Vancouver Contact Improvisation workshop
Contact Improvisation with Karl FrostSaturday/Sunday afternoon, July 2/3, 2:30pm – 6pm
at EDAM Dance (303 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC)
an improvised flow of exercises and investigations in contact improvisation with Karl Frost.
A mix of technical work in contact with experiential and poetic frames of exploration pulled from Karl’s recent explorations and intended to open up dancing to more physically sophisticated and focused explorations beyond the conventional social self.
Meditations in kinaesthetics and physical awareness of self and other.
Finding spaces where allowing and letting go leads to dynamic 3 dimensional movement as well as novel textures of awareness of self and being in a body.
Fees
| regular | by June 13 | by June 24 | at the door | |
| Sliding Scale | $74 – $125 | $55 – $125 | $65 – $125 | $85- $125 |
photo: Jeff Perry
To register, pay with paypal using the link below, or get $ in person to Joni Cooke in Vancouver (jonicooke “at” yahoo “dot” com)
Karl Frost has been directing and performing interdisciplinary body-based performance work ad teaching contact improvisation since the late 80s. His performance work is rooted in explorations in somatic psychology, exploring how we live, think, and feel through the body. In addition to works for the stage, Karl directs highly interactive performance works that 
investigate and provoke agency in audience members, both on stage and in life. His contact improvisation teaching explores both technical work and more experiential or sensorial work rooted in explorations of interactive performance. He has developed over the years an approach to the physical aspects of contact improvisation, the Passive Sequencing Work, influenced by release techniques, Alexander technique, and the internal martial arts.
investigate and provoke agency in audience members, both on stage and in life. His contact improvisation teaching explores both technical work and more experiential or sensorial work rooted in explorations of interactive performance. He has developed over the years an approach to the physical aspects of contact improvisation, the Passive Sequencing Work, influenced by release techniques, Alexander technique, and the internal martial arts.of his performing work…
I left the theater shell-shocked. It was easily the oddest, most surprising performance experience I’ve ever had. And, against all expectations, one of the most rewarding. BRENDAN KILEY, The Stranger (Seattle October 2005) {about Axolotl}
…something startling and strangely beautiful to behold. MOLLY RHODES, SF Weekly (August 2007) {aboutProximity}