January Community Contact Jam w Rob Flax's live music

This Contact Improvisation jam is inspired by the Community Jam held during Nancy Stark Smith's January Workshop which she taught for 25 years. We are inviting many January Workshop alum and dancers who worked with Nancy for a long time. Our intention is to have movement, music, and space that is open to a variety of states. Patrick Crowley and Sarah Young are hosting with Rob Flax as musician. Please join us for this special CI jam! Sliding Scale: $25–$30–$35 Register: message/call/email: [email protected] If you have trouble paying, please let us know and help with 30 min set-up and 30 min take down. Rob Flax is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator from Evanston, IL with a playful heart and an open mind. He has performed nationally and internationally with groups of many different styles, including opening for B.B. King and Tower of Power, playing viola and violin with the Trans Siberian Orchestra and YouTube star Jacob Collier, upright bass in an Argentine tango ensemble, mandolin and fiddle in various bluegrass bands, electric violin in several rock bands, collaborations with modern dancers, and more. As a composer Rob has written music for choreographers, film (including work on the soundtrack of James Franco’s film As I Lay Dying), and several original projects. Rob is a recent graduate of the New England Conservatory (M.M. 2012 – Contemporary Improvisation, Music In Education), and he currently lives in Boston, MA. **Drawing: January Workshop 2018 by Yuenjie MARU**