Burning Man Contact Improvisation camp
> Plans are underway this year for a camp based around
> contact improvisation
> at the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock
> dessert in Nevada, USA
>
> Dates ? August 29-September 4
>
> The Burning Man Festival is an annual gathering
> where for a week, we let go
> of money economy and just give of ourselves and our
> art. Last year, some
> 40,000 people gathered to make a small city of
> creative giving? visual art,
> dance, music, performance, events, discussion,
> chance meetings, spontaneous
> ritual, lightness and depth, silliness and meaning?
> check out the web site
> for details
>
> www.burningman.com
>
> There has for many years been a contact
> improvisation presence at burning
> man, with a daily jam at Center Camp. When classes
> have been offered, the
> reception has been fantastic! This year, we plan on
> organizing a camp to
> share the practice more actively, with open daily
> classes and jams, and
> focused labs for more experienced contacters? a
> mini-festival of contact in
> the wild atmosphere of burning man.
>
> If you are interested in participating or being a
> part of the camp or for
> more details, goto the evolving web page at
>
> www.toishou.org/burningcontact.html
>
> or write to Claudia at ci_bman@... -- (Claudia
> Anfuso is currently our
> electronic coordination queen.)
>
> peace
> Burning Man CI crew
> As of May 30, Burning Man CI camp crew is Anna
> Landauer (US), Claudia
> Anfuso(Italy/US), Daniel Ayers(Canada), Hailie
> Aldrich(US), Isabelle
> Kyrouac(Canada), Karl Frost(US), Kay Ceredwin
> Bachman(US), Laurel
> Levasheff(US), Louise Woollen(US), Michelle
> Arvin(US), Naomi Claire(UK),
> Pepper Yelton(US), Rick Milligan(Canada), Samantha
> Beers(US), Satya
> Curcio(US) for sure, plus a score of others in the
> loop from around the
> globe? maybe you too?
>
> PS please feel free to pass this on to any who you
> think have interest?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Some details?.
>
> Vision for Burning Man Contact Improv ?
>
> For most, the vision of contact that we bring will
> be obvious, but for
> clarity?s sake, we really want to focus on contact
> as physical investigation
> and art form, as opposed to simple free movement
> space? Celebrating it as an
> open space of exploration, but also holding space
> for the specificity of its
> reference point in the studies and play of the
> physics of bodies moving
> through weight and contact.
>
> We will have something in the calender of Burning
> Man describing contact,
> which will read something like the following?
>
> ?Contact Improvisation is a body-based art, a
> physical investigation of the
> possibilities of bodies moving through contact?
> weight, structure, momentum,
> balance and off-balance, falling, touch, forces,
> physics, skin, muscle, and
> bone are our starting places, and from there our
> curiosities takes us where
> they will. We experiment, observe, take risks,
> play. While the
> investigation can move to many different places it
> has a reference point in
> awareness of physics in motion, bodies in contact,
> and delight in the
> unknown. As a practice, Contact is flexible, taking
> on whatever forms the
> curiosity of the practitioners discover together?
> athletic and wild or quiet
> and meditative. The pleasure of contact comes of
> this active
> investigation.? (feedback on the description
> appreciated.)
>
> If you want to help make this vision happen, get in
> touch. The extent to
> which this will happen depends on people getting
> involved and making it
> happen. The space we create will be a collaboration
> based on this shared
> vision.
>
> We are looking for people to join the crew who 1)
> want to help make the
> project happen through camp set up/breakdown, and
> event assistance whether
> you live at the camp or not. 2) are interested
> in being part of the
> living experiment of the camp
>
> as well as wanting people to simply participate in
> events. In other words,
> looking for people to participate in the co-creation
> of the event, whether
> living at CI Camp or elsewhere on the Playa.
>
> The Camp
>
> We are aiming for a camp of about 40 ?50 people.
> We?ll have two or three
> public spaces? one or two work spaces and a smaller
> chill-out space for tea
> and conviviality. These will be domes/circus tents
> with carpets and
> pillows. We will also have a camp kitchen and
> shower and a basic food/water
> supply. We are hoping to be located in a quieter
> zone, ideally near
> Hushville and Heebeegeebee.
>
> For camping with us, we are looking for people who
> are willing to work as
> part of a team to make camp happen, but who also are
> happy with autonomy?
> we?ll probably have one or two camp meetings during
> the week, but outside of
> that, we aim to create a space that supports all of
> our explorations and
> independence, rather than create a binding schedule?
> people will be
> encouraged to collaborate on meals, but there won?t
> be a specific schedule
> to adhere to. There will be basic food stock
> provided, but people are
> encouraged to supplement that with the things they
> desire to bring and
> share. While we will each commit to being there for
> a few of the
> classes/jams to make them happen, we are not
> expected by any means to be
> there for all of them.
>
> Events
>
> The main things as a camp that we will be
> collaborating on creating are?
>
> Daily classes in contact (ideally 2 per day). A few
> scheduled open jams,
> both silent and with dj?d sonic atmosphere An open
> space for contact
> improvisation when things aren?t scheduled A daily
> Jam at Center camp
>
> Also if there is energy and space for it, people
> will be encouraged to
> create and collaborate on ci related events like
>
> Closed labs for those with experience Performances
> (Axolotl, Karl Frost?s
> blind-fold participatory performance event will be
> one such event) CI
> related classes/labs
>
> Teaching?
>
> If you are an experienced teacher of contact and
> would like to offer a
> class, get in touch, and let?s talk about it. Open
> classes will primarily
> focus on basic skills for beginners that give people
> some ins into jamming.
> ?which route in is up to the teacher.
>
> Being There ?
>
> If you would like to help make events happen, we are
> looking for people to
> sign up and commit to being there for specific jams
> and classes. We want to
> make a welcoming space for newcomers, so we hope to
> have people with a bit
> of experience both inviting people in to participate
> and also just doing it
> and being in their investigation so that people get
> a feel for what
> possibilities there are. With that in mind, we look
> to have some people
> committed to be there for each jam to ?hold the
> space? and for classes to
> help explain to people what is going on and to
> assist. Help
>
> We are looking for lots of kinds of help ? physical
> help setting up
> structures and cleaning up camp afterwards, material
> help with structures
> (large tents/domes for work spaces, carpets and wood
> for floor, propane
> space heaters, or anything you think might help make
> such a camp work), and
> of course financial help in getting the structures
> together). If you have
> other ways you could offer something that haven?t
> been named, again, feel
> free to write.
>
> Peace
>
> The Burning Man CI Camp team CI_bman@...
>
> PS Deadlines ? if you come to burning man, we would
> be delighted by your
> spontaneous participation. If you want to make it
> happen though, we need to
> know earlier. How big and well it happens depends
> on how many put energy
> into it. Some relevant deadlines?
>
> We need to have our camp map to the burning man
> organizers by the end of
> June and events list for the calender by mid July.
> We hope to have our camp
> 80% set by then, and our open class/jam/event
> schedule 90% set by then, so
> if you want to be involved in making it happen, best
> to be in dialogue with
> us by late June.
>
> P2S Even if you are not planning on coming to
> Burning Man, if you want to
> help make it happen, that would be delightful. We
> are looking for useful
> things to make camp happen, ranging from kitchen
> equipment to tents/shelters
> to carpets and pillows for flooring. Of course,
> financial donations to help
> spread the gospel also appreciated. Anything you
> think might help, feel
> free to contact us.
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