Join us for a Capital Area Workshop and Jam!
NEW in 2023-24!!!
The FIRST of 3 SEASONAL Contact Improv Workshops
fall
with
SPHYNX CHURCH
from MONTREAL
FALLING WITH GRACE
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Movement in Contact Improvisation Dance
October 29, 2023
Starting with the basics, then taking the movement language from Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, we will begin to examine different ways of moving on the floor and with dance partners, using inversions and pathways. We will also explore becoming comfortable falling slowly and safely so we feel liberated to explore risk while dancing.
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Movement in Contact Improvisation Dance
October 29, 2023
Starting with the basics, then taking the movement language from Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, we will begin to examine different ways of moving on the floor and with dance partners, using inversions and pathways. We will also explore becoming comfortable falling slowly and safely so we feel liberated to explore risk while dancing.
Sphynx Church (She/They) is a Toronto/Montreal-based non-binary Filipino Multidisciplinary artist. They have taught at the Contact Dance Film Festival in Toronto as well as the Refugee Center and Perverscité in Montreal. Sphynx' background as a dancer started in various forms of street dance, specializing in popping since the age of 13. They love improvising, especially in street dance and contact improv. They are very interested in the politics that inform the art we see and the democratization of dance, to make dance accessible to everyone.
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Sunday, October 29, 2023
Workshop 11:00-1:00, Jam 1:00-3:00
Join us! At Jean Trewella's sweet spot - just 30 minutes north of Albany!
Movement Insights
~ 100 Saratoga Village Blvd. Suite #10 Malta, NY 12020
Workshop 11:00-1:00, Jam 1:00-3:00
Join us! At Jean Trewella's sweet spot - just 30 minutes north of Albany!
Movement Insights
~ 100 Saratoga Village Blvd. Suite #10 Malta, NY 12020
$40 This amount covers the cost of the workshop. Thank you!
$50!! I love to support the arts and to enable those of varying economic means to join me!
$30 I want to join in the fun, and need a little community support right now.
$50!! I love to support the arts and to enable those of varying economic means to join me!
$30 I want to join in the fun, and need a little community support right now.
More CI in the near future...
CAPITAL AREA CONTACT IMPROV
SEASONAL WORKSHOPS
2023-24
'Tis the SEASON for contact dance!!
As the weather whirls around us, we will provide a beautiful, comfortable, safe space for exploration and supportive guidance towards a world of movement intertwining physics, reciprocity and joy!
No experience (or rhythm) necessary.
Join us for three rich workshops by facilitators from across the east coast Each workshop will be followed by the opportunity to jam together using our new found skills.
Deepen your trust in your body.
Deepen your connection with community.
Opportunity to practice with new CI friends at weekly Ecstatic Dance events!
As the weather whirls around us, we will provide a beautiful, comfortable, safe space for exploration and supportive guidance towards a world of movement intertwining physics, reciprocity and joy!
No experience (or rhythm) necessary.
Join us for three rich workshops by facilitators from across the east coast Each workshop will be followed by the opportunity to jam together using our new found skills.
Deepen your trust in your body.
Deepen your connection with community.
Opportunity to practice with new CI friends at weekly Ecstatic Dance events!
fall October 29 with Sphynx Church (Montreal): Falling with Grace
winter January 21 with Funda Gul (NYC): Warming Your Body and Spirit
spring April 22 TBA
winter January 21 with Funda Gul (NYC): Warming Your Body and Spirit
spring April 22 TBA
past events...
Sunday, November 6, 2022
Workshop 12:00-2:00, Jam 2:00-4:00
Workshop 12:00-2:00, Jam 2:00-4:00
Foundations of CI
An invitation to finding your own dance through Contact Improv
with FUNDA GUL!!!
from NYC
from NYC
Funda Gul has been studying and teaching Contact Improvisation, and facilitating jams since 2016. She has also studied various movement disciplines beginning with Aikido in 2005 eventually earning her Black Belt. In her movement journey, Funda became a certified instructor-in-training in Systema and completed 500-hour teacher training in Krishnamacharya lineage of Yoga.
Her training in Yoga and Martial Arts allows her to easily individualize the practice at hand according to students’ needs and abilities. This approach helps Funda create an all-inclusive space for practicing movement. Also, her main inspiration for movement follows the idea of “Function creates the form,” the idea that she has discovered during her martial arts and yoga training. Funda has hosted Contact Improv workshops with experienced dancers such as Cecilia Fontanesi, Elise Knudson, Hazal Kaya, Bill Young, Gabrielle Revlock, and co-facilitated seasonal jams including Spring jam at Earthdance, March Jam at the Field Center, May jam in Boston, and CI-50 jam at Earthdance this year. In addition to being a talented mover, Funda also holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Her training in Yoga and Martial Arts allows her to easily individualize the practice at hand according to students’ needs and abilities. This approach helps Funda create an all-inclusive space for practicing movement. Also, her main inspiration for movement follows the idea of “Function creates the form,” the idea that she has discovered during her martial arts and yoga training. Funda has hosted Contact Improv workshops with experienced dancers such as Cecilia Fontanesi, Elise Knudson, Hazal Kaya, Bill Young, Gabrielle Revlock, and co-facilitated seasonal jams including Spring jam at Earthdance, March Jam at the Field Center, May jam in Boston, and CI-50 jam at Earthdance this year. In addition to being a talented mover, Funda also holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Workshop 12:00-2:00 (Supporting $30 ~ Sustaining $25 ~ Supported $20)
Jam 2:00-4:00 (Supporting $25 ~ Sustaining $20 ~ Supported $15)
BOTH 12:00-4:00 (Supporting$50 ~ Sustaining $40 ~ Supported $30)
Jam 2:00-4:00 (Supporting $25 ~ Sustaining $20 ~ Supported $15)
BOTH 12:00-4:00 (Supporting$50 ~ Sustaining $40 ~ Supported $30)