Contact Improvisation
Sundays 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Contact Improvisation is a partner dance form using physical contact, weight sharing and human connection as the impetus for the dance. The point of contact is used as a fulcrum for unusual movement not physically possible in a solo dance. Using gravity and momentum the dance unfolds in unexpected ways. As an improvisational form, there is an emphasis on being present and open to the unknown. All levels of movement experience and ability are welcome to practice CI. There is no judgment about what is beautiful or ugly. It is a deeply personal and experiential dance. The quality of the dance is gauged by how the dancers themselves experience it. There are specific techniques and forms that one can learn and practice in order to make the dance safer and more enjoyable, but these techniques are not an end; There are a means towards a unique, unrepeatable dance.

All levels welcome! $10 per class.

instructors

February 5th – Jung Woong KIm
February 12th – Lee Fogel
February 19th – Lee Fogel
February 26th – Jung Woong

March 4th – Lee Fogel
March 11th – Nicole Bindler
March 18th – Nicole Bindler
March 25th – Nicole Bindler

April 1st – Curt Haworth
April 8th – Nicole Bindler
April 15th – Leah Stein
April 22nd – Leah Stein
April 29th – Leah Stein

May 6th – Jung Woong Kim
May 13th – Lee Fogel
May 20th – Jung Woong Kim
May 27th – Jung Woong Kim

June 3rd – Greg Holt
June 10th – Joy Mariama Smith
June 17th – Joy Mariama Smith
June 24th – Marion Ramirez

July 1st – Lee Fogel
July 8th – Nicole Bindler
July 15th – Jung Woong Kim
July 22nd – Jung Woong Kim
July 29th – Bradley Teal Ellis

Aug 5th – Lee Fogel
Aug 12th – Elise Knudson
Aug 19th – Leah Stein
Aug 26th – Nicole Bindler

Sept 2nd – Jen Abrams
Sept 9th – Leah Stein
Sept 16th – Margaret Paek
Sept 23rd – Lee Fogel
Sept 30th – Lee Fogel