CONTACT IMPROVISATION PLAYSHOP with ALICIA GRAYSON and CATHIE CARAKER

A 3-day intensive in Contact Improvisation and related somatic research. PELVIC POWER with Alicia Grayson: Discover optimal placement of the pelvis to create ease and lightness in weight-sharing and lifts. Increase fluidity in the hips and spine for a more responsive connection to your partner as you move in three dimensional space. VOYAGES OF THE STARFISH BODY with Cathie Caraker: Deepen your integration of all 6 limbs into center to swim, fall, yield, push, reach, pull and soar through outer space... going where no fish has gone before. Solo, duet and trio investigations. A fundamental background in Contact Improvisation is required. Friday - Sunday, July 5-7 10 - 4, Danceground Keriac, San Francisco cost: $210 until june 1, $245 until july 1, $295 at the door Registration and more information: [email protected] and http://wccijam.org/post-wccijam/ photo: Jun Akiyama ALICIA GRAYSON has been passionately involved with dancing, teaching and performing CI for the past 24 years. She lives in Boulder, CO where she is a member of Tumblebones Contact Improvisation Collective, and where she teaches weekly classes in CI as well as yoga and Pilates. She has taught contact improvisation as an adjunct faculty at George Washington University, University of Denver, Naropa University and Shenandoah University. She regularly travels to Europe and around the US to teach at festivals and workshops. Her long time practices of authentic movement, yoga and meditation are important influences on her dancing and teaching. Currently, she is a student in Body Mind Somanautics, a somatic psychology and living anatomy training program and a graduate of the comprehensive training in the Hakomi Method of Experiential Psychotherapy. She delights in exploring and discovering new depths to the form and is particularly interested in the intersection of physics and expression and the mind/body relationship. www. tumblebones.com CATHIE CARAKER has been practicing CI since the early 80’s, when she was introduced to the form by Nancy Stark Smith while a dance student in Amsterdam. Since then she has developed a body of work investigating movement through Body-Mind Centering® (BMC), CI, Authentic Movement and other creative and somatic disciplines. Cathie is a certified practitioner of BMC and holds an MFA in Dance from Bennington College. A life-long learner, she loves to share her passion for movement research and deep play through her teaching. She was on the faculty of the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam for over 10 years and has performed and taught her work across Europe and the Americas. She is fortunate to have collaborated with many inspiring artists including Katarina Eriksson, Ray Chung, Rosemary Hannon, Vitali Kononov, Henry Kaiser, Daniel Lepkoff and others. When at home in San Francisco, she helps to run the CounterPULSE jams and the wcciJam festival.