The 12th Annual
(2008)
Moab Jam

Dancing,
Inspiration,
Joy,
Friendship,
Nourishment,
Support,
Nature,
Space




 
Come Dance in Moab!
   
Life is sweet at the Moab Jam (map). We dance contact improv, eat, share, explore and breathe with a great deal of attention and intention. Plus, when you camp-out at Moab, Utah, you can actually see the stars at night - all of them. The whole Universe is up there, watching you. Come on and join us! We look forward to seeing you there.

~Gretchen & Todd
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Workshop:

Kirstie Simson is one of the most sought-after CI instructors around. This workshop will fill up, so register early to ensure your space.

(2/19/2008) WORKSHOP IS FULL and WAITING LIST IS FULL!!! We are very sorry that we cannot accomodate everyone who wants to take Kirstie's workshop.

(3/28/2008) NEW..... KIRSTIE WILL TEACH TWO, TWO HOUR CLASSES ON FRIDAY OF THE JAM FOR JAM PARTICIPANTS!!!

Sunday (afternoon) May 18th to Thursday (afternoon) May 22nd, 2008 with class taught by world-reknown teacher Kirstie Simson. Check out the Workshop page to see the details and for early registration.

 
 
Jam:

Thursday (evening) May 22nd to Monday (afternoon) May 26th, 2008 (ends Memorial Day) with inspiring jam hosts as resident teachers, guides and facilitators. Check out the Jam page to see the details and for early registration.

(3/8/2008) JAM IS FULL!!! -- and WAITING LIST IS FULL!!! We are very sorry that we cannot accomodate everyone who wants to come to the Jam, but we have to close registration in order to have enough room for everyone in the space.

 
Post-Jam Campout:

Begins May 26th, 2008 (evening). Ends when you are done. After the Jam, we have a tradition of spending time in the beautiful Southwest desert camping and exploring. The Campout afterwards is truly a wonderful exprience, not to be missed. Everyone should experience the unexpected discoveries that come from exploring the outdoors with a group of Contact Improv dancers. As a group we invent and participate in some incredible adventures that can only happen in the wilderness completely free from the restraints of the rest of the world. If you have the time, please join in.

   
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In Contact Improvisation or Contact Improv (CI) dance, partners improvise their movement while maintaining a mutual point of contact. Each dancer responds to the momentum, direction, intention, weight, rise, fall, speed, roll and counterbalance (just to name a few qualities) of each other's movements, all while focusing on the ever changing mutual contact point. Developed by a community of dancers in 1972 including Steve Paxton, Nita Little, Nancy Stark-Smith, Lisa Nelson, Daniel Lepkoff, and many others, the form quickly gained popularity and is now practiced throughout the world. Contact Improv is about maintaining complete awareness of the present moment while dancing in contact with another who is doing the same, and ranges from extremely acrobatic and high-flying to delicately soft and earth-grounded. Practicing CI increases a dancer's ability to maintain complete and unwavering awareness of their body and surroundings by virtue of its unpredictability and dynamic qualities. Besides all of that, it's really a lot of fun! To get a better idea of what it is all about, click here to watch a short video recorded at the Moab Jam in a new window or view some of the picture galleries and videos from past events.


For more information or contact Gretchen: (303) 545-9956 or Todd: (801) 467-8064

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