UNDERSCORE
12.10.2024, 14:40–18:45
Fee 9-15€ for members; 12-18€ for non-members
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The Underscore is a framework practicing Contact Improvisation within a group improvisation setting and in a concentrated atmosphere with the whole group beginning and ending together.
It is not a class and intended for people who are familiar with CI and have some experience.
Arrival/Check-in: 14:40
Talk Through Begin: 15:00 (*For those of you who have not participated in an Underscore before, attend the Talk Through with Andrew Wass)
Jam Arrival/Check-in: 16:00
Jam Opening Circle: 16:15 – 18:30
Harvest/Closing Circle: 18:30-18:45
from Nancy’s Website:
“The Underscore is a long-form dance improvisation structure developed by Nancy Stark Smith. It has been evolving since 1990 and is practiced all over the globe.
The Underscore is a vehicle for incorporating Contact Improvisation into a broader arena of improvisational dance practice; for developing greater ease dancing in spherical space—alone and with others; and for integrating kinesthetic and compositional concerns while improvising. It allows for a full spectrum of energetic and physical expressions, embodying a range of forms and changing states. Its practice is familiar yet unpredictable.
The practice progresses through a broad range of dynamic states, including long periods of very small, private, and quiet internal activity and other times of higher energy and interactive dancing.”
For more information about the underscore: https://nancystarksmith.com/underscore/
Underscore Facilitator
Andrew Wass
Andrew looks to dissolve the boundaries between academic research and performance, Andrew Wass juxtaposes philosophy, cognitive science, and improvised dance to discover their theoretical commonalities. A member of Lower Left and a graduate of the SoDA program in Berlin, he completed a PhD in Dance at Texas Woman’s University. Andrew Wass has been investigating CI for several years and has performed with Nancy Stark Smith, Ray Chung, Ka Rustler, Chris Aiken, Scott Wells, Jess Curtis, among others.
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