Friday, May 16
Inside/Outside: A Dance Journey

A dj'd movement and dance exploration, moving between connecting to self and with other.  We use the support of group intention to dive into our personal journey in movement.  From there, we explore, following what feels personally engaging and meaningful.  We look at different dimensions of connection...

The body and the play of physics
The mind and kinesthetic poetry
The heart and journey of feeling and emotion

We see how we can meet each other, where our curiosities intersect, and how we can support and be supported, literally and figuratively.

Integrating the explorations of contact improvisation into an open dance context where we start from connection to self and connection to the ground.

A short facilitated movement experience moving into an open space of exploration and expression. Into and out of contact as our curiosities and the opportunities of the moment allow.

No contact improvisation experience required ... just curiosity

Sat/Sun May 17/18
 The Art of Contact Improvisation: an open level workshop

this is a place to dive deep into the explorations of contact improvisation: a mixture of physical technique and open questions taking us into playful physicality and self awareness. an organic flow of investigation of human contact, following the opportunities that arise over the weekend.

Technique: we work from the ground up in contact: movement into and out of the floor, weight sharing, following shifting momentum, using structure and alignment for lifts and more easeful flow of movement through the space.  We explore general techniques as well as specific movement vocabulary and lifts designed to open up our dancing, expanding into off-balance and inversion. We cultivate soft power and gentleness in connection, allowing us to increase the dynamic range of our explorations.  For beginning dancers, a solid introduction to some basic technique.  For more experienced dancers, we see how some of the most amazing explorations of contact come from spiraling deeper into the fundamental explorations.

Questions: We use technique not to define the dance but to support us in the questions we are dancing. 

• What feels engaging? 
• How do we meet? 
• What aspect of contact is interesting in this moment... and then this moment?

Different questions are offered to expand awareness and the range of our curiosities... questions of physicality, questions of feeling and emotion, questions of sensation. We become sensitive to the different dimensions of human contact and learn to follow what feels most mutually intriguing.

Rather than either passively allow things to happen or make things happen, we play in engaged waves of intention/will and receptivity/surrender.

Body work, mind work, play, and a fair bit of sweat.

Sat/Sun workshop
Noon - 6 pm
sliding scale $160-$260
(includes Fri Contact Journey)
$125+ if deposit in by May 9
$105+ if deposit in by April 25

$180+ "at the door"

paypal $50 deposit to info@bodyresearch.org
or mail check to Karl Frost
c/o Dorie Zabriskie 329 Princeton Ave, Ventura, CA 93003

Workshop Location:
Makoto Dojo, 3026 Telegraph Rd, Ventura (where Main, Thompson & Telegraph intersect, next to Pet Barn)

Driving directions: www.waywebby.com/dancejam

For folks coming from out of town, tent/car/van/RV camping available at Dorie's home, contact Dorie directly for details...dancejamventura2@aol.com