I’ve been thinking about starting a Contact improvisation “practica” in New York City. In tango circles, a practica is an informal session to work on your tango practice with people away from the social pressures of a milonga, where it’s…
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Wednesday night lab in NYC: “Risk-Taking and All the Fun Stuff”
I am facilitating the Wednesday contact improvisation lab at 100 Grand in April. It starts this coming Wednesday, on April 1. It’s called, “Risk-Taking and All the Fun Stuff. Basics the lab will run all five Wednesdays in April, from…
CI Events, Fall 2014 (part 2)
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…
Diversity Scholarship for Falling Leaves Jam, deadline Monday 10/6
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 —…
CI events, Fall 2014 (part 1)
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…
July NYC CI lab: Velocity [starting W, 7/9]
This July, I’ll be facilitating the New York City Wednesday night dance lab at Bill Young’s Studio (100 Grand St.). July’s lab will focus on contact improvisation and VELOCITY on four Wednesday nights from July 9 to July 30, from…
June 2014: what’s going on
A quick list of special contact improvisation events coming up in New York and surrounding areas in June: Mondays, June 9 to 30: Jesse Johnson is continuing Monday night contact improvisation classes at the Artist Ashram, in the East Village.…
Contact improvisation New Year’s wishes
I have some wishes for contact improvisation for 2014: That this is a year where CI as a group thinks more about “In” and “Out.” I’d like to see the CI community do some extra reflection this year about how…
CQ back issues on sale through Jan. 1, 2014
Contact Quarterly (CQ) has announced a number of items on sale for the holidays, including a pretty great deal: 10 back issues of CQ of your choosing for $20, which is pretty much dirt-cheap given the size and production values…
the backlog
I have a large backlog of partially-finished posts that are not quite finished. It pains me. I’m going to try to get some more of them out, a little more regularly. Not so much taking forever to write the perfect…