WEST COAST CONTACT at EARTHDANCE
An Intensive for Dancers Dedicated to Deepening Their Contact Practice
Featuring Alicia Grayson, Brenton Cheng, and Nita Little

July 10 (Friday evening) – July 16 (Thursday afternoon) or
July 10 (Friday evening) - July 12 (Sunday afternoon) - weekend option

Interested in deepening your contact skills and awarenesses? Looking for ways to bring new focus and engagement to your existing practice? Come to Earthdance this summer as we bring three seasoned teachers and active researchers of contact improvisation from the West Coast for a special six-day intensive. You will have the opportunity to engage in workshops, labs, and open jamming time with both the teachers and other experienced dancers. Bring the topics you've always wished you could explore more fully, your burning questions, and your own artistry. Dialogue and dance with your peers, as you evolve the form together.

This is a six day workshop composed of 2 sections - an initial 2 day weekend followed by a deeper 4 day exploration. Participants can take all 6 days or just the first 2 days (see details below).

Alicia Grayson has had a love affair with CI for the past 20 years and has taught for the past 16.  Her long time practices of authentic movement, yoga and meditation are important influences on her dancing and teaching. She lives in the mountains of Colorado where she is a member of Tumblebones contact improvisation collective.  She teaches weekly CI., yoga and pilates classes i n Boulder and travels around the US and Europe to teach workshops. www.tumblebones.com

Brenton Cheng is a teacher, director, and performer of improvised and choreographed work, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a teacher, he empowers students to become sophisticated movers through a cultivation of somatic and poetic awarenesses, as well as fostering a capacity for surrender. He serves on the faculty at Moving On Center (Oakland), Integrated Movement Studies (Laban certification, Berkeley), and the University of San Francisco, and also teaches performance workshops in France and Russia.
Longer bio:

Nita Little has been developing, choreographing, performing and teaching improvisational dance for the past thirty-six years, notably Contact Improvisation , which she helped evolve from its inception with Steve Paxton , Nancy Stark Smith and others. She collaborated in numerous performing companies introducing Contact Improvisation throughout the United States. She is a master teacher with former students all over the world who are themselves master dancers and teachers. Through CI she discovered her abiding interest in the evolution of consciousness and the mind body relationship. www.nitalittle.com

Tuition/Room/Board all inclusive- Price includes all tuition costs, housing, 3 delicious vegetarian meals/day, access to hiking trails, our wood-fired sauna, and quarry.

Deposit Required*: $75
Early Registration Discount applies for registrations received prior to June 1

Late fee: A $20 late fee applies to registrations received after July 6.

Arrival Friday, 7/10, after 5 p.m.
Last session ends Thursday afternoon 7/16

*You will not be officially registered until we receive your deposit. If your registration is cancelled up to 3 weeks prior to a workshop, you may either transfer the entire deposit amount to another event or be refunded 1/2 of the deposit. Cancellations within 3 weeks of the start date are not eligible for a refund or transfer.