Contact Jams & Events for 2008

Winter Festival organized by: Rek & Dey Saturday February 23 and Sunday February 24, 2008 At The Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Central Sq. Cambridge Festival of Contact Classes led by Five Local Teachers, Martin Keogh, Patrick Crowley, Neige Christenson, Asaf Bachrach & Dey Summer. Open to All Experience Levels, especially people new to the form. See flyer or for more info. Please contact Dey: 339-368-0163, [email protected] or Rek: 646-872-4677, [email protected]   Sunday Jam at the Arlington Center has a new format for 2008! For 2008, The "Sunday Jam" will become the "Sunday Class" -- on the first and third Sundays of each month. Classes taught by one of Boston's finest contact improv teachers (there are many who will be participating). All remaining Sundays in any month will continue to be open jamming. Classes open to all levels of dancer, and will focus on the fundamentals of the form, as well as provide a training ground for jamming. Sunday from 11:30am to 1:30pm at the Arlington Center, 369 Mass. Ave., Arlington. Plenty of street parking, accessible by bus. See the Arlington Center website for details. Join us for luscious dancing in a beautiful space. Admission to jams: $8 at the door, less if you pay for a multiple-jam card in advance. Class cost: usual cost of jam, plus we'll be passing a hat for optional (but suggested) offerings for the teacher. For more info, contact Maxine Gautier by phone: 617-524-0932 or email: [email protected] Tuesday Contact Jam facilitated by: Martin, Dey, Maxine, Patrick & Gene At 8 Inman St. - St. Mary's Orthodox Church - Central Sq. Cambridge - every Tuesday night from 8pm 'til 10pm - open dancing - often with led warmup and structured focus for the group. See flyer or for more info. please contact Maxine Gautier by phone: 617-524-0932 -or email: [email protected]   May Jam 2008 will be Boston's primary CI-36 tie-in event May 23-26, 2008. Details to follow. Fall Jam 2007 (7th Annual) was hosted by: Gene and Rek ... October 5th-7th Columbus Day Weekend... Stephen Katz played music on Sat. evening... yahoo!!! Here's the flier. Click for more info

Contact Teachers: Classes & Workshops

Neige Christenson teaches Contact Improvisation and Authentic Movement in the Boston area. She offers classes and individual coaching. For more information contact Neige by phone: 781-647-1044 or email: [email protected] Patrick Crowley teaches Contact Improvisation, Movement Improvisation, and Contemplative Movement and does individual coaching. He offers a 8pm Thursday night Contact Improvisation class. Check out Patrick's website or contact him by phone: 617-320-9792 or email: [email protected] Olivier Besson splits his time between Paris and Boston, and occasionally offers workshops in the Boston area. Martin Keogh offers contact workshops all over the world, and sometimes, even here in Cambridge! View the flier for his March 2008 workshop. Check out Martin's website for his worldwide itinerary. Contact Martin through this link. Mike Klinger offers contact and martial movement workshops, and runs a men's martial movement group in the Concord/Acton area. View a current flier. Contact Mike by phone: 978 919-4217 or email: [email protected]

More Contact, Improvisation & Other Related Stuff and Links

Movement Improvisation Jam facilitated by: Olivier Besson ... is held every 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month except in July and August. A spontaneous and unstructured collaboration of music and dance. All physical abilities and creative styles welcome. Held at the Dance Complex on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge at Central Square, from 8pm 'til 10pm. Admission: $7-$10 for more info contact Olivier [email protected] Earthdance cared for, and nurtured by: far, far too many ... past, present & future ... to name here ... is a wonderful retreat center for improvisation & dancing... located in the woods of western MA. Among other events, they hold two lovely jams each month... a live improvised music Jam on the 1st Sunday of the month and also a Contact Improvisation Jam on the 3rd Sunday of each month (psst... there's a sauna too!) for more info, please check their website or call 413-634-5678 Freestyle Dance Interested in barefoot dancing? check out Dance Freedom , or Dance Friday for details about regular weekly events, and the DNE website for info about other events throughout the year, including summer dance camp in Polond Springs, Maine. Other Dance Happenings There are lots of dance classes, workshops and performances at the Dance Complex , and Greenstreet Studios ... both in Central Square. In Other Locations There are jams and workshops happening all over the globe, including the "big" event of 2008, CI36. There's also the East Coast Jam   in West Virginia (held in Spring and Fall), the annual Toronto jam (usually in early November), the Moab Jam in Utah and more. Check www.contactimprov.com   and www.contactimprov.net for information about events all over the world. Links Contact Quarterly is a biannual publication focusing on contact improvisation and other related movement forms. They also sell the favored "Chinese kneepads" worn by so many dancers. Shakti Smith teaches contact improv and authentic movement in New York City, at Earthdance and sometimes in the Boston area. Details on her website.

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