Bristol CI Sunday Class (5 – 6:30) and Jam (6:30 – 8:30)

Bristol CI Sunday Class (5 - 6:30) and Jam (6:30 - 8:30)

When

03/03/2019    
5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Where

DMAC, (4th Floor) Hamilton House
80 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY

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Beginner friendly pre-jam warmup class 5-6:30pm followed by the jam 6:30-8:30pm. Doors will be closed for the duration of the class to keep the focus, so please arrive early to attend the class, you can arrive at any time for the jam. Class or jam – £6, both – £9, or book on MoveGB.

For more information feel free to contact the teacher/facilitator or info@contactdance.co.uk. We send out regular emails of class descriptions, to get these, please sign-up to our mailing list.

Class Description

‘Out of and into the ground, earth to sky and back’
Developing things from our last encounter…though if you weren’t in last week’s class, it will be no hindrance.
How do we move effortlessly from the floor to upright, from moving on our own through space into contact with another?
When our relationship to gravity is clear we are free to move with ease.
We begin on the floor, yielding to the ground, finding our way to uprightness with freedom and lightness. We then translate this into partnering.
From here, it is the simplest thing to take ourselves into flight.

The Jam

A jam is an informal gathering of dancers. There is no teacher, but space and time to develop skills and confidence. You are free to dance, rest, or sit and watch, as you wish. The jam provides an opportunity to explore and integrate techniques you have learned, and to find your own routes into dancing.

At some jams a teacher will facilitate a score to follow such as a focused (silent) jam, the Underscore (developed by Nancy Stark-Smith), or a blindfold (or eyes-closed) jam, this will normally be advertised via our regular mailout – so sign-up if you want advance notice.

  • Live musicians will improvise with the dancing at many of the jams.
  • For more information, please email info@contactdance.co.uk or contact the individual teachers.