Registration is Closed BUT...
YOU CAN STILL WALK IN TO ALL PARTS OF THIS EVENT
Contact Improv Boston presents:
24th Annual May Jam
Friday - Sunday, May 22-24, 2015
(And... Off-the-dance-floor event, Monday, May 25)
The Jam is a Playground
This year's May Jam is© kah Chong
100% Jamming
(and maybe a little playing)
Kristin Horrigan,
as Artist-in-residence
⇒ Jamming Friday thru Sunday
⇒ Friday evening: Welcome Jam
⇒ Saturday evening: Live Music & Dance JamDani Fine Photos
with cellist, Stephen Katz
⇒ Great breakfasts and lunches included
⇒ Friends! Fun! Community!
⇒ Monday, Off-the-dance-floor: beach, hike... TBA
(Click here to skip ahead to walk-in pricing)
WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Friday
Registration and Welcome jam................................7:00-10:00pm
Saturday
Doors open for personal warm-up and breakfast........9:30am
Opening Circle and group warm-up.........................10:00am
All day jamming...................................................10:00am-5:30pm
Lunch served (in the neighborhood of).....................1:00-2:30pm
Dinner break at local restaurants.............................5:30-8:00pm
Music and Dance Jam w/ Stephen Katz.....................8:00-10:30pm
(Saturday night is open to the public, invite your friends)
Sunday
Doors open for personal warm-up and breakfast........10:00am
Gather for group warm-up......................................10:30am
All day jamming....................................................10:30am-4:00pm
Lunch served (in the neighborhood of)......................1:00-2:30pm
Closing circle..........................................................4:00-5:00pm
Out of the space.....................................................6:00pm
Monday
We will do an outing somewhere in the area. Last time Boston contacters did this, we were off to the beach. Weather permitting, it could be another beach trip, or a picnic or hike or... it's improv, you know.
Plan to be available. Keep flexible.
Pay-it-forward Scholarship Fund: At our recent weekend Jam events, Contact Improv Boston initiated a scholarship program to make our events more accessible to those who could not otherwise afford to attend. We collected (and matched) your contributions and now make those funds available for those who truly need financial support.
For May Jam, we are offering a limited number of applicants, $25-off their fee on a first-come-first-served basis (a 33% discount off the student rate).
To apply for a Scholarship: If you wish to apply and cannot otherwise afford to attend, fill in the appropriate section when you register.
Everyone: When you register, please contribute to the Pay-it-forward Scholarship Fund. CIB will distribute the funds at future weekend events.
MAY JAM PRE-REGISTRATION DISCOUNT PRICING:
IMPORTANT: Pre-registration discount pricing applies ONLY if you register and pay on-line, in advance. Pre-registration closes, midnight, May 20.
♦ $75 - Student Rate - Full-time student or those unemployed.
♦ $95 - Regular rate - Employed (including self-employed). That is, most of us.
♦ $110 - Professional rate - Pay this rate if you can.
♦ $125 - Supporting the Arts!
♦♦ Click here to Register On-line ♦♦
FULL JAM "At the door":
$95 - Student Rate - Full-time student or those unemployed
$115 - Regular rate - Employed (including self-employed). That is, most of us.
$130 - Professional rate - Pay this rate if you can.
$150 - Supporting the Arts!
Friday Night Jam only, $11 ($8-16, sliding scale)
Saturday Daytime, only - Jamming & food: $55 (sliding scale, 49-70)
Saturday evening Dance and Music Improv Jam, only - $15 ($12-25, sliding scale)
Sunday Daytime only - Jamming & food: $55 (sliding scale, 49-70)
WORK EXCHANGE:
We have a limited number of positions available enabling dancers to save up to one half of their jam registration fee. Some are appropriate only for local dancers; some make sense for anyone. Contact the Work exchange (WEX) coordinator, to be considered.
wex@contactimprovboston.com
QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTERING:
Email Paul: registrations@contactimprovboston.com
OUT-OF-TOWNERS:
You are welcome - come one, come all! We can help you with housing here in the homes of local dancers. Please pre-register and indicate you need housing; we'll work it out for you.
Questions about housing? Email housing@ContactImprovBoston.com
LOCATION:
All the weekend's events take place at:
Cambridge Masonic Hall, 1950 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, MA (Porter Square)
Right across the street from the Porter Sq stop on the MBTA Red Line.
Park on far side of the lot behind Elephant Walk Restaurant, 2067 Mass Ave (across the street, north 3 blocks)
Here's a link to a map showing the Masonic Hall, the T stop and where to park: http://maps.google.com
© Abraham Noe-HaysARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE BIO:
Kristin Horrigan has been in love with contact improvisation since 1998, and she has taught and performed CI at festivals, studios, and universities in the USA, Germany, Denmark, Japan, Australia, and Argentina. At home in southern Vermont, Kristin is a Professor of Dance at Marlboro College and she works as a choreographer for intergenerational and community-based projects. In her CI teaching and research, Kristin is passionate about cultivating our ability to be interested, preserving the accessibility of CI for people of all abilities, looking at the relationship between composition and play in CI, and exploring the ways gender influences our CI dancing (despite the non-gendered orientation of the form).
THE FINE PRINT:
Regarding product sales at the May Jam:
If you have items of interest to contact improv dancers (generally clothing) that you would like to sell at CIB events, please contact the organizers in advance. We have limited space available for vendors, and may not be able to say yes to everyone, so it is important you let us know well ahead of time.
Cancelation Policy:
• If the whole event is canceled, we will refund the entire registration fee of pre-registered participants. If we cancel an event part-way through, we will pro-rate that refund.
• If a registered participant withdraws from an event more than two weeks before the event, we will fully refund their registration fee, minus a $10 administration fee.
• If a registered participant withdraws less than two weeks before the event, no refund will be issued. Also applies to no-show, (but please let us know so we can plan better.)
• We will consider hardship situations for refunds before and during the event. Please contact the registrar.