Before the Jam Classes, May 2016
Aaron Brando: Teaching May 10, 17, 31
Jeremy Finch: Teaching May 24
Inside Momentum
Through careful witnessing, tracking, and committed embodiment, we discover the language we share with other dancers. From this discovery, an infinite game or flow is born.
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Class description: There is a particular world we can inhabit together that comes from understanding and encouraging momentum and centrifugal force. The foundational skills of CI help us hone our attention, anticipation, and timing so we are prepared to play with momentum.
Brando says: We will start our time together with shared bodywork and movement, luxuriating in our time with the floor - utilizing this part of the practice as a foundation for nuanced unfolding communication and palpable connection into the core. Nourishing cellular connections will pave the way for trust in higher velocities.
Jeremy says: We'll warm up individually and with partners, to prepare the mind and body for improvisation. We'll explore different ways to make our bodies and spines softer and more receptive to impulse, through partnering and also solo movement. Between exercises, we'll have the opportunity to briefly share insights and reflections with the larger group.
This class is open to all moving bodies and curious minds. It is appropriate for both beginners, first learning about the form, and those who wish to deepen their practice of vibrant presence-in-motion.
Time: Class starts promptly at 6:30, end at 8 pm. (followed by weekly Contact Jam.)
Location: The usual weekly Contact Jam space:
First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge.
(Take the Red Line or leave plenty of time for parking.)
Class Options: Attend these classes as a discounted monthly series or walk-in to individual classes.
Walk-in Cost: $15/class at the door
or take advantage of our special series discount.
Note: For walk-ins to class, you can attend the jam for a reduced rate (sliding scale starting at $5.00 instead of the usual jam-only price of $10, sliding scale, $8-16).
SERIES DISCOUNT: Pay below or at the first class:
Get the series of 4 classes for $50.
That's less than $13 per class. PLUS, this price includes attending the jam for free!
You MUST register in advance or at the first class night to take advantage of this offer.
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Teacher Bio: Aaron Brando holds a Masters Degree in Education and loves the art of crafting pedagogy in a non-codified system such as CI. Brando teaches CI in the U.S. and internationally. He serves on the Board of Directors for Earthdance Retreat Center. Brando has been instrumental in creating the event, CI Ground Research, which encourages the ongoing research of Contact Improvisation by dancers from around the world. Brando trained with Tom Myers at the KMI Institute and is a certified Fascial Bodywork/Structural Integration practitioner. He served a two-year residence at the Kripalu Center for Yoga, is a certified Yoga teacher and has a 20-year history with Vipassana Meditation. More information, including links to Brando’s youTube videos can be found @ www.heybrando.com.
Jeremy Finch: Bio to follow
Questions:
About the class, email Brando:heybrando@gmail.com
About registration, email Paul: registrations@contactimprovboston.com