Contact Improv + Jam 1st and 3rd Mondays

We will explore themes of weight-sharing, counterbalancing, signaling, listening, and everything in-between.

A guided pre-jam class will be from 8:00 - 9:00p and then will flow directly into a jam until 10:30p.
In class, we’ll explore themes of weight-sharing, counterbalancing, signaling, listening, and everything in-between. The jam that follows is an opportunity to continue researching your movement & relational curiosities that sparked from class. First-timers and experienced dancers are all very welcome!

Host: Merrick Jacob

Merrick Jacob is a lover of movement, continuously in awe of the body and its potential for delightful expression, wild creativity, & authentic connection. Influenced by her practices of contact improvisation, figure skating, acroyoga, and hand-balancing, she guides playful movement experiences as an opportunity for deep listening, research, and co-creation. Merrick hosts contact improvisation across the SF Bay Area. Say hi here: merrickjacob.com

*Class 8:00-9:00pm

*Jam 9:00-10:15pm with live music

Come for the whole evening or feel free to drop-in to the jam anytime

Teacher + Musician vary

Teacher:
Sebastian Grubb is an award-winning movement coach and dance artist based in Copenhagen and California. He teaches integrated movement technique to people of all kinds via personal coaching, weekly classes and deep-dive workshops. From 2007-2019 Sebastian choreographed, performed and toured contemporary dance works throughout the U.S. and internationally. This included 6 years as a principal dancer and teacher with AXIS Dance Company, which centers art-making around a diversity of bodies, including those with functional disabilities. From 2008-2024 Sebastian ran an outdoor workout company in San Francisco, then made Denmark his permanent home in 2025. He has been a long-term student of Scott Wells (improvisation and acrobatics) and Frey Faust (functional anatomy and dance research), among other influential teachers. He is the founder of Agile Beast and co-founder of Spiral Camp, both of which focus on making skills and techniques for dynamic movement accessible to all participants. He first encountered Contact Improvisation in 2006 by accidentally joining a Jam and has been hooked ever since. Learn more at www.sebastian.fit and www.bodywagging.dance
Musician:
Dan Gorelick is a Brooklyn and SF based musician who works with cello, voice, and synthesis to create expressive electronic soundscapes. His musical style is influenced by his upbringing as a classical cellist, improvisational jazz, and exploration in different forms of sound design. His performances integrate acoustic practices with various technologies to explore sonic possibilities between the two. IG @dqgorelick | venmo @dqgorelick.

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