Thursday night CI Labs in May - with Nicole Bindler!

[Jenny Sawyer]

Hey CI Philly,

This month Nicole Bindler will be teaching a series of Contact Improvisation Labs on Thursday nights from 7-9pm. Note the new time!

This Week:

Thursday 5/7: 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

CI Philly May Events:

• Thursday May 7 -- Masked CI Lab with Nicole Bindler, 7-9pm, Headlong/Mascher Space **Mask Required**
• Thursday May 14 -- CI Lab with Nicole Bindler, 7-9pm, Headlong/Mascher Space
• Sunday May 17 -- CI Jam, 4-6pm, Headlong/Mascher Space *Only jam of the month*
• Thursday May 21--  CI Lab with Nicole Bindler, 7-9pm, Headlong/Mascher Space
• Thursday May 28 --  CI Lab with Nicole Bindler, 7-9pm, Headlong/Mascher Space

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.

Current Masking Policy: We are currently in communication with some covid cautious groups to offer a CI Fundamentals class once a month for those who require masking. Masked events will require all participants to wear a mask that is KN94 grade or higher (KN95) while dancing, including the teacher. Everyone is welcome to join those classes. We will have KN94 masks available at the studio for those who need to borrow. Let us know if you want more information about these classes.

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Jenny Sawyer

jroes...@gmail.com