Other Local Resources
Local event listings of related stuff:
- DC Spirit Web lists activist / progressive arts and opportunities for the dc/metro area, including a dance section with links to this page and and other progressive dance activities.
- Free in DC keeps a running listing of upcoming events of many sorts.
- DCConsciousDance.com frequently hosts five rhythms and other ecstatic dance events.
- Glen Echo Park is a sort of local Mecca for folk and social dance, including Contra, Ballroom, Salsa, Swing, and more! See the Glen Echo Park Social Dances page for leads.
- See http://contactimprov.net for leads on CI events, including jams, around the world.
- Anyone wanting to keep informed about the status of the DC jam, please see the dc-ci mailing list section, above. Follow the subscription instructions in order to keep track of venue changes, workshops, performances, and other local ci-related events.
- Jammers are our main, best resource. Contact improv is a process of perpetual discovery, yet it is not just doing whatever. You can learn it in each dance, if you attend to what's going on, and you can also learn from asking questions. Feel free to ask for help, if you're feeling curious or lost.
- What do people do at jams? Here's a stab at answering that question that might be helpful: What People Do At A Jam
- The freedom in CI to explore and expand boundaries depends on careful respect for them, not disregard. Please see Respecting Boundaries for essential guidelines that support everyone's opportunity to enjoy the practice.
- (There are no ongoing local CI classes currently happening - we will include info here when they emerge.)
- For discussion about progressive local dance, in general, join the DanceDC Yahoo discussion group.
- http://contactimprov.net has an entry for the dc jams, as well as lots of other jams, and other ci-related resources.
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This page and its subtopics have been supporting the jam since September 13, 2006
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Online resources describing CI, eg the wikipedia contact improvisation entry.
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I love what can happen when things click in a dance, and am fascinated with the process of getting there. I write about my perspective in About Contact Improvisation. I describe CI's distinctive challenges and rewards in Contact Improv as a Way of Moving.
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The one item of specialized equipment used by many contact improvisers is "chinese knee pads", to cushion the knees while dancing. The preferred ones are available online from the contact quarterly.
(I'm a rare exception that prefers to go without knee pads, except perhaps when doing long-term intensives, or when I have a banged knee - and then I prefer the stretchable neoprene knee supports available from neighborhood drug stores, like CVS "futuro" open-patella neoprene knee supports.)
Any other suggestions for this list? Use the "contact" link at the top of the page, or the comment form below, to notify me about it!
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