Contact @ the Dojo, Contact Improvisation class & jam, w Patrick Crowley

CONTACT @ the DOJO Contact Improvisation (CI) class & jam Mixed level. Open to beginner & experienced dancers 3:00 pm Class. 4:30-6 pm Jam 2026 Summer Classes: 7/12 Patrick Crowley 8/16 Chisa Hidaka _____________________________ July 12: Girdles in Flight w/ Patrick Crowley We root pelvis into the earth and into the torso to refind the legs and center. We root arms into the shoulderblades and collar bones and into space to explore the environment. We will play with high table and trios (recycling). Deep internal somatic sensing into dancing. Our desire is group care (ensemble), suspension & flight. _____________________________ Patrick Crowley teaches once a month and curates other teachers who hold and convey Contact Improvisation with a comprehensive depth. Contact @ the Dojo began in Oct 2021, meeting 2 Sundays a month. Dojo comes from “Do-”, a variation of Tao/Dao (the way) and “jo” (immersive learning space). CLASS A broad range of Contact Improvisation will be explored — states, skills, scores/Underscore, artistic practice, life learnings. In Contact @ the Dojo, dancers play with movement in contact with a partner — in relationship with weight, gravity, momentum, inertia, and friction. We work with ease and natural tone in our tissues and neurology. Support is found through the bones and the earth. We explore rolling, falling, and flying in CI with the safety of the mats as our floor. The slow and subtle brings us to the big and enthusiastic, and vice versa. Perception, integrated body, center, soloing, follow/lead/3rd entity, ensemble, listening, reflexes, experimentation, readiness, rigor, relationality, heart, enlivening, and awareness are all in the mix. Please arrive a little early. Most people who come for class stay for the jam. JAM The jam will be open space to play and practice. We may have music and structure/warm-up. We are always soloing — we are always in ensemble. For those experienced and new to CI, honoring different abilities. ~10–25 people. BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ welcoming. Please come w/ no symptoms: (www.patrickcrowley.net/health-safety). WHAT is Contact Improvisation? https://patrickcrowley.net/whatiscontactimprovisation WHERE: Aikido Dojo, 30 N Maple St, #14, Florence, MA 01062 (Park in parking lot to right of building. Come in entrance in parking lot. Go in and upstairs to the right.) REGISTRATION & PAYMENT https://patrickcrowleybodyworkdanceyogasomatics.as.me/events or text 617-320-9792 Class & Jam (3:00–6:00 pm): $25–$30–$35 Just Class (3:00) or just Jam (4:30): $15–$20–$25 (sliding scale: low–regular–abundant) If unemployed, student, or wanting to do work/exchange, please contact Patrick. INFO & QUESTIONS: (617) 320-9792 (text/phone) Patrick Crowley has been engaged with Contact Improvisation and dance improvisation since 1983. He has taught at numerous dance centers, festivals, and universities both nationally and internationally, including Yale University, Boston University, Argentina Contact Festival, Freiburg Festival, Earthdance, among others. He is a coordinator of the Global Underscore. He worked with Nancy Stark Smith closely until her death in 2020, and studied or performed with many prominent teachers in CI including: Andrew Harwood, Kirstie Simson, K.J. Holmes, Daniel Lepkoff, Nina Little, Alan Ptashek, and others. Patrick has a background in modern and contemporary dance, Body-Mind Centering®, bodywork, yoga, theatre (Playback Theatre, Action Theater), contemplative practices, expressive arts, and martial arts. He has performed with various dance and theatre companies, including the Underscore +/- Group, Zany Angels, Six and 1/2 Project, and Boston's Access to Theater. He was certified in bodywork by Sensei Toshiko Phipps and Nationally Certified in 1993 and also teaches Playback Theatre, Yoga, and somatics. https://patrickcrowley.net/contact-dojo