Contact Improvisation Workshop, Film & Jam with Alyssa Lynes

English version (Version française ci-dessous). Support de traduction en français disponible à l'atelier et à l'événement. Everyone is welcome for a mixed level Contact Improvisation Workshop on Saturday January 14th with Internationally known Teacher, Alyssa Lynes. The workshop will run from 12:00--6:00 with a break. From 7:00pm--11:00pm all participants and anyone interested is invited to a unique evening event at Studio 303 in Montreal. We will watch the anthropolocial documentary "Five Ways In", have a discussion about how this relates to our lives, and then turn the space into a dancing Contact Improvisation Jam (open space for movement--with a guided introduction). It'll be a great time to gather as people from diverse backgrounds to share different mediums as an inclusive research/play approach to grow together and hopefully leave with more questions and newness than we enter with. Everyone is welcome to participate at the level they are comfortable with. We expect both seasoned dancers and people with no prior dance experience to attend. www.researchingcontactimprovisation.com WORKSHOP: Moving Mountains: A Contact Improvisation workshop to deepen skills to dance with ease and support with stability taught by: Alyssa Lynes DATE AND PLACE: Saturday January 14 LOCATION CHANGE!!!: TWO LOCATIONS!! Workshop 12:00-6:00pm 767 Rue De L'eglise, Verdun Evening Event:7:00-11:00 Film "Five Ways In", Discussion, and CI jam with one of co-directors, Alyssa Lynes Studio 303 372 Rue Sainte-Catherine O #303, Montréal, QC H3B 1A2, Canada, COST: CI Workshop +Evening Event - Film Screening, Discussion, + Jam (12:00noon-11:00pm) Cost: $95, Subsidized rate: $75, To support subsidized rate: $115 Only Evening Event: Film Screening, Discussion, + Jam (7:00-11:00pm) cost: $30 If money is an issue please contact us and we will see what we can do. DETAILS FOR REGISTRATION: Contact to get some informations (E-mail or phone number) To register contact Alisa at [email protected] DESCRIPTIONS: WORKSHOP: In this workshop we will explore moving from our spines as a means to connect our centers and travel them into our front space and backspace, as well as toward and away from our partners. We will experiment with ways to offer and accept invitations for weight baring or lifts that take us in and out of physical contact while staying in connection. Our pathways in space will alter from linear to curved as we swing into new directions and dominate space with clarity. As stable mountains in constant motion, we will recognize and challenge our patterns of pathways and communication in order to open to new clear, creative, and playful possibilities in the dance. SCHEDULE: Workshop, Evening Film, Discussion & Jam: Saturday: 12:00-2:30 Workshop 2:30-3:15 Lunch Break 3:15-6:00pm workshop 6:00-7:00 Break/film set up 7:00-8:15 Introduction and film screening of "Five Ways In" 8:15-8:45 Discussion 8:45-11:00 Introduction/warmup into CI Jam FILM SCREENING, Discussion & JAM -- Invite your friends--open to public. $30 "Five Ways In": An Anthropological Documentary on CI (Previously shown in Toronto at the Contact Dance International Film Festival 2015) Alyssa sees the film as one way to inspire personal realizations and questions. She hopes that the film will encourage us to deeply explore and exchange in the dance and/or in discussions about Contact improvisation and what we each are currently exploring. "Five Ways In" has been shown in anthropology and sociology conferences, film festivals, dance communities, and in homes internationally. Discussions, CI classes and CI JAMs have been held directly afterwards as possible ways to integrate the questions and ideas that have been stirred up or supported by the film viewing. Some groups have discussed CI & War, CI and Intentional Communities, CI Festival Cultures, Therapy, Education, Politics, and Spirtuality to name a few. We are happy to be distributing it internationally. Please contact us if you would like to have a copy or to hold a screening. Subtitles available in: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch, and Chinese. If you would like to share it with your family, friends, or CI community you can purchase a copy: 8 GB USB (usable as a normal USB stick) for 15 dollars. This includes: the Film and subtitles, & suggestions for public film screenings. Copies available for purchase at the event or email her to buy a film transfer: [email protected] www.researchingcontactimprovisation.com Film Description: Contact Improvisation first developed in the United States in the 1970s as a movement experiment that challenged dancers to respond instinctively to bodily collisions. Four decades later, the dance form continues to be investigated openly by people all over the world. This film follows the aspirations of five dancers as they navigate the joys and challenges of being with three hundred participants at the biggest Contact Improvisation festival in the world in the old German university town of Freiburg. Jashana, an American political activist and Raquel, a Brazilian volunteer at the festival, search for the political edge and community building potential of the form. Swedish biodynamic gardener, Johan and Israeli travelling teacher, Lior, share hopes for beautiful and challenging dances and new ways to teach the form. Camille from France had only recently discovered the form. He seeks the heart of Contact Improvision out of his comfort zone of salsa and sports in the pursuit of sensitivity and weight sharing. During a week where being part of a temporary community and the intimacy and physicality of the form can challenge even experienced dancers, will the Freiburg Festival deliver the inspiration and insights they seek? ***Description Francaise*** Tout le monde sont la bienvenue à cet atelier de Contact Improvisation, niveaux variées, guidée par une professeure connue internationalement, Alyssa Lynes. L’atelier va prendre place de midi à 18h avec une pause. De 19h à 23h, tous les participants et ceux qui sont intéressés sont invitées à une soirée unique. On va écouter le documentaire nommé “Five Ways In”, avoir une discussion franche avec le sujet du film et comment ca nous touche dans notre vie quotidienne, et par après, l’espace serait ouvert pour un Jam Contact Impro avec une introduction guidée. Cette soirée sera une bonne opportunité pour divers mondes de partager différentes manières d’explorer et de s’amuser inclusivement en espérant de nous laisser avec plus de questions et plus d’ouverture en partant. Tout le monde est bienvenue de se présenter peu importe leur niveaux atteint ou expérience de danse contacte. Nous nous attendions à ce qu’il ait des “pros” et aussi des participants qui sont nouveau à la danse contacte. www.researchingcontactimprovisation.com ATELIER: Tasser les Montagnes: Un atelier Contact Improvisation pour approfondir nos capacités de danser avec facilité, support et stabilité, guidée par: Alyssa Lynes DATE ET PLACE: Samedi, 14 janvier, 2017 CHANGEMENT DE LOCATION!!!: DEUX LOCATIONS!! 12h à 18h Atelier Contact Impro 767 Rue De L'eglise, Verdun Evenement Soiree:19h à 23h Film “Five Ways In”, Discussion, et jam Contact Impro avec Alyssa Lynes Studio 303 372 Rue Sainte-Catherine O #303, Montréal, QC H3B 1A2, Canada, COUT: Atelier Contact Impro +Soiree- Film, discussion, + Jam Cout: $95, Cout réduit: $75, Pour supporter cout réduit: $115 Seulement Soirée: Film, Discussion, + Jam (19h a 23h) Cout: $30 Si l’argent est moins disponible, svp nous rejoindre et on pourrait voir a une solution DETAILS POUR INSCRIPTION: Contacter Alisa pour inscription ou plus de renseignements: [email protected]