Re: THIS SATURDAY!

The Studio 34 Studio Series April 24th @ Studio 34  (45th & Baltimore Ave in West Philly) Curated by Adams Berzins 8 PM $10 ($5 with DancePass) suggested donation  supports the performers Adams Berzins is an improvisationally based dancer and performer who has the good fortune of having worked with a veritable who's who of dance and theater professionals from Philadelphia and points international. He has been performing in Philadelphia for the past 6 years and teaching contact improvisation at The Parlor (mostly on Monday nights) for the last 3 years. You may also recognize him as the Bartender from The Latvian Society (531 N. 7th st) if you've recently attended an EgoPo, PJI, or Azuka Theater production. This month's studio series will include improv based works by a wide range of performers collected for your viewing pleasure. In no particular order: The lovely and talented Kimya Jackson will restage an improvisational dance piece that Adams fell in love with at the How Philly Moves photo shoot. (It involves Depeche Mode) The incomparable Makoto Hirano with Ben Camp and a collection of movers and shakers will provide much entertainment.  A stunning dance collaboration between best friends Hedy Weiland and Adrianna Carey-Berzins, directed by Jamie Potts. In support of their upcoming show Rodgers and Hammerstein Are Dead (Philadelphia's only improvised musical; directed by Jason Stockdale), the members of Ladies and Gentlemen will offer audiences a sampling of musical improv comedy. Showcasing cast members Joe Gribbin on piano, Kristen Schier, and Apple Milkshake along with other members of the improv troupe Ladies and Gentlemen. Liz Filios, Anna Drozdowski, Christina Gesualdi, Michele Tantoco, and Gina Hoch-Stall have agreed, relatively site unseen, to be part of an improv experiment that draws inspiration from interviews and sentiments expressed by people who have strong feelings against contact improv. This is not a contact improv piece, well maybe… For any further Information or questions, contact Adams Berzins via Twitter (@adberzins) or email: PhillyContactAdams (at) me.com His infrequent dance and food raving can also be found @ http://foodanddance.blogspot.com/

THIS SATURDAY!

The Studio 34 Studio Series 
April 24th @ Studio 34 
(45th & Baltimore Ave in West Philly) 
Curated by Adams Berzins 
8 PM 
$10 ($5 with DancePass) suggested donation 
supports the performers

Adams Berzins is an improvisationally based dancer and performer who has the good fortune of having worked with a veritable who's who of dance and theater professionals from Philadelphia and points international. He has been performing in Philadelphia for the past 6 years and teaching contact improvisation at The Parlor (mostly on Monday nights) for the last 3 years. You may also recognize him as the Bartender from The Latvian Society (531 N. 7^th st) if you've recently attended an EgoPo, PJI, or Azuka Theater production. 

This month's studio series will include improv based works by a wide range of performers collected for your viewing pleasure. In no particular order: 

The lovely and talented Kimya Jackson will restage an improvisational dance piece that Adams fell in love with at the How Philly Moves photo shoot. (It involves Depeche Mode) 

The incomparable Makoto Hirano with Ben Camp and a collection of movers and shakers will provide much entertainment. 

A stunning dance collaboration between best friends Hedy Weiland and Adrianna Carey-Berzins, directed by Jamie Potts. 

In support of their upcoming show Rodgers and Hammerstein Are Dead (Philadelphia's only improvised musical; directed by Jason Stockdale), the members of Ladies and Gentlemen will offer audiences a sampling of musical improv comedy. Showcasing cast members Joe Gribbin on piano, Kristen Schier, and Apple Milkshake along with other members of the improv troupe Ladies and Gentlemen. 

Liz Filios, Anna Drozdowski, Christina Gesualdi, Michele Tantoco, and Gina Hoch-Stall have agreed, relatively site unseen, to be part of an improv experiment that draws inspiration from interviews and sentiments expressed by people who have strong feelings against contact improv. This is not a contact improv piece, well maybe…

For any further Information or questions, contact Adams Berzins via Twitter (@adberzins) or email: PhillyContactAdams (at) me.com 
His infrequent dance and food raving can also be found @ http://foodanddance.blogspot.com/ 

Monday night contact- Joy Mariama Smith Tonight

Hi everybody!

Quick note about tonight. 

Come out for a great class with a new teacher tonight.

joy mariama smith, native philadelphian, co-founder of your name here performance collective, has been practicing contact improvisation since the beginning of her undergrad education in 1994 at Oberlin College (the birthplace of CI). she also is a graduate of the Lecoq LEM (Laboratory of Movement Studies) program she has been seen making strange art many places.
yournameherecollective.com

So come check her out. I highly recommend it. She is awesome. All class cards honored. Don't let the rain keep you away from getting some new info into that body of yours. 

Remember to get back to me about your registration for the 6 week Angie Hauser workshop starting in April. Space is limited (as in the parlor is only so big) so let me know if you are going to make it. Discounts are available for paying early. 

Thank you. Paldies. 

Adams

Contact Jam this Saturday

Come jam it up at Studio 34 in West Philly this Saturday, March 6th,
1-4pm!
We'll do some group warm ups at the start and then dance the afternoon
away.  Studio 34 is at 4522 Baltimore Ave, easily accessible by car or
by the fabulous #34 trolley.  No experience is required.  Cost is $5.
See you there!

Thank you. Paldies. 

Adams

Dermatomes

Thoughts on skin

This massive sensory network. Interconnected, innervated and
inveinerated system of information transferrence.

When our skin revolts, our nerves inflame, we find out the depth of
sensation we are capable of. The burning, itching, aching, heavy,
tearing, stabbing, electric energy that shocks through in waves.

There must be a way to translate these impulses into motion,
movements. The life of our skin is the life of our generally unseen
interface with the world. Our clothes, the wind, friendly embraces,
and warm caresses fill our brains and nervous system with information
that goes largely unprocessed. This is the information I want to
interpret and reprocess into dance.

Aiken/Hauser Cotact & Improvisation Wkshp - - Dec 5 & 6 (Sat & Sun)

Reminder! Check it out. 

 

~~~~~~ $45 for both classes ~~~~~~~~~

Contact & Improvisation Workshop with

Chris Aiken & Angie Hauser

 

December 5 (Saturday) & 6 (Sunday)

1:00-4:00 PM both days

Price:  $45 for both, or $25 for single class.

at:

Baryshnikov Arts Centre, Studio 6A

450 West 37th St, Suite 501 (b/w 9th & 10th Aves)

 

SPACE IS LIMITED

To reserve your space, please:   

• RSVP at edwin.adkins@gmail.com soon

and

• send deposit of $10 *per class* you plan to attend to:

Edwin Adkins

PO Box 250051

NY, NY 10025

 

Directions by Mass Transit: [A, C, E to 34th St. & 8th Ave] or [1, 2, 3 to 24th St. & 7th Ave]

Please call 646-731-3200 for general information.

 

Workshop Description: 

Each of us has experienced heightened states of being through contact improvisation-times when we felt fearless and alive.  There are no recipes to create these moments, but training can lay the foundation for physical and emotional breakthroughs.  In this workshop we are specifically interested in developing our reflexes, our coordination, and the capacity to continually recycle our mental and physical energies back into the dancing.  At the core is the commitment to staying with the modulation of tone and weight in the body-so that the touch remains alive.  

The practice of contact improvisation includes the ability to move with ease and efficiency, the integration of the head, spine and limbs, and the ability to motivate movement from multiple centers within the body.  Students in the workshop will learn specific technical skills, somatic techniques, and principles of awareness and improvisation.

We are committed to individual coaching and group investigation of specific aspects of the work.  Come with questions, energy and commitment to serious training and playful, imaginative dancing.

Chris Aiken is a leading international teacher and performer in the field of dance improvisation and Contact Improvisation. His movement experience includes dance, theater, Contact Improvisation, compositional improvisation, Alexander Technique™, yoga, release techniques and athletic training. Chris has performed and collaborated with many renowned dance artists including Steve Paxton, Kirstie Simson, Nancy Stark Smith, Peter Bingham, Andrew Harwood and Angie Hauser. He has been presented the Walker Art Center, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, DTW and Bates Dance Festival, among others. He has received numerous awards including fellowships from the Guggenheim, Bush and Jerome foundations.  He has taught  Contact Improvisation and improvisation throughout North America, Europe and in Asia.  He is currently an assistant professor at Ursinus College (PA).

Angie Hauser is a dancer and teacher.  Her work is grounded in improvisation and performance reflecting the influences of contact improvisation, postmodern choreography, ballet and Butoh.  Since 2000, Angie has been a member of the Bebe Miller Company, where she contributes to the creation of award winning dance works that are performed throughout the United States. In 2006 Angie was awarded a BESSIE (N.Y. Dance and Performance Award) for Creation and Choreography for her work with Bebe Miller. As an improviser she collaborates with many gifted artists including Chris Aiken, Kirstie Simpson, K.J. Holmes, Darrell Jones, Andrew Harwood and Kathleen Hermesdorf.   She has also danced with the companies of Elizabeth Streb, Liz Lerman and Poppo Shiriashi.  She has taught improvisation, contact improvisation and dance throughout North America as well as Switzerland, Germany, France and Scotland.  Angie received her MFA in dance from the Ohio State University and holds a BA in Art History from University  of South  Carolina.

microFest

Philly Contact Improv microFest:
November 8th, 12-8pm
http://www.studio34yoga.com/
4522 Balitmore Avenue in West Philly

Angie Hauser/Chris Aiken master class ~ jam ~ performance ~ snacks ~ friendly people...
all packed into one manageable, affordable day @ Studio 34 Yoga l Healing l Arts.

Schedule:
12-3pm contact improvisation workshop w/ Chis and Angie, workshop description tba
3-4pm break (we'll provide snacks in the lounge)
4-6pm - contact improvisation jam
6pm - informal performance with Chris, Angie and others tba
7-8pm cool down

Pricing:

full day 14-day advance $35
full day door price $45
workshop alone $40
jam/performance alone $10

Preregistration: 

chris@deephouse.name

Send checks Made payable to PDP or Philadelphia Dance Projects:
c/o Chris Deephouse
1105 Brantin Road
Wilmington, DE 19803

chris@deephouse.name
610.585.5802 (cell) please call evenings and weekends.

Chris Aiken is a leading international teacher and performer of dance improvisation and contact improvisation.  Over the past two and a half decades his work has evolved through ongoing investigations of performance, composition, movement technique and design.  His work has been significantly influenced through the somatic practice of the Alexander Technique, ideokinesis, yoga and Rolfing.  Chris has performed and collaborated with many renowned dance artists including Steve Paxton, Kirstie Simson, Nancy Stark Smith, Peter Bingham, Andrew Harwood, Patrick Scully and Angie Hauser.  He is a Guggenheim Fellow and an assistant professor at Ursinus College.  Chris is currently touring a new work entitled “Dwell” co-created with Angie Hauser. 

Angie Hauser is a dance-maker, performer and teacher. Her work is grounded in improvisation and performance and reflects the influences of contact improvisation, ballet, butohand contemporary dance techniques.  Angie is a member of Bebe Miller Company. In 2006 she received a BESSIE Award for her collaboration with Miller. She has also danced with the companies of Elizabeth Streb, Liz Lerman and Poppo Shiriashi and performed with many gifted artists including Kirstie Simpson, Andrew Harwood, Kathleen Hermesdorf, K.J. Holmes and Darrell Jones.  Her creative work also includes her ongoing collaboration with Chris Aiken resulting in performances and workshops in the U.S. and in Europe, including their project, Dwell , co-commissioned by the National Performance Network. She has taught improvisation and dance throughout the U.S. and in Switzerland, Germany, Canada and Scotland.