Beginner Contact Improv Class with Ralf Jaroschinski

Join us for contact improvisation dance with an hour long beginner class with Ralf Jaroschinski at the ARC in Pasadena! Normally we have a brief warm up but on this night will be a full introduction to Contact Improvisation concepts and fundamentals. After the class, the room will open up to open jamming. If you would like to get direct email reminders and announcements for the eastside jam, email us at [email protected] Cost: 7 dollars for both the lab and jam. Directions: ARC Pasadena is located at 1158 East Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, California 91106. Entrance to ARC Pasadena is behind the facility. Parking is located behind the building or on adjacent streets. The closest cross street is Michigan Avenue. ARC Pasadena is a six-block walk from the Metro Gold Line-Lake Avenue stop. Ralf Jaroschinski Born in Southern Germany and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ralf Jaroschinski graduated as a classical and modern dancer from the University of Music, Theater and Media in Hannover, Germany, and then studied several contemporary dance and composition techniques in New York on a stipend from the German Academic Exchange Service. He discovered contact improvisation for himself in 1994. From 1998 until 2002, he directed the dance company of the City Theater of Hildesheim, Germany, and included contact improvisation as part of the dancers' training and the creation of his works. He also got commissioned to create choreographies for several European and American national ballet companies and dance universities – so far, he has created some 100 dance pieces. Facilitating contact improvisation classes and workshops more regularly since 2004, Ralf has taught at numerous festivals, universities, dance schools and studios all over the world. He has designed, produced and staged several contact improvisation scores and concerts, and he has trained the dancers of companies such as the Brazilian Curitiba Guaíra Ballet, the Australian “Canberra Dance Theatre”, “Frontier Danceland” in Singapore, the German “Tanztheater