CI Class & CI Class/Jam Combo this week!

[Jenny Sawyer]

Hey Contacters,

• We are trying out a new class & jam combo on Sunday! Come for the class taught by Tamar Gutherz and then stay to jam with our community. :) Once price for the whole event.
• We are still having two regular classes on Thursdays.
• Tamar Gutherz is teaching all of our classes in December. Please see below for her class description.

This Week:

Thursday 12/11: CI Class taught by Tamar Gutherz 6:30-8:30pm at Headlong/Mascher Space (mask optional)

• $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! 

Sunday 12/14: New CI Class & Jam Combo 3-6pm at Headlong/Mascher Space (mask optional)

• 3-4:30pm Class: Taught by Tamar Gutherz
• 4:30-6pm Jam: Facilitated by Jenny Sawyer & Jamie Finn Firman
• $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! 

Teacher Bio:

Tamar Gutherz is originally from Lynchburg, VA and has a BFA in Modern Dance Performance from University of the Arts.  She currently teaches Gyrokinesis, Modern Dance and Contact Improvisation and works as a freelance performance artist in the Philadelphia area. 

Theme of Classes this month:

Resilience — the ability to bounce back from adversity or challenges.  The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape, elasticity.  The ability to recover from, or adjust easily to change.  The capacity of a body to return to its original size and shape after experiencing compressive stress.

We will approach Contact Improvisation as a tool for increasing resilience and deepening our whole-body listening.  We will practice sharing centers and explore what it means to “network” in a physical way, using everything that exists in the space as fuel and using each other for support and inspiration.   Malleable bodies in dialogue with gravity—shape shifting, shifting weight, shifting attention.  Each body with its own unique abilities and curiosities—what happens when two forces of nature collide?  Or three or four or five?  We will engage with questions of independence & interdependence and enjoy the power of our imagination to change our quality of experience.

December Events:

• Classes:  Thursdays Dec. 11 & 18 from 6:30-8:30pm at Headlong/Mascher Space (Teacher: Tamar Gutherz)
• Class & Jam Combos:  Sundays Dec. 7 & 14 from 3-6pm at Headlong/Mascher Space

Masking: None of our events this month are mask-required. We are in discussion about future masking policy.

Other Upcoming CI Events:

• Patience in Play with Lilliane Kane on Friday December 12th, 3-6pm at OUTPOST, 1639 N. Hancock St.

Hope to see you soon!

The CI Philly team (Jenny, Derek, Jamie, Miryam, & Liam)

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Jenny Sawyer

jroes...@gmail.com