The Gymmy Jam (Contact Improv class & jam in Bushwick)
About this Event
Join us for an evening of movement, play, and connection in the stunning ballroom at Metamorphosis Fitness—a spacious, light-filled studio with beautiful wood floors, soaring ceilings, and a wall of windows. We'll begin with a one-hour guided class followed by a two-hour open jam. Facilitated by Gabrielle Revlock, MFA.
Contact Improvisation is a partnering dance form which arises from the communication between bodies through touch. The technique focuses on giving and supporting weight, and coordinating with gravity and momentum, to create spontaneous relational dances. The emergent nature of this dance form challenges dancers to listen and adapt to another’s physical impulses, states, and creative impulses while tracking their own sensations.
Contact Improvisation is both a come-as-you-are practice (meaning anyone can join) and a skill-based practice (why people keep coming back). It's been called an "art-sport" and "exercise-massage".
All levels are welcome. Beginners are strongly encouraged to attend the class before joining the jam.
Location: Metamorphosis Fitness, 232 Varet St., Brooklyn
Gabrielle Revlock is a creator, performer, improviser, collaborator, and somatic educator. She is a New York City Bessie Award-winning choreographer and has been a practitioner of Contact Improvisation (CI) for nearly 25 years. Her research on therapeutic touch and movement is published in and has been presented at various conferences including CI@50, the Embodiment Conference, Dance & Somatics Conference, European Contact Improvisation Teachers' Exchange (ECITE), and the Future of CI Conference. As a CI teacher, recent teaching engagements include the PDX CI +/- Festival, Ontario Regional Contact Improv Dance Jam, Montreal Annual Jam pre-festival, DNE Dance Camp, The School for Contemporary Dance & Though, Soho Contact Improv Collective, West Cost Contact Improvisation Jam (wcciJam), Salt Spring Island Contact Improvisation Festival, Brince Galicia Contact Festival, and Earthdance. As a dancer, Gabrielle has performed for Lucinda Childs, Makini (jumatatu m. poe), Susan Rethorst, David Gordon, Bebe Miller & Angie Hauser, Christopher Williams, Alex Davis, Vicky Shick, Bill Young, Almanac Dance Circus Theater, Jane Comfort, and Susan Marshall. Revlock holds an MFA in Dance from Smith College and a certificate in Restorative Justice from University of San Diego. To learn more about her creative projects, visit GabrielleRevlock.com
Agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Class
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🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Class
🕑: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Jam
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