PreJam Session with Ralf Jaroschinski

Experience a dose of prejam CI with Ralf Jaroschinski of Lima Peru's Renzo Zaveleta. Refresh your approach in this two-hour pre-jam session which will include conceptual technique integrated with open improvisational. $12 at the door Ralf's BIO Born in Southern Germany and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ralf graduated as a classical and modern dancer from the University of Music and Theater in Hannover, Germany, and then studied several contemporary dance and composition techniques in New York City on a stipend from the German Academic Exchange Service. He discovered contact improvisation for himself in 1994. From 1998 until 2002, he directed the dance company of the City Theater of Hildesheim, Germany, and included contact improvisation as part of the dancers' training and the creation of his works. He got commissioned to create choreographies for several German national ballet companies – so far, he has created some 100 dance pieces which have been seen in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Facilitating contact improvisation classes and workshops more regularly since 2004, Ralf has taught at numerous festivals, universities, dance schools and studios in Europe, Asia and the Americas. He performed contact improvisation together with Nita Little, Ray Chung, Scott Wells, Benno Voorham, Felix Ruckert, Tim O’Donnell, and Andrew Wass among many others. He has designed, produced and staged several contact improvisation scores and concerts, and he has trained the dancers of companies such as the Brazilian Curitiba Guaíra Ballet, the Swedish "GöteborgsOperans Danskompani", and the "Cullberg Baletten" in Stockholm in contact improvisation.