Contact Improvisation Class & Jam 23/11/25

Class will begin with warming up individually using self-touch and some simple movement patterns. Through guided tasks we will bring our awareness to the pelvis, as a place of strength, support and connection. Using set and improvised material, we will explore opportunities to share weight, whether brief moments or longer, fuller exchanges. Although moving sensitively, the class will at times be energetic, including rolling, falling and running. As well as working with a partner, we will try out group scores, leading us to jamming with live music from Patrick Carpenter.

Schedule:

15:45 Arrival

16:00 Class

17:30 Opening circle for the jam

19:00 Closing circle

About Jo Dyer: Jo Dyer is a dancer and choreographer who has been practising contact improvisation for over 20 years, including training with Nancy Stark Smith at the January workshop in Massachusetts in 2006. Jo's dance work has been performed at venues including the Royal Opera House and the Southbank Centre. She has recently completed a MA in Creative Practice at TrinityLaban, assisted by a Leverhulme Trust Dance scholarship, where her final project investigated using contact improvisation to make political dance performance.

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