Sunday, October 16, 2016

Fall/Winter 2016 Upcoming Seattle Contact Improvisation

Contact improv duet
Contact improv and related events in and near Seattle. Follow the links for more info. I add events as I find out about them, so check back. 

Sundays   
Weekly contact improvisation and open movement jam.
2-4:30 pm in the Founders Studio at Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Avenue on Seattle's Capitol Hill.


November 12
Underscore
3-6pm at Velocity Dance Center (Kawasaki)
For more information, contact Katherine Cook at cook.katherine@gmail.com.

November 25–27
Thanksgiving Contact Improv weekend @ Gracewood Studio, Portland, OR 

November 30 - December 18
The Glimpse Project: Nancy Stark Smith And The Underscore 
Includes a workshop, community underscore, performance and more. 

December 3 
Underscore
1:30-5:30pm at V2 (talk-through with Nancy Stark Smith 10-11:30am), as part of The Glimpse Project 

December 14–18
Port Townsend Jam at Centrum — 4 days of contact improv fun in a beautiful setting

December 28, 2016–January 1, 2017
New Year Dance Retreat with Karen Nelson on Vashon Island

January 16–20, 2017
10th annual WOW of Contact
Wonder Of With / Way Of We
Breitenbush Hot Springs w/ Touchmonkey


Sunday, June 26, 2016

Upcoming Seattle Contact Improv Events | July/August 2016

Seattle Contact Improv Jam
Photo by Jim Coleman
Contact improv and related events in and near Seattle. Follow the links for more info. I add events as I find out about them, so check back. 

Sundays 
Weekly contact improvisation and open movement jam

Special July Jam Location and Time:
1-3pm every Sunday in July at 7 Star Women's Kung Fu. (525 21st Ave in Central District.)
 
August jam (after SFDI) returns to
2-4:30 pm in the Founders Studio at Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Avenue on Seattle's Capitol Hill.


Third Tuesdays
Inclusion Jam 7:45-10pm at Balance Studio. Information: noamgaster@gmail.com.

July 9
Underscore
3-6pm at
V2 (1525 11th Ave). No talk through in July. Dancing starts at 3. Plan to arrive on time and stay until the end. For more information, contact Katherine Cook at cook.katherine@gmail.com.

Underscore will be second Saturday for the rest of 2016. Talk through some months and not other months. Check the Facebook group or email Katherine.

July 23
Frameworks for Connection Workshop: Playing with Space and Touch in Improvisation
With Kurt Koegel
Saturday 2 - 6 pm
Seven Star Women’s Kung Fu
525 21st Ave; Capital Hill, Seattle
$30 - $50 Sliding Scale

The theme of this workshop is nurturing a greater sense of personal choice and fulfillment in improvisational dance.

We will focus on three skills useful for contact jams, ecstatic dance, fusion, or other improvisation events. We will finish with our own jam full of yummy dancing!

  • Working solo and connecting to the dance through Spatial Choices.
  • Using Light Touch as a way of Listening and Building Trust. Specific ways to communicate and feel comfortable with Light Touch.
  • Signaling Invitation and Boundary: Specific tools and strategies for conveying consent, one’s “ok-ness with what is - and wishing more”, or conversely, “this is too much, too fast - I’m just not comfortable.” 
More information at http://www.kurtkoegel.org.

July 28
OM Culture Movement Jam and Synthesis dance
6:45pm - 2am

July 31 - August 7 
Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation at Velocity Dance Center. Lots of classes, jams, and performances, including a contact improv intensive with Stephanie Nugent.

August 7 - 27
Dance Camp Northwest

Summer 2016
Leviathan Studio on Lasqueti Island, Canada, is offering a series of contact improv workshops.

Monday, May 2, 2016

Upcoming Seattle Contact Improv Events | May and Summer 2016

SFDI 2011 Photo By Carol Wiley




Contact improv and related events in and near Seattle. Follow the links for more info. I add events as I find out about them, so check back.

Sundays 
Weekly contact improvisation and open movement jam, 2-4:30 pm in the Founders Studio at Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Avenue on Seattle's Capitol Hill.

Wednesdays 

Investigative Movement Practices (IMP) Series
6-8pm
Velocity Kawasaki Studio, 1621 12th Ave
$15 Drop-in / $12 MVP
Buy a full class series for just $50 ($10/class)
Series 3: Mar 30 – May 4 With KT Shores
Series 4: May 11 – June 15 With Alice Gosti


May 14 
Flying High and Landing Softly 2 with Katherine Cook and Cyrus Khambatta 
Saturday 11am-4pm at Grassroots Studio in West Seattle
This workshop will extend the work of getting off the ground and moving softly into it. The workshop will pick up where the previous one left off and review those aspects covered previously, responding to what participants found most appealing or difficult with being in the air or on the earth.

Price: $75-$150 (sliding scale) for the five hour workshop.

For more information and registration, call 206-607-7537 or email cyrus@KhambattaDance.org.

May 17
Inclusion Jam
Balance Studio, 7:45pm - 10pm 



May 19
Underscore
7-10pm at Velocity (Intro discussion at 7, dancing starts76:30). Plan to arrive on time and stay until the end.
For more information, contact Katherine Cook at cook.katherine@gmail.com.


June 9 - 12
Portland Regional Contact Improv Jam
Sky Camp in Fall Creek, Oregon

June 12
Contact Improvisation with SHURA Baryshnikov
11am-2pm
Cost: $65-$100 (sliding scale)


June 19
Seattle participation in the Global Underscore.
7am-11am
Velocity 2, 1525 11th Ave on Capitol Hill
$5-$10 

Info: cook.katherine@gmail.com

June 29 - July 3
Orcas Island Contact Improv Jam. Contact Michal Lahav at michalahav@gmail.com for details and registration. 


July 31 - August 7
Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation at Velocity Dance Center. Lots of classes, jams, and performances, including a contact improv intensive with Stephanie Nugent.

Summer 2016
Leviathan Studio on Lasqueti Island, Canada, is offering a series of contact improv workshops.


 

Monday, March 7, 2016

Upcoming Seattle Contact Improv Events | March/April 2016

Photo by Jim Coleman
Contact improv and related events in and near Seattle. Follow the links for more info. I add events as I find out about them, so check back.

Sundays 
Weekly contact improvisation and open movement jam, 2-4:30 pm in the Founders Studio at Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Avenue on Seattle's Capitol Hill.


Wednesdays 

Investigative Movement Practices (IMP) Series
6-8pm
Velocity Kawasaki Studio, 1621 12th Ave
$15 Drop-in / $12 MVP
Buy a full class series for just $50 ($10/class)
Series 2: Feb 17 – Mar 23 With Victoria Jacobs
Series 3: Mar 30 – May 4 With KT Shores
Series 4: May 11 – June 15 With Alice Gosti


March 15, April 19, May 17
Inclusion Jam
Balance Studio, 7:45pm - 10pm 
 
March 18 - 20
Spring Emergence Contact Improv Jam
SomaSpace in Portland, Oregon 


March 24
Underscore
6-9pm at Velocity (Intro discussion at 6, dancing starts 6:30). Plan to arrive on time and stay until the end.
For more information, contact Katherine Cook at cook.katherine@gmail.com.
Also:
April 16, 4-7pm
May 19, 7-10pm


April 30
Contact Improvisation with Delia Brett
Perceptual Flux: Open to all levels
11am-4pm Grassroots Studio in West Seattle
Sliding scale $75-100


In this class we will shed the weight of habits and hesitancy and create bodies that are engaged by a flow from one surprising moment to the next. 


Delia’s playful, compassionate and rigorous teaching draws from over 20 years of experience of as a choreographer and professional dancer. She is co-artistic director of MACHiNENOiSY Dance Society. She has been a company member of EDAM, Vancouver based company under the guidance of Peter Bingham since 1997.

For more information and registration, call 206-607-7537 or email cyrus@KhambattaDance.org

May 14 
Flying High and Landing Softly 2 with Katherine Cook and Cyrus Khambatta 
Saturday 11am-4pm at Grassroots Studio in West Seattle
This workshop will extend the work of getting off the ground and moving softly into it. The workshop will pick up where the previous one left off and review those aspects covered previously, responding to what participants found most appealing or difficult with being in the air or on the earth.

Price: $75-$150 (sliding scale) for the five hour workshop.

For more information and registration, call 206-607-7537 or email cyrus@KhambattaDance.org

May 27 - 30
















June 9 - 12
Portland Regional Contact Improv Jam
Sky Camp in Fall Creek, Oregon

June 29 - July 3
Orcas Island Contact Improv Jam. Contact Michal Lahav at michalahav@gmail.com for details and registration.


July 31 - August 7
Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation
Contact improv intensive with Stephanie Nugent and much more at Velocity Dance Center 

Summer 2016
Leviathan Studio on Lasqueti Island, Canada, is offering a series of contact improv workshops.

 

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Upcoming Seattle Contact Improv Events | January 2016

Lisa and Christian by Olivia Pendergrast
Contact improv and related happenings in Seattle and nearby. Follow the links for more information. I add events as I find out about them, so check back periodically.

Sundays 
Weekly contact improvisation and open movement jam, 2-4:30 pm in the Founders Studio at Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Avenue on Seattle's Capitol Hill.


Wednesdays
Investigative Movement Practices (IMP) Series
6-8pm
Velocity Kawasaki Studio, 1621 12th Ave
$15 Drop-in / $12 MVP
Buy a full class series for just $50 ($10/class)
Series 1: Jan 13 – Feb 10 With Nikolai Lesnikov
Series 2: Feb 17 – Mar 23 With Victoria Jacobs
Series 3: Mar 30 – May 4 With KT Shores
Series 4: May 11 – June 15 With Alice Gosti


Jan 7, 2016 (Thursday)
Live Music CI Jam
7-9 pm at Velocity (in Kawasaki Studio) 
$5-15 sliding scale 
Guest Musician: Eveline Mueller Graf and Casey Jones Collaboration between homemade instruments and percussive metal objects. For more information, contact Briana at brianajones198@gmail.com.

Jan 10 - 15, 2016 

The WOW of Contact 2016 at Breitenbush Hot Springs, with Carolyn Stuart and TouchMonkey.


January 16 (Saturday)
Underscore
4-7pm at Velocity (Intro discussion at 4, dancing starts 4:30).

January 19, February 16, March 15
Inclusion Jam

3rd Tuesday of the month, 7:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Balance Studio, 418 N 35th St, Seattle, WA 98103
More information at http://noamgaster.wix.com/inclusion-jam


February 4 (Thursday)
Contact Improv Dance Jam with LIVE MUSIC
Open Flight Studio
4205 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
7:30pm-9:30pm
Cost $5-15  

For more information, contact Briana at brianajones198@gmail.com.

February 13
Underscore
3-6pm at Velocity (Intro discussion at 3, dancing starts 3:30). Plan to arrive on time and stay until the end.
For more information, contact Katherine Cook at cook.katherine@gmail.com.
Also:
March 24, 6-9pm
April 16, 4-7pm
May 19, 7-10pm


March 5 (Saturday)
100 Ways To Kneel and Kiss the Ground, a contact improvisation workshop with Martin Keogh. 
9:30am - 4:30pm at OmCulture.

March 12 - 20
Breitenbush Contact Improvisation Jam, 35th anniversary, hosted by Joint Forces Dance.


March 18 - 20
Spring Emergence Contact Improv Jam
SomaSpace in Portland, Oregon
There will be movement scores to inspire, ritual to ground us, catered lunches to nourish, music to delight, & lots of open dancing time!

Summer 2016
Leviathan Studio on Lasqueti Island, Canada, is offering a series of contact improv workshops.