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Workshop » Description
Moab Workshop 2012 - Navigating the Forces
All Levels
Karen Nelson
Contact Improvisation is a moving, "meditation in action" form of dance. Movers focus on direct experience of the physical forces we relate to as humans on earth: gravity, momentum, kinesthesia, the stuff of physics. In this workshop we will review some essential images of Contact, such as the small dance of skeletal balance as introduced by Steve Paxton. We will practice various rolls and puzzles and embody these navigation tools to enhance our solo and partner dancing. We will study some practical safety movements to help our muscle memory kick-in when we need it-- during complex partnering that occurs in a freely improvised contact duet.
[Update as of Feb 25, 2012] The Workshop and its waiting list are now Full!
Experience Level
This workshop is open to all levels; dancing with mixed levels will be encouraged.
Workshop Schedule
- Registration!
Wednesday May 23rd: Registration 6:15-7:15pm
in the Lobby of the MARC Please plan to complete your registration for the Workshop & Jam during that registration time. If you miss registration before the Wed eve Jam, final registration time for the Workshop is 9:30-9:50 Thursday May 24th. (Class with Karen begins at 10am) - Wed evening May 23rd: OPEN JAM: 7:15pm-10:15pm [Come for as long as you wish. Open to dancers participating in the Workshop]
- Thurs May 24th: CLASSES with Karen: 10am-1pm & 2:30-5pm
Karen Nelson
Workshop » Instructor
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Karen Nelson has been dancing Contact Improvisation since 1976 although she says it feels like now in 2012 she is ready to train seriously as a dancer. She has toured, teaching and performing, in many places worldwide and has collaborated with many wonderful artists. Her work with Steve Paxton and his system "Material for the Spine" has a tremendous influence in her Contact teaching and dancing. Along with Alito Alessi in the 1980's, she started the Breitenbush Jam and DanceAbility in Oregon; and with others later in the 90's, Diverse Dance Research Retreat held on Vashon Island, WA. For the last 2 decades or so, composition within improvisation has been a passion; working with Lisa Nelson and her approach of Tuning Scores is a constant source of inspiration and investigation. |
Workshop » Cost & Registration Details
We will have information on workshop fees and registration information soon!
| Deposit: | A $25 deposit is required to hold your space in the workshop. |
| Full-time student and unemployed: | $55 - Full-time students and unemployed |
| Regular: | $65 - Employed but economically challenged, part-time students |
| Professional: | $65 - Contributing to retirement plan, stable job |
Work-exchange (WEX) positions are not available specifically for the workshop -- see the Jam WEX page for details.
Registration Details
[Update as of Feb 25, 2012] The Workshop and its waiting list are now Full!
- Register online for the Workshop and pay a Workshop deposit of $25 online. (can't pay online? see PAYMENT NOTE below). You can also register for the Jam at this time (if you are also registering for the Workshop.)
- Workshop registration is on a first-come basis, after online registration opens. We register the first 32 people who sign up and pay online. After the 32 spaces are full, we will take 5 more deposits -- which fills our wait list. After the wait list is full, online registration closes and a note is placed on the registration page of the website.
- You are NOT fully registered until you have registered online AND we have received your $50 deposit.
- You will be notified via email on or before March 1st whether you are IN on the wait list.
- If you are one of the first 32 to register for the Workshop and pay your deposit, your Workshop deposit is non-refundable.
- Wait list: If you are on the wait list for the Workshop and a space becomes available, we will notify you by email and/or phone and you will have 72 hours to let us know whether or not you wish to come. If you choose not to attend, your deposit will be refunded. If we do not hear back from you within 72 hours, we will offer the space to the next person on the wait list. If you are on the wait list, you can request to be removed and receive a full refund at any time.
PAYMENT NOTE: If you anticipate being unable to pay your deposit online on the registration date, Contact Us before registration opens to make other arrangements.
CANCELLATIONS: All deposits are non-refundable. Moab Workshop or Jam registration is non-transferable (to be fair to those on the waiting list).