The Earthdance New Year’s Jam starts today, one of the largest and longest contact jams in North America. It reminds me of the challenges of in and out in the contact improvisation community, particularly at multi-day jams.
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Earthdance Spring Equinox Jam & Special Deal
Hi all, Chisa who’s on the Earthdance Board and Contact Improvisation Committee asked me to post something on my blog about the upcoming Catherine Lessard workshop and Spring Equinox Jam there. For those of you who don’t know, Earthdance is…
class recap: 2-hour Musicking to Contact, Contacting to Music, Sun., 2012/12/30, Earthdance (rough)
This was a two-hour class I taught as an offering at the Earthdance New Year’s Jam 2012-2013. The title was “Musicking to Contact, Contacting to Music.” The aim was both to teach contact dancers new ways of relating to music…
The Circuit
Okay, as far as I know, I’m the only one who calls it “The Circuit.” But every year in the northeastern part of North America, many contact dancers from New England and Quebec follow a well-worn, well-established path through about…