Salt Spring Island Contact Improv Summer Plunge: Intensive 2019

Within the frame of Salt Spring Contact Improvisation Summer Plunge, we are excited to present a weeklong Intensive Training with Martin Keogh and Alicia Grayson From June 13th to June 19th 2019 https://www.contactimprovisationsaltspring.com/plunge-intensive Workshop Description: Waves, Swells, and Undercurrents With Martin Keogh and Alicia Grayson While we master more of the skills and thrills of the contact form, we will explore the many currents, ripples and patterns available in our sea of perception. Alicia Grayson and Martin Keogh team up to bring their 20-year dance collaboration to this week-long intensive investigation. We will draw from some of the CI solo practices: developmental movement, Body Mind Centering, yoga, pilates and principles and images from the natural world. From this grounded base we research the dynamics and nuances of Contact Improvisation. We will experience how the co-creativity of the form is exponentially amplified when each person is anchored in their own embodiment. We will explore: o Moving from a base of sensation o Dancing with a shared central axis o Seeking ease in going off balance o Finding the spontaneous acrobatics of the form o Spending more time in nuance, disorientation, and extended follow-through We will research, learn and dance together six hours a day. Other activities include jams, potlucks, and spontaneous surprises. We want to get to know you—your treasures, your idiosyncrasies, your distinctive pathways into contact improvisation. *Level: This workshop is for those actively researching Contact Improvisation. It is for dancers who are comfortable using their hands as landing gear and who have a sense of moving into their backspace. Hence, this intensive is for those with a solid grasp of Contact fundamentals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The format: • Three days of investigation and dancing from 10am- 4:30pm • One day for rest for integration and laundry (June 16th) • Three more days to deepen the material ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Martin's teaching history and website is here: http://martinkeogh.com/my-story/ Alicia Grayson's Bio Alicia has been passionately involved with dancing, teaching and performing Contact Improvisation for the past 30 years. She has taught CI as an adjunct faculty at George Washington University, University of Denver, Naropa University and Shenandoah University. She teaches CI, yoga and pilates classes in Boulder, CO and regularly travels nationally and internationally to teach. Her long time practices of authentic movement, yoga and pilates and her love of nature are important influences on her dancing and teaching. She is a certified Hakomi therapist, certified perinatal somatic attachment therapist and certified Feminine Power transformational coach and facilitator. She delights in exploring and discovering new depths to contact improvisation and related disciplines and is particularly interested in the intersection of physics and expression and the mind/body relationship. She is dedicated to supporting her fellow humans to be the most amazing embodied beings that we are! www.aliciagrayson.com ***This event is for dancers with a solid grasp in the form of contact improvisation. Please message us if you have doubt. Cost for the Intensive (June 13th - 19th 2019 ) $420 - Economically deprived, students and underemployed. $455 - Economically challenged: artists, farmers etc.. $495 - Professional rate: Happily sustained, supports the art. https://www.contactimprovisationsaltspring.com/registration/ Please note that food is NOT included in the Intensive. You can sign up for a meal plan for 165$ for a total of 12 meals. 5 breakfast, 5 lunches and 2 dinners. *Discount if you take part in the whole Plunge (June 13th - 26th) https://www.contactimprovisationsaltspring.com/registration/ Market Table: We have them accessible for you to sell your artful goods. Bring em along! Set your price and manage them. A great way to cut your cost while sharing what you make. Link to festival event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/309334893035722/ Registrations and Questions: [email protected] (P.S. It is rumoured there is 1% less gravity on SSI...)