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…
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.
Starting Out: my fears as a beginner
I don’t have many records from my first days and years doing contact improvisation. I’m not sure why; maybe I just wasn’t that affected by starting the form? But, no, I think I was having lots of feelings and thoughts…
Why is teaching contact improvisation so hard?
I’m usually pretty critical of contact improvisation teaching and teachers. That hasn’t really changed. But after a recent stretch of teaching, I’m more appreciative of this fact: even though I think CI teachers should be better preparing for their classes,…
Winter and Spring 2018 CI Events
Once again, a round-up of CI events in vaguely the Northeastern part of North America. I’m afraid I’ve missed some that already happened in January and early February. Sat, 2/17, Dragon’s Egg (Ledyard, CT): Winter Seasonal Underscore, facilitated by Nancy…
Fall 2017 CI events (and sign up for my class)
So I turned the page of my calendar to September, and I suddenly realized that once again, there’s a bunch of great contact improvsation events coming up this fall. Here’s an overview of your fall 2017 in contact improvisation, if…
Earthdance Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship – deadline Wed., September 6
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…
NYC Contact Improvisation Practica returns — now with more practica (and less fun)
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 recap: 2-hour class, Sat., 2017/04/15, at National Ballet School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Ontario Regional Contact Jam 2017)
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…
Underscore: “Pow-Wow” is now “Assembly”
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 recap: 2-hour class, Mon., 2017/01/16, at 100 Grand Dance, New York, NY
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…