Contact Improv Class w Richard Kim!

This Thursday, we have a special guest teacher travelling from NYC to teach our Contact Improv Class! 6:30pm - arrive / chat / get on your dance pants! 6:40-7pm - Guided Bodywork/Warm-Up for the early comers! 7pm Sharp - Opening Circle for our 1 hour Contact Improv class! Sliding Scale: $5 to 15+ About Richard: I started dancing CI in Los Angeles in 2002. I've taught classes in New York City (Lehman College, 100 Grand Dance, Bhakti Center), Southern California, Western Massachusetts, Buffalo, and Michigan, and was the principal teacher for the first Buffalo Weekend Jam. I live and dance in New York City. I like to focus on technique and practical exercises, with an emphasis on weight-sharing and the rolling point of contact. I like to de-mystify and break things down. I'm particularly interested in truly off-balance weight-sharing; waiting; subtleties communicated through the point; footwork; moving with ease and efficiency; risk-taking; dancing on one foot; and identifying and breaking patterns. My favorite and most influential teachers include Stefan Fabry, Mary Herzog, Shel Wagner Rasch, Carolyn Waters, and Gretchen Spiro. I was an organizer for Shift: The 2012 New York City Fall Equinox Jam, a founder of the Earthdance Diversity Scholarship program, and a founder and facilitator for the New York City CI Practica. I currently co-facilitate New York’s weekly Tuesday jam, and I blog on contact improvisation at contactimprovblog.com. I attended Yale as an undergraduate, spending lots of time under elm trees and eating pizza. It’s a special treat for me to return to New Haven and help grow CI in this community. _________ We are so excited to have Richard coming to teach us some new techniques! Make sure to clear your calendar and join us for this special night - he's coming to New Haven just for us!! This event will be followed by New Haven Ecstatic Dance at 8pm! Check out their page at facebook.com/newhavenecstaticdance SEE YOU ON THE DANCE FLOOR!!!