For the fourth straight year, Earthdance, the famed retreat center in Western Massachusetts where much contact improvisation is danced, taught, and lived, is giving out Diversity & Inclusion Scholarships to its Falling Leaves Jam, which runs Thursday, October 19, to…
analysis, notices, opinion
NYC Contact Improvisation Practica returns — now with more practica (and less fun)
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Something extraordinary happened when I taught at the Ontario Regional Contact Jam this past April. Charlie Halpern-Hamu, one of the organizers, gave me free rein to discourage people from taking my class. So I tried to make it scary. I…
class recaps, classes
Class recap: 2-hour class, Sat., 2017/04/15, at National Ballet School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Ontario Regional Contact Jam 2017)
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I had a great time teaching at the Ontario Regional Contact Jam on Saturday, April 15, 2017. This is a recap of my 2-hour class, titled “The Rigor of Contact Improvisation: Rolling Point Mastery,” which took place in Studio 4B…
news and trends
Underscore: “Pow-Wow” is now “Assembly”
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So somehow, even though I was following this issue very closely, I missed that Nancy Stark Smith renamed the part of the Underscore called “Pow-Wow” to “Assembly” back in December of 2016. It has officially been changed. Whew! Some background…
class recaps
Class recap: 2-hour class, Mon., 2017/01/16, at 100 Grand Dance, New York, NY
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I recently substituted for Tim O’Donnell’s Monday morning class at 100 Grand Dance. This is a recap of 2-hour class at 100 Grand Dance, New York, NY, on Monday, November 16, 2017. Recap is based on my class prep notes and…
notices
Join the Earthdance Diversity Scholarship Committee
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About three years ago, Sarah Young, Earthdance’s Executive Director, and I created Earthdance Diversity Scholarship, which awarded scholarships to members of under-represented groups to attend the Earthdance’s Falling Leaves Jam. So far, despite some bumps, I think we can call…