Collaboratively created on July 5th, 2014, edited by Amy W. and Richard A rarely-acknowledged but all-too-common phenomenon in the contact improvisation community is the Jam Crush. In the kitchen one night at the Earthdance July 4th Jam, a group of…
news and trends, notices
CI Events, Fall 2014 (part 2)
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As a follow-up to my previous post, here’s what’s going on from now through the end of the year that I know about in the Northeastern part of North America: Monday, November 3 to Friday, November 7, Montreal: Montreal’s annual…
community-building, notices
Diversity Scholarship for Falling Leaves Jam, deadline Monday 10/6
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I’m happy to report some progress being made towards greater diversity in contact improvisation. For the first time, Earthdance is offering a Diversity Scholarship for the October Falling Leaves Jam (10/23 – 10/26). The deadline is coming up soon —…
news and trends, notices
CI events, Fall 2014 (part 1)
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It’s an exciting time to be a contact improvisation dancer in Northeastern North America. Lots and lots of workshops, classes, jams, and new initiatives are going on. Here’s a tour of some (but I’m sure not all) of them. As…
classes, recaps
Lab recap (3/4): NYC CI Lab, Wed., 2014/07/23, at 100 Grand Dance, New York, NY
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This is a recap and summary of conclusions from the third of four sessions of the July 2014 dance lab at 100 Grand Dance, which I am facilitating this month. What we did We investigated two topics: (1) ways of…
classes, recaps
Lab recap (2/4): NYC CI Lab, Wed., 2014/07/16, at 100 Grand Dance, New York, NY
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This is a recap and summary of conclusions from the second of four sessions of the July 2014 dance lab at 100 Grand Dance, which I am facilitating this month. What we did Our focus was on investigating what we…