Contact Improvisation Class + Jam
- Hosted by The Center SF
- San Francisco, CA -
Contact Improvisation Class + Jam at The Center SF
Join The Center SF for a playful evening of contact improvisation. Class will be from 7:30-9pm and then will flow directly into a jam until 10:30pm. In class, we’ll explore themes of weight-sharing, counterbalancing, signaling, listening, and everything in-between. The jam that follows is an opportunity to continue researching your movement & relational curiosities that sparked from class. First-timers and experienced dancers are all very welcome! Today's class will be taught by Zev Bennett with live jam music by Nate Cavalieri :)
CI classes at The Center will be offered by a rotating mix of teachers every 2nd & 4th Wednesday evening. Check the calendar here for more contact improv across the bay area and to see who's teaching.
instructor/musical artist/host bios:
ZEV | instructor. Zev Bennett bio coming soon...
NATE | musical artist. Nate Cavalieri is an Oakland-based musician, accompanist and writer.
He studied music at Oberlin Conservatory, where a work-study gig as a dance accompanist changed his life. He plays with the Dominican BFA program at Alonzo King Lines Ballet, UC Berkeley, and is a regular with the contact jam at Berkeley's Finnish Hall. He loves few things in
this world as much as the conversation between improvised movement and
improvised music. https://soundcloud.com/shimmeringride
MERRICK | evening host. Merrick Jacob is a lover of movement, continuously in awe of the body and its potential for unique expression, creativity, & authentic connection. Influenced by her practices of figure skating, acroyoga, hand balancing, and contact improvisation, she guides playful movement experiences as an opportunity for deep listening, exploration, and co-creation. She is a certified acroyoga instructor with AcroRevolution & AcroYoga Montréal. Merrick studied a variety of somatic movement therapy modalities with Dynamic Embodiment & The Moving On Center: School of Participatory Arts & Somatic Research, focusing on BodyMind Centering & Laban Movement Analysis. For more contact improvisation with Merrick, she hosts every 2nd & 4th Wednesday evening at The Center SF. Say hi to her here: https://merrickjacob.com/
Want to read more about CI? Here’s a good resource to start, and please make sure to review our class agreements before attending.
Looking forward to dancing & jamming together!