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NYC Contact Improvisation Practica returns — now with more practica (and less fun)

by richard • 2017/06/12 • 2 Comments

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…

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Class recap: 2-hour class, Sat., 2017/04/15, at National Ballet School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Ontario Regional Contact Jam 2017)

by richard • 2017/04/23 • 1 Comment

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…

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Underscore: “Pow-Wow” is now “Assembly”

by richard • 2017/04/07 • 0 Comments

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…

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Class recap: 2-hour class, Mon., 2017/01/16, at 100 Grand Dance, New York, NY

by richard • 2017/02/09 • 0 Comments

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…

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Join the Earthdance Diversity Scholarship Committee

by richard • 2017/01/19 • 0 Comments

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…

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Your CI Winter 2016-2017

by richard • 2016/12/03 • 0 Comments

Again there’s a great set of CI-related events coming up in New York and the surrounding area. Here’s some of what’s going on in the next few months, December 2016 through March 2017. As usual, this is a non-exhaustive round-up…

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