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 (11:15-2pm)
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/
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