This week's Jams, upcoming Workshops & COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 Update

As of this newsletter, Jams and event are still on until further notice.

Like any group that gathers nowadays, we have to ask at what point the risk of spreading COVID-19 is great enough that cancelling a jam session is the responsible thing to do. Avl Jam organizers have decided that we should cancel jams only if there are confirmed cases of community transmission in the area. North Carolina has had a handfull of cases and none in Western Carolina.

We'll continue to monitor, and update as the situation requires. As a few people have pointed out, while there are risks in social contact (and contact improv), there are important benefits, as well - positive connection can have a positive effect on health, for instance. We want to continue holding our regular Wednesday and Saturday jams as long as it's responsible to do so.

Of course, the emerging guidelines for taking care of yourself and others with the prospect of the coronavirus apply to us all. In particular:

If you're feeling sick, please do not attend!
Wear freshly clean clothes to the Jam!
Washing your hands before and after jams is mandatory!
Modulate your contact and engagement to your comfort level

There are many good places to find more information, like: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/prevention-treatment.html

Dance in good health!
With care,
Idelle, CJ, Patrick

Axis Syllabus & Contact Workshop

Daniel Bear Davis

April 4th & 5th

Daniel Bear Davis (MFA) is an interdisciplinary performance maker, movement educator, nationally certified massage therapist, and Somatic Experiencing® post-graduate student dedicated to support humans to step into greater aliveness and resilience so we can more fully inhabit the details of our lived experience. He teaches Axis Syllabus, Contact Improvisation, Composition, Acrobatic Stilts, and Dance History. Whatever the subject, he considers the students researchers and his role is to offer tools to encourage range, choice and curiosity.

Register now!
New: Pay with deposit and settle up at workshop or over time!

Interested in work-trade? email worktrade@cigroundswell.org

Contact from the Ground up

Monthly Weekend Workshops

First workshop: Februrary 22nd and 23rd

Contact from the Ground up is a 9 month contact improvisation fundamentals series exploring concepts, principles, skills and practices integral to the practice of Contact Improvisation.

The goal of the series is to give participants a foundation to help them to dance safely, feel more comfortable at jams and workshops, and support a rich and well balanced practice of contact improvisation.

The workshop is excellent for new dancers, and those who wish to deepen and continue their practice of contact improvisation.

Monday Night DanceLab

Mondays 7:00p-8:30p

(allow time to land a street parking spot and/or use Lot across from City County Plaza $3)

Cost: No pre-registration. $5; pay as you go!
Monday night Labs are peer led and supported, fun and informative… the best $5 you will ever spend!!!!

More Information: The Spontaneous Movement Composition practice cultivates the individual mover and ensemble alike to be fully embodied participants who can co-create pieces in the moment. We let go of preconceived ideas and drop into the moment to develop connections and see what emerges. When possible we will be joined by musicians who are equal players within the ensemble.