Workshops – Past and Future
Embodiment in Contact, Three Ways In – Intensive Workshops in Contact Improvisation with Alicia Grayson
Embodiment in Contact, Three Ways In Intensive Workshops in Contact Improvisation with Alicia Grayson December 7 - 9, 2018 Help Spread the Word - Share & Invite on Facebook! Explore three ways into Contact Improvisation through these Intensive Workshops. Alicia... Continue Reading →
Contact Improv Men’s Group
Open to any who identify as male and aspire to an open heart. This is a pilot for a regular ongoing CI Men's Group. Please share your thoughts on this Survey! These gatherings will be co-facilitated by Michael Hurd and... Continue Reading →
Nowhere Bound: Contact Improvisation Workshop with Martin Keogh
Nowhere Bound Intensive Workshop in Contact Improvisation with Martin Keogh December 7 - 9, 2018 Contact improvisation requires a courageous willingness -- but never so much as when we dance in the absence of will - those moments when we... Continue Reading →
Contact Improvisation Fundamentals Series @ Homewood
In this five week series we'll explore fundamental concepts, elements and skills of the Contact Improvisation (CI) form with the goal of creating familiarity and confidence in the form so dancers are empowered, aware of their choices relating to safety... Continue Reading →
The Tri-Axial Spine (Axis Syllabus inspired workshop), CI Jam, Potluck and Ecstatic Dance
August 4th, 2018 CI Jam is moved to EartHaven! Come for just the jam or the whole afternoon! Read below for more details! To find carpooling rides or riders post on the FB events here and/or here or (if not... Continue Reading →
Emergent Improvisation Workshop for Musicians and Movers
Weekend Performance Residency with Carson Efird + Joe Westerlund ESSENTIALLY, NATURE, LIFE AND CREATIVE PROCESS ARE ALL EMERGENT AND IMPROVISATIONAL. Experience your self-organizing instincts and tap into the natural intelligence of the ensemble. Emergent Improvisation, developed by Susan Sgorbati, offers an embodied… Continue Reading →
CI Class + Jam with Idelle Packer – Saturday July 14th
Our usual jam is a class this week! Idelle Packer is fresh back from the wcci jam with material to share! 4pm Class 5:30pm Jam Until 6:30pm @ the Center for Art and Spirit Class – Suggested $10 donation Jam… Continue Reading →
Cultivating Connection: Contact Improv Fundamentals Series at Earthaven – 5 weeks in August
Contact Improvisation is a wonderful and expansive practice of connection with self and other. This series will deepen core skills for movement improvisation with others and expand movement potential. This 5 week all-levels series will deepen your presence with self,… Continue Reading →
Cultivating Connection Contact Improv Fundamentals Series at Earthaven
Contact Improvisation is a wonderful and expansive practice of connection with self and other. This series will deepen core skills for movement improvisation with others and expand movement potential. This 4 week all-levels series will deepen your presence with self,… Continue Reading →
The Axis Syllabus Workshops – Asheville, December 2017
We are hosting two December weekend workshops on a type of movement research known as The Axis Syllabus. The Axis Syllabus is a body of research relevant to dynamic movement, which draws on many forms of Dance, Martial Arts, Acrobatics,… Continue Reading →
Pathways On The Road to Axis with Aaron Birk – Nov 2017
In preparation for the December Axis Syllabus workshops, Aaron Birk will be offering an introductory series on the bio-mechanical elements of The Axis Syllabus for three Saturdays in November. Immediately following Aaron’s class, there will be a two hour contact… Continue Reading →
Nita Little Workshop
June 22-25th, 2017 Register Here Facebook Event Response-Ability: Physical communication through attentional tensegrity This is a Contact Improvisation skills and ensemble improvisation class that provokes dancers to train the bodymind in motion as a single action of attention. Attention is… Continue Reading →
Earthaven Jam, Potluck and 1st Saturdays Dance Party!
Saturday, June 3, 2017 Contact Improv Jam – 4:00pm-5:30pm Join us at the gorgeous dance space of Earth Haven: Warm-up and mini class facilitated by Julia Taylor Open Jam 5:30-6:30 Potluck Dinner – 6:30pm-7:30pm Bring something yummy! Ecstatic Wave – 7:30pm-9:30pm Facilitated… Continue Reading →
Earthaven Jam, Potluck and 1st Saturdays Dance Party!
Saturday, May 6, 2017 Contact Improv Jam – 4:00pm-6:00pm Join us at the gorgeous dance space of Earth Haven: Warm-up and mini class facilitated by Julia Taylor Potluck Dinner – 6:00pm-7:30pm Bring something yummy! Ecstatic Wave – 7:30pm-9:30pm Facilitated by CJ O’Reilly Invite… Continue Reading →
Mindfullness in CI Workshop + Earthaven Dance Party
The weekly Saturday Asheville Contact Improv Jam will be *moved* to Earthaven’s beautiful council hall, and followed by a community potluck and Earthaven Dance Party! 4:00 – 5:30pm Contact Improv Class with Mindfullness Focus taught by CJ O’Reilly and Idelle… Continue Reading →
Momentum and Lift in Contact Improv – Class and Jam
Often we think about size as a big variable when it comes to our ability to lift, direct, and move other bodies. It doesn’t have to be! Come explore the foundations of lifting and weight sharing. We will take a… Continue Reading →
Class and Jam: Inspiration for Movement: A Senseploration
Saturday Sept. 10th 4 AM – 7 PM at the Movement and Learning Community Center of Asheville (FBFC) Often Dance is something done to music, where music is the guide and measure of movement. Contact Improv opens the body to… Continue Reading →
The Dance Conspiracy – 2016 Asheville Jam
August 5th, 6th, and 7th Contact Improv Workshops by Brad Stoller, Idelle Packer, and CJ O’Reilly, and more! Fusion Workshop by Aubrey Griffith-Zill Outdoor Deep Forest and Waterfall Silent Disco with Mason Greenewald Multiple dances and gatherings for all… Continue Reading →
Live Music Class and Jam – May 07, 2016
Bringing the Music In Exploring the Fundamentals of CI and Live Music CI class with Idelle Packer and musician Elon. In this class we will lab various ways of interaction among dancers and musicians drawing from shape, texture, weight and… Continue Reading →
Alicia Grayson – Swimming in the Ocean of Possibility – Feb. 13th and 14th
Alicia Grayson of the TumbleBones CI Collective is back in Asheville all the way from Colorado! Swimming in the Ocean of Possibility: Contact Improvisation and Mindfulness This workshop offers specific explorations in Contact Improvisation and embodied mindfulness practices, guiding us… Continue Reading →
FasciaPLAY Workshop – Aaron Brando – Jan. 9th 1pm-5pm
Contact Improvisation that Educates and Activates the Body open to ALL moving bodies & curious minds In this workshop we will be investigating how an embodied understanding of the concepts in facial research can enliven our movement sensibilities and expand… Continue Reading →
Workshop with Alicia Grayson and EE Balcos 9/13/15
Solo Dance in the CI Duet A workshop with ALICIA GRAYSON and EE BALCOS in Asheville, NC – Sunday September 13th 10:30-5:30 This workshop will explore ways to cultivate our solo while dancing in contact so that our dances are creative… Continue Reading →
LIFEDANCE 2015 – Asheville’s 5th Annual Summer Jam
This event was great! Thanks Everybody, from home and far away, for making this a great 3 day weekend! See you next year! -Asheville Jam organizers LIFEDANCE 2015 Asheville’s 5th Annual Summer Jam How can we bring the intention… Continue Reading →
Alicia Grayson Workshop Jan 17-18
Inner World, Outer Expression, Systems, Skills and States in CI An All Level Contact Improvisation Workshop in Asheville NC Jan 17-18 Dancing is most satisfying when there is congruence between our inner world (psyche, energy, state) and its changing nature and… Continue Reading →
Asheville 3Day Jam ~~ The 68 Hour Score – 2014
Jams, Classes, Food and Fun! Join Western North Carolina and its Ashevillians for a beautiful 3 day weekend of Contact Improvisation! This is a beginner friendly event, and a great way to get started, delve deeper, or otherwise enjoy doing… Continue Reading →
