TOWARDS CI53 FOCUSED JAM

𝑇𝑂𝑊𝐴𝑅𝐷𝑆 𝗖𝗜𝟱𝟯 FOCUSED JAM 9-19 August 2025 Chiang Dao, Thailand The focused jam is an 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 dedicated to Contact Improvisation, encouraging focused practice, continuity of attention, mutuality, collaborative attitude and creativity. This event is for those interested in continuous practice in a focused way, with commitment fully attend the sessions, coming on time and staying until the end, supporting the space by dancing and witnessing. Facilitators: Macarena Marino, Valentin Max Kunz, Isla Donaldson, Maximiliano Bonacquisti, Fabio Maria, Alina Spittan, Yuri Novitsky, Sebi Zahler and more to come. This Focused Jam is part of Towards CI53 Summer program dedicated to - 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝑎𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮. 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲: 9:30-10:30 Breakfast 11:00 - 15:00 Introduction of the focus / class into Jam 16:00 - 17:00 Meal 18:30 - 22:30 Introduction of the focus / class into Jam (21:00 Soup) 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The basic organizational cost is 8000THB, this includes all meals, accommodation is not included. You can give an additional donation at the beginning or at the end that will support Towards Initiatives and the collective effort for this event to happen. Information about the Towards initiatives : https://towards.contact/initiatives/ 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 There are 2 onsite accommodation Dormitory - 200THB/night Camping (bring you own tent) - 150THB/night Private accommodation within the walking distance is also available. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: https://tinyurl.com/CI53focusedjam / Here are definitions of Contact Improvisation that reflect the mind of the space and its intentional qualities, made by 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻 (the originator of CI): "Contact Improvisation is an evolving system of movement initiated in 1972 by American choreographer Steve Paxton. The improvised dance form is based on the communication between two moving bodies that are in physical contact and their combined relationship to the physical laws that govern their motion —gravity, momentum, inertia. The body, in order to open to these sensations, learns to release excess muscular tension and abandon a certain quality of willfulness to experience the natural flow of movement. Practice includes rolling, falling, being upside down, following a physical point of contact, supporting and giving weight to a partner. Contact improvisations are spontaneous physical dialogues that range from stillness to highly energetic exchanges. Alertness is developed in order to work in an energetic state of physical disorientation, trusting in one's basic survival instincts. It is a free play with balance, self-correcting the wrong moves and reinforcing the right ones, bringing forth a physical/emotional truth about a shared moment of movement that leaves the participants informed, centered, and enlivened." —1970s ”The exigency of the form dictates a mode of movement which is relaxed, constantly aware and prepared, and onflowing. As a basic focus, the dancers remain in physical touch, mutually supportive and innovative, meditating upon the physical laws relating to their masses: gravity, momentum, inertia, and friction. They do not strive to achieve results, but rather, to meet the constantly changing physical reality with appropriate placement and energy.” —1979 "The reason its called contact improvisation because there is a 3rd entity that arises in this state. Hopefully you get to a state of agreement between the two of you that neither one of you is leading. It doesn’t become leaderless, it is the two of you who are together leading." —2015 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼: [email protected]