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this page has details about the Washington, DC metro area's weekly Sunday contact improvisation jam, plus details about other local ci-related resources. schedule, venue, and other changes are noted just below, so check back here to confirm that the regular schedule applies. (The Thursday jam is on hiatus.)
Currently there are no impending jam venue changes (but no thursday jam until further notice).
The Sunday Afternoon Jam:
2:00-5:00 pm Sundays at St. James/St. Monica Church parrish hall, Capital Hill, DC =======================================================================
| When: | Sunday afternoons, 2:00-5:00 pm |
| Where: | St. Monica/St. James Episcopal Church parrish hall |
| Address: | 222 8th St. NE, Washington, DC 20002 |
| Price: | $5 donation - supports the church's community outreach program |
| More Info: | DC Sunday Contact Improv Jam, dc-ci@python.org, ken.manheimer@gmail.com |
directions to St. James/Monica from the Union Station metro station are here. a $5 donation goes to the church to help support their community outreach program, which makes our use of the space possible. see DC Sunday Contact Improv Jam for more details.
on the first sunday of each month we use the jam for a structured improv, usually based on Nancy Stark Smith's Underscore, with an orientation from 2:00 to 2:30. this is usually a good opportunity to get acquainted with the jam, and jamming in general!
The Thursday Evening Jam:
the thursday evening jam is in hiatus during summer 2009, and continuation after the summer is not certain. check back here for updates.
General Local Contact Improv Resources
the dc-ci mailing list is a private list for current and former dc jammers. this is the central way to keep track of contact improv in dc. (among other things, it's the best way to be informed about venue changes.)
conversation is held to jam and local dance topics, and it's a good way to be filled in on progressive dance and related arts in the dc metro area. membership is by moderator approval - nobody is turned away if they're really interested in ci - and postings by non-members are moderated, so the traffic is high-fiber / no-spam.
http://contactimprov.net has an entry for the dc jams, as well as lots of other jams, and other ci-related resources.
(The last of Dan's Burkholder's Wednesday CI classes happened June 10, 2009. We will include info here about new classes if/when they emerge.)
this page and its subtopics, initiated September 13, 2006
jammers - contact improv is a process of perpetual discovery, yet it is not just doing whatever. you can learn it in each dance, if you listen, but you can also learn from asking questions. feel free to ask for help, if you're feeling curious or lost.
online resources describing CI, eg the wikipedia contact improvisation entry.
i (ken) love what can happen when things click in a dance, and am fascinated with the process of getting there. i write about some of my discoveries in Contact Improvisation.
any other suggestions for this list? use the "contact" link at the top right of the page to notify me about it, or the comment form below!
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