Last CI Lab is Thurs night 7-9pm!

[Jenny Sawyer]

Hey CI Philly,

Our last CI Lab of the month with Nicole Bindler is tomorrow night (Thursday) from 7-9pm!

This Week:

Thursday 5/28: CI Lab with Nicole Bindler, 7-9pm, Headlong/Mascher Space

• $10-25 sliding scale ($15 suggested), cash or Venmo. Pre-registration not required.
• Studio is located at 1170 S. Broad St. Please ring the "Rear Studio" buzzer to be let into the building! 

Lab Description: In these Thursday labs, Nicole will spontaneously develop CI activities based on questions that participants bring. We'll use Body-Mind Centering practices, improvisation scores, and classic CI exercises to support our research. Bring whatever you're chewing on and we'll work it out!

Nicole Bindler dance-maker, Body-Mind Centering® practitioner, writer, and activist–has practiced contact improvisation since 1997. Her work has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships, and presented on four continents. Recent projects include curating an evening of Palestinian dance films; somatic research on the embryology of the genitalia from a non-binary perspective; a workshop on neuroqueering embodiment; co-producing the Consent Culture in Contact Improvisation Symposium; and a solo dance, The Case for Invagination, in which her scars speak candidly about trauma and desire. Upcoming engagements include co-editing a book, Gathering Sparks: Jewish Arts and Somatics, and contributing essays to the 2024 issue of BMC Currents, and the Embryo Book Project. https://www.nicolebindler.com

Other May CI Events:

• The Underscore will be hosted by Loren Groenendaal on Saturday May 30th, 4-7pm at Headlong/Mascher Space. This is a very fun and rewarding focused jam which has a bit more structure than a regular jam. If you have not participated in an Underscore before it usually requires a talk through to understand the structure ahead of time. For more information and to register please contact lorengro...@gmail.com

In June:

CI Philly is hosting a weekend-long CI Fundamentals workshop with Cinthia Perez Navarro on the weekend of June 6 & 7, 2026.

Check out our registration page for all the details.

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Jenny Sawyer

jroes...@gmail.com