Earthdance welcomes guests from around the world to engage in events that center movement and embodied practice, Contact Improvisation, and collaborative art making.
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Monthly Contact Tango Fusion with Daniel Trenner and Erica Roper – April 26th
Friday, April 26th, 2024, 6-8pm, Dessert Potluck 8-8:30pm, Jam 8:30-10pm
Contact Improvisation and the Argentine Tango are two improvisational forms and emerging dance vocabularies gaining worldwide popularity. They have vastly different roots, and yet have many interesting intersections which offer opportunities for dancers of each form to expand their social consciousness and movement skill sets. They are both forms which have performing arts and social trajectories, offering their dancers a wide range of explorations in which to build dance as both an art form and a social container. Continue reading
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Being With: Axis Syllabus Weekend hosted by Kerwin Barrington and Claire Turner Reid
May 16th - 20th, 2024
In this workshop we will explore Being With our bodies through dance. Our movement investigations will bring us through varied terrain of inquiry: bridging instinctive, intuitive, and intellectual ways of being with. How can we orient towards intimacy and interconnectivity for the long-game of our moving lives? Continue reading
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Introduction to Mask Weekend with Akil Apollo Davis – Register Now!
May 24th - 26th, 2024
Whether you’re stepping onto this path for the first time or you’re a seasoned traveler in the realm of masks, this will be a unique and immersive experience on your quest for knowledge, creative self-discovery, and transformation. This is an opportunity for a journey of Self. Open new doors to unexplored dimensions and experiences. Revel and reflect on new inspiration and knowledge. Continue reading
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Summer Jam! with hosts Radmila Olshansky and Anya Smolnikova – Register Now!
June 28 - July 5th
Dive into full bloom at the Summer Contact Improvisation Jam at Earthdance! We will gather to share in focused movement, grounded exploration, and workshops designed to deepen your CI practice. The Summer Jam is our family jam of the year where participants are welcome to bring their children and to… Continue reading
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SAVE THE DATE! Femina Kinetica: The Female Body in the Motion of Contact Improvisation
Friday, August 2nd - Sunday, August 4th, 2024
Femina Kinetica: The Female Body in the Motion of Contact-Improvisation is an intensive workshop tailored to explore the nuances of the female body through the practice of Contact-Improvisation. This immersive experience is ideal for those looking to enrich their understanding of movement and connectivity, emphasizing the expressive potential of the female form in motion. Continue reading
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EarthSing! hosted by Emmett deBeer Charno, Leela Kelley, and Marie Ebacher – Register Now!
August 15th - 18th, 2024
Join us for EarthSing, a co-creative gathering of song, ritual, and embodiment. Our workshops and shared practices include improvisational singing, somatic practices, folk songs, song circles, invocations, and musical embodiment. Singing together in this way can open the heart, the voice, and get the creative channels flowing! Continue reading
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SAVE THE DATE – Dancing The Landscape with Frieda Kipar Bay and Dana Iova-Koga
August 30 - September 2nd, 2024
We reside in a living world shaped by reciprocity. Nature responds to every single thing we do. In this 4-day, immersive workshop, we will center these deep connections between how we move and how we relate to the ecologies we are a part of. Continue reading
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SAVE THE DATE – Radical Resonance: A Workshop in Butoh Dance hosted by Julie Becton Gillum
September 12th - 15th, 2024
During this workshop, participants will investigate the possibilities of their bodies in their natural form, including floating, hanging, and various qualities of movement or stillness. Continue reading
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SAVE THE DATE – Fall Jam – October 17-20th, Post Jam Lab – October 20-22nd
October 17-20th, Post Jam Lab 20th-22nd
SAVE THE DATE – Winter Jam – December 27th-January 1st
December 27th, 2024 - January 1st, 2025
Save the Date: Spiral & Root: Earthdance Professional CI Training
January 6 - 26, 2025
For those who are longing for a deep and durational dive into CI research, pedagogy, and professional training, you’re invited to gather with us for three weeks from January 6th through 26th, 2025. More information Continue reading
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