Buffalo Contact Improvisation Jam
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Weekly Jam
Jams are EVERY Sunday from 5-8pm
@ Wasteland Studios on 700 Main St. (6th floor) Buffalo, NY
$20 - monthly rate
$8 for class and jam
$5 for class only
$5 for jam only
-you won't be turned away for lack of funds
If you have any questions about the Jam please connect with Nancy at buffalocijam@gmail.com.
What to Expect
Dancers and movers getting together to improvise. We each take turns leading, or sometimes might have an instructor. Who knows? We make it up as we go along! It's improv!
Several experienced contact folks are involved and all are welcome, experienced or not.
We share different 'games' we know with each other. It is very collaborative. You can participate or not to your comfort level and dancers as well as non-dancers (is there really such a thing?!) can do it.
What is contact improv? Basically, it is letting the point of contact between you and another person be the impetus for your dance/movement, as opposed to the music being the impetus or an externally imposed set of structured movements. It can be highly physical or very gentle, fast or slow, depending on what you and your partner choose to do or the game you are playing. It involves a lot of respect for yourself and others. It involves physically listening and communicating. It involves touching! It is freeing for your mind, your body, and your spirit.
—Written by Sophia Roberts
Sponsors:
Buffalo CI Community
Ramos & Ramos
- "Cool and Unusual Therapy" in ArtVoice
- Our listings in Buffalo Rising, Mission Improvable: Presence in Motion
Weekly Jam
Jams are EVERY Sunday from 5-8pm
@ Wasteland Studios on 700 Main St. (6th floor) Buffalo, NY
$20 - monthly rate
$8 for class and jam
$5 for class only
$5 for jam only
-you won't be turned away for lack of funds
If you have any questions about the Jam please connect with Nancy at buffalocijam@gmail.com.
What to Expect
Dancers and movers getting together to improvise. We each take turns leading, or sometimes might have an instructor. Who knows? We make it up as we go along! It's improv!
Several experienced contact folks are involved and all are welcome, experienced or not.
We share different 'games' we know with each other. It is very collaborative. You can participate or not to your comfort level and dancers as well as non-dancers (is there really such a thing?!) can do it.
What is contact improv? Basically, it is letting the point of contact between you and another person be the impetus for your dance/movement, as opposed to the music being the impetus or an externally imposed set of structured movements. It can be highly physical or very gentle, fast or slow, depending on what you and your partner choose to do or the game you are playing. It involves a lot of respect for yourself and others. It involves physically listening and communicating. It involves touching! It is freeing for your mind, your body, and your spirit.
—Written by Sophia Roberts
Sponsors:
Buffalo CI Community
Ramos & Ramos
