San Jose Contact Improv Jam
1st and 3rd Friday 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Description
San Jose Contact Improv Jam Bi-weekly Contact Improv jam in San Jose! $12-$25 sliding scale (online) $25 on the day 7pm - 7:45pm - Opening circle and community-led warm-up 7:45pm-9pm - Contact jam All levels are welcome! Beginners are especially encouraged to arrive for the warm up 🙂 Bring water and we encourage wearing sleeves and knee pads. You do not need to arrive with a partner. NOTE THIS IS AN EMBODIED PRACTICE: Please limit chatting/socializing on the dance floor. What is Contact Improvisation? Contact improvisation (CI) is a creative dance form emerging from physical contact between partners. It was created by Steve Paxton, a student of Merce Cunningham, in the United States in 1972. The practice transcends the established boundaries between gymnastics, martial arts, meditation and dance. In doing contact, dancers directly experience with thei partners the dynamic physical forces which affect all movement: mass, momentum, inertia, friction. The multidimensional nature - physical, emotional and spiritual - of the point of contact also allows the dancers to engage in non-verbal communication in a concrete manner and on several levels.