Fall Contact Improv Fundamentals Class

Christian Swenson with Lisa Lightner

Come dance Contact Improvisation! Whether brand new and curious about the form, or an old hand looking to deepen or broaden your practice, this class is for you!

You’ll leave with material to explore in the movement jam that follows and richer sense of the principles and possibilities in Contact Improvisation.

Taught by Christian Swenson (Facilitator of the Velocity Sunday Movement Jam 2-4:30pm every Sunday)

Velocity’s Steward Studio (1621 12th Ave #100, Seattle, WA 98122)

6 Sundays from 12:30pm - 2pm

October 6, 13, 20, 27 and November 3, 10, 2019

Cost: $15/class or $12/class with class card

Christian has been dancing CI since the early 1980s. A veteran improviser of many styles, he brings a heightened sense of play to this practice.

In these classes we will explore weight sharing, muscle tone, momentum, varieties of touch, controlled falling, lifting and being lifted, and nurturing a healthy sense of trust.

FB event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/379704209603020/

2019 Seattle Contact Improvisation

Lisa and Christian dancing contact improv

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. $5-$10. This location/time is usually consistent, except in July each year. Rare changes are posted in the Facebook Seattle Contact Improvisation Group.

Sundays
CI Fundamentals Class
Velocity Dance Center, Kawasaki Studio, 1:30-2:50 pm
Drop-in $15/$12 MVP
Buy a full class series for just $60 for 6 weeks ($10/class)

Register and info: http://velocitydancecenter.org/trainingresearc/master-classes-workshop/

Fall Contact Improv Fundamentals Class
Taught by Christian Swenson
6 Sundays from 12:30pm - 2pm, October 6 – November 10

First Saturdays
Jam Practice

Shift Movement & Healing Arts, 3517 Stone Way N. 5–7 pm, $5–$10

Second Saturdays
Underscore
3–6 pm (usually) in Kawasaki Studio at Velocity. $5-$15
A long-form improvisation structure developed by Nancy Stark Smith and practiced in much of the world. For those with previous experience with the Underscore or who have attended a talk through.

January 12
2:30-3:30 talk through. If you have been interested in attending an Underscore, or know someone who has, or have never been to a full talk through, please come to this talk through on January 12!
3:30-6 Underscore
Velocity Dance Center

February 16 - note this is the third Saturday of Feb, not the second - 3-6pm
March 9, 3-6pm
April cancelled
May 11
June 8
October 12
November 9

For more information about the Underscore, contact Katherine Cook at cook.katherine (at) gmail.com.

December 11-15
Port Townsend Jam

For CI around the world: Global Contact Improvisation Calendar