8th Annual
Moving's View
Dance Improvisation Workshop
with Nancy Stark Smith, Susan Schell and Karen Nelson
June 17-24, 2005
At Earthdance in western Massachusetts
for more info contact Earthdance at 413.634.5678;
register@...; www.earthdance.net
Moving's View:
Spacious research into the forms of Contact Improvisation, Authentic
Movement, and Composition/Perfomance feed meaningful connections
between body and mind. 3 classes weave thru the day. Optional jams,
informal showings and Contemplative Dance Practice available during
free time. Experience in Contact Improvisation is helpful since skills
are reviewed but not emphasized.
Susan Schell has taught and performed dance throughout the US and
abroad. "Our work with nature requires a spirit of collaboration,
recognizing that we are not its audience or manipulators but an
intimate and equal member of its body." She has been on the faculty of
several programs for the study of Authentic Movement and periodically
serves as adjunct faculty in dance at the University of Maine. Fall '02
she began work as a contributing editor for A Moving Journal, a
publication exploring themes related to the practice and study of
Authentic Movement. She lives with her husband and two sons in
Chesterville, Maine.
Karen Nelson's 28-year dance and performance practice has been directly
influenced by Steve Paxton and Lisa Nelson and their respective work in
Contact Improvisation, Material for the Spine and Tuning Scores, and
through collaboration with many others in venues around the world.
"Contact Improvisation's lesson of center, off center, giving center,
keeping center combined with spiral rolling and small dancing will
enliven the physical interactions between partners and in space." She
lives and care takes 240 acres of land in Goldendale, WA where she is
helping to build a meditation retreat facility.
Nancy Stark Smith danced in the first performances of Contact
Improvisation in 1972 and has since been centrally involved in its
development as dancer, teacher, performer, writer/publisher and
organizer, working with Steve Paxton and other favorite dance partners
and performance makers. "Working primarily with the Underscore, our
practice will address dancing comfortably in spherical space,
beginning/developing/ending connections with others, and deepening our
kinesthetic experience while sharpening our compositional eye."
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