30th Annual May Jam
May 26-28th, 2023
All In with
Bradley Teal Ellis
Artist-in-Residence
Photo: Anna MaynardJamming and Scores
All Experience Levels Welcome
New & Old Friends
Lunch included
(Welcome back Max as Coordinator)
Saturday Pot Luck
(For full-jam attendees only)
Online registration for the May Jam os closed, but...
Anyone can walk-in to anypart of the May Jam and pay at the door.
(Walk-in for Friday night, Saturday or Sunday, full or half day.)
See below for pricing
SCHEDULE:
Friday - Welcome jam
Doors open ..................................7:15pm
Registration, open dancing .....7:15-10pm
Out of the space .........................10:30pm
Saturday - All day jamming
Doors open ...................................9:30am
Registration and arrivals......9:30-10:00am
Circle and group warmup.............10:00am
All day jamming ...........................11:00am-5:30pm
Lunch (approx.) ............................1:00-2:30pm
Out of the space ...........................6:00pm
Saturday Pot luck party ........6:30-10:30pm
Bring something to share (including grillables)
For full-jam participants (Location: TBA)
Sunday - All Day Jamming
Doors open ....................................10:00am
Arrivals and warmups ..........10:00-10:30am
All day................................10:30am-4:30pm
Lunch .......................................1:00-2:00pm
Closing .....................................4:30-5:00pm
Clean-up, out of the space........5:00-6:00pm
Important Food Note:
Contact Improv Boston providing lunches only at this event.
Please eat breakfast before you arrive at the venue.
Welcome back Max Gautier, lunch coordinator!
At the Door Pricing (walk-in right up to event time):
Full Jam
$145 - Reduced Rate - (experiencing severe economic issues)
$180 - Regular Rate - Employed, retired, self-employed. This is most of us.
$200 - Well Employed Rate. Please pay this rate if you can.
$230 - Supporting the Arts Rate
Partial Jam
Friday night - $20 (sliding scale $10-30)
Saturday or Sunday Full Day- $90 (sliding scale, $70-110)
Morning or afternoon jamming (no lunch) - $50 (Sliding scale, $40-65)
Financial aid and Scholarship Fund: (Sorry this has ended. Available online only)
To Apply: If the lowest level of our sliding scale is too expensive for you, we offer a limited number of applicants $45 off the reduced rate jam fee on a first-come, first-served basis. Available for full jam pre-registrants only. Apply on the registration form.
To Contribute: If you have even a little extra, please contribute to help your fellow dancers afford to come to CIB events. Contribute on the registration form.
Work Exchange:
We all pitch in to help these events run smoothly, but we need some dedicated helpers who we know we can count on. Fill in the Work Exchange section on the registration form, if interested. You will be contacted by the WEX coordinator. wex@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 register early and indicate you need housing; we'll work it out for you. Covid testing may be required by some of our host household. This will be worked out by the housing coordinator.
Questions about housing? Email: housing@ContactImprovBoston.com
COVID/HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS:
Contact Improv Boston does not require participants to wear masks at the event venue. Please respect each dancer's choice about this.
Do not attend May Jam if... you are feeling sick or displaying any potential Covid symptoms, or if you test positive for Covid in the 24-hrs before the event (even without symptoms).
Do not attend May Jam if... you have been in extended close contact with somebody with confirmed Covid in the 48-hrs before the event.
Your registration will be refunded. You must notify the registrar in order to receive a refund. See full cancellation policy, below.
A negative Rapid Test (preferably taken on Saturday) will be required for attendance at the Saturday night pot luck party.
This is a stipulation by the party hosts who have immunocompromised contacts.
If possible, bring necessary tests for yourself or the event can provide.
Important: Please be mindful of your activities particularly in the week before the workshop and do a rapid test in the 24 hours before the workshop, if possible.
LOCATION:
Cambridge Masonic Hall, 1950 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, MA (Porter Square)
Public transport: Right across the street from the Porter Sq stop on the MBTA Red Line.
By car: Park on far side of the lot behind 2067 Mass Ave (across the street, north 3 blocks)
From north on Mass Av, turn left on Russel Street and enter the parking lot from there.
Map link: T stop and where to park: http://maps.google.com
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE BIO:
© Charles AydlettBradley Teal Ellis: (He/Him) is a Brooklyn, New York based dance improviser. He has practiced Contact Improvisation for 25 years, and frequently collaborates in process and performance with other artists. Bradley currently teaches as adjunct faculty at NYU/Tisch - Experimental Theatre Wing, the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, Columbia University School of the Arts and is faculty at Movement Research (one of the world’s leading laboratories for Experimental Dance).
CANCELLATION POLICY:
• If CIB finds it necessary to cancel the event for any reason, we will refund the entire registration fee of registered participants.
• If a registered participant withdraws from an event for any reason by midnight, Friday, one week before the event, we will refund their registration fee, minus a $10 processing fee.
• If a registered participant withdraws closer to the event for health (or Covid exposure) reasons and notifies the registrar, a full refund will be issued.
• If a registered participant withdraws closer to the event date than Friday, one week before the event, for non-health related reasons or does not notify us, no refund will be issued. Also applies to no-show.
• We will consider hardship situations for refunds before and during the event. Please notify the registrar.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Email the registrar: registrations@ContactImprovBoston.com