🥋🍑 NEW: BE Body series "The Potential of Feet touching Earth" ~ DOJO needs more rentals 🥋🍑

[Carmen Serber]

Hi What-CI,

^^ DOJO needs more RENTALS !! 
^^  Aug 29-Sep 1 - Dance Research Practices - Training with Nita Little

^^  Sep 9/12-14 -  Falling into Fall Jam

^^  September "Unfolding into CI" Beginner series 
^^  NEW Sep-Dec  "Be Body - The Potential of Feet touching Earth"

^^  Oct 2-5 - Re-harmonize. CI and Singing on Lummi 

^^  Oct 4 - “Untethered” a day of dance with Soleil and Carmen

^^  Jams in the area

Dear Community,

I am reaching out to you to ask for help. Most events on this newsletter happen in the dojo, so most of you know the space and its quirks and beauties. We need more income to keep the dojo alive.There is a lot of momentum through the unfortunate closing of Presence studio and I am optimistic we'll make it work. We need people that rent the dojo longterm and on weekends. Please share this with people you know that organize/teach events. Let's not lose this space too!! Thank you!  
The dojo is a great space for:

- Training Programs in Massage/Dance Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Group work, Breathwork, Reiki, etc.

- Martial Arts

- Family constellation

- Meditation/Qigong/Tai Chi (without shoes)

- Dance/Ecstatic Dance/Open Floor/Concerts/Performance/Oriental Dance/Belly Dance

- All things somatic

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Falling into Fall Jam
September 12-14
People are signing up! Over 40 people are registered already! Sign up soon to save your spot.

The Falling into Fall JAM in Bellingham is a Contact Improvisation weekend hosted by Carmen and Rajendra Serber, featuring a special workshop with Sabine Parzer. We are lucky to have Stu Phillips, Michal Lahav, Boots and Pretzel as additional facilitators. Music by Serge Gubelman, Eric Mulhern, Elliott O’Brian and Sway!

https://www.carmenserber.com/falling-into-fall-jam/

Photo: Briana Jones

Dance Research Practices for Somatic Communication with Nita Little

August 29 - September 1, 2025 - Sliding scale: $340 - $550

This Training Workshop is meant for dancers to extend their research beyond choreographic choice-making to find that Somatic Communication offers emergent relations of immediate coordination and surprise. This is the only training on the west coast, please spread the word!! Thanks!!

Please reach out if you have questions. 

https://www.carmenserber.com/dance-research/

Unfolding into Contact Improvisation on Mondays before the JAM - for Beginners

September 8, 16, 22, 29

5:30-7 followed by the JAM 7-9

https://www.carmenserber.com/unfolding-into-contact-improvisation/

NEW: Be Body -The Potential of Feet touching Earth

Dance and somatics continuously oscillating between practice, theory, improvisation and play. The body as a field of inquiry and research, embodiment and fierce physicality.

Friday morning dance 10am - noon 
@ the dojo
Dates: Start September 19 - December 12 
https://www.carmenserber.com/be-body-2/

RE-HARMONIZE 

A Contact Improvisation & Singing Retreat

~ a special weekend weaving movement, voice, and community ~

gently facilitated by Paul Millage & Amanda West

@ Aletheia, Lummi Island, WA 

Dates: Thursday October 2nd - Sunday October 5th 2025

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17nSwRaFG9HOxbMkBbUIUJ96gvi7DelcdJhHpUNHdKfw/edit?tab=t.0

Untethered - Falling (up) with somatic awareness, technique, and improvisation
A day of dance with Carmen Serber and Soleil Chappelle
Saturday, October 4th, 1pm-5:30pm

Aikido Peace Education Center
Sliding scale: $60 - $100
https://www.carmenserber.com/untethered/

JAMS -
Weekly Jam in Bellingham

Every Monday 7-9pm in the dojo
Every last Monday, intro class from 6-7pm followed by jam til 9pm.

JAM on BREAK until End of August. First JAM September 8th.

Inter Island San Juans Jam
3rd Saturdays. 1-3. Mini warm up class followed by open jamming. $10-20 no one turned away.
Contact: Elena: elena.mari...@gmail.com

Seattle Jams
Jam at Open Flight Studio, 4205 University Way N.E. Seattle, WA, 98105 

Upstairs, across U-way from Bulldog News

Every Sunday (through the summer) noon - 2:30

Beginner's classes every Sunday, for the first half hour of the jam concurrently with the start of open jam. No additional cost. 

Pop up contact jam on Mondays, from 6p-7:25p. This jam will run every Monday from July 14th- August 25th. 

SHIFT Movement & Healing Arts

3517 Stone Way N 

Seattle, WA 98103

Port Townsend Jams

Every Friday 4:30 - 7:30pm at The Hive 10632 Rhody Drive Port Hadlock
1st Fridays CDP 5-6pm (arrive before 5pm to participate, or after 6pm for the open jam)
3rd Fridays Underscore (arrive before 5pm to participate)
For more info contact mia at movinggracearts.com

Leavenworth WA Jams (new and growing)

Summer jams at a beautiful outdoor dance space. Schedule is random at the moment, with special events in the works for Aug and Sept. For location and dates contact Peggy (call/text 206-412-7758or pzprotz69@gmail.com or Klarity (call/text 509-607-2225or medicinenmotion@gmail.com)

Carmen Serber
Biodynamic Craniosacral Bodywork, BCST
Community Organizer
Movement Educator 
carmenserber.com