CI Groundswell

03/03/2025

This Saturday join Asheville Jam at Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center for the Underscore!

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07/29/2024

Contact improvisation fundamentals Intensive - This fall Sept 12-15 at Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center

Come deepen and expand your practice!

Join us for a Contact Improv Fundamentals Intensive at Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center in the mountains of NC! This retreat provides an immersive

05/22/2024

Join us for CI Groundswell & Living Arts Collective's first collaboration: the CI Fundamentals Intesive at Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center.

This intensive will be an immersive dive into fundamental skills for Contact Improvisation . Five CI classes, discussions of the history and philosophy of CI in the evenings and over delicious meals, jams, and swimming in the river– a perfect late-summer experience!! It is a great opportunity to get your CI practice started for the first time or to deepen your engagement with the form.

The retreat is co-taught by Toni Craige of Living Arts Collective (Durham, NC) and CJ O'Reilly of CI Groundswell (Asheville, NC). CJ and Toni are both influential teachers and organizers in their home communities and have been dancing friends for almost a decade. They are excited to share the essence of CI practice with a group of people from all over NC and the broader region!

More information and registration is on Dreaming Stone’s website~ https://dreamingstone.org/contact-improvisation-fundamentals-intensive/

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07/06/2023

This section of the series we'll explore Nancy Stark Smith's concept of the Skinsosophere and Kinosophere.

This weekend's workshop will dive into our senses of proprioception, spatial awareness, internal sensation, etc and see how they can inspire and create deeper connection in our dances with others :)

Photo by Lanie McKeever at Dreaming Stone

07/06/2023

scholarships are available - really want to make sure this practice is accessible to everyone :)

It's a simple application - just take a moment to check-in about and articulate why you're wanting the workshop, and what support is needed to attend.

Apply for a full or partial scholarship Name Email Address Workshop or Program Title Intentions for your practice: What kind of support do you need and what will it help you do? Workshops, Classes & Programs Collective Effervesence: Contact Improv Retreat Contact from the Ground Up 2023 – CI Funda...

06/30/2023

Exploring Kinnection, the two-part portion in July starts next Saturday July 8th!

We'll deepen our capacities to be with and understand our own body and movement, and telescope our awareness and movement out into exploring moving in space. We will focus on the meditation of self-connection and presence, telescoping awareness to expand and focus our attention, proprioception and other senses beyond sight, tracking bodies in space, and modulating tone, speed, and other aspects of movement among each other.

Early bird registration ends Wednesday, July 5th

Workshop times & location Whispers of the Skinesphere - July 8thth, 2023 12-3pm at the Haw Creek Commons Sanctuary (directions) Exploring the Kinesphere - July 15th, 2023 12-3pm at the Haw Creek Commons Sanctuary (directions) Pay up the sliding scale by choosing a per-workshop or drop-in price to su...

06/09/2023

The first of the Summer Contact from the Ground Up - CI Fundamentals 8 Part Series is tomorrow! 12-3pm :)

You can attend single workshops, by the quarter, or signup for the whole series!

Pre-Register here: https://www.cigroundswell.org/product/pathways-from-the-ground-up-2023/

Note: It turns out Haw Creek Commons double booked me, so depending on the attendance, I have different venues already lined up - stay tuned for the final venue announcement later today
(it will be in Asheville in a pretty central location)

Workshop times & location From the Ground Up - June 10th, 2023 12-3pm - venue changed - exactocation TBA (in Asheville) Falling into Contact - June 17th, 2023 12-3pm at the Haw Creek Commons Sanctuary (directions) Pay up the sliding scale by choosing a per-workshop or drop-in price to support schola...

03/01/2023

Spring Fundamentals Series - CI From the Ground Up Series! - https://mailchi.mp/aafd4653bd41/dancing-reflexive-ci-workshop-this-weekend-16828994

03/03/2020

UPDATE: the 2020 series was cancelled due COVID

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03/03/2020

Whispers of the Body - CI Workshop this weekend! - https://mailchi.mp/156234bec575/dancing-reflexive-ci-workshop-this-weekend-9224927

03/01/2020

So excited for this next Contact Improvisation workshop!

Part of the Contact from the Ground Up - Contact Improv Fundamentals Series - attend for a single workshop or sign up for the whole series!

Price are Sliding Scale. Pay up the sliding scale to support scholarships and teachers. We deepen our listening to our own body and connection to its center while expanding into connection with others through weight sharing, exploring structure and weight, navigating dance partnerships through invit...