Atlanta's 2nd Annual
Southeast Contact Improvisation Jam!
July 6-8, 2007
Emory University
Excellent instruction, lots of time for open jamming, communal meals,
and lodging for out-of-towners.
Come join our wonderful warm community for a weekend of dancing.
We are excited to have Washington, D.C.'s Ken Manheimer who will lead workshops on Saturday! Ken is one of the main organizers of the long-standing East Coast Jam, and a wonderful teacher.
EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF CONTACT IMPROVISATION
- flying - rolling - falling - giving weight - sharing weight - listening -
the effortless conversation of two connected bodies in motion
Register by June 5 to receive early-bird discount: ONLY $45!
$55 after June 5. Student discount: $10 off. A la carte: $6/session or meal
Questions:
Schedule:
- Friday
- 6-8 p.m. - Welcome and Communal Dinner
- 8:30-10:30 p.m. - Open Jam
- Saturday
- 8:30-9:30 a.m. Ð Communal Breakfast
- 10-1 - 1.5 hour workshop with Ken Manheimer; 1.5 hour jam
- 1-3 p.m. - Lunch on your own
- 3-5:30 - 1 hour workshop with Ken Manheimer; 1.5 hour jam
- 6:30-8:30 p.m. Ð Communal Dinner
- Later Evening: Options include more jamming, Contact movies, going to bed early + ??? TBA
- Sunday
- 8:30-9:30 a.m. Ð Communal Breakfast
- 10-1 - 1 hour Feldenkrais class with Louise Runyon; 2 hour jam
- 1:30-3 p.m. Ð Communal Lunch
All dance events at Emory's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts Dance Studio, 1700 North Decatur Road, Atlanta GA 30322; all communal meals at nearby home.
Download a flyer and registration form here.
Atlanta Contact Improvisation
(Please bear with us as we redesign our website.)
Contact Improvisation Jams
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of Every Month
7:30-9:30 p.m. at Emory University
Location alternates between two dance spaces depending on availability.
Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts
1700 North Decatur Road
Or...
Performing Arts Studio
1804 North Decatur Road
E-mail [trbell at mindspring dot com] to subscribe to the e-mail newsletter, which announces each jam's location.
Contact Improvisation is a dance form where partners maintain contact of body surfaces - the shelves and ledges of the back, front, sides, hips, shoulders, and head. The giving and sharing of weight is essential to Contact, which often involves partners lifting and rolling over each other. In Contact Improvisation you entrust your full weight to another but are always ready to fall, to roll to the floor. The beauty of Contact is in the effortless conversation of two connected bodies in motion - more than anything else, it is about listening.
