Contact @ the Dojo Class & Jam
Schedule
Sun May 05 2024 at 03:00 pm to 06:00 pm
Location
Aikido of Northampton | Florence, MA
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CONTACT @ the DOJOContact Improvisation (CI) class & jam
Mixed level, open to beginner to advanced dancers
2024
1st & 3rd Sundays
3:00–6:00 pm
3:00 Class, 4:30 Jam
Teachers for class:
4/21 Aaron Cantor
5/5 Patrick Crowley
5/19 Gabi Revlock
4/21/24 Playfighting: Cooperative Combative Games for Contact Improvisation w/ Aaron Cantor
Cubs, kittens and kids play. This class is about playing like they do (with focus, attunement, ferocity and gentleness). The games we will be playing connect us to our animal intelligence and child like mischief making wonder.
Aaron Cantor grew up in Japan in Brazil and has traveled the world to do deep dives into yoga, Zen, Taoist practices, and various martial, athletic and dance forms. He has been teaching embodiment internationally for the past 20 years and is known for his playful, inquiry based way of instigating physical intelligence and insight through games. He runs the School Of Physical Intelligence (SOPHI) where he helps therapists, coaches and teachers craft games to improve learning and skill development.
General Description for Class & Jam
Patrick Crowley teaches and curates teachers who hold and convey Contact Improvisation with a comprehensive depth. Contact @ the Dojo began in Oct 2021, meeting 2 Sundays a month.
Dojo comes from “Do-”, a variation of Tao/Dao (the way) and “jo” (immersive learning space).
A broad range of Contact Improvisation will be explored — states, skills, scores/Underscore, artistic practice, life learnings.
In Contact @ the Dojo, dancers play with movement pathways in contact with a partner — in relationship with gravity, momentum, inertia, and friction. We work with ease and natural tone in our tissues and neurology. We explore rolling, falling, and flying in CI with the safety of mats as our floor.
The slow and subtle brings us to the big and enthusiastic, and vice versa. Centering, perception, inertia of motion, solo/lead/follow, reflexes, experimentation, readiness, rigor, heart, and enlivening will all be in the mix.
JAM
The jam will be open space to play and practice — with music and possible structure/warm-up.
For those experienced and new to CI, honoring different abilities. ~10–25 people. Please read Health safety agreements. You can attend only the class or jam if there is room — emphasis will be given to those coming to both class & jam. Please arrive a little early.
What is Contact Improvisation? https://patrickcrowley.net/whatiscontactimprovisation
WHERE: Aikido Dojo, 30 N Maple St, #14, Florence, MA 01062
(Park in parking lot to right of building. Come in entrance in parking lot. Go in and upstairs to the right.)
REGISTRATION & PAYMENT (sliding scale: abundant–regular–low)
Class & Jam (3:00–6:00 pm): $35–$30–$25
Just Class (3:00) or just Jam (4:30): $25–$20–$15
If unemployed or student, please contact Patrick about further discount.
Info: https://patrickcrowley.net/contact-dojo
Register: https://patrickcrowleybodyworkdanceyogasomatics.as.me/sch...
INFO & QUESTIONS: (617) 320-9792 (text/phone)
Patrick Crowley has been engaged with Contact Improvisation and dance improvisation since 1983. He has taught at numerous dance centers, festivals, and universities both nationally and internationally, including Yale University, Boston University, Argentina Contact Festival, Freiburg Festival, Earthdance, among others. He is a coordinator of the Global Underscore. He worked with Nancy Stark Smith closely until her death in 2020, and studied or performed with many prominent teachers in CI including: Andrew Harwood, Kirstie Simson, K.J. Holmes, Daniel Lepkoff, Nina Little, Alan Ptashek, and others. Patrick has a background in modern and contemporary dance, Body-Mind Centering®, bodywork, yoga, theatre (Playback Theatre, Action Theater), contemplative practices, expressive arts, and martial arts. He has performed with various dance and theatre companies, including the Underscore +/- Group, Zany Angels, Six and 1/2 Project, and Boston's Access to Theater. He was certified in bodywork by Sensei Toshiko Phipps and Nationally Certified in 1993 and also teaches Playback Theatre, Yoga, and somatics.
Photos:
Chris Aiken
Rose Oceania and Patrick Crowley
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Where is it happening?
Aikido of Northampton, 30 N Maple St, Florence, MA 01062-1344, United States,Northampton, MassachusettsEvent Location & Nearby Stays: