Axolotl Participatory Performance

July 12-26 The 2 week San Francisco Contact Intensive

August 8 to 10 The Dancing Wilderness Project

August 19 to 24 Body Research Contact Festival at Sierra Hot Springs, CA

August 25 to Sep 1 Contact Camp at Burning Man
Events
Reflecting Karl's dedication to Contact Improvisation and meaningful creative practices, he acts as an organizer, facilitator, and instigator of events that are not strictly about his teaching or performing.  Largely, these events are more about participation... doing the practice and being in and sharing the exploration.  He is devoted to the idea that these things that we are studying need to be about something other than perpetuating more classes and that they should be in a context of practice.  It is also something that we must do together, create this context of personal practice and creative participation.

Here are short descriptions of and links to events that Karl has in the works  or is part of, as well as a few past events and dreams.  As some of these events blur the borders of workshop/performance and/or are multi-modal events, there is some cross-posting with Workshops and Performances.

For his full schedule, see Calendar

Upcoming events & continuing projects
Body Research Contact Improvisation Gathering -- July 14-18, 2006 -- a new take on and construction of a festival of contact improvisation that serves as much as a meaningful exchange for experienced dancers as as an introduction to the breadth of the world of contact improvisation for those new to the form, a festival that focuses on exchange of ideas and development of personal exploration and research in Contact Improvisation.
Contact Camp at Burning Man, August 28-September 4, 2006 -- a nexus forthe exploration of contact improvisation in Black Rock City.
Axolotl -- a participatory performance event in which the audience is blindfolded for 2 hours and invited to interact and explore with each other and a group of actors, dancers, and musicians.

Past events -- (a few selected events that have occurred in the past... and may again in the future)
Dancing Wilderness Project  - an ongoing exploration of the interrelatonships amongst body-based creative process, wilderness experience, and how we choose to live our lives.
Contact Jams and Labs -- over the years, Karl has hosted and helped organize numerous  residential retreats dedicated to the exploration of contact improvisation, ranging from more participation focused jams to more research focused labs
Lasqueti Island Winter Contact Improvisation Intensive- a 3 month full time training program on rural Lasqueti Island in contact improvisation and interdisciplinary body-based performance work

Winter Solstice Improvisation Jam


Dreams


Festival of  Doing and Being   -- a festival exploring the growing multitude of practices of theatrical and performance work as process and participatory event: paratheatrical work, participatory theater, dance/theater/music therapy practices, contact improvisation, authentic movement, ritual, circle song, theater of the oppressed, and the evolving art of electronic music parties to name some reference points without limiting imagination  -- a festival of events, workshops, performances, discussion, and laboratory where people can come experience, learn, and share creative work that is meaningfully about our personal process and our interconnections


If interested in any of these events, past, present or future, click on the title or goto Contact and get in touch.