Kristen Greco coming to Phoenix!

Mark your calendars for the weekend of April 10-11, 2010.  Kristen Greco of The Carpet Brigade Physical Theater will conduct a two-day CI workshop hosted by Studio Chafe’.  We’ll add more details soon. . .

Kristen has been teaching contact for the past ten years. She has taught internationally in festivals, studios and at universities and has been a pioneer in the performance world. She has applied CI techniques to acrobatic stilts and has toured internationally with The Carpetbag Brigade, performing hundreds of shows in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America and Europe. She is based in San Francisco, CA.

Yoga + Contact Improv

Ember and Andres of Open i Arts bring their celebrated Partner Flow workshops to Phoenix in December.  These artists will help you to get in touch with your body by  bringing together the core principles of Yoga and Contact Improv.  All workshops will be offered at Al Moro Dance Studio at 806 East Camelback Road in Phoenix.  For registration and questions, contact Ember at 415-378-1989 or through her website: openiarts.com.

Partner Flow: The Power of Now

Combining Yoga Principles with Contact Improvisation

Let go of your expectations! Being in the moment means having no attachment to how things are supposed to look or what should happen next- it’s accepting whatever is happening and working with that. Through playful and invigorating partnered activities we will explore presence in movement.  Unpartnered folks welcome. No experience necessary.
Tues, Dec. 8th 5:45-6:45p $15/person ($10 each if you bring a friend)

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Partner Flow: Energize!

Combining Yoga Principles with Contact Improvisation

Feeling run-down after a long day? Drop into your body, connect with others and enliven your evening! We will explore focused touch and guided movement that will energize you and leave you smiling and feeling connected.  Unpartnered folks welcome. No experience necessary.
Thurs, Dec. 10th 5:45-6:45p $15/person ($10 each if you bring a friend)

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Partner Flow for Lovers
Stretch-Connect-Play!

Connect with someone you care about in a new way. Grab your lover or friend and join our playshop. Explore communicating through the body doing activities that energize and liberate tension in the body while playfully engaging your partner in new ways. Enjoy deep connection and yummy stretching on your next date night!  Unpartnered folks welcome. No experience necessary.

Sat, Dec. 12th (time TBA) $50/couple

• wear loose clothing that is comfortable for you and your partner to roll around in
  • avoid exposed zippers, buckles and scratchy seams
• bring a water bottle and come hydrated
• bring yoga mats if you have one
• come with satisfied but empty bellies. If you desire bring a light snack (fruit, nuts etc).
• come well rested- you’ll get much more if you are alert in your body

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Partner Flow: Slow Down

Combining Yoga Principles with Contact Improvisation

Life moves so fast! Take the time to slow down: still your mind, deepen your breath, feel your body. This class focuses on experiencing each moment, each movement, more fully. We will explore a range of touch and motion through partnered exercises.  Unpartnered folks welcome. No experience necessary.

Tues, Dec. 15th 5:45-6:45p $15/person ($10 if you bring a friend)

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Partner Flow: Playtime!

Combining Yoga Principles with Contact Improvisation

You work hard…give yourself a treat! Through light-hearted, playful movement we will explore our curiosity, spontaneity and abandon.  Unpartnered folks welcome. No experience necessary.

Thurs, Dec. 17th 5:45-6:45p $15/person ($10 if you bring a friend)

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Partner Flow for Lovers
Stretch-Connect-Play!

Connect with someone you care about in a new way. Grab your lover or friend and join our playshop. Explore communicating through the body doing activities that energize and liberate tension in the body while playfully engaging your partner in new ways. Enjoy deep connection and yummy releasing on your next date night!  Unpartnered folks welcome. No experience necessary.

Sat, Dec. 19th (time TBA) $50/couple

• wear loose clothing that is comfortable for you and your partner to roll around in
• avoid exposed zippers, buckles and scratchy seams
• bring a water bottle and come hydrated
• bring yoga mats if you have one
• come with satisfied but empty bellies. If you desire bring a light snack (fruit, nuts, etc.).
• come well rested- you’ll get much more if you are alert in your body

Summer Break

Our Phoenix/Tempe jam group will be taking a break this summer – with several of us traveling around the country and the world to dance.  In the meanwhile, your faithful website adminstrator, Sandra, has been busy losing her sleep, sight, and sanity editing videos for the SEEDS Festival at Earthdance.

You can see her work here:

SEEDS Boom:        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOmvoRyQq3E

SEEDS Dwell:         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGLTm7WAVPU

SEEDS Showcase:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Pzrr8HIoU

SEEDS Suprapto:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Ie1LXHJmQ

 

SEEDS (Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance + Science) is an interdisciplinary arts and ecology festival that takes place at Earthdance, a contact improv retreat center in rural Western Mass.

Sandra was the festival’s head archivist (otherwise known as the craziest person in the world to agree to do this!).

Weekly Jam Moves to New Venue

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Our Saturday jams have moved from the ASU Fine Arts Center to the ASU Performing & Media Arts Building at Rural and University.  Hooray, no more marley burns!  Now we get to do contact on wood floors and in front of mirrors (for those of us vain enough to admire ourselves on the dance floor).

Martin Keogh Weekend Workshop Dec 6-7

Martin Keogh postcard announcement

Internationally renowned author-performer Martin Keogh is coming to Phoenix (Tempe, actually) to teach a two-day workshop in contact improv.  This is a great opportunity to learn from one of the premier teachers of contact improv, with an ultra-low fee of $150 for 12 hours of instruction ($85 for one day only), courtesy of Studio Chafé and ASU’s Junk Drawer.

Register before December 1 to secure early bird fees of $125 for the two-day workshop or $70 for one-day attendance.

Contact Improv Arrives in Phoenix!

I’ve waited two years for contact improv jams to come to Phoenix, and I’m ever grateful to Deborah, Michael, and Yeong Wen for making this dream come true.   I look forward to dancing with everybody!