The suggested donation for The Underscore is $15 (cash only). The Underscore Facilitators will be taking care of registration prior to the session.
Claire Filmon proposed the idea of a global Underscore to Nancy in 2000 from a desire to connect dancers all around the planet to dance and compose together. The Global Underscore is now a yearly dance event in which dancers at 70+ locations around the world practice the Underscore simultaneously.
This year, here at Underscore in NYC, we feel especially moved to bring planetary connection and love together in a global dance for Peace ~ for all countries, and especially Indigenous cultures who are struggling to Protect Mother Earth!
The Underscore, which has been evolving since 1990, is a vehicle for incorporating Contact Improvisation into the broader arena of improvisational dance practice; developing greater ease dancing in spherical space—alone and with others; and for integrating kinesthetic and compositional concerns while improvising. It allows for a full spectrum of energetic and physical expressions, embodying a range of forms and changing states. Its practice is familiar yet unpredictable.
Global Underscore facilitators this year are Nicole Touzien and Luce Mahler.
Accessibility Notes
- This class/workshop includes auditive guidance.
