💫WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT 💫
An opportunity to dig deep, refine our skills and find both nuance & expansion in the practice of Contact Improvisation. This focused six week workshop series explores a mix of solo & partnered guided exercises, self guided labbing and group tuning scores that center intention & attention. We will co-create a container for playful rigor, shared inquiry, physical & verbal dialogue, witnessing and curiosity. All are welcome, beginners and those with beginner’s mind especially.
Register at the link in bio (https://forms.gle/XNGvNX98Lwrd3y1A9)
FRIDAYS
March 6th- April 10th
6:30PM-9PM
at the Aikido School of Central Ohio 4554 Indianola Ave
Space in the workshop is LIMITED.
Please make sure to register to reserve your spot.
Room for drop-ins is likely, but please arrive early to register at the door.
This Friday we’re back.
Weekly Contact Improvisation “get togethers”
Not quite class, not quite a jam- space to explore the principles, skills, concepts and overlaps of CI with each other. ✨
Aikido School of Central Ohio
4554 Indianola Ave
Sliding scale $10-$20
📷 Bo Maupin
Last week was so great let’s make it happen again!
Friday May 23rd 6:30-8:30pm with @kurlburt
Aikido school of Central Ohio 4554 Indianola Ave
Not quite class, not quite a jam…. This is a focused space to sink into the essence of Contact Improvisation through solo embodied movement practice, scores/skill building, and group discussion/dancing/ digesting. Facilitated & held by @kurlburt
This explorative ‘sweet spot’ is inspired by a reference of “grounding & extending” from Nancy Stark Smith- a physical and conceptual idea that our capacity to reach and push for more (risk/play/confidence/creativity) is balanced with a need for depth, grounding and rooting and that the dance exists in the connection and conversation between these counterparts.
✨Open to all (with CI experience recommended, but not necessary)
✨All participants must familiarize themselves with community agreements before joining which are linked in the bio and will be shared in the space as well.
✨$10-$20 sliding scale fee (no one will be turned away for lack of funds, please reach out and we can find a good solution)
Photo credit @jacsfishburne
( ): A glyph from Nancy Stark Smith’s Underscore practice that signifies arriving energetically. Bringing your attention, your presence, your will into the room.
Wanting more Contact Improvisation in your life?… me too ✨
Friday May 16 6:30-8:30PM with @kurlburt
Aikido School of Central Ohio 4554 Indianola Ave
Not quite class, not quite a jam this pop up community CI ‘get-together’ is a focused space to sink into the essence of Contact Improvisation through solo embodied movement practice, scores centered around skills/tools/principles of the form and lots of collective digesting/dialogue. Basically a desire to dig a little closer to the roots of CI in order to expand our experience of moving together.
open to all (CI experience is recommended, but not necessary)
Donation based $0-$20
Photo credit is Nathan Ward
I can’t tell you how good it feels to revisit some of the themes, material and worlds from @insidevoices_danceperformance through this collab with @evening____film
Feeling wildly grateful that Inside Voices is featured as the first episode in @evening____film Blue-Hour docuseries. Here are some BTS snaps from magic maker, @kate_sweeney
Please consider supporting this truly special work by following @evening____film and visiting the link in their bio to an indiegogo donation page.
More art with friends. More open dialogue. More art with compassion, curiosity and empathy at center focus. More challenging the norms and culturally accepted bullshit. More humanity and story telling. 💙
We’re less than two weeks away from the first session of Sowing Seeds: Winter CI Series
Have you registered yet? You can join for one session, one jam or the whole series- pick what works for you.
More details and sign up at the form linked in our bio
https://forms.gle/tuWttDS3sypxr2nM7
Let’s plant some seeds for Spring together. 🌱
Video: three dancers lie in the grass at an outdoor contact jam accompanied by live music by Amery Kessler
📣 Workshop alert 📣
Curious about what the Sowing Seeds: Winter Contact Improvisation Series will look like? Take a peek at what’s in store…
Session 1 (Jan 24) Tuning the body
Session 2 (Jan 31) Dancing with your spine
Session 3 (Feb 7) The CI Toolkit: understanding the dance
Session 4 (Feb 14) Spectrums of play
This series is a mix of guided exercises, workshopping, conversation around crucial elements of contact improvisation in and out of the dance…… AND scores led by a team of wonderful community facilitators
Seriously, join us ♥️
Sign up at the form linked in the bio!
📸 @lifebyleilandslens
✨Sowing Seeds: A Winter C.I. Series✨
An opportunity to slow down, refine our skills and find depth in the practice of Contact Improvisation within a focused, intimate container. This series explores a mix of guided exercises, workshopping and community led scores that have curiosity and intention at the center.
SOME OF THE SEEDS WE’RE PLANTING: Confidence in our physical skills, listening, mutuality, tools to navigate consent, challenging and exploring common assumptions or fears of the form and embracing the unknowns
Every Friday 6-9pm at Church of the Sparkling Unicorn (COSTU), 2350 Indianola Avenue, Columbus OH 43202
January 24th- February 14th, 2025
1st HALF (6pm-7:20pm): Skills session.
Building our toolbox, both physical and non-physical, for navigating the dance
2nd HALF (7:35pm-9pm): Community led scores & jamming.
Offered by rotating established community members.
You can register for the full series, single session or jam drop in at the link in our bio.
Let’s dance 🩵
