un laboratorio en la magia de Improvisación de Contacto con Carolyn Stuart y Leilani Weis en San Miguel de Allende, México. February 4-17, 2001 $300 usd (vivienda y comida extra - aprox. $200)

http://www.contact-improv.com [added 23 Oct 2000]

February 16-18, 2001. 3rd Annual Philadelphia Contact Improvisation Festival

CEC/Kumquat Studios, 3500 Lancaster Ave, (West) Philadephia. Classes, Performances, and Jams, featuring Nancy Stark Smith, Karen Nelson, and Ray Chung. For schedule and registration, call 215.887.1216 or visit web site [added 27 Dec 2000]

Feb 24-25, 2001 Moving Words at Earthdance

Christina Svane
[added 24 Oct 2000]

MARCH 2-4, 2001. FIRST ANNUAL ONTARIO REGIONAL CONTACT JAM! Kitchener, ON

Friday evening 8 pm through to Sunday at 3:30 pm
The Ontario Contact Jam with offer warm-up and contact technique with guest teachers as well as open and musical jams and a Saturday night party and performance.
Week-end:$45
Saturday& Sunday $40
Saturday $25 or Sunday $20
Snacks and refreshments supplied all weekend.
Billeting in local homes can be arranged by contacting organizers.
Hosted by: Friends of the Floor & The Ballroom Studios
Location: 107 King Street West, Kitchener, ON (1 hour west of Toronto)
Registration: Colin Umbach 68 William Street, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 1J7
tel: 519-578-7525
cumbach@fes.uwaterloo.ca
www.artengine.ca/dancenetwork/intenstive.htm [added 5 Feb 2001]

March 3-4, 2001 Contact Improvisation at Earthdance

Andrew Harwood [added 24 Oct 2000]

March 1-4, 2001 New Dance Cinema Festival Seatle, WA

Come see NEW DANCE CINEMA March 1-4 at the Little Theatre! It's a very exciting international line-up of innovative dance film and video plus a couple of locally-made treats.

Click on http://33faintingspells.org/ndcinema.html to check out the festival program.
Call the NDC info line at 206-686-2358.
Or pick up a program at The Little Theatre, The Grand Illusion, On The Boards, 33 Fainting Spells' office (4th floor Oddfellows Hall) or other locations around town.

March 8 - 16, 2001 Breitenbush Jam Oregon, USA

Open dancing, shared cabins, fine vegetarian cuisine, mineral hot springs and wooden dance floor nestled in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness. Several afternoons of the Jam there will be an optional conference on "Space" facilitated by Steve Paxton, Karen Nelson, and Robert Schwarz. $575 includes housing, 3 meals a day, Jam and Conference and travel to and from Eugene, Oregon. Jam has been lengthened due to ongoing requests. Pre-registration and non-refundable deposit ($100) due by February 15th, balance by March 1st. Limited space, fills fast.

Write:	Joint Forces, P.O. Box 3686, Eugene, Oregon U.S.A. 97403
Call:	541. 342. 3273
Email:	altio22@yahoo.com

If you would like to submit a paper on "Space" be used for the Conference, please send to the above address or email.
[added 10 Dec 2000]

March 16-18, 2001 Carlina Contact Chapel Hill, NC

Friday 7:00pm to Sunday 5:00pm??
Classes, Jams, Freestyle Boogie, Hot Tub
Featured Teachers: Peter Carpenter, Lawrence Hines, and Shakti Andrea Smith
To register, Write to Mary Tippens, 201 Davie Road, Apt. A, Carrboro, NC 25710. Include your: Name, Address, Telephone, E-mail address, When you plan to arrive, if you need a place to stay, a check made payable to Mary Tippens for $55. DISCOUNT! $50 if postmarked by February 24!
For the schedule and other details, visit web site. [added 18 Feb 2001]

March 17-19, 2001 Authentic Movement for Men at Earthdance

Andrew Gaines & Bill McCully [added 24 Oct 2000]

March 23-25, 2001 Spring Equinox JAM! at Earthdance

[added 24 Oct 2000]

March 25 - April 1, 2001: Diverse Dance Vashon Island, WA

a "do-it-youself" dance labratory/retreat for dancers of all abilities. info diversedance@yahoo.com
[added 25 Aug 2000]

April 12-16, 2001 Carpe Momentonear Santa Cruz, CA

A laboratory in the TOUCHMONKEY perspective of Contact Improvisation and it's application to performance

Arriving at performance is an organic process that begins with identifying and practicing the principles that support our movement. We'll gather to exchange and deepen in our personal and common understanding of C.I. and it's performance potential. Open to those with experience in C.I. and an interest in exploring the ability to see and be seen.

Since 1984, Carolyn Stuart has used C.I. for over 150 performance projects. She is also fascinated with the form as a spiritual practice and how it can inform our performance in daily life as well as artistic expression. Her on-going investigation has revealed a state in which complete autonomy AND continuous union with other occur simultaneously and enhance the well-being of both. This phenomenon is at the heart of the TOUCHMONKEY perspective.

Location:- Salamander Camp, a charming and conducive setting in the Santa Cruz mountains with hot tub!

Cost: 4 days $200 - $250 Weekend $120 - $150
Pre-register with a $50 deposit before March 30th
Maximum 15 people

Contact Katja for information & registration
408 286-5354 katja@us.ibm.com [13 Mar 2001]

April 14 & 15, Felden Spino Spiral Mosh! Vashon Island, Washington

A weekend-long workshop with Scott Smith and Lila Hurwitz
On the waterfront of Vashon Island at Joan Hannaâs studio/barn
Bring food to eat/share; kitchen facilities available
Sleeping accomodations in studio or outside under the stars
Bring sleeping bags/tent & towel for steam-room
Activities include classes, potluck and evening jam
Hours: Saturday 12-? Sunday, 10-6

Materials for Movement with Scott Smith
The work is informed by exercises intended to cultivate physical and perceptual embodiment and use of the dancers own form, in relationship to their environment. The physical work uses skeletal imaging and movement, with particular focus given to the spine as the root and limb for extending spherically and dimensionally into space. The perceptual work researches the genius of the senses, and the use of the senses for dancing and composition. The purpose of the class work is to extend the participants experience and use of their own body, sensation, and action.

Feldenkrais¨ for Dancers: Impulse, Action, Reaction with Lila Hurwitz
Integrating the Feldenkrais Method¨, Authentic Movement, and improvisation to find freedom and increase options in your dancing body. The Feldenkrais Method¨ is a subtle and powerful system of neuromuscular repatterning which evokes changes in range of motion, coordination, muscular tone, and the comfort and efficiency of movement. Learning to recognize habitual movement patterns, you'll discover more comfortable ways to dance in any style. Improve breathing, posture and flexibility, to allow full grace and ease in your dancing. We'll go deep to find rich impulses and encourage creativity and suppleness.

Felden Spino Spiral Mosh!
$100 - $175, sliding scale
For more information
please contact:
John Dixon
(206) 947-3879
pj@gateway.net
Space is extremely limited!
To make a reservation send $50 deposit to:
Felden Spino Spiral Mosh!
c/o John Dixon
718 4th Avenue North #49
Seattle, Washington 98109 [13 Mar 2001]

April 17-22: East Coast Jam Claymont Court, Charles Town, WV

Verandahed estate. huge dance space. yummy vegetarian food. sauna. apple blossoms. 5 days of luscious dancing. Tuesday dinner through Sunday lunch.

$288--Tuesday eve arrival $245 Weds eve arrival. $210 Thurs eve arrival. (no weekend option) To keep costs down, everyone is asked to help out with 2 work-share hours

Jam is limited to 45 participants so register early (liKE NOW!) Send $50 non-refundable deposit to Johanna Walker, 114 Middle St Hadley, MA 01035

For more info contact Johanna 413.584.1562 joeymoey3@excite.com
stephen yoshen 413.634.5431
diana hilgert 410.869. 7952 dianahil@mindspring.com [added 11 Feb 2001]

April 20 - June 25th, 2001: DANCE & THEATRE GRAND PRIX "Italia" 2001 Montiano Italy

International Competition for Ballet-Contemporary-Modern-Hip Hop-Funky-Folk-Swing Schools and Dance-Theatral Educational Institutes. Headquarters Address. Via Ugo La Malfa n.2 / 47020 Montiano (FO) Italy Italy phone and fax. 00390547 51299 FAX Cell./Mobile. 0039335 6141846 web site: www.dancefestival.it [added 5 Aug 2000]

May 3-6, 2001. 5th Annual Moab Jam , Moab, Utah, USA

There's nothing quite like being in Moab in the spring time. The desert is in bloom. The sky is blue (usually). The high temperature is 75-85 (usually). The Moab Jam is the perfect event to attend if you love to dance, play and explore.

The dance space is in a beautiful old church that has two rooms with beautiful hard wood dance floors and enormous windows plus a kitchen and a shower. The area where we camp is just 15 minutes away and is in a picture perfect high desert setting with views of Arches National Park, 200- 300 foot red-rock cliffs and the snow-capped La Sal Mountains.

This event is attended by dancers from coast to coast. If you're traveling into Moab from out of state, you are invited to join a group of us for Pre and/or Post jam dance and exploration in the Moab area. The Pre-Jam gathering starts around April 27th and runs until the Jam starts on May 3rd. The Post-Jam gathering begins when the Jam ends on May 6th and extends until May 12th. We will be hiking, exploring and dancing in some incredible places, like red-rock sandstone slot canyons and high plateus with 50 mile views in all directions. Please be sure to check out the website below for lots of pictures and more details.

The teachers/facilitators are Carolyn Stuart (originally from Portland, OR - but now on the road in her van); Scott Waldron (New York City, NY) and Todd Paulsmeyer (Salt Lake City, UT).

For cost, registration, pictures of previous jams and lots more information visit, call, email or write:

Visit:	www.contact-improv.com
Call:	801. 580. 3263
Email:	toddp@contact-improv.com
Write:	Todd Paulsmeyer 2887 South Katherine Circle Salt Lake City, Utah 84109  [added 30 Jan 2001]

May 7-10, 2001 Deepening the Form. Contaktimprovisation by Nancy Stark SmithCopenhagen, Denmark

Price: 500 Dkr

Also: For dancers and lightdesigners! Improvisation in Performance; Space and Light by Julyen Hamilton og Svante Grogarn. ?rhus May 14.-18. 500 Dkr. in ?rhus:

Also: Body/Landscape by Frank van der Ven og Stuart Lynch. In the countryside near Copenhagen/South of Sweden. June1.-10 1500 Dkr (includes food)

For more information please contact Kamma Siegumfeldt at:
NEW e-mail address: dansidialog@dansenshus.dk
Dans i Dialog
Dansens Hus
H¿rsholmsgade 20
DK 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
tel: +45 35 83 06 09 fax: +45 35 82 06 20
homepage: www.dansenshus.dk [13 Mar 2001]

May 12/13 Weekend Workshop with Onionaok Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

Improvising Contact, Ensemble, and Solo with Onionoak (Karl Frost and Jez Parus) a weekend workshop integrating our own dance with dance in contact. Release-based contact work that feeds our connection to our self and each other. Part of the spring weekend contact workshop series in BC For info, contact Sondra at 250-537-9382, dolphintribe@saltspring.com, or onionoak@hotmail.com [17 Apr 2001]

May 13-20, 2001: 5th FESTIVAL OF INTERACTIVE PHYSICS Toronto, Ontario

Artistic Directors: Karen Kaeja and Pam Johnson

May 16-20 - three different streams, two of them working toward a performance. One of them focusing on concepts and skills with no performance.

1	Danny Lepkoff	Improv Toward Performance
2	Karen Nelson	Contact Toward Performance
3	Kirstie Simson	Contact Skills and Concepts

May 13-20 - one stream of Improvisation working toward a performance.

7 day intensive

Taught by Lisa Nelson.

There is one day off on the 15th.

This stream is open to people having previous experience with Lisa.

Fees: streams 1, 2, 3	cost $275 ($240 CADA and students)
Lisa's 7 day intensive	costs $ 350 ($300 CADA and students)

Location: 1515A Queen St W (E of Roncesvalles) Toronto, Ontario
Classes: 10am-4pm, Jams and discussion in evenings

Info and reg:	Karen Kaeja 789 Manning Ave. Toronto, Ont M6G 2W7
Phone:	(416) 516-6030
fax:	(416)537-5205
email:	kaeja@kaeja.org

[added 3 Jan 2001]

May 18-20, 2001 Meet Moving On Center at Earthdance

Carol Swann and Martha Eddy. Tuition/Room/Board: $350

Come meet Moving On Center (MOC), an alternative model of education that integrates expressive and performing skills with the healing arts. Several new models of education we will be explored, including: Body-Mind Centering (BMC); Laban Movement Analysis (LMA); Body Counseling; Voice through the Body; and Somatic theory. We will take time for writing, drawing, sharing personal stories, and "heart circles". Beginner or experienced, this work will be physically and mentally rigorous.

For more Information contact MOVING ON CENTER or EARTHDANCE
(510) 834-0284, web site: www.movingoncenter.org, email: info@movingoncenter.org
(413) 634-5678, web site: www.earthdance.net [23 Apr 2001]

May 19-20 Dancing through Contact Cambridge, MA

2 days of Contact Improvisation with Patrick Crowley

Sat, 5/19, 1:30-5:30 beginning/advanced beginning
Skills of listening to and developing movement from the contact point with a partner, pouring and receiving weight, sensing breath and the internal body, letting momentum give us a ride, moving from center and core, falling, rolling. We will deepen into this foundation as we trust and move our impulses. For beginners and those with experience.

Sun, 5/20 1:30-5:00 mixed level
Working developmentally, we continue our research of movement with a partner in the physical forces of gravity and momentum. States of groundedness and buoyancy will bring us into explorations of supporting, flying, and moving from a spherical center. Staying open moment to moment to sensation, feeling, imagination and our environment will bring presence and exciting dancing!

$35 pre-reg for each, $60 for both by 5/11. After, $50 for each, $85 for both
@ the Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Ave, Central Square, Cambridge, MA

Patrick Crowley has immersed himself in how the moving body teaches us to live fully for 17 years. Developmental movement, experiential anatomy, yoga, and improvisational theater influence his teaching. He has taught and performed throughout New England and in Argentina. Patrick also works with people individually in Brookline, Cambridge, and Northampton, MA.

Info: 617-320-9792, pganesha@aol.com Registration: make ck. to Patrick Crowley @ 17 Usher Rd #2, Medford, MA 02155 [23 Apr 2001]

May 21-25, 2001 Going Deeper: Supervision and Exploration for Somatic Movement Practitioners at Earthdance

Carol Swann and Martha Eddy. Tuition/Room/Board: $400

Need Refreshing? Need Support? Need to dialogue with other somatic practitioners, or to share questions and concerns that have come up in your work? Need new skills and ideas? Come join us for an informally structured refresher and exchange. Morning activities will include: Somatic Singing; Developmental Advances; Hands-on Tune up; and Meditative Integration. Each afternoon we will practice with one another, discuss personal case studies, and address questions from Alexander, Bartenieff, BMC, Hakomi, LMA, Moving On Center, and SMTT perspectives.

For more Information contact MOVING ON CENTER or EARTHDANCE, see above [23 Apr 2001]

May 18-27, 2001: Introduction to Moving On Center/Somatic Movement Therapy at Earthdance

Carol Swann and Martha Eddy [added 24 Oct 2000]

May 24-27, 2001: International Blackforest Contact Jam near Frieburg, Germany

Registration in April. Info: blackforestjam@hotmail.com

May 24-28, 2001: California Contact Jam at Harbin Hot Springs

http://home.earthlink.net/~rachelsh/dance/contact.html
[added 11 March 2000]

May 25-26, 2001: 10th annual MAY JAM! near Boston, MA

Come with laughter and get serious as we enjoy 2 full days and nights of raucous, sublime intensity and quiet in the paradise of Radcliffe's dance studio and quad, exploring landscapes of body, mind, emotion, energy, and soul with people from all over!

Friday night you are also invited to come to dance friday 8:30pm $7, which will most likely be held at the Arlington Town Hall in Arlington center. Call or email Neige for directions, 781-647-1044, kasbara@earthlink.net.

If you can't be there for the jam, please come for the performance, 8pm, and boogie, 9pm, on Saturday night, May 26, $5., with musicians Daniel Orlansky, Stan Strickland, Neville, and Bob Weiner and DJ Mark Haskins.

Please let us know if you are coming to the May Jam with children. And if you want to help with setting up, come at 9am on Sat. For our Canadian friends, we hope all of you come. You can pay the pre-registered amount ($35) at the door, but let us know you are coming.

For details and directions, see the MAY JAM web site. [added 17 Apr 2001]

May 25-27 Fundamentals Workshop with Onionoak Courtney, BC, Canada

Fundamentals of Contact Improvisation with Onionoak (Karl Frost and Jez Parus) This weekend is two workshops, which can be taken separately or together. Saturday and Sunday are a straightforward fundamentals workshop looking at release based contact improvisation, appropriate for all levels from the novice to the more advanced contactor. Friday evening is a workshop focusing on mixed ability work and working with movement limitations, including working with wheelchairs (The rest of the weekend will be open to those with movement limitations, but will not be focused on it.). Sunday evening will be an open contact jam. Part of the spring weekend contact workshop series in BC For info, contact Patrice at 250 338 6936, airborne_virus@telus.net, or onionoak@hotmail.com [17 Apr 2001]

Friday June 1st-Sunday June 3rd The Qualities of Contact in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Alicia Grayson and Brad Stoller will co-teach a workshop on the principles of contact open to all levels. The workshop will begin with a performance by Alicia and Brad and live music at the McGuffey Arts Center in Charlottesville at 7pm on Friday. It will be followed by a Jam in the space. We will begin the next morning at 10 with a skills class, a short break for lunch, and another class in the afternoon. Saturday evening will contain a witnessing structure. Sunday will begin again at 10 am with a skills class and then Sunday afternoon we will end with a performance structure.

Cost is $120. IF you pay by May 1st cost will be $105. And if you are taking the Zen Monkey Project's Intensive we are offering the special price of $70 to be added to that tuition.

Email: earthdrama@cstone.net
Phone: (804) 972-2387

Alicia is a Phoenix Rising certified yoga instructor and teaches Contact in the Washington D.C area including George Washington University. Brad is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, long time practicing Aikidoist and has taught Contact for over 18 years.

June 1-4 Ð Connection with Onionoak (Karl Frost and Jez Parus) Nelson, BC, Canada

A four day workshop exploring connection through contact improvisation and authentic movement. Connecting to self, to other, to the ground and space, to the environment. Monday will be an outdoor day, exploring the work in nature and finishing with a visit to hot springs. Part of the spring weekend contact workshop series in BC. For info, contact Terryn or Nayana at 250 505 5415, mamamoses@hawah.net, or onionoak@hotmail.com

June 2-3 MOVING INSTINCTS Boston, MA

Body-Mind Centering and Contact Improvisation
OLIVIER BESSON AND LANI NAHELE
June 2-3, 2001, Sat. 10-5pm, Sun 11-4pm

A weekend workshop to drop into the formative as well as the expressive elements in coordination, dancing and improvising. We will begin with developmental movement patterns from Body-Mind Centering which underlie our physical integration in movement. Those who are new to the patterns may discover support and increased internal connections, while those continuing to explore them may deepen connections and increase intention and follow-through. As the patterns facilitate the sensing and integration of our own bodies, they form a foundation in the exploration of contact improvisation and on and outward into space. We will simplify movement pathways, not to reduce, but to clarify the physical specificity born of necessity or of choice. We will cultivate our availability in the act of creation by entering the collective realm of the imaginary.

Where: Loft 211, 211 A Street, Boston
Cost: $100 (registration b/4 5/26, $120 after)
To register, please send $50 deposit to:
Lani Nahele, 48 Potash Hill Road, Cummington, MA 01026
or call Lani at (413) 634 5653 or Olivier at (617) 269 2744 for more information [28 May 2001]

June 4-15, 2001 Zen Monkey Project Summer Intensive Charlottesville, Virginia

9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. June 4-15, with an extra week of intensive BMC study with Ray Eliot Schwartz June 18-22
Cost: $375 for the two weeks, $475 for the three (U.S.)

Come join Katharine Birdsall, Ray Eliot Schwartz, and members of the Zen Monkey Project for two weeks of Body-Mind Centering, Alexander Technique, Contact Improvisation, Release Technique, Vocabulary, Improvisation, and Public Performance. Stay for an extra week of intensive BMC study for only $100 dollars more.

Since its inception in 1995, the Zen Monkey Project has been consistently exploring the boundaries of somatic movement education and contemporary dance forms. Their style is rigorous, experimental, and alive. Investigating the body, developing dynamic presence, and supporting curiosity are hallmarks of their distinctive synthesis.

The curriculum will include:
Body-Mind Centering (BMC): BMC is a creative approach to embodiment and movement re-education. Its principles guide the student on a journey towards understanding the powerful wisdom contained within the substance of the human body as well as how this substance is expressed through fundamental patterns of movement.
Alexander Technique: We will explore methods of freeing the body/mind from postural sets, thus leading us away from the inertia of habit and towards a way of being with ourselves; one which is responsive rather than than reactive. We will have the opportunity to step out of the technique classes which ask us to approach learning through the repetition of form and into a world which offers refreshment in the everyday movements of standing, sitting, lying down, and squatting. We will also investigate the work of anthropologist Raymond Dart whose developmental movement patterns were adopted by F.M. Alexander. The patterns consider movement from an evolutionary point of view.
Contact Improvisation: Contact Improvisation is about becoming a conscious mover while creating partnerships with yourself, your environment, and others. Our time will be spent developing the basic principles of the form; with special attention to warming up into the dance, rolling in and out of the floor, following the point of contact, and weight sharing.
Technique: Daily class integrating comprehensive warm-ups, phrases, and dynamic movement through space.
Vocabulary: We will use several methods to create individual, original dancing languages. These include Authentic Movement, writing, recognition of content during improvisation, building phrases from dynamic physical states, and using text and/or music as source material.
Improvisation: How do we balance the internal focus of kinesthetic experience with a generous and fully aware sense of what is going on around us? Particular attention will be paid to differentiating "behaving" from "composing". We will gain experience in qualitative variance as well as the ability to make clear choices in relation to content, time, and space.
Public Performance: Students will have an opportunity to present work to the Charlottesville community made prior to or during the workshop on the final weekend in a "loft" style performance space with basic technical support.

For more information or to register for the training please call (804) 295-7856 or E-mail us at Ray987@hotmail.com [18 Feb 2001]

June 8-10 Moving Awareness -- Body and Metaphor with Onionoak (Karl Frost and Jez Parus) Vancouver, BC, Canada

A three day workshop exploring our relationship to body and the stories held in our bodies. Contact will be looked at as moving bodywork, a physical practice for building awareness, and as a source of metaphor for life. Authentic Movement and voice work will expand and deepen the exploration. Part of the spring weekend contact workshop series in BC For info, contact Hilary Mackey at 604 251 9057, mackeystudio@look.ca or onionoak@hotmail.com [17 Apr 2001]

June 10 Day of Dance Rochester, NY

The Rochester, NY contact community is sponsoring a day of dance. It will be contact improvisation and other improvisational structures from 10-6 on Sunday, June 10. We will provide billeting for out of towners. If you are interested contact me at 716-254-6514 or Nancy Pigno at 716-288-6006. Hope you can come.

June 10 Contact Improvisation One Day Workshop/Mixed Level San Francisco

led by Ernie Adams
Sunday, June 10, 10AM-4PM, $60
Shotwell Studio, 3252-A 19th St., San Francisco

If you could do Aikido, surf, wrestle and dance at the same time, you would have an idea of what Contact Improvisation feels like.

Contact Improvisation is unpredictable by nature and requires being in the moment and letting go of preconceived notions of how to move. What makes Contact Improvisation different from other dance is that partners are often moving in and out of physical contact while rolling, spiraling, springing and falling. They find ways to "enjoy the ride" and improvise while mutually supporting and following each otherâs movements. The dancing can be dynamic and action packed or gentle and quiet. The form and rhythm of the dancing is inspired by the physical and energetic contact the partnersâ share.

Ernie Adams is a dancer with over twenty years teaching experience, including extensive touring in the US and Europe, with Mangrove (1977-81) and Umbrella for the Performing Arts (1982-86). Since 1986, he has been developing an integration of Contact Improvisation with bodywork and somatic education. and has been a Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm since 1993.

Note: Space is limited/Pre-register if possible/Send checks to: Ernie Adams, 1164 Solano Ave., #164, Albany, CA 94706
Information: (510)433-9591 -or- www.movementpathways.com [2 May 2001]

June 11-29, 2001, LOVER"S LEAP with MARTIN KEOGH AND RAY CHUNG, San Francisco

Three Weeks of *Intensive Training* in Contact Improvisation. See details below.

San Francisco Tuition: US $450 before May 15, 2001, or US $490 after May 15, 2001

For more information and a photo brochure call: Ray (510) 649 3066 or email: MartinKeo@aol.com [added 5 Feb 2001]

June 15-16 (Friday and Saturday), 2001 Contact Pre-View (Advanced Beginning Contact) at Earthdance

Karen Nelson [added 24 Oct 2000]

June 17-24 (Monday-Sunday) , 2001 Moving's View at Earthdance

Nancy Stark Smith, Karen Nelson, Susan Schell [added 24 Oct 2000]

June 22-July 15 WAY IN / WAY OUT! Contact Improvisation Teachers' Training Lab San Francisco, CA.

DanceGround Keriac Studio, San Francisco

WAY IN! June 22-28, 2001
The WAY IN to Contact Improvisation essentials- a week long intensive for dancers and teachers in training. Dance sessions are open to all levels of Contact Improvisation experience. Beginners especially welcome. Seminar sessions are open to anyone who teaches (or is considering teaching) Contact Improvisation.

WAY OUT! July 6-15, 2001
The WAY OUT to future Contact Improvisation teaching- a ten-day intensive training and support group for Contact Improvisation teachers and teacher trainees. Open to experienced Contact Improvisation dancers, no matter what level of teaching experience. (WAY IN! is prerequisite if you have less than one year of teaching experience).

Classes 6-8 hrs daily, including: Daily physical warm-up class
Teaching methods and ideas (you will compile a notebook to take home)
Curriculum planning (each participant will prepare a special project)
Constructive Feedback on your teaching. (each participant will lead one or more lessons)
Philosophy and history of Contact Improvisation (Discussions, special guest presenters, videotapes)
Supportive problem-solving (bring a list of your most pressing problems)
Lots of Dancing and Jamming!

One day will be spent together with over 20 experienced Contact Improvisation teachers, brainstorming with "Tried and True" teaching scores, discussions and a jam. Nita Little Nelson, who has been dancing, performing, and co-inventing contact improvisation since its earliest days, will be a featured presenter.

On five evenings, we will observe as six Bay Area Contact Improvisation teachers lead a beginner's class. Follow-up discussions with these teachers will also take place during the daily program.

Tuition: $250 WAY IN!; $450 WAY OUT!; $600 WAY IN/WAY OUT!
For more info contact Jacky McCormick 860-439-5283 or email jackymcc@hotmail.com [23 Apr 2001]

June 29-July 4 13th Annual West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival Berkeley, California, USA

Relearn everything you thought you didn't know during five days of classes, jams, and open performances with 37 of the West Coast's finest Contact Improvisation teachers. Deepen your focus of the form with our two mini-intensives: A Bigger Box taught by Tom Truss and Wrestling with Affection taught by Scott Wells. We also offer performance labs, discussiongroups, one-on-one sessions with our teachers, and more!

Cost: $350. Or $75 for individual days; $10/jam if you attend only evening jams.
For more information contact:
Andrew Richardson
4016 Kansas St., Apt. B, Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 336-1838
email: drewrichardson@wildmail.com or go to: web site [28 May 2001]

June 30-July 4, 2001 July 4th JAM! at Earthdance

[added 24 Oct 2000]

July 6-8, 2001 CONTACT IN THE TETONS Jackson, WY

Three days of intensive contact improvisation with Kathleen Hermesdorf in Jackson, WY (near Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks). Kathleen teaches a vigorous and detailed contact class centered on the act of motion from the inside out. She will also teach modern technique classes each morning. The workshop is hosted by Contemporary Dance Wyoming, resident professional company of Dancers' Workshop in Jackson, WY.

Schedule for Friday, Saturday & Sunday: Modern Technique 10am-12pm
Contact Improvisation 1-4pm (please bring knee pads)
Contact Jams in the evening

Cost $150; Prior movement experience recommended.
To register send payment to: Dancers' Workshop, PO Box 1500. Jackson WY 83001
Some housing available, first-come first-serve! Camping is also a possibility. Let us know you are coming so we can help.
For more information: dw@onewest.net / 307.733.6398 [28 May 2001]

July 16-29 Dancing Wilderness 5 with Karl Frost and Jez Parus (Onionoak) Olympic Mountains, Washington State

A 2 week long wilderness backpacking trip combining experience of nature with explorations in dance and body-based creative process. Facilitation by Onionoak (Karl Frost and Jez Parus). Contact Improvisation, Authentic Movement, Voicebody Work, Improvisational A Cappella, improvisational composition, and simple time in quiet reflection. We explore together and support each other in our individual processes. Hiking from the ocean to the mountains with waterfalls, alpine meadows, and hot springs in between, in one of North America's most amazing wilderness areas. The goal, rather than to dance ãabout natureä is simply to be in our creative process while in nature. For info, contact Jez or Karl at 250 333 8608 or onionoak@hotmail.com [17 Apr 2001]

July 28 - Aug 5 Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive Schellsburg, PA

Facilitators: Chris Aiken, K.J. Holmes (Guest Teacher) and Cyrus Khambatta. Cost: $450 ($100 dep. by July 1) includes healthy, homemade food, lodging and workshop fee. Travel is not included but can be arranged with others and is also accessible by public transportation. Workshop takes place on 200 acres of farm and forest land at the base of the Allegheny mountains. The Wild Meadows Farm and barn-studio sits between two quiet ridges, providing an excellent environment for the intensive exploration of improvisation. The daily schedule will include a warm-up, two class sessions, and a guided jam session. The work will focus on contact improvisation/release technique, improvisational composition and The Viewpoints, as well as work with voice and theatricality. Participants will be encouraged to expand the boundaries of their own choices and find new sources of inspiration. We will facilitate group discussions on improvisation-related subjects to further our study and inquiry into the field. One half-day is also scheduled to allow for outdoor activities including, canoeing, swimming (sand beach), hiking and sight-seeing to the nearby Frank Lloyd Wright designed ãFalling Watersä house. Visit the website at http://homestead.juno.com/cyrusak/ or for more info contact Cyrus at phffft@hotmail.com or (212) 942-6028 [added 15 Feb 2001]

August 4-5, 2001 African-Haitian Dance at Earthdance

Pat Hall [added 24 Oct 2000]

August 8-11 MOVEMENT AS TEACHER Charlottesville, Virginia

the power of movement ~ the presence of intimacy

Wednesday, 9 a.m.-Saturday, 5 p.m.
Join us for 4 days of movement exploration and body awareness in Charlottesville, Virginia, nestled in the scenic beauty of the Blue Ridge mountains. Each of the days will include an awakening warm-up led by Chris Friedman, NIA and Alexander teacher, two 3-hour classes of your choice and free evenings for experiencing the sights and sounds of Charlottesville. The featured teachers are Roger Tolle, Simona Aronow, Krista Weih, Brad Stoller. A workshop for anyone wanting to explore the joy of movement ö all levels welcome. Cost: $225 for 4 full days or $125 for 4 half days.

August 8-13, 2001. 8th annual SFODI (Seattle Festival of Dance & Improvisation -- previously SFADI) Seattle, WA

5 days of classes, jams, faculty and student performances. 5-class intensives with Paula Josa-Jones, Ishmael Houston-Jones and Karen Nelson. Plus Chris Aiken, Alito Alessi, Olive Bieringa, Sheri Cohen, Canelle Demange, Julie Freyberg, Margit Galanter, Julie Kane, Neil Marcus, Jacky McCormick, Mary Reich, Sean Ryan, Karen Scherwood, & Morgan Thorson. Classes include Contact Improvisation; Voice/Text & Movement; New Dance Techniques; Body-Mind Centering; Performance Skills; Skinner Releasing; Improvisation; Feldenkrais; more. Odd Fellows Building, 915 E. Pine St.; lhurwitz@speakeasy.org, 206/329-5104.
[updated 5 Jan 2001]

August 13-18/19 CONTACT IMPROVISATION FROM THE GROUND UP Ottawa, ON

Six days of exploration of the dancing body with a focus on Contact Improvisation. A journey where the mutually supportive techniques and practices of Body-Mind Centering¨,and Movement Improvisation and Contact yield new insights, connections and movement possibilities. Almost a whole glorious week to experiment with the flow between dynamic body awareness and whole body expression in movement (solo and in relationship).

In this workshop, you will be working with three very experienced contact teachers: Pam Johnson (Toronto), Peter Ryan (Ottawa) and Naomi Sparrow(Ottawa).Under their guidance, you will have the chance to explore contact improvisation, its possible applications within the wider context of movement improvisation and its ground of support within systems of the body-mind.

Open to those with at least some previous experience in movement (dance, theatre or sport). Some contact improvisation experience is recommended, but not absolutely necessary. However, curiosity and motivation are essential.

The workshop will be capped off with a day-long Contact Jam on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at Dance Network Studio.

Workshop cost: CDN $300 / $270 for Dance Network Members
Location : Dance Network Studio, 111A Rideau St. 3rd floor, Ottawa

Information: call 613-562-4177 or e-mail dancenetwork@artengine.ca, or web site. To register, send your information and a cheque for 50% of the total to Dance Network, 111A Rideau 3rd floor, Ottawa, ON K1N 5X1. Balance of payment is due by July 20, 2001.

SUN AUG 19. CONTACT IMPROV JAM. 10 :00 AM - 4:30 PM. Open to all levels of experience! Snacks available/ some live music. Cost:$10. Location : Dance Network Studio, 111A Rideau St. 3rd floor, Ottawa. Call 562-4177.[18 June 2001]

August 13-31, 2001, LOVER"S LEAP with MARTIN KEOGH AND RAY CHUNG, Freiburg, Germany

Three Weeks of *Intensive Training* in Contact Improvisation.

* THE CONTENT *

To develop confidence in our common vocabulary we will begin by reviewing the essentials of Contact Improvisation. These include: tuning the senses, communicating through touch, weight exchange , moving support, falling safely, and aerial work. There will be special emphasis on releasing the neck and pelvis, and surprising ourselves in flight and extended follow-through.

From this bedrock of skills we will investigate improvising that arises directly from physical sensation. We will use scores to expand and integrate our improvisational choice-making to include: bringing the many facets of ourselves into the improvisation; development of relationships; playing with musicality; and using imagery and imagination to inform and embody the dance. We will play with discarding conventions and jumping off into the unknown together.

To support the development of our skills there?¥ä will be opportunities for giving and receiving feedback within the structure of practice sessions, discussion groups, and labs.

* THE FORMAT *

We will work together five hours a day, five days a week. Other activities will include jams, potlucks, and other spontaneous surprises.

We want to get to know you, your treasures, your idiosyncrasies, your distinctive pathways into the Contact form. Attending a three week training allows the group to establish working relationships, and provides the opportunity for everyone to create significant changes in their dancing.

***Because of the advanced nature of this workshop, this intensive is for those with a solid grasp of Contact fundamentals.***

Martin Keogh and Ray Chung bring distinct and complementary approaches to the Contact form. Ray creates an environment of curiosity that guides the senses to the material of improvisation. Martin enlivens the space with games and metaphors. They have been performing and teaching for over twenty years and share a long history of collaboration and a desire to see people excel in their dance.

Freiburg Tuition: DM 950 before July 15, 2001, or DM 995 after July 15, 2001

For more information and a brochure with photos, call: Ray (510) 649 3066 or email: MartinKeo@aol.com or (Freiburg only) Eckhard at: 0049 / 761 / 4765384 mullecki@yahoo.de [added 5 Feb 2001]

August 18-26 (Monday through the following Wednesday), 2001 Opening to the Unknown at Earthdance

Andrew Harwood and Chris Aiken [added 24 Oct 2000]

Aug 19-25 Interface: Alexander Technique, Body Mind Centering and Improvisation  Mt. Vernon Maine

Bebe Miller Company presents
2nd Annual Movement Workshop at Bearnstow
Interface: Alexander Technique, Body Mind Centering and Improvisation
Sunday August 19 - Saturday August 25
taught by K.J. Holmes and Shelley Senter

The practices of Body Mind Centering and Alexander Technique and Contact and other improvisation forms all include awakening the senses and being in the present moment. Working indoors and out we will examine how the bodies' weight, mass and breath become movement, story, question and idea. We will work in morning and afternnon sessions.

This workshop will offer in-depth study of practices designed for efficiency, ease and a deeper understanding of the body in motion. Bearnstow, a retreat center, is nestled on the shores of Parker Pond in Central Maine on more than 60 acres of lush woodlands. Accomodations are in rustic lakeside cabins with screened porches, cots and bathrooms with showers. There will be timwe to enjoy swimming, hiking, canoeing, berry picking on nearby islands, and evenings by the fireplace.

Tuition: $240; Room and Board: $275 Space is limited to 15 participants. To reserve space, please email bearnstow@aol.com or call 212-777-1340 to request an application. Applications and deposit of $50 are due by end of May and should be mailed to
Bebe Miller Company, 140 Second Ave., Suite 404, New York, NY 10003
www.bearstow.com [28 May 2001]

September 3-7 Contact Improvisation Workshop MARSEILLE, France

Lead by Frey Faust, 3 hrs daily 600.-FF, part of the The Summer Dance Marathon taking place from the 20th of August until the 16th of Sept 2001 at THE TURNING POINT in Marseille.
For information, email Frey Faust, frey_faust@hotmail.com [23 Apr 2001]

September 8-9 Dancing Bodywork: Integrating The Feldenkrais Method¨ & Contact Improvisation Nevada City, CA :

How would it affect your massage or bodywork practice if:
You discovered a way to give bodywork the feel and freedom of dancing?
You felt a more cat-like fluidity and responsiveness in your body?
The entire surface area of your skin became more sensitized and awake?
Your touch was the gateway to a "somatic duet" initiating your client into healthier ways of being?

Dancing Bodywork can enhance your life and work in all these ways. It combines the instinctual, playful movement found in Contact Improvisation with the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education¨. COST: $150-$175 @ weekend, LOCATION: Nevada City, CA/Phillips School of Massage: INFO: 530/265-4645, email: psm@jps.net, website: www.handsinharmony.com or Ernie Adams enadams@movementpathways.com. Continuing Education Units available for Certified Massage Therapists.

September 15-16 The Time of Your Life, with Martin Keogh Washington, DC

A four-day workshop over two weekends in two cities for people with a solid grasp of Contact Improvisation fundamentals

Saturday 11 am - 6 pm & Sunday 10 am to 4 pm
WASHINGTON, DC: September 15 & 16, GWU Dance Studio, 800 21st St.
RICHMOND, VA: October 6&7, VCU Dance Center, 1315 Floyd Ave.

Tuition: 4 days - $185, 2 days - $110. This workshop includes 4 days over two weekends. Space is limited! Those registering for the entire four-day workshop will be given priority. To register: send tuition to Susan Singer, 6603 Woodrow Terrace, Richmond, VA 23228. For more information: Alicia Grayson at 540-592-3715 (after August 1) or Susan at 804-262-2448 or SingerSus@aol.com

In this four day workshop we will use the learning of Contact Improvisation to investigate our relationship to time. With games, some sweat, and the unique physicality of the Contact form, we will ask -

• How do we relate to having only a finite amount of time?
• What does it mean to have "enough" time?
• How can we dilate time by putting our attention in the details?

These questions will arise as we master more of the skills and thrills of the Contact form. Special emphasis will be on surprising ourselves in flight and extended follow-through. [31 July 2001]

September 21-23, International Contact Improvisation Jam Linz, Austria

Warmups will be offered by local CI instructors. Dancing as long as you care, we will try to find smooth transitions from moving in silence to accompaniement by our wonderful piano improvisation artists. The jam will take place in a beutifull, very old rural farm, near Linz, at the heart of the "Mill Quarter" - a wonderfull hilly landscape of medows and fruit orchards. Included is dormatory style lodging, breakfast and dinner of produce by local biological farms. Price: DM 136.- or ATS 950.- contact: Ivo Kux, e-mail:swoboda.kux@utanet.at

Sep 22-23 UK NATIONAL WEEKEND JAM London, UK

Sat 22 September 11am - midnight
Sun 23 September 11am - 9pm
Venue: Chisenhale Dance Space, London, E3

An invitation to dancers of all levels of experience, from veterans to beginners, to get together and dance. Warm-up sessions with Kate Brown, Janis Claxton, Katy Dymoke and Rick Nodine will offer routes into our bodies, our dancing and the jam. The weekend will provide an informal setting in which to learn and exchange skills, to play, be invigorated and chill out. Foyer available for siestas and socialising. Bring food to share. Cost: both days 25 pounds (18 conc) one day 15 pounds (10 conc). For further info and to book contact Chisenhale on 0044 (0)20 8981 6617 or . Hope to see you there, Robert Anderson (curator) [10 Sep 2001]

September 27 Ð October 1 Lasqueti Contact Jam

5 days of contact jamming on remote Lasqueti Island in BC, Canada. As much dancing time as you want in Lasquetiâs beautiful community hall plus swimming and hanging out in the woods, on the bluffs, or at the water. Share performance work Friday and Saturday night. Great meals. Morning warm-up classes with different BC contact instructors. A special focus will be on moving back and forth between quiet jam times and dancing with music provided by amazing local improvising musicians. For info, contact Lori at 250 333 8523, treasuretreeze@hotmail.com or Jez or Karl at 250 333 8608, onionoak@hotmail.com [17 Apr 2001]

September 29-October 3 (Saturday through Wednesday), 2001 Action Theater Intensive (Mixed Level) at Earthdance

Ruth Zaporah [added 24 Oct 2000]

October 5-8 (Friday through Monday), 2001 Action Theater Intensive (Advanced) at Earthdance

[added 24 Oct 2000]

October 6-7 The Time of Your Life, with Martin Keogh Richmond, VA

A four-day workshop over two weekends in two cities for people with a solid grasp of Contact Improvisation fundamentals. See listing for September 15-16 above. [31 July 2001]

October 7-12. Fall contact jam at breitenbush hotsprings

sunday dinner thru friday lunch. cost is $350. $50 deposit by sept 1. remainder due sept.30. to register or for info call or write david sommerville at 10 ash st eugene oregon 97402 541.687.5780 or cimprov@teleport.com. [added 6 Feb 2001]

Oct 17-21 (Wed-Sun) Fall East Coast Jam Claymont Court, Charles Town, WV

The East Coast Jam starts Wed October 17th before dinner and ends Sun October 21st after lunch. This is an open jam, led, but self organizing, focusing on contact improv, but with other structures as desired including authentic movement, poetry and chocolate, group naps, performance, and whatever individuals desire. Claymont Court is a 150 year old estate featuring 369 acres of woods, fields, and farmland. Near Harper's Ferry W.Va, it is just 60 miles from Washington DC. Claymont offers a quiet retreat in which to explore, dance, create and find new inspirations for movement and growth. We stay in a beautiful mansion, bake in a soothing sauna and dance in an octagonal, wood floored, barn. Cost is $250.

For info contact: Cheryl 804.355.7524, Roy 716.254.6514, or Mugsy 804.231.6227, mugsy@cavtel.net. To register send $50 non-refundable deposit with contact info to: Mugsy, 619 West 25th Street, Richmond, VA 23225. Make check payable to: Claymont Seminars.[12 Aug 2001]

Oct 21, 2001 All Day, Contact Improvisation Jam Cambridge (Boston), MA

The first annual Fall Jam hosted by: Gene Broadway & Max Gautier. Join us for a full day of dancing! ....all levels of experience welcome... Sunday, October 21st, 12 noon - 8pm @ the YWCA, 7 Temple St. Central Square (on the T Red Line), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Admission: $20 pre-registration by 10/12, $25 at the door. Lunch included. checks payable to: Max Gautier, PO Box 806, Bedford, MA 01730 for more info contact Max 781-246-1880, joyfuldancer@hotmail.com www.geocities.com/contactimprovboston [20 Sep 2001]

Nov 3-4 Intensive Contact Improvisation Workshop with Martin Keogh Chicago, IL

Fluid Measure Performance Co. and Free Street Programs present Martin Keogh for an intensive weekend of training in CONTACT IMPROVISATION @Pulaski Park, 1419 W. Blackhawk

"What does it mean to be 'ready' to dance? How can we arrive at this state? During this two day workshop we will begin by focusing attention on the details of sensation. We will work on skills of receptivity and responsiveness. Special emphasis on releasing the neck and pelvis and surprising ourselves in flight and extended follow through."

Saturday and Sunday 10:00 to 4:30, $95 both days, $60 saturday only, 10% discount with current student ID. For info: 773-338-0519 or email kmcoyote@earthlink.net. To reserve a place in the workshop: send a check made out to
FLUID MEASURE PERFORMANCE COMPANY c/o Kathleen Maltese 1720 W. Chase Ave. Chicago, IL 60626 [6 Oct 2001]

November 9-11 Beginning Contact Improvisation Weekend, with Shakti Andrea Smith AT EARTHDANCE

Wake up your Improviser, Soften your Body, Hone your Skills
Come immerse yourself in this enlivening, playful, and creative form for a weekend. You'll walk, and dance!, away with a working body knowledge and sense of the form, plus have a luscious in your body experience. This class is geared for the beginner and also invites more experienced contacters to join in to reconnect with the roots of Contact.

We will be cultivating skills and awareness:

*Falling and Rising,

*Rolling and Suspending,

*Supporting and Giving Weight,

*Lifting and Being Lifted,

*Listening,

*Sensing,

*Meeting,

*Yielding and Resisting,

*Quality and Depth of Touch

From this base we will be moving on different levels, fingding new ledges, being still, exploring being upside down, and moving through space softly and solidly. All while meeting our partners in improvisational dances connected by a point of contact.

EARTHDANCE, a dance center in the Berkshires, features two large cathedral roofed dance studios, farm house, comfortable dorm accomodations, large kitchen, scrumptious vegetarian cuisine, wood-stove sauna, spring-fed quarry, and 125 acres of magnificent hills.

This class is geared for the beginner, but open to all levels of experience. Pre-Registration required. Call Shakti @413.634.0140 or Earthdance @ 413.634.5678 with questions. $250. Cost includes workshop, accomodations, and food. Send $75 non-refundable deposit to Earthdance, 252 Prospect Street, Plainfield, MA 01070.

November 17-18 Annual International Contact Jam Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Warm ups led by Andrew Harwood, Yves Leger, and Stephanie Gaudreau
open jamming, round robin, evening party, food and refreshments
Theme " Inner Space/Outer Space."
$40 For more info, see web site. [1 Nov 2001]

Nov 17-18, 2001 Mid Wales Contact Jam Powys, Wales, UK

Blue Eyed Soul invites you to the Mid Wales Contact Jam at the Powys Dance Centre, Llandrindod Wells, Powys. Come and share with us in a beautiful studio space with under floor heating, swimming, saunas, walks in the woods, good food and music!!!

Cost: £30 which includes an evening meal and swim/sauna (does not include accomodation but there are loads of B&Bs nearby) Booking essential, minimum numbers required Further info and booking: Rachel Freeman tel 01597 840 348 or email rachel@grrf.freeserve.co.uk [26 Sep 2001]

Nov 22 -25 In the Eye of the Hurricane, with Martin Keogh, Vienna, Austria

For those with a solid grasp of contact fundamentals. Thur, Fri: 6-9 p.m
Sat, Sun 10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
2000.- 2500.- ATS
If you register before Nov 10 and there are more than 15 participants: 2000:- ATS
For information and registraion, contact Sabine Fabie: sabfab@compuserve.com 0043 1 813 98 43 [22 Oct 2001]

Nov 29-Dec 2, 2001 In the Eye of the Hurricane, with Martin Keogh Innsbruck, Austria

Intensive Workshop (4 days) in Contact Improvisation
For those with a solid grasp of Contact fundamentals. (Limited participants)

Amidst the velocity and whirling of a hurricane rests an area that is silent and still, known as the ãeye.ä Cultivating this quiet core at the center of activity is the theme of this workshop. We will settle into a base camp of mindfulness, and then set out to investigate the wilderness of disorientation. We will enter the forest where there's no trail, jump into the dark, swim into what might be a cave, and build a tolerance for waiting in the unknown. Special emphasis on releasing the neck and pelvis, and surprising ourselves in flight and extended follow-through.

For information and registration, see web page
or contact Ulli S٤ at Verein Inntanz, Tel: 0043 (0) 512 36 52 25 Email: [26 Sep 2001]

Nov 29 - Dec 9 DC 7th International Improvisation Festival Washington, DC, USA

Three weekends of Improvisational Dance performance.
Improvisation Workshops
Sunday, December 2, 11am - 2 pm GW University
Sunday, December 9, 1 pm - 3 pm Joe's Movement Emporium
Complete schedule: http://gwu.edu/~withers/improvisationfestival.html [27 Nov 2001]

Dec 29, 2001-Jan 1, 2002 The 2002 Jamarama! Claymont Court, WV

Enjoy three days of total improvisation at Claymont in winter. The jam creates a safe space for reflection, connection and fun amid the raw beauty of West Virginia. We'll stayin a beautiful mansion, eat yummy vegitarian food, bake in a soothing sauna, honor the new year, and dance in an octagonal wood-floored barn. Come along and dance, eat, sleep, play music, walk, listen, pause, snuggle, stretch, imagine, nap, laugh, balance, chortie, glide, sing, talk, dream, inhale, fly, sauna, honor, inspire, trust, jump, toss, deepen, stargaze, climp, draw, write, wander, rest, shout, search........

Saturday 2:00pm to Tuesday 2:00pm. 3 days $200; 2 days $185; add $15 after 12-20-01. Work-study available. To register, send $50 non-refundable deposit to Lawton Rogers, Rt. 1 Box 279, Charlestown, WV 25414. Make checks payable to "New Years Jam." For more info, contact Lawton and Kit, 304-728-3506 or email seminars@claymont.org [14 Dec 2001]