(2009)
Dancing,
Inspiration,
Joy,
Friendship,
Nourishment,
Support,
Nature,
Space
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In May of 2009, Come Dance in Moab... with Nancy Stark Smith & Mike Vargas! |
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Life is sweet at the Moab Jam (map). We dance contact improv, eat,
share, explore and breathe with a great deal of attention and intention. Plus, when you camp-out at Moab, Utah, you can actually see the stars at night - all of them. The
whole Universe is up there, watching you. Come on and join us! We look forward to seeing you there.
~Gretchen & Todd |
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| Workshop: | Nancy Stark Smith has been dancing and teaching CI since the very beginning. Mike Vargas is a giften and incredibly versatile musician who weaves a tapestry of music for the dance. Don't miss them! They'll be in Moab next May - together at both the Workshop and Jam!! Sunday (afternoon) May 17th to Thursday (afternoon) May 21st, 2009 with class taught by Nancy Stark Smith with Mike Vargas. Details coming soon!!! IMPORTANT: Last year's Workshop page is OLD and will be updated soon. |
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| Jam: |
Thursday (evening) May 21st to Monday (afternoon) May 25th, 2009 (ends Memorial Day) with inspiring jam hosts as resident teachers, guides and facilitators, plus - Nancy Stark Smith and Mike Vargas. Details coming soon! IMPORTANT: last year's Jam page is OLD and
will be updated soon. |
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| Post-Jam Campout: | Begins May 25th, 2009 (evening). Ends when you are done. After the Jam, we have a tradition of spending time in the beautiful Southwest desert camping and exploring. The Campout afterwards is truly a wonderful exprience, not to be missed. Everyone should experience the unexpected discoveries that come from exploring the outdoors with a group of Contact Improv dancers. As a group we invent and participate in some incredible adventures that can only happen in the wilderness completely free from the restraints of the rest of the world. If you have the time, please join in. |
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In Contact Improvisation or Contact Improv (CI) dance, partners improvise their movement while maintaining a mutual point of contact. Each dancer responds to the momentum, direction, intention, weight, rise, fall, speed, roll and counterbalance (just to name a few qualities) of each other's movements, all while focusing on the ever changing mutual contact point. Developed by a community of dancers in 1972 including Steve Paxton, Nita Little, Nancy Stark Smith, Lisa Nelson, Daniel Lepkoff, and many others, the form quickly gained popularity and is now practiced throughout the world. Contact Improv is about maintaining complete awareness of the present moment while dancing in contact with another who is doing the same, and ranges from extremely acrobatic and high-flying to delicately soft and earth-grounded. Practicing CI increases a dancer's ability to maintain complete and unwavering awareness of their body and surroundings by virtue of its unpredictability and dynamic qualities. Besides all of that, it's really a lot of fun! To get a better idea of what it is all about, click here to watch a short video recorded at the Moab Jam in a new window or view some of the picture galleries and videos from past events.
For more information or contact Gretchen: (303) 545-9956 or Todd: (801) 467-8064
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