City Arts, the Informall Theater Company and Shape Shifters are teaming up to host Contact Improv Jams on the first and third Saturday, twice a month from 1-2:30 pm. Jams will take place at the City Arts Dance Studio 305 or 317 in the Cultural Building at 200 N Davie St, downtown Greensboro. Please Call 336-549-7431 or E-mail Todd.Fisher25@gmail.com or follow us www.facebook.com/GreensboroContactJam. These Jams are Free and open to the public no matter what your skill level or experience. Donations will be accepted to help bring in guest teachers.

What’s Contact Improv you say? Contact Improvisation (CI) is a dance technique in which points of physical contact provide the starting point for exploration through movement improvisation. Contact Improvisation is a form of dance improvisation and is one of the best-known and most characteristic forms of postmodern dance. A jam is a creative space for open improvisation, governed by mutual respect and awareness. A jam is an opportunity to play, to research, to experiment, to express, to work it out, to connect with others. Dancing alone, in duets, or in groups, we stretch our capacity to listen and lead as we follow the dance.

Dates of Future Contact Jams (subject to some change and Whimsy!)
10/16- Jam in Durham at NCDA Annual Event 2:15-3:45 pm. Carpool anyone?
10/29
11/5
11/19
12/3
12/17
2012
Break for GSO Fringe Festival
2/18
3/3
3/17 (St. Patrick’s Day Jam!)
4/7
4/21
5/5 (Cinco de Mayo Jam!)
5/26

“Contact Improv is a movement form where dancers move to follow the play of touch. Gravity and the floor are constant partners. Human touch unites the forces that act upon the body with the sensations they produce within the body.” -Steve Paxton