The Ponderosa Annual Contact Improvisation Jam (July 13-15)
Ponderosa began as a weekend Contact Jam. The Contact Improvisation community basically built our kitchen, guest house, studios,solar showers and compost toilets while dancing in between. If you have never done Contact we offer beginners classes lead by the infamous Pondi team and will orientate you to the art of jamming. Contact Improvisation is the heart and soul of the Ponderosa experience. The evenings are mixed with jams, sauna, talks, video showings, bar, fireside chats and/or spontaneous discos and informal showings.
Fr-Sun all incl. 90€ (register before June 15th: 80€)
Workshop Contact Improvisation for beginners
Techniques for enjoying CI Jams. Taught in Body Language, English & German (+ French) by Asher Levin
Including the following elements: Developing awareness of the Contact, staying with it and responding to it. Gravity as a friend – sharing weight, consciously falling, softly transfering weight into floor. Happily Supporting My Partner - without strain or pain. Go with the Flow – rechannelling energy through all parts of my body and all physical levels. Relaxed Rides - being available for and enjoying giving my weight - exploring ways to support my partner in supporting me. The CI Body & Mind – letting go of goals, exploring following & leading, communication, intimacy, independance, emotions, playing. Partner Body Work - to get to better know our bodies.
Watching the Watcher: Presence & Performance in CI
for INT.-ADV. taught by Jess Curtis,
This course will be an embodied
exploration of cycles and scales of sensing, observing, and consequential action in
the practice of Contact Improvisation. Working from the cellular to the global, we
will examine how we sense each other, take action and make meaning while we
dance.
