💚 🍵 Green Tea Sock RAVE Dojo Benefit !!! Fundamentals Classes start on Monday

[Carmen Serber]

Hello What-CI,

DOJO benefit Green Tea Sock Rave mixed by MadB - January 31 I 8:30-10:30

Join us for a cozy + stimulating evening of bass heavy movement. This is an excellent opportunity to invite someone who has never experienced this place before. 

Spread the word! Spread the word!!

Bellingham

Jan 26      Fundamentals in CI (Mondays)

Jan 26      Jam in the dojo 

Jan 31      Green Tea Sock Rave Dojo Benefit Dance with MadB

Feb 3        Groundswells with Soleil Chappelle (Tuesdays)

Feb 7-8     What's really happening with Stu Phillips

Feb 7        JAM night

Mar 1         Deepening - CI Series with Carmen and Raj (Sundays)

Elsewhere

Feb 7+8         Port Townsend, Fascinating Foundations WS with Mia
Jan - May       Port Townsend, A-ttune up! with Mia

March 13-15  Seattle Contact Festival 

Mar 14-17      Shelton, Special CI Workshop with Stu

Fundamentals in CI

January 26, 
February 2, 9, 16, 23, 
March 2
5:30pm-7pm followed by the JAM 7pm-9pm
Full series $90 including the JAM
Drop in possible $20 including the JAM

With Bradford, Noa, Wonder, Rajendra and Carmen
https://www.carmenserber.com/fundamentals-in-ci/

Green Tea Sock Rave
Dojo Benefit Dance mixed by MadB
Saturday, January 31st from 8:30-10:30pm @ the dojo
$15 -25 suggested donation at the door. No one turned away for lack of funds if you’re here to DANCE.
Join us for a cozy + stimulating evening of bass heavy movement. All are welcome to wiggle, roll, shake, lay down, tumble, sway, and groove together on a soft mat floor. 

Music spans between soulful techno, eclectic house, and beyond. 

Groundswells Rotating Topics for Emergent Dance with Soleil Chappelle

Tuesdays 7-8:30  Starting February 3rd | Aikido Peace Education Center
Module 1 - Intelligence - that which cannot be artificial
Through dance improvisation, multi-media sensory experiments, and conversation, we’ll allow our minds to permeate our bodies and the space between us and all beings.
Inspired by the more-than-human world—animals, plants, fungi &&—we’ll reclaim our ways of thinking from mechanical, industrial, and algorithmic structures. 

More info at bodyswells.com/classes

What's really happening - Workshop w/Stu Phillips

February 7 and 8, 2026 - 1 Day only is possible too

Sliding scale: $180 - 280 
@ the dojo

This potent 2 day weekend contact improvisational  dance movement workshop explores fine tuning our innards in relation, 

ultimately guiding us to more fluent results whilst confronting interrelational challenges. 

Technique, safety & prowess all come from properly aligned energy. We're sophisticatedly 

guided to translate inner reactions into attuned responses, constantly resolving what's attended.

https://www.carmenserber.com/whats-really-happening-workshop-with-stu-phillips/

JAM NIGHT
February 7 I $20 NOTAFLOF
Class with Christina and Elijah: 6:30-8 pm - Reimagining the social dance space as a playground for exploring embodiment (within group dynamics).
Dance Jam: 8-10pm - Open dance with live improvisational music provided by the in-house dojo band. 
Call/text Christina: 425-512-2786

SPRINGING INTO SPRING JAM 
May 8-10 
The Spring into Spring JAM in Bellingham is a Contact Improvisation weekend hosted by Carmen and Rajendra Serber,
featuring a special workshop with Delia Brett. We are lucky to have Soleil Chappelle, Peggy Protz and more as additional 

facilitators. 
More info coming soon

ELSEWHERE

Fascinating Foundations in Contact Improvisation
with Mia Kelley I February 7 + 8 in Port Townsend
We discover that Contact Improvisation has four main ingredients:
Presence, Point of Contact, Weight Sharing, and Momentum.
We take a slow, mindful approach to attune our minds and bodies
to move together with care and ease.
https://movinggracearts.com/contact-improvisation.html

A-ttune Up! Monthly deeper dives into CI practice  
With Mia Kelley I Saturdays at The Hive
Noon - 4pm in Port Townsend
January 31, March 2, April 4, May 2

https://movinggracearts.com/contact-improvisation.html

Seattle Contact Festival

With Karen Nelson, Carmen Serber, Michal Lahav, Serge Gubelman and more
March 13-15

https://www.seattleecstatica.com/seattle-contact-festival

CI Dance Workshop w/Stuart Phillips

3/14-3/17, Thursday - Sunday, 2026

Shelton, WA.
https://www.prancingunicorn.org/

JAMS -

Weekly Jam in Bellingham

Every Monday 7-10pm in the dojo
1101 N State Street. Ring the bell to get in.
Pretzel: caitl...@gmail.com
Class 5:30-7pm

San Juans Jam
Weekly jam on Lopez island (Wednesdays). 6-7:00/30. Downdog Studio Midnight Farm. $2 donation to space. Can do ferry pick-up and drop off for off islanders.  Elena: elena.mari...@gmail.com

Seattle Jam
Sunday CI Jams will start on 9/7 every Sunday, with some occasional cancellations.
No jam on 9/14
Jam at Open Flight Studio, 4205 University Way N.E. Seattle, WA, 98105 

Upstairs, across U-way from Bulldog News

Time: 12-2

$10-15 cash or Venmo
Open level
18yrs + (safety/liability)

Christian Swenson has generously offered to continue giving a 30 minute instruction/warm up at the beginning of the jam.  You are not required to participate, but it’s available if you wish!!

Port Townsend Jams

Every Friday 5 - 8 pm at The Hive 10632 Rhody Drive Port Hadlock
5pm Arrival personal warm-up i 5:30 Opening circle & score I 6 Open JAM

$10-20 cash/Venmo (notaflof) 
For more info contact mia at movinggracearts.com

Leavenworth WA Jams (new and growing)

Jams happening mostly weekly now. For the latest schedule, days and location, contact Peggy (call/text 206-412-7758or pzpr...@gmail.com or Klarity (call/text 509-607-2225or 

medicin...@gmail.com)

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