There’s one more sessions left of “Rigorous Basics,” this Tuesday, December 26, from 6:30pm – 8:30pm. This is the Tuesday night “Contact Improvisation Basics” series in NYC, with monthly rotating teachers—I hand off to Julianne Cariño in January. I’ve been…
Author: richard
I've been dancing contact improvisation since 2003, starting in Los Angeles, California (USA). I love a strict point of contact with weight-sharing, and can spend all day doing nothing.
Two more Tuesdays of “Rigorous Basics” in December
So I’ve taught two Tuesdays this month at 100 Grand Street in NYC, and all has gone well. There were handouts! I’m teaching two more Tuesdays before the end of the year, on Tuesday, December 19, and Tuesday, December 26,…
Teaching “Rigorous Basics,” Tuesdays in December
So I’m teaching CI in NYC soon! Four Tuesday nights in December! It’s going to be my most continuous stretch of teaching since pre-pandemic, and I’m looking forward to it a lot. I’m teaching on the “Contact Improvisation Basics” series…
CI50!
There will, I hope, be many CI50 celebrations this year. But Critical Mass: CI@50 (what does the “critical mass” part mean?), starting today in Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.A., will be the CI50, the main celebration, the official one, the one that…
And suddenly, we’re back…
For months I had been hearing whispers on the wind. They started growing in the last few weeks into murmurs, until this week, all of the sudden, they seemed to explode into… well, a lot of Facebook posts at least,…
Contact Quarterly’s (final?) clearance sale, through Tuesday, Dec. 1
I think this hasn’t gotten much attention, but it should—CQ is ending its print existence and closing their physical offices, which means that they’re selling all their remaining print materials for discounted rates until this Tuesday, December 1, after which…
Nancy Stark Smith memories and tributes
It’s been only two weeks since the news broke of Nancy Stark Smith’s death; it seems so much longer, somehow. Which is perhaps an effect of coronavirus time. And yet, isn’t she still alive? Aren’t we going to see her…
Nancy Stark Smith (1952–2020)
Nancy Stark Smith passed away this past Friday, May 1, 2020, from ovarian cancer. I got the news on Saturday from a Facebook post by Christina Svane that was shared around the world; Contact Quarterly has also posted a brief…
All ongoing New York City contact improvisation events suspended under further notice
Update Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 12:20am:As reflected on the Contact Improvisation in NYC page on this blog, all ongoing contact improvisation events in New York City have been suspended until further notice. This includes: Monday class, Tuesday pre-jam class, Tuesday…
Winter / Spring 2019: Contact Improvisation event round-up
As in the past, a round-up of events going on in the Northeastern part of North America these days. Lots going on! I’ll update this post periodically as I learn about new stuff. Note that these are single events; ongoing…