Contact Improvisation
Contact Improvisation is a dance form which emphasizes an exploration of the underlying principals of movement as they play out in physical contact with a partner, the floor, and space. Contact Improv teaches us to trust, honor, and follow our own impulses while simultaneously attending to interaction with others, a great metaphor for life outside the dance stdio. It is also a delightfully playful and fun form of exercise. Because dances are improvised and focus on two or more people meeting in the moment in whatever state they bring to the dance floor, it is a form that is accessible to anyone. Each dance is collaborative and every dance is different. A Contact duet may be gentle and meditative or vigorous and athletic, fast or slow, serious or silly, and al or none of these. Contact as been described over the years using terms such as "Art/Sport," "Intimate Physics," and "Dancing the Shape of Water." Contact Improv brings human beings together in a safe and supportive environment, rooted in the body and open to the moment. It fosters a unique state of consciousness, in which one remains open to intention which simultaneously drawing creative energy from an underlying acceptance of what each moment has to offer.
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Contact Improv Jams
In Portland
No ongoing commitment required. Drop-ins & new faces always welcome.
For more info contact Kara @ (207) 233-0966 or Carl @ (207) 399-3707
1st Saturday of every month Contact Improv Jam
10am-12
facilitated Carl Rudman, $8
At the Williston West Church 32 Thomas st Portland
3rd Saturday of every month Contact Improv
10am-12
facilitated by Kara Seymour, $8
At the Williston West Church 32 Thomas st Portland
Barefoot Boogie 2nd Fridays of the month
7:30-10pm,$8
hosted by Carl Rudman
located at 32 Thomas st. in Portland at the Willingston Church, 2nd floor
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