BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:381@contactdance.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20120302T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20120304T180000 DTSTAMP:20120301T091504Z URL:https://contactdance.co.uk/events/bristol-national-jam/ SUMMARY:Bristol National Jam - St. Michael's Parish Hall - 2 Mar 12 19:00 DESCRIPTION:Dates: 2nd-4th March 2012\n\nTimes: Friday 2nd 7-10pm\, Saturda y 3rd 11am-5pm then 7-10pm\, Sunday 4th 11am-6pm\n\nPrice: Weekend ticket price\, £35-£45 (sliding scale according to income). Day ticket £25 (in cluding one evening)\, Evening ticket £10. Preference will be given to th ose wishing to come to the whole event.\n\nTeachers: Janis Claxton (Sunday )\, Malaika Sarco-Thomas (Saturday)\, Jamus Wood (Friday night)\n\nAll lev els welcome\n\n \;\n\nA weekend dedicated to contact improvisation. Th e afternoon and evenings will include a warm up into jamming. Live musicia ns will be playing at some of the jams.\n\nTo book\, please select a ticke t below (you will need to register with Bristol CI online community)\,  e mail workshops@contactdance.co.uk\, or call Lisa May Thomas on 07812 13668 1.\n\n\nIf you need a place to stay\, or can offer one\, be sure to put le t us know when registering. Registering with the Bristol CI online communi ty will also help you communicate with other participants for lift-share\, accommodation etc.\n\nAll profit from this event will go towards supporti ng future CI events in Bristol.\n\n \;\nJanis Claxton\nNo Mystery\, Ju st Dancing - push pull pleasure and play\nJanis’ class will be aimed at warming us up for a day of fun and juicy dancing. We will explore simple a nd clearly defined skills that bring us in and out of contact. Be prepared to sweat\, explore and expand your dancing through grounded and practical skills that entice play\, pleasure and the presence of being in contact w ith ourselves\, others and the space.\n\nJanis Claxton (UK/Aus) is a chore ographer\, teacher and performer based in Edinburgh. Artistic Director of the award winning company Janis Claxton Dance\, she is an internationally renowned and prolific teacher with over 30 years of experience in professi onal\, educational and community settings. As well as Contact Improvisatio n Janis’ influences include the Erick Hawkins Modern Dance Technique\, M artial Arts and Alexander Technique. An avid movement researcher\, she has practiced Contact Improvisation for over 20 years having studied\, taught and performed the form in numerous settings and all of her teaching and c horeographic works have been informed by this experience. Janis has choreo graphed for companies and independent dance artists in the UK and China wh ere she has worked extensively on numerous projects including introducing Contact Improvisation to Chinese professional and community dancers. Janis Claxton Dance make work for theatre spaces as well as unique site-specifi c settings such as the Edinburgh Zoo which housed the Herald Angel Award w inning Enclosure 44 – Humans a two week improvised performance. Janis is currently undertaking part-time studies towards a Masters in Philosophy ( Choreography) at the Edinburgh University. www.janisclaxton.com \nMalaika Sarco-Thomas\nUp\, Down\, Up!\nThis class will focus on finding direction \, weightlessness\, power and a touch of cheekiness when improvising in co ntact. Using listening and good-natured resistance as well as principles f rom Ki Aikido practice we will play with the complementary forces of up an d down to wrestle\, bowl\, and fly each other through the space. This is a class suitable to all levels of experience.\n\nMalaika Sarco-Thomas is a performer\, researcher and teacher of improvisation. Originally from the U SA\, her practice is informed by teachers such as Kirstie Simson\, Charlie Morrissey\, David Zambrano and an ongoing study of Ki Aikido. After train ing at PARTS in Brussels and recently completing her PhD thesis Dance Impr ovisation Performance as a Practice of Ecology she became Award Leader for Dance at University College Falmouth incorporating Dartington College of Arts. With Richard Sarco-Thomas she co-organizes weekly contact jams at Tr emough Campus and the annual Contact Festival Dartington. \nJamus Wood\nI love to move\, to inspire creativity through dance and connection. I teac h and guide classes in Contact Improvisation\, Instinctual Movement\, Soma tic Yoga and perform with the Touch Down Dance.\n\nI like it simple. I fin d that working with simple themes can take us deep into our own experience and are pathways to presence and embodiment. So themes I work with like a rriving\, how do we arrive into contact with ourselves\, into a space and with another. I find this a fascinating topic.\n\nUnusually\, my path has been defined by a congenital eye condition – I almost lost my sight 10 y ears ago. Six operations on\, my sight is improving\, with future operatio ns pending. I have found ways to transform my wounding into a unique gift. My life is not what it would have been without my eye condition\, many do ors initially shut\, while others opened.\n\nAlong my journey\, I have had the good fortune to work with many gifted teachers\, many echo’s of the se teachings live in my teaching today. Key figures are Malcolm Manning\, Helen Poyner\, K J Holmes\, Lisa Nelson\, Nancy Stark Smith\, Miranda Tufn el\, Katy Dymoke\, Adam Bradpiece\, Ray Chung\, Angela Dony.\n\n \;\n\ nIF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE BOOKING/REGISTERING TRY USING 'lower-case' IN E ACH FIELD.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://contactdance.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20 12/01/Jam-Banner.jpg CATEGORIES:UK CI Jam LOCATION:St. Michael's Parish Hall\, Park Ln\, Bristol BS2 8BE\, Bristol\, BS2 8BE\, United Kingdom GEO:51.457;-2.59932 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Park Ln\, Bristol BS2 8BE\, Bristol\, BS2 8BE\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St. Michael 's Parish Hall:geo:51.457,-2.59932 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20111030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR