ABCD Jam - MUSIC: Stephen Katz & Joseph DiCenso - PLUS Guest Teacher: Funda Gul

𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐃 𝐉𝐚𝐦 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖: 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐳 & 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨 𝗣𝗟𝗨𝗦 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿: 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗚𝘂𝗹 TUESDAY SEP 8, 6pm-9:30pm WHERE: Montague Retreat Center, 177 Ripley Rd, Montague, MA _______________ 6:30-7:30pm - CI Class w/ Funda 7:30 -9:30pm - Open Jam w/ Live Music _______________ 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧 (𝗦𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲): 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆: $𝟭𝟱-𝟯𝟬 𝗝𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆: $𝟭𝟱-𝟯𝟬 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀&𝗝𝗮𝗺: $𝟮𝟬-𝟱𝟬 - Cash at event - Check to Moti Zemelman - Paypal to: [email protected] - Venmo: Moti-Zemelman _______________ STEPHEN KATZ is a cellist and award-winning composer. He has premiered his cello compositions at Carnegie Recital Hall and toured internationally with the Paul Winter Consort and the Essex String Quartet. He has also worked extensively with dance and theater artists, including members of Pilobolus, Wire Monkey Dance, Beverly Blossom, and has been a Visiting Artist at Amherst College. One of his film scores won the Jury Prize Gold Medal at the Park City Film Music Festival. Stephen is a frequent guest musician for improvisational movement jams in Western Mass, Boston, and beyond. A native of San Francisco, Stephen holds a Master of Music degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His recordings and publications are available at www.stephenkatzmusic.com JOSEPH DICENSO grew up in a family of drummers and at an early age was drawn to the piano. He studied classical piano and composition at the Hartt School of Music and then returned to his roots in jazz. As a longtime mover, Joseph feels enlivened exploring the interplay between improvisational dance and music, and the deep listening and responsiveness that animate both. FUNDA GUL is an adventurous explorer of movement whose practice spans two decades of Aikido, Systema, Yoga, and Contact Improvisation. As a dancer, martial artist and teacher, she brings a deep curiosity about Center, Body Tonality, Fascia, and structural integrity into her dancing and teaching. Her approach is guided by “Function Creates the Form,” inviting students to explore how physical organization, intention, and relationship with surrounding forces shape movement. Drawing on her ongoing research into countering, recovery, and myofascial connections, Funda creates an adaptable practice that responds to each dancer’s unique needs and possibilities. _______________ 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔 𝗚𝗨𝗟 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗜 What happens when we change the quality of our body while staying in relationship with another person? In this Contact Improvisation course, we will explore body tonality as a way of communicating through touch, weight, movement, and presence. Rather than thinking of the body as simply relaxed or tense, we will explore a spectrum of physical qualities and learn how subtle changes in tone can transform our dancing, movement, and weight. Through individual explorations, partnered exercises, and open improvisation, we will investigate how muscular tone, skeletal support, breath, and attention influence the way we give and receive weight. We will play with softness and firmness, buoyancy and grounding, responsiveness and resistance, discovering how each quality creates different possibilities for connection. The practice will also invite us to notice how our emotional and mental states affect our physical tone. Can we remain available without collapsing? Can we become more alive without becoming rigid? Can we change our tone in response to our partner while maintaining our own clarity and agency? This course is an invitation to develop a more nuanced physical vocabulary for Contact Improvisation and to discover how the body can listen, speak, adapt, and communicate without words. Open to all levels. No previous Contact Improvisation experience is required. _______________ COVID PROTOCOL - 𝗡𝗢 𝗩𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 - 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗦 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 - Hand sanitizer as you enter - Sign-in sheet for contact tracing - Well ventilated space - Speak boundaries & preferences in opening circle - Do not attend, if you have any symptoms or if you have been exposed to someone with COVID within 3 days of the event. _______________ 𝗔𝗕𝗖𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: This contact improvisation jam welcomes individuals of all identities, abilities, body types, and backgrounds. We are committed to creating a respectful, consensual, and supportive environment where everyone can explore, connect and move freely. Please take responsibility for personal boundaries and foster a sense of safety, care and curiosity. Sponsored by Heartbeat Collective INFO/QUESTIONS: [email protected] 413.475.2651