Philadelphia Contact Improvisation (historical) |
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For current information try this link.
For historical information about contact improv in Philly from 2000-2009, read on.
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Monday Class and Jam |
Adams Berzins, plus guest teachers, leads a mixed level contact improv class, 7:00 to 8:30p. Structures/lab/jam transition from 8:30 to 9:00p. Open contact improv jam 9:00 to 10:00p. The Parlor, 1170 Broad Street at Federal Street, South Philadelphia. |
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| Sunday May 31 2009 1:00-3:00pm Workshop with Barry Bell |
Explore Contact Improvisation! Download flyer. (MS-Word) When: 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 31 (Please arrive by 12:45 to register and warm up) Where: Dance in beautiful surroundings at the Moving Arts Institute's magnificent new location on the former Elkins Estate, 750 Ashbourne Road, Elkins Park, 19027 Cost: $15 per person |
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| 2nd Sunday Jam is on hiatus |
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Classes and jams may be cancelled in the summer and around holidays. Please contact us if you want to be sure a class or jam is happening.
26 people partcipated in the Philly CI36 Satellite Jam, including a few from other countries. Leah Stein's class was engaging for new and experienced dancers. Despite record heat, most of us jammed through the afternoon.
Come a day early to CI36, stop through Philly and join us for the
PHILLY CI36 CONTACT IMPROVISATION SATELLITE JAM.
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Mascher Dance Space Cooperative Philadelphia is only 3.5 hours from Juniata College, easily accessible by car or train. |
Whole day pre-registered by May 24th: $35 Chris Deephouse, registrar Free Housing will be provided Friday and/or Saturday for out of towners on a first come - first serve basis. Contact Graeme McHenry, email graeme-at-riseup.net |
Watch this space for news about the Contact Improv Festival and special events. There were five Philadelphia contact improv festivals from 1999 to 2003. In 2003, the last day of the festival was cancelled due to a blizard, and we did not get organized to run one in 2004 or 2005. The next one was in 2006. Here are programs from the most recent festivals:
Contact improv activities in Philadelphia are coordinated by Sara Narva, Nicole Bindler, David Brick, Adams Berzins, Graeme McHenry, and Chris Deephouse. For more information about CI in or near Philadlephia, email Chris Deephouse, deep-at-contactimprov.net, or calling him at 215.402.0133. Announcments about CI events in the Philadelphia are also sent to the PhiladelphiaDance.org list serve.
Contact Improv is a movement form where dancers move to follow the play of touch. Gravity and the floor are constant partners. Human touch unites the forces that act upon the body with the sensations they produce withing the body. (Steve Paxton)
Contact Improv draws from post-modern dance, aikido, and couple dances like tango and waltz. Duets are common, but solos and small groups often mix in. Most often the dance is a capella, without music. But sometimes improvised music plays back and forth with the dancers. Contact Improv has no gender roles. All dancers, with experience, flow easily from gentle rolls on the floor to lifting and flying. Here are some photos to give you a clearer view. The best way to experience contact improvisation is to join a class or a jam! (ref: Jim Davis, Andrew Harwood)
| Balancing | Lifting | Flying | Quiet moments | Shadows |
| Moving | Tumbling | Leaning | Extending | Three dimensions |
| Photo credits: East Coast Jam, Earthdance, CI25/Ray Chung | ||||
This page is maintained by Chris Deephouse, email deep-at-contactimprov.net. To send us an email, please replace the '-at-' with the normal '@' sign. The email addresses are disguised to thwart spammers and con artists. Updated 13-July-2008.
