Two more CI classes this month!

[Jenny Sawyer]

Hey CI Philly,

Please note that we will be holding our classes at The Whole Shebang for the rest of this month. We hope this does not inconvenience anyone too much. Please see events below for details.

This Week:

Thursday 2/19:  CI Class, 6:30-8:30pm, The Whole Shebang Studio, Taught by Miryam Coppersmith

• $10-25 sliding scale ($15 suggested), cash or Venmo. Pre-registration not required.
• The Whole Shebang studio is located at 1813 S 11th St, Philadelphia, PA 19148
  The entrance to the studio is in the back of the building off of the large parking lot next to a large school. 
  There is a door code, so you will need to knock/buzz and wait for the teacher to let you in. There is an entire flight of stairs up to the studio on the second floor.

Arcs of Momentum. This class will prepare us to jam by focusing on the organization of our bodies while in motion. We will warm up our three dimensional bodies, connecting to arcs of support and movement within them. Then, we will experiment with momentum in partnership, feeling the different possibilities when movement is generated by a moving partner and a stable partner, two partners moving in opposition to each other and two partners arcing with the same momentum. 

Miryam Coppersmith (she/they) is a Philadelphia-based performance-maker, writer, dancer, and educator. She encountered Contact Improvisation at Oberlin College in 2012 and has been playing and learning within the form ever since. She also loves to explore the intersections between CI and other forms she has studied including Blues dance, Lindy Hop, House dance, Contemporary dance, and Six Viewpoints. You can learn more about Miryam's work here: miryamcoppersmith.com

Next Week:

Thursday 2/26:  CI Class, 6:30-8:30pm, The Whole Shebang Studio, Taught by Miryam Coppersmith

• $10-25 sliding scale ($15 suggested), cash or Venmo. Pre-registration not required.
• The Whole Shebang studio is located at 1813 S 11th St, Philadelphia, PA 19148

Other Upcoming CI Events:

• The Underscore will be hosted by Loren Groenendaal on February 28th, 1-3pm at Cardell Dance Studio. 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

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 classes 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.

Hope to see you soon!

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

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Jenny Sawyer

jroes...@gmail.com