[In-Person] Contact Improvisation as Basic and Advancement

This is a [In-Person] MELT Workshop
happening at at the Judson Memorial Church.

The entrance is located at 243 Thompson.

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Pre-registration is required. No drop-ins.
Participants must register for the full workshop

COVID-19 Safety Protocols:

For extended workshops (including MELT), we require testing on the first day of the workshop and potentially on subsequent days depending on COVID transmission at the time of the event (MR provides rapid test on-site). You will be provided with more info prior to the event. Please note, Movement Research COVID-19 protocols are subject to change.

Please, carefully read our current>>Movement Research COVID-19 Protocols<<

Workshop Description:

This workshop intensive will go deep into the basic principles of the form of Contact Improvisation, begun in 1972 by dancer Steve Paxton. It will offer students the opportunity to enter the original study of the physics and ecological forces two dancers experience as they move in relationship with each other through touch, utilizing trust, balance, momentum, tone, and qualities of mind/body/emotion in individual yet shared dances of multidimensional truths. We will also track its evolution as a contemporary form to discover the embodied applications of its principles towards technique and composition. This will be a very physical class and will challenge assumptions about the form itself to rediscover the improvising within the contact of now.

[Image Description: Photo of dancers engaged in contact improv. They are in a clump with their limbs touching and interlocking. K.J Holmes is in the background in motion looking towards the students.]

Accessibility Note:

-This workshop includes auditive guidance.
-This workshop includes printed materials and readings.
-To request ASL interpretation, please email [email protected], subject line "ASL - MELT, K.J. Holmes" at least two (2) weeks prior to the workshop start date.
-To request Audio Description, please email [email protected], subject line "AD - MELT, K.J. Holmes" at least three (3) weeks prior to the workshop start date.

For additional access requests or questions, please email [email protected], subject line "MELT, K.J. Holmes."