In responce to Yvonne Rainer

NONO to Spectacular, Virtuosity, Demonstrative and performative /effective

NONO to Simulated or Pretended

NONO to Breathtaking and Astonishing /effective

NONO to Glamour and stylish, fancy

NONO to Gimmick, Catch and Trick

NONO to Heroic or magnifical /pompous

NONO to Eccentric and quirky /extravaganza

NONO to Production and Assembly plant

NONO to Colonization of audience

NONO to Imposing

NONO to Preaching

NONO to Political

NONO to Spiritual

NONO to Beautiful

NONO to Participatory

NONO to Dancing

Double “NO” Means “YES“

More about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_and_no

The new improvisation dance class and jam is off to a great start every Wed. at Shotwell Studios in SF’s Mission district. The pre-jam class from 7:30-9:30 pm segues smoothly into open dancing so if you are new to contact improv, this is a great way to build your confidence to get on the floor and stay present to what comes up. If you are familiar with contact then join us in February to explore extended ‘Underscore’ structure developed by Nancy Stark Smith.

Guest teachers list of 2010 is forming. February and March teachers are Vitali Kononov and Rosemary Hannon. Please let us know
if you are interested in teaching.

Contact Improvisation and Shared Awareness.

The new jam is for anyone interested in extending skills of contact improvisation which is an established movement language practiced widely. Everyone is welcome to the class no matter what experience you have or modalities you are comfortable with.

Please spread the news that Wed. night is happening to those
that go to or are curious about dance jams.

Pre-jam class from 7:30-9:30 pm

Open dancing from 9:30pm
Cost: $12-15

For more information on sponsor Footloose and Shotwell Studios visit: http://www.ftloose. org or email: ftloose@sbcglobal. net or call 415-920-2223

Friday
Improvisational Realms Series:

LAST CLASS in 2009

November 6th: Behind the Camera of My Eyes.

This is a small preview class for 2010 I-Realms series. In the class we will investigate the merging realms of filmmaking and dance. Without using an actual camera, we will explore how filmmaking art might influence our improvisational dance. We will research, share, play and discover our use of eyes, visual image and imagination.

For October 16th: 100% tool for group improvisation.

Last week theme was: Phrazing (part 2): Punctuation.

This time we will dive deep into exploring movement and stillnes as components of our dancing. We will investigate phrazing together with a partner and solo to find timing that allows meaningful movement dialogue.

October 2nd: The Alphabet of Scoring. Initiation (part 2).

We will continuie exploring the tool, that allows us to be articulate and grounded in our movement and dance. Initiating our movement from different points in the body we will investigate relationship between body parts and space. This will create a base for a duet and group interaction. Last week we had fun using ‘Solo/Re-play’ score. This time we will do it again. Drop-ins are welcome.

Previous class on SCORES was 5 weeks ago:

Interior Design. Scores.

We were exploring the tool which helps us make clear and interesting choices in improvisation. We were working with scores.

Each time we enter The Unknown of Improvisation, we need to feel free. And also we need to have something that is solid – a structure, a rule, a score. Without some kind of rule, our task-oriented mind often gets lost in too much openness. Without a structure our improvisation tends to be generic. Having a temporarily set score helps us stay sane and build on the reality. A score that can be broken with fun and passion is the best friend of an improviser.

Ongoing Saturday pre-jam class with Rosemary Hannon and Vitali Kononov.

When: Every Saturday, starting January 17th 2009. 1:30-3:00pm

Where: 8th Street Studio, Sawtooth Building, 2525 Eight St. (at Dwight), Berkeley, CA

Cost: $12 (or pay $15 and stay for the jam)

Description

Come to this class for exploration of nuts and bolts of FUN. If you are a beginner, or if you have studied contact improvisation here and there, and would like to deepen your skills, this class is a great opportunity for you. Join us for investigation of presence, listening, weight, structure, curiosity, play, communication, safety and the very point of contact. Get personalized feedback and dance it through in a class with two instructors. Using somatic practices as a FUNdation for contact dancing we will demystify the phenomenon of Rolling Point of Contact.

This class is going to have a simple structure of a short tuning using somatic material, exploration of one or two fundamental principles and then lots of time for integration through dancing.  (Read more …)

More about the  STRUCTURE of the class

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Approximate structure of the FUNdamentals class:

• Short warm-up tuning on the ’sensing body’

• Exercise time (exploration of one of the CI principles)

• Focused exploration with a partner in a dance score

• Integration – time for OPEN dancing with a partner

Objectives:

• Prepare, warm-up yourself for the jam

• Get a solid foundation of skills

• Learn new movement choices

• Explore greater possibilities

• Investigate anatomy and physics in duet

• Re-pattern inefficient movement habit

• Develop ease and safety skills for your dancing

Location of this class and the jam

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