| Welcome to the 4th Annual Philadelphia Contact Improvisation Festival |
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| Friday, February 15 | ||
| 9:45a | Orientation & Opening Circle | studio |
| 10:30a to 1:00p Class |
Martin Keogh: Rolling on a Grassy Slope--Making friends with the floor and each other (fundamentals) | theater |
| Ray Chung: Supportive Shaping--Point of Contact--Gravity/Levity (int/adv) | studio | |
| 1:00p to 3:00p | Lunch | |
| 3:00p to 5:30p Class |
Ray Chung: Center-to-Periphery Connections (fundamentals) | theater |
| Martin Keogh: Spills and Thrills--Dancing with adrenaline (int/adv) | studio | |
| 5:30p to 8:00p | Dinner | |
| 8:00p to 10:00p | Group Motion - the workshop combines structures of improvisation, movement, play and contact dance with explorations of breath, sound, flow and movement quality. These improvisational structures are used to create an exchange of human spirit and potential through movement and music. Lead by Manfred Fischbeck. | studio |
| Saturday, February 16 | ||
| 9:45a | Orientation for weekend participants | studio |
| 10:00a to 12:30p Class |
Martin Keogh: Ready! Preparing ourselves to dance in many dynamics including an ease going into our back spaces. (fundamentals) | theater |
| K.J. Holmes: The Athletics of Intimacy, combining the very physical, the very sensorial, and the very imaginative with discovering new challenges and risks within our movement vocabulary. (int/adv) | studio | |
| Ray Chung: Low-level Aerial Skills (int/adv) | arch | |
| 1:00p to 2:30p | Lunch | |
| 2:30p to 4:00p Lagniappe |
Ariel Weiss Holyst: This workshop will explore using the principles of the Alexander Technique in Contact Improvisation in areas such as giving, sharing and supporting weight, rolling and extending, as well as seeing and sensing options within and around us. By better integrating ourselves, we can promote more enlivened and cohesive dancing. | studio |
| Lisa Kraus: Japanese Deep Tissue Work | arch | |
| 4:00p to 5:30p | Open Jam | studio |
| 5:30p to 8:00p | Dinner | |
| 8:00p | Performance Ray Chung, K.J. Holmes, Martin Keogh, Eric Schoefer, and Leah Stein | theater |
| Sunday, February 17 | ||
| 11:00a to 3:00p | Quiet Jamming ---- Led Warm Up -------- More Jamming ------------ Music and Jamming ---------------- Closing Circle -------------------- Still More Jamming |
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| Studio Directions | ||
| studio: CEC/Kumquat, 3500 Lancaster, upstairs on the left. | ||
| theater: CEC/Kumquat, 3500 Lancaster, upstairs on the right. | ||
| arch: 36th and Locust, on the Penn Campus. From CEC/Kumquat, go up to 36th street, turn left, cross Market, Chestnut, and Walnut, and continue into the campus. The Arch is the 3rd building on the right. Studio on 2nd floor. | ||
| Restaurants | ||
| Sitar India Restaurant, 60 S. 38th Street, T: 215 662 0818, $ | ||
| Philly Diner, 3925 Walnut St., T: 215 382 3400, $ | ||
| Lemongrass Thai Restaurant, 3630 Lancaster Avenue, T: 215 222 8042, $$ | ||
| Zócalo, 3600 Lancaster Avenue, T: 215 895 0139, $$ | ||
| Volunteers | ||
| Leah Stein, Andy Clibanoff, Virginia Batson, Chris Deephouse, and Terry Fox. Please ask us if you need assistance. | ||