***CLASS 7:15-8:15pm***Please come at the beginning, the arc is designed to build on the previous practices.
***JAM 8:15-9:30pm***
-- START TIME --
Class starts promptly at 7:15pm, so please arrive by 7pm to allow time for check-in.
-- LOCATION --
Soft Medicine: 186 N Main St. Sebastopol, CA 95472 (upstairs)
-- ENTRANCE FEE --
$20 for the whole night, whether you go to the class and/or jam.
-- FINANCIAL ACCESSIBILITY --
A discount of 50% is available for marginalized peoples, such as BIPOC and LGTBQIA+ folx and those who are experiencing financial hardship..... or pay what you can; NOTAFLOF.
-- CLASS DESCRIPTION --
Setting the Self Down in Gravity to Find Shared Weight
This contact class will begin with a Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lesson around setting the muscles of perception and personality a little more on the floor. We will do this to make a little bit better friends with our premotor planning so that we can increase our ability to make decisions that we do not already know the outcomes of. We will then work with some slow weight sharing practices to find ease, rest, and comfort in non-pedestrian relationships to vertical and as we build our comfort we will increase our use of momentum and aim at dances that surprise us not with big virtuosic “tricks” but rather surprises of details, directions, and pathways that were previously unknown. - in our hopes : )
-- CLASS FACILITATOR --
Kevin Dockery is a physical thinker, mover, musician, writer and nature historian who uses performance to explore ideas of self, place, and fit. His movement training includes 21 years of studying contact improvisation, contemporary performance, and 17 years somatic practice. He completed a Feldenkrais training in 2011 and has been integrating Feldenkrais practice in his movement and dance teaching practices since then. He received both an MFA in interdisciplinary performance in 2019 and an MA in performance studies in 2021 from UC Davis.
-- CLOTHING REQUEST --
* Bring 1 or 2 changes of clothes, if you are prone to sweating while dancing.
* Wear clothing that will keep your butt, genitals and nipples covered while moving in non-linear and unpredictable ways. Actually, more skin coverage is better for C.I movements.
* Don't wear strong fragrances.
* Please remove jewelry.
-- SPACE ACCESSIBILITY --
The movement space is on the 2nd floor, accessible by the stairs or via an elevator in the back of the building.
Anyone under age 18 is asked to attend with a guardian, and/or email us first to discuss.
-- STAY IN TOUCH --
Email list: bit.ly/SebastopolContactImprov
Facebook: Sebastopol Contact Improv (page, with event updates)
And, help us spread the word - invite your friends!
-- CONTACT US --
Email:
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See you on the dance floor,
Rose, João, Kandace, and Eric
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