LIVE MUSIC Jam + Class: Ground, Graze, Gravitate July 17th

~July 17th ~ CLASS 6-7:30pm w/ Christine Renaudin JAM 7:30-9pm w/ live music from Nate Levin -- START TIME -- Class starts promptly at 6pm, so please arrive before to allow time for check-in. -- ENTRANCE FEE -- $20 for the whole night, whether you go to the class and/or jam. Soft Medicine Dance Pass and Membership accepted. -- FINANCIAL ACCESSIBILITY -- A discount of 50% is available for marginalized peoples, such as BIPOC and LGTBQIA+ folx and those who are experiencing financial hardship..... or pay what you can; no one turned away for lack of funds. -- CLASS DESCRIPTION -- Ground, Graze, Gravitate: An Exploration of Space and Togetherness. In preparation for the jam, I would like for us to explore, through solo work and group exercises, our relationship to space. Starting with the ground on which we gravitate, and the air through which we navigate and sometimes levitate, I propose to investigate ways of gauging, bridging, and using spatial distance to connect and create dances that bring us together even when we stand and move apart from each other. -- CLASS INSTRUCTOR BIO; Christine Renaudin -- A little over 30 years ago, I discovered Contact Improvisation and instantly fell in love with the form, becoming a founding member of Lezokiparl, a Sonoma County CI collective active for seven years in the 1990’s. Currently, I can be found practicing in various classes and jams in the Bay Area, where I co-host the Tuesday jam at Finnish Hall, in Berkeley, and at the monthly West Marin Contact Improvisation Jam, at The Dance Palace, in Point Reyes Station, every first Sunday of the month. -- BIO OF LIVE MUSICIAN -- Nate Levin is an Oberlin Conservatory trained double bassist, livetronica looper, sound healer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed professionally on all seven continents at clubs, festivals, cruise ships, concert halls, and yoga studios. Nate creates musical experiences custom tailored to the sonic environment he finds himself in. His improvisations can be described as a mix of Midtempo Organic Livetronica, Burning Man Psychedelic Jam Band, Ecstatic Dance, Shamanic Sound Healing, and Ethno-World Tribal Fusion. As a soloist or as a group, their sound journeys are perfect for tea house background music, yoga classes, or any other environment requiring music that reflects the energy of it's audience. In addition to the bass, Nate performs on a variety of classical, world, and electronic musical instruments sometimes including the hang drum, handsonic, djembe, didgeridoo, hardwood drum, kalimba, sound bowl, guitar, native american flute, and ableton push. As a professional bassist, he has shared stages with diverse acts from visionary artist Android Jones (The Grateful Dead) to The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Some of his most notable collaborations have been with Clem Curtis (The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup"), Zane Carney (John Mayer, Avril Lavigne), Journey South (UK X-Factor), Yemanjo, Kr3ture, and Lorna Luft (daughter of Judy Garland). https://www.instagram.com/natelevinmusic/ -- CLOTHING REQUEST -- If you are prone to saturating your clothes with sweat while dancing, please bring 1 or 2 changes of clothes - for the consideration of others. Please don't wear strong fragrances. -- SPACE ACCESSIBILITY -- The movement space is on the 2nd floor, accessible by the stairs or via an elevator in the back of the building. Anyone under age 18 is asked to attend with a guardian, and/or email us first to discuss. -- STAY IN TOUCH -- Email list: bit.ly/sebastopolcontactimprov Facebook: "Sebastopol Contact Improv" (page) And, help us spread the word - invite your friends! -- CONTACT US -- Here on Facebook, or email: [email protected] See you on the dance floor, Eric, Rose, João, and Kandace