These web pages list jams, workshops, classes, and teachers of Contact Improvisation around the world.
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For everyone else, these pages are divided as follows:

• Events and workshops, listed chronologically. These are events that take place just once.
• Ongoing jams and classes
• People and Places teaching, performing, or otherwise involved in contact.
• Announcements and links (notices, advertisements, etc.)
• Photographs of contact.
• CI25 was the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Contact Improvisation, held at Oberlin College, June 1997. This section includes historical information about contact including a bibliography and list of videos), so it might be useful to students of contact. It also includes pointers to other celebrations of contact held worldwide.
• Essays, articles, and theses about contact improv. New: Article from the Portland (Maine) Phoenix.
• New listing: Four weekly jams in Stockholm, Sweden.

Workshops, Festivals, and Other Events

In chronological order. For historical interest, see also the list of past events. Last update Jan 2008.

Jan 3 - 6, 2008 Mazopalooza! The Madison Area Improvisational Dance Festival Mazomanie, WI, USA

Thurs/Fri. Jan. 3-4, Performance Intensive : Three gifted improvisers will share their perspectives on improvisational performance composition with the ensemble on Thursday, and will lead small groups (6-8 dancers each) to create, refine and present performance scores on Friday. Heather Good will focus on site-specific performance, Kathleen Maltese will focus on “presence, image, and movement,” in performance, and Nell Weatherwax will teach her “Improvisational Movement Theater” technique. Our collaborations will culminate in “Some Assembly Required,” our annual festival performance, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday evening, and will be followed by a jam. Limit 20 participants! Register early! Sat/Sun. Jan. 5-6, Jams/Classes/Play: Two dance spaces available for jamming and classes. Intro to contact workshop with Heather Good (no prior experience required), aerial improvisation with low-flying trapezes with Marcia Miquelon, Somatics and CI w/ Mandy Herrick. Family jam Saturday afternoon, Live music jam Saturday night.
Whole festival, w/ meals: $185. Thur/Fri: $85, Sat/Sun: $100. Housing $15/night. visit website or contact Marcia Miquelon for registration form, mail w/ payment or $25 deposit by Dec. 21, 2008 to PO Box 471, Mazomanie, WI 53560.
CONTACT: Marcia Miquelon     PHONE: (608) 669-6403     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.mazomac.com/Mpalooz08.pdf
[Nov 28 2007]

Jan 6 - 13, 2008 Contact Improv in Paradise Santa Cruz, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

Come join internationally known dance teacher, Mark Moti Zemelman, assisted by Brando, at the extraordinary Villa Sumaya Retreat Center on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Dance, swim, and hike in heaven on earth. Enjoy daily Contact Improv classes and evening dance jams with live music, as well as opportunities to boat across the lake to traditional Mayan villages to experience Guatemala's rich indigenous culture. This time we'll be spending two of our days dancing and volunteering with La Cambalacha, an indigenous youth arts program, who we had a wonderful connection with last year. Villa Sumaya's 1000 square foot dance/yoga studio boasts a lake front location, full panoramic view, hardwood floor, glass pyramid sky light and cascading garden waterfalls. The sublime retreat is a thatch roofed complex, with comfortable rooms, spacious gardens, restaurant/bar, book/video library, hot tub, and sauna, all hidden in the natural surroundings of this beautiful setting.
-----Room/Board: (includes all meals) Shared room (2-3 person)- $390 Single room - $540 Camping - $250 -----Workshop Fee: Before November 1 - $290, Before December 1 - $340, After December 1 - $390
CONTACT: Mark Moti Zemelman     PHONE: 413 231-4623     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.contactimprov.com/workshopsandclasses.html
[Oct 1 2007]

Jan 7 - 25, 2008 Nancy Stark Smith's January Workshop Northampton/Plainfield, Massachussetts, United States

JANUARY WORKSHOP with NANCY STARK SMITH A 3-week OPEN training Northampton, Massachusetts (and environs) January 7–25, 2008 A 3-week residential workshop based at Earthdance retreat center focusing on Contact Improvisation, Changing States, Improvisational Scores, The Underscore, Composition, and Performance. This year’s workshop is open to anyone with previous experience in contact improvisation (approx. intermediate level). The workshop will meet Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in studios at Earthdance, in town, and at an Aikido dojo, and will include physical training, improvisation and composition scores, jamming, watching, discussion, feedback, contemplative practice, and performance studies. There will be occasional evening and weekend activities. For further information, including a detailed flyer and registration form (available after July 15), see www.nancystarksmith.com or contact the workshop coordinator, Candice Salyers, at januaryworkshop@nancystarksmith.com, phone (413) 320-1196, fax (413) 586-9055; or contact Nancy at (413) 586-8243, or contactq@aol.com. Early Registration Deadline: November 15, 2007
Workshop Tuition: $695-$775 (sliding-scale) if registered by Nov. 15; $725-$775 if registered after 11/15/07 Room & Board at Earthdance: $595
CONTACT: Candice Salyers     PHONE: 413-320-1196     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.nancystarksmith.com
[Oct 18 2007]

Jan 10 - Apr 3, 2008 Contact-Martial Movement Class Concord, Massachusetts, US

Martial Movement Class Cultivating Power not Force This group is for movers, dancers, and martial artists who want to explore the use of power and flexibility from an "inside out" orientation. The work is around the release of muscular tension and ‘over’ reaction to cultivate more power and grace. The form combines the practices of Feldenkrais Movement, Aikido and Contact Improvisation. The dynamics include resisting/releasing, centering/falling, leading/following, pushing/pulling, stillness/flow. The classes begin with Feldenkrais exercises. From skeletal movements, breath and partner work—movement progresses to partner work using weight, power and direction. The ongoing focus will be on the contact point, skeletal movement and energy transfer
Single Class--$17 Ten Classes--$150
CONTACT: Mike kLinger     PHONE: 978 919-4217     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.nia-nia.com
[Jan 8 2008]

Jan 27, 2008 - , Communicadance‚Ñ¢ - contact improv and communication Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I'm happy to invite you to the next... Communicadance™ It's a playful and profound space to explore contact improvisation and interpersonal communication. The facilitated segment of the evening will include three elements: *Training in contact improv; *Open contact improv dancing – otherwise known as a jam; and *Structured verbal communication – interaction that draws on the experience in the dance. If you are drawn to: *Exploring an intimate, athletic, kinesthetic dance form – whether you're experienced in contact improv or totally new to it; and *Engaging in transparent communication and conscious relating ... well then you're most cordially invited to attend. Logistics: *Dovercourt Penthouse (top floor, 805 Dovercourt Road, just north of Bloor Street, Toronto); *Sunday evening, January 27th, 2008; *No payment required (pay any amount you wish or nothing if you wish); *Warm up: 6:45pm — Facilitated event: 7:15 to 9:30 — Open to stay to 10:30pm for more dancing and connecting. Please arrive by 7 to 7:10 at the latest; *Wear clothes suitable for yoga or dancercise. Knee pads are a useful option. *Remember your water bottle! I've put up a website you might like to check out for a picture and also a great video link of contact improv and aerial dance at: http://www.brilliance.org If you're attracted to coming, drop me an email so I can anticipate who's likely to show up. If you don't email in advance, you can still come. Feel free to pass this message on as you wish. Wishing you a beautiful, inspiring journey in life with a sweet abundance of wonder and joy, Alex. PS. Event by APC LTD. © Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. Event facilitated by Alex Perlman who's been engaged in this field for over 30 years. Among the programs Alex created: *The Human Interaction program which operated in idyllic settings in the Caribbean islands for a number of years; *Human Interaction '88 in Toronto where Alex trained over 70 group facilitators over a 6-month training program to assist him in facilitating a weekend conference on personal development and networking with over 400 attendees; and *Conference opening sessions with close to 1,000 participants interacting simultaneously. Alex has trained with renowned contact improv teachers such as: Nancy Stark Smith, Martin Keogh, Scott Wells, Shel Wagner Rasch, Kirstie Simpson, Stefan Fabry, Allen and Karen Kaeja, Mark Koenig, Vitali Kononov, Peter Ryan, Peter Bingham, and Brenton Cheng. ----- Alex Perlman BA, MBA, MEd, MHRD, CA, BPHE, Doctor of Education Candidate. My photo: http://homepage.mac.com/brilliantcontact/PhotoAlbum1.html Toronto, Canada: (416) 429-2468 – Santa Rosa, California: (707) 540-9518. alex@brilliance.org or globaltransactions@sympatico.ca http://www.brilliance.org Brilliant Contact Community™ – Experiential learning and holistic living in conscious, intimate community; Your Great Exchange™ – Facilitating Brilliant Contact and Right Livelihood™. -----------------------
Pay any amount you wish or nothing if you wish. No advance payment needed.
CONTACT: Alex Perlman     PHONE: 416-429-2468 or 707-540-9518     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.brilliance.org
[Jan 11 2008]

Jan 30, 2008 Open contact improvisation jam Birmingham, West Midlands, UK

We are a group of amateur and professional dancers who meet for a montly contact improvisation jam open to dancers and musicians at all levels. There is no teacher during the jam, so previous experience with contact improvisation is necessary. We usually meet the last wednesday each month 10am-12 at DanceXchange, Birmingham Hippodrome, Thorp St, Birmingham, B5 4TB, UK. The dates of the jam vary, email Daniela for info or to be added to the email list.
PRICE: £1-£4. We share the cost of studio hire (£23.50) equally between us, that normally works out at less than £4 each.
CONTACT: Daniela Balslev     PHONE: -     EMAIL:
[Dec 9 2007]

Feb 16 - 17, 2008 Performer's Physicality: Meyerhold's Biomechanics and M.Chekhov's Psychological London, UK, UK

international intensive at the UK's premier centre for dance - The Place London. http://www.iugte.com/projects/physicality.php
95 GBP if payment is made before December 15th.
CONTACT: Michael Cooperman     PHONE: +4402081332593      WEBSITE: www.iugte.com/projects/physicality.php
[Dec 3 2007]

Feb 25 - Mar 2, 2008 Skiing On Skin - Finnish Contact festival Karjaa, -, Finland

We warmly invite you to the first Skiing On Skin festival 25.2. - 2.3.2008! The festival focuses on improvisational dance, mainly contact improvisation. The festival will take place in Karjaa, about one hour traveling from Helsinki. We offer: -Teaching everyday for 5 hours, both basic courses and more advanced themes -Daily jams, both open and focused -Sauna (three evenings) -Sleeping in beds (2-6 person rooms) -Good food, mainly vegetarian and also fish and meat -Possibility for winter outdoor activities. ::::: About the Organizers: The contact community of Helsinki has grown together during the last six years. Lately, there has been a growing need and desire to share the qualities of our community. We have found out that we have something unique to offer. Our wish is to create a festival with a variety of exciting, fresh tastes of contact improvisation. These tastes have flavours of open mindedness, curiosity, exploration, different dancing techniques, playfulness, personal growth and humanity, combined with Finnish craziness.
The price of the festival will be 260 euros (if you register before 31.12.2007). After that, the price will be 290 e.
CONTACT: Aune Kallinen     PHONE: +358407030071     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: contactfestival.fi
[Aug 27 2007]

Feb 17, 2008 - , Communicadance‚Ñ¢ - contact improv and communication Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I'm happy to invite you to the next... Communicadance™ It's a playful and profound space to explore contact improvisation and interpersonal communication. The facilitated segment of the evening will include three elements: *Training in contact improv; *Open contact improv dancing – otherwise known as a jam; and *Structured verbal communication – interaction that draws on the experience in the dance. If you are drawn to: *Exploring an intimate, athletic, kinesthetic dance form – whether you're experienced in contact improv or totally new to it; and *Engaging in transparent communication and conscious relating ... well then you're most cordially invited to attend. Logistics: *Dovercourt Penthouse (top floor, 805 Dovercourt Road, just north of Bloor Street, Toronto); *Sunday evening, February 17th, 2008; *No payment required (pay any amount you wish or nothing if you wish); *Warm up: 6:45pm — Facilitated event: 7:15 to 9:30 — Open to stay to 10:30pm for more dancing and connecting. Please arrive by 7 to 7:10 at the latest; *Wear clothes suitable for yoga or dancercise. Knee pads are a useful option. *Remember your water bottle! I've put up a website you might like to check out for a picture and also a great video link of contact improv and aerial dance at: http://www.brilliance.org If you're attracted to coming, drop me an email so I can anticipate who's likely to show up. If you don't email in advance, you can still come. Feel free to pass this message on as you wish. Wishing you a beautiful, inspiring journey in life with a sweet abundance of wonder and joy, Alex. PS. Event by APC LTD. © Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. Event facilitated by Alex Perlman who's been engaged in this field for over 30 years. Among the programs Alex created: *The Human Interaction program which operated in idyllic settings in the Caribbean islands for a number of years; *Human Interaction '88 in Toronto where Alex trained over 70 group facilitators over a 6-month training program to assist him in facilitating a weekend conference on personal development and networking with over 400 attendees; and *Conference opening sessions with close to 1,000 participants interacting simultaneously. Alex has trained with renowned contact improv teachers such as: Nancy Stark Smith, Martin Keogh, Scott Wells, Shel Wagner Rasch, Kirstie Simpson, Stefan Fabry, Allen and Karen Kaeja, Mark Koenig, Vitali Kononov, Peter Ryan, Peter Bingham, and Brenton Cheng. ----- Alex Perlman BA, MBA, MEd, MHRD, CA, BPHE, Doctor of Education Candidate. My photo: http://homepage.mac.com/brilliantcontact/PhotoAlbum1.html Toronto, Canada: (416) 429-2468 – Santa Rosa, California: (707) 540-9518. alex@brilliance.org or globaltransactions@sympatico.ca http://www.brilliance.org Brilliant Contact Community™ – Experiential learning and holistic living in conscious, intimate community; Your Great Exchange™ – Facilitating Brilliant Contact and Right Livelihood™. -----------------------
Pay any amount you wish or nothing if you wish. No advance payment needed.
CONTACT: Alex Perlman     PHONE: 416-429-2468 or 707-540-9518     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.brilliance.org
[Jan 11 2008]

Mar 7, 2008 - , Benefit Contact Improv Jam Boston, MA, United States

A studio dedicated to bringing artists and change together. There will be live improvisational music, dancing, food and local Boston artists selling their work. The proceeds from this event will benefit the MSPCA in Jamaica Plain, MA. There will be staff from the MSPCA to answer any questions that come up. This event will take place at the Green Street Dance studios in Cambridge, MA from 7:30pm-10pm. Also if there is anyone wanting to contribute to the jam in some way, contact me, I am very interested in working with as many people as possible!
At the door, there will be a sliding range from 1 cent to 1 million dollars, whatever anyone can give to support the animal shelter. There will also be various items to purchase from food to local Boston Artist' work.
CONTACT: Maggie Jones     PHONE: 443-340-2270     EMAIL:
[Jan 10 2008]

Mar 7 - 9, 2008 Carrboro, North Carolina Jam 2008 Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

You are invited to join us for a weekend of Contact Jams, Contact Improvisation Classes, and Contact Community. This event welcomes those new to Contact Improvisation as well as those well seasoned. Teaching once again this year is Brad Stoller, whose classes are both fun and solidly impart the core aspects of contact (and beyond). For registration please include: Name, Address, City, State, Zip, Telephone, E-mail, when you plan to arrive, and whether you need a place to stay. If you need a place to stay, do you have pet allergies or other special needs? For more info check out the web site.
$75 at the door, $65 in advance, some partial scholarships and workstudy are available. Send check to: John Bainbridge 4710 Buttonbush Drive Durham, NC 27712 (or use the paypal link on the web site)
CONTACT: John Bainbridge     PHONE: 919-951-5187     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: ci.baynbrigge.com/jam2008.html
[Dec 31 2007]

Mar 8 - 15, 2008 Simone Forti Logomotion Writing Workshop ORVIETO, Umbria, ITALY

Caravajal15 residenza dinamica Orvieto-Italy \\ Projects 2008 \\ We are happy to announce that Simone Forti will be again our special guest artist in residence, with her intensive workshop “Logomotion Writing Workshop”. \\\\\\\\\\\\\ The intensive workshop with Simone Forti is in the ambit of our projects 2008, and will be from March 8 to 15 in the city of Orvieto, in Italy. \\ The places for the workshop are limited to 16 participants. Is a 7-day project workshop, plus one day pause \\\\ 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, in the beautiful Etruscan city of Orvieto, mid Italy. \\ The fee includes hospitality, recepti! on and meals. Application for registration is open from October 15th. \\\\ 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 w! ill include many activities in partners and in groups, some of! our wri ting 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. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Lodging in the residence: 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 seven days of the project. Lunch will be light (fruit, rice, vegetables and/or cheese, cookies, honey, tea, coffee, etc.). Evenings a dinner will be offered.
Fee 400 euros (including meals and lodging) Pre-registration: 150 euros .
CONTACT: Rossella Fiumi     PHONE: +39 0763341479     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.contactfestival.it
[Oct 11 2007]

Mar 8 - 16, 2008 The Bali spirit festival Ubud, Ubud, Bali

THE BALISPIRIT DANCE AND WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL The Balispirit Festival offers an uplifting selection of dance forms, yoga, meditation and traditional world music over eight days in the heart of Ubud Bali. It has an extraordinary international faculty of teachers and is headlined by Michael Franti for the pre-Nyepi celebration. Join Alena (Organic Dance) and John Addis (Contact Improvisation) for an unforgettable dance experience focusing on the sacredness of Being. SILENCE (Nyepi) : 5th-7th March Experience the Balinese New Year when the entire island is wrapped in a blanket of silence and peace. INHALE : 8th-12th March 5-Day rejuvenating dance retreat fusing the transformative processes of spiritual ecstatic dance and contact improvisation with the euphoric communal energy of a world music and dance festival. EXHALE : 12th-16th March 4-Day celebration Daily yoga, music and dance workshops. Nightly concerts and kirtans with conscious global artists. Culminating in a day-long festival of live performances
Package price for dance retreat including 8 days accommodation, 2 meals a day and participation in the Balispirit festival is AU$1600 plus airfare. $500 deposit to be paid by 25th January to reserve your place. (Nyepi ritual is an additional option and not included in this price.)
CONTACT: John Addis     PHONE: Australia (02) 95165295     EMAIL:
[Jan 22 2008]

Mar 8 - 24, 2008 Contact Improvisation Fesitval Japan 2008 Tokyo/Kanazawa, Tokyo/Ishikawa, Japan

Meet in Tokyo, in Kanazawa, in Japan, at the International Contact Improvisation Festival (CIFJ)! CI, as very physical and popular human activities in Europe, USA, Israel etc. Finally, we open this CI event here in Japan. Hope this CI Festival will become one of the international meeting points. People from all over the countries are welcome! After 1st opening in 2008, we will make it the annual project, it aims toward the fixation of CI festival in Asia, and the cooperation of the community that connects the world, deepening international cultural and personal exchange. We have very talented improviser/artists for the workshop leader, 5 from abroad; Holland, Israel, U.S.A. and from Japan.( Ray Chung, Natanja den Boeft, Shira Minzter, Masako Noguchi,Dror Zohar, Noam Carmeli...) This festival is open for everyone who is interested in moving, expressing physically, dancing, education, and CI etc.. We are looking for people come from all over the world. Pre-festival: Tokyo March8-March 9 @Morishita Studio Week 1: Tokyo City March11-March 15 @Morishita Studio Week 2: Kanazawa　 March 19-March 24, @ Kanazawa Citizen’s Art Center @ Kanazawa Yuwaku Center for Crafts and Culture
Week 1＋Pre-Festival(Tokyo)33,000yen~36,000yen Week2(Kanazawa)50,000yen~53,000yen Week 1+2(All)80,000yen~85,000yen
CONTACT: Chico Katsube     PHONE: 81-3-5984-2608     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: ci-jp.com/
[Dec 17 2007]

Mar 15 - 23, 2008 NORDIC IMPROVISATION MEETING Copenhagen, -, Denmark

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 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. Much love from Copenhagen Pipaluk+ Kerstin
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. 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
CONTACT: Kerstin Lofvander     PHONE: tel. mobile +45 27627891/ home +45 35852     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: ci-cph.dk
[Feb 16 2008]

Mar 15 - 24, 2008 TUNE - traveling school of unspoken knowledge Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Tune is an international traveling school of improvisational multidisciplinary performance art. It is a place to meet yourself and develop creativity, exploration, experience and achievement in the field of performance arts. Tune is based on cultural interchange, and travel in the world. Tune is initiated by artist and teacher Shahar Dor and facilitated by co-organizers, artist and institutions around the world.
400€ Cost covers all course fees, snacks and drinks in studio, and performances. We can support out of Barcelona participants with accommodation. The course fee does not include air travel costs and other expenses.
CONTACT: Guy Aloni    email: tune at movimiento-bcn dot org phone: (+34) 687 584 650  WEBSITE: www.movimiento-bcn.org/tune
[Nov 22 2007]

Mar 17 - Dec 7, 2008 International Subbody Butoh School HImalaya Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA

How is it possible to dance from the bottom of exsistense? Listen to your life which is four billions years old, you can find our life is resonating with everything. School Guide 2008 One year course: March 17-December 7 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 7, 2008 <Timing> Monday to Friday AM 10:00 - PM 4:30 <Qualification> 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.) <Place> International Subbody Butoh School (Jogibara, Dharamsala. Himachal Pradesh, India) <Fixed number> Ten　students only (In order of application. Long term student are given priority.)
Nine months: 1300 US$ Six months: 1000 US$ Three months: 570 US$
CONTACT: Rhizome Lee      EMAIL:      WEBSITE: subbody.net
[Sep 21 2007]

Mar 20 - 23, 2008 Earthdance Spring Equinox Jam Plainfield, MA, USA

March in the Berkshire foothills – come turn the seasons, and come together in music and dance! Our Spring Equinox Jam will offer plenty of opportunities for open contact improvisation, and will offer a special focus - dance and music: we will listen to the spaces that people create, as we make dance and new languages, together. Facilitated by musician Chris Cogburn and Margit Galanter. All levels of experience welcome.
Tuition/Room/Board all inclusive. Sliding Scale $175 - $235.
CONTACT: Chris Galanis     PHONE: 413-634-5678     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.earthdance.net/programs/springjam08.htm
[Dec 13 2007]

Mar 21 - 23, 2008 International Spring Equinox Jam ORVIETO, Umbria, ITALY

March 21-23, 2008 INTERNATIONAL FOUR SEASONS JAMS After the success in June 2007 of Zipfest, the International Contact festival and Live Performing Arts, our Association go on with a series of initiatives in the field of Contact Improvisation, focusing attention on the city of Orvieto. // The next appointment is the International Spring Equinox Jam on March 21, 22 and 23 to celebrate the coming of Spring, dancing together. // The third Jam of four, every three months, when the seasons change. // Each jam's event will be held at the headquarters of the cultural Association Caravajal15 residenza dinamica, in the prestigious sixteenth century rooms of the Palazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli, in the city of ORVIETO, middle Italy. // JAMS CALENDAR: Spring Equinox Jam 21,22,23 March 2008 // International Springfest Jam 3,4 May 2008 // Zipfest08 and International Summer Solstice Jam 21-29 June 2008 // LODGING IN THE RESIDENCE: We are organized with mattresses that all participants can use, scattered here and there in the 150 square ! meters of the studio. You have to bring your own sleeping bag. // 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 days of the jam.
For each three days Jam the enrollment fee is 120 euros, covering everything (including lodging and meals) and the pre-registration is 50 euros. // For Zipfest 2008 the fee is 320 euros (including meals and lodging) and the pre-registration is 100 euros. // JAM REGISTRATION: in registering for the Jam you have to send a pre-registration fee of 50 euros, confirming with an e-mail to: info@contactfestival.it. // In registering for Zipfest 2008 you have to send a pre-registration of 100 euros, confirming with an e-mail to: info@contactfestival.it. // The pre-registration fee is considered an advance payment for participation in the event. // The remainder of the fee will be paid upon arrival in Orvieto.
CONTACT: Rossella Fiumi     PHONE: +39 0763341479     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.contactfestival.it
[Jan 7 2008]

Mar 23 - 28, 2008 International Physical Theatre Malpils, Riga, Latvia

The Laboratory is open for performing artists from different countries and backgrounds inspired by Physical Theater as a bold, vibrant and multidimensional approach to contemporary theater performance. The programme includes intensive practical training, lectures and discussion club. The Lab is putting particular emphasis on practical exploration of methods and techniques of group theatre training as the foundation for coherent rehearsal process, open creative atmosphere and efficient performance making. Practical sessions develop in the form of various exercises and progress from simple to complicated. Gradually the group is proceeding to group improvisations and structures. Every day is setting advanced creative tasks, developing the preceding steps and deepening into the detailed consecutive process. The Lab is an opportunity to discover new ideas and impulses for future creative work, to make new contacts with colleagues from different part of the world and the diversity of Physical Theatre.
Registration fee: 450 EUR if payment is made before October 31st, 2007. 550 EUR if payment is made before December 20th. The fee covers accommodation - five nights, three meals per day - breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea/coffee breaks.
CONTACT: Lisa Riga     PHONE: +4402081332593     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.iugte.com/projects/labdetail.php
[Oct 12 2007]

Apr 25 - May 4, 2008 NITA LITTLE // "RESTLESS PEACE" ORVIETO, Umbria, ITALY

A mind in motion and Contact Improvisation experience // Residential workshop for experienced movers // The American artist 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 P! alazzo Caravajal-Simoncelli, in Orvieto. // 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 reada! bility. Moving in solo, duet and group forms, we gain composit! ional to ols 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 th! at define Contact Improvisation as well as other movement form! s. 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 an! d 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.
The fee for participate in the Nita Little’s project is 330 euros. For the hospitality, - lodging and meals - we charge extra 15 euros per day, that is 120 euros all in all, for the 8 days lodging and meals in residence. The fee for participate in the International Springfest Jam is 80 euros, which includes also hospitality, reception and meals. The fee for participate to both programs - Nita Little’s project and the Jam - is 500 euros, which includes all, hospitality, reception and meals for 10 days.
CONTACT: Rossella Fiumi     PHONE: +39 0763341479     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.contactfestival.it
[Jan 7 2008]

May 18 - 26, 2008 Moab Jam and Workshop - 12th Annual - with KIRSTIE SIMSON Moab, Utah, USA

Actually, it's THREE Events - the Workshop, Jam and Campout. SEE THE WEBSITE FOR ALL OF THE DETAILS. Presenting British master teacher Kirstie Simson's five day WORKSHOP... * * * The Art of Improvisation and Partnering work * * * Sunday (afternoon) May 18th to Thursday (afternoon) May 22nd, 2008 The workshop will be a deepening exploration of Dance Improvisation, in which Kirstie will draw from her extensive knowledge of Contact Improvisation. Her focus will be on exploring uninhibitedly the huge potential of the body’s response to the primal urge to move, inspired by deep energies released through human interaction, physical challenge and through the excitement of discovering new territory, new sensations and of daring to go beyond inherent ideas of limitation. THE MOAB JAM... Facilitated by Alicia Grayson, Steve Homsher, Aaron Jessup & Gretchen Spiro * * * The Moab Jam * * * Thursday (evening) May 22nd to Monday (afternoon) May 26th, 2008 (ends Memorial Day) SEE THE WEBSITE FOR ALL OF THE DETAILS.
Sliding scale. Based on your job, lack of a job, number of children or the performance of your stock portfolio. See the website for details. REGISTER EARLY FOR WORKSTUDY!!!
CONTACT: Gretchen Spiro     PHONE: (303) 545-9956     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.moabjam.com
[Dec 13 2007]

May 23 - 25, 2008 Adriatic Jam! Lignano, Near Venice, Italy

One of the most beautiful summer resorts on the Adriatic Sea is waiting for you! Sea, sun, nature, poetry and a lot of dance are the ingredients that make up this Jam. Forget stress and traffic: Here you will ride a bicycle to get to the different sites!! Visit www.lignano.it The Adriatic Jam! will be a satellite event of the CI36, for more info go to www.ci36.com Nearest areoport: Venezia Marco Polo or Treviso if you travel Ryanair. Nearest train station Latisana (on the Venice-Trieste line).
Fee till May 5th: 110 euro – Accommodations are in apartments near the park with a swimming pool!! After May 5th, 20 euros will be added to the fee.
CONTACT: Debora Sbaiz     PHONE: 00 39 0431 422147     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.deborasbaiz.it
[Jan 20 2008]

Jun 3 - 5, 2008 acite08 | Australian Contact Improvisation Teachers Exchange Lennox Head, New South Wales, Australia

Proudly supported by NORPA, acite08 is premised on a sense of research, play and inquiry. It is intended to be a space for committed CI teachers to exchange their exploration of teaching, in an environment created by a shared experience and understanding of both teaching and CI. It is a chance to strengthen and enrich their practice within a self-directed collaborative model. It is not an event in the teacher/student model. In order to achieve this focused environment for exchange, we have limited the spaces available at acite08. Application forms are due March 14, 2008 Applicants will be notified of a decision by March 24, 2008 For further information on applications for acite08 please see the application form, which can be downloaded from the website.
For more information on costs please contact acic08@gmail.com.
CONTACT: Lucy      PHONE: +613 9525 6232     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.theconvergence.org.au
[Feb 25 2008]

Jun 5 - 9, 2008 acic08 | Australian Contact Improvisation Convergence Lennox Head, New South Wales, Australia

Proudly supported by NORPA, acic08 is the fourth annual Australian Contact Improvisation Convergence. From all over Australia, New Zealand and beyond, participants converge and indulge in 5 days of Contact Improvisation (CI) jamming, classes, discussion, and more, in a relaxing and invigorating beachside location. This year, acic08 is dedicated to providing not only classes and workshops lead by Australia’s most experienced CI practitioners, but also facilitate the time and space for each participant to guide themselves through the event, be it with self-directed inquiry, shared investigations, or just plenty of dancing! Favourite activities will return, including the live music jam and the open performance night. The convergence supports and enriches CI culture in Australia, for individuals and communities alike. Lake Ainsworth Sport and Recreation Centre is nestled metres from the Seven Mile Beach, beside the tea-tree freshwater lake. Dance on the sprung timber floor of the stadium hall, or amongst the trees, on the beach, in the water! Residential participants stay in comfortable dormitory accommodation with ensuite bathrooms, and organic continental breakfast is provided each morning beside the beach. Lunch and dinner are delicious all-organic, vegetarian cuisine, cooked onsite by sought-after local chef Anthea Amore. Meal times take place beside the beach and under the stars; perfect fuel for 5 days of dancing and getting to know your dancing neighbour!
Participants can attend 5 days (Thurs-Mon), 3 days (Sat-Mon) or 1 day (Sat only). Residential accommodation optional at extra flat rate. All meals included. For up-to-date costs and workstudy options please refer to website.
CONTACT: Lucy      PHONE: +613 9525 6232     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.theconvergence.org.au
[Feb 25 2008]

Jun - 7, 2008 Philly CI36 Satellite Jam Philadelphia, PA, United States

Philly CI36 Contact Improvisation Satellite Jam Sat, June 7th, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Mascher Space Cooperative 155 Cecil B. Moore Ave. 2B Philadelphia, PA. 19122 http://mascherdance.com 10-1 Class with Leah Stein 1-2 Lunch (provided) 2-6 Jam 6-8 Live music jam Chris Deephouse, registrar deep@contactimprov.net 215.402.0133 (home) Send checks: Payable to: PDP or Philadelphia Dance Projects c/o Chris Deephouse 1300 Bergan Road Oreland PA 19075 Out of town housing: "Graeme McHenry" <graeme@riseup.net>
Whole day pre-registered by May 24: $35 Whole day after May 24: $45 Class or jam: $25 (no discount for early registration)
CONTACT: Nicole Bindler     PHONE: 857-928-2288     EMAIL:
[Mar 8 2008]

Jun 8 - 18, 2008 CI36: The 36th Birthday Celebration of Contact Improvisation Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA

Contact Quarterly/Contact Collaborations in in partnership with Juniata College is pleased to announce CI36. Set in the rolling farmland of central Pennsylvania,CI36 will be a time to honorand celebrate the existence of Contact Improvisation through dancing, study,performance, reflection, and exchange with hundreds of practitioners, teachers,founders, and developers of CI from around the world. Registration info and other details at www.ci36.com
PHONE: join email listserve at dance@ci36.com     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.ci36.com
[Sep 26 2007]

Jun 21 - 29, 2008 CI36 Satellite Event: International Contactfestival and Summer Solstice Jam ORVIETO, Umbria, ITALY

Zipfest08, the annual Contact Improvisation festival in Italy 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 ... The festival will go on in the week until the 29th: fifteen guest artists, from all over the world, will animate the city, from early morning till late at night, in a calendar with jams, performances and concerts, intensive workshops and labs on Contact Improvisation. The international 2008 guests: the great American artist Nita Little, invited to Italy for the first time, as well as the Cana! dian performer Keith Hennessy for the first time in Italy, and the performer\teachers Giorgio Convertito, Sara Simeoni, Rossella Fiumi, Jens Biedermann, Adalisa Menghini, Alessia Scala, Jacky Miredin, Isabelle Uski, Yanael Plumet, the musicians Michele Rabbia, Marko Timlin, Barnaby O’Rorke Tree, and the Zen monk Luigi Mario, teacher of Tai Chi Chuan and a great master of free climbing.
For the International Summer Solstice Jam on 21-22 June, the fee is 170 euros, lodging and meals included; for the Zipfest08, 23-29 June the fee is 300 euros, lodging and meals included; for the whole project is a great discount, both programs from 21st to 29th June, the fee is 340 euros, lodging and meals included.
CONTACT: Rossella Fiumi     PHONE: +39 0763341479     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.contactfestival.it
[Mar 31 2008]

Jul 7 - 13, 2008 International Festival "THEATRE METHODS 08" Malpils, Riga Region, Latvia

"Theatre Methods" is the annual professional festival bringing up the question of the Bridge between Tradition and Contemporaneity in performing arts. It is unifying artists from all over the world interested in the research of theatre methods between tradition and contemporaneity.
http://www.iugte.com/projects/register.php
CONTACT: Lisa Rich     PHONE: +4402081332593      WEBSITE: www.iugte.com/projects/TM08.php
[Sep 4 2007]

Jul 12 - 18, 2008 Hot Springs + Wilderness + Contact Improvisation (USA) Sierraville, CA, USA

A Hot Springs and Wilderness Retreat with Scott Wells and Aaron Jessup July 12 - 18, 2008 (northern sierras, California) Join OutsideIn Adventures and master Contact Improvisation teacher Scott Wells for a week of dancing, exploring nature, swimming, hiking and doing bodywork in the pristine northern sierras! We will begin and end our trip at Sierra Hot Springs, one of California's lesser-known gems. Drawing inspiration from the everyday miracles of the natural world, Scott will work his magic during daily contact improvisation classes while Aaron will provide wilderness skills instruction. (No previous backpacking experience is necessary.) Come play with us! Scott Wells In 1981 Scott discovered the pleasure of contact improvisation shortly after becoming obsessed with the struggles of modern dance. He stuck with both and currently directs a company and tours annually to Europe. In 2005 Scott received the San Francisco Award for Outstanding Choreography and was selected by Dance Magazine as "one of the 25 To Watch in 2005". About Aaron Jessup The founder of OutsideIn Adventures, Aaron has been leading wilderness trips since 2000. Aaron's trips are influenced by his eclectic background as a circus performer, whitewater raft guide, bodyworker and contact improvisation dance teacher. In 2006 he completed a yearlong wilderness survival, wildlife tracking and ecology program.
Tuition $545 by May 1st, 2008 $645 by July 1th, 2008 Send Payment to Aaron Jessup 247 Crestmont Dr. San Francisco, CA 94131
CONTACT: Aaron Jessup     PHONE: (415) 828-0775     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.OutsideInAdventures.com
[Mar 15 2008]

Jul 13 - 20, 2008 International Contact Improvisation and Performance Festival Moscow, Moscow, Russia

Festival is in the countryside not so far from Moscow, 8-day long. Intensives with Adrian Russi, Caroline Waters, Mans Erlandson, Eszter Gal. Tow-day long contact improvisation workshops, performance research laboratories, and long jams every night. Three vegetarian meals a day and accommodation are included in price of the festival. We will sleep in our own tents in the nature or in the rooms of sports center.
Festival cost is about 300 Euro for early registered people, 330 Euro for registered after 1st of June 2008.
CONTACT: Angela Doniy     PHONE: +7-495-919-74-65     EMAIL:      WEBSITE: www.contactfestival.ru
[Dec 13 2007]