Underscore ~ Nevada City

REMINDER: our monthly Underscore now lands on the 3rd Saturday of the month. This month, Rebecca Bone will give the talk thru and facilitate the Underscore. Participating in the Underscore is a chance to practice Contact Improvisation within a structure that cultivates group mind along with a shared experience of creativity, play and permission. Developed by Nancy Stark Smith in the early 90's, the Underscore subtly supports participants in a collective improvisational movement exploration that generates moment to moment group composition. "The Underscore is a vehicle for incorporating Contact Improvisation into a broader arena of improvisational dance practice; for developing greater ease dancing in spherical space—alone and with others; and for integrating kinesthetic and compositional concerns while improvising. It allows for a full spectrum of energetic and physical expressions, embodying a range of forms and changing states. Its practice is familiar yet unpredictable." ~ Nancy Stark Smith The Underscore is an oral tradition passed along from person to person, group to group with a Talk-Thru. Once a group has learned the structure, they practice it together non-verbally with minimal facilitation. SHARED AGREEMENTS 1) All participants agree to attend the talk-thru at least once BEFORE participating 2) All participants agree to attend from start to finish (11/11:15-1:30pm) 3) All participants agree to stay home if they're feeling at all unwell SCHEDULE 11-11:20am ~ Talk-Thru for new participants 11:20am ~ Underscore begins (no entry after this time) 1:30pm ~ Underscore completes $17 in advance (by Friday) $20 at the door Advance payment: paypal.me/NCcontactimprov venmo.com/u/NevadaCityCI For more information on the Underscore: https://nancystarksmith.com/underscore/