End of Winter JAM
The End of Winter JAM in Bellingham is a Contact Improvisation weekend hosted by Carmen and Rajendra Serber, featuring a special workshop with Rajendra and music by Serge Gubelman, Eric Mulhern and Sway. We are lucky to have Michal Lahav, Sheila Skemp, Dea Luvon and Beth Cooper as additional facilitators. On Sunday evening, we host another farewell dinner at our home, with an optional hearty gluten-free meal ($14) – freshly cooked by Reby Moon.
Join us to practice Contact Improvisation with the inspiration of classes, scores, labs, music and of course jamming. We are invested in creating a welcoming and safe container while also inviting the experimental nature of a radical community process.
At the Peace, Education and Somatic School (previously called the Aikido Peace Education Center) in the Masonic Hall, downtown Bellingham, WA.
February 28 ~ Friday day workshop with Rajendra Serber
March 1 and 2 ~ Friday evening, all day Saturday and Sunday
You can join us for ...
- Friday Workshop with Rajendra Serber (including Friday evening) $80 to $150.
- The Jam Weekend (Friday evening - Sunday) $80 to $300.
- Workshop and Jam Weekend $150 to $300.
- Sunday farewell dinner at Carmen and Rajendra's. Optional ($14). 🥑 🥗 🍱 🌶 🥦 🍜
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🏕️ 🚗 🛏 Housing/Carpool
Upon receiving your registration/payment, you will get access to a self-serve spreadsheet to inquire about rides and housing.
Workshop with Rajendra Serber
Sharing Center, Sharing Space
In this class we will explore our connection to ourselves and our relation to the people and the space we are dancing in.
In the first half we will practice the Point of Contact in relationship to our whole body, gravity, and the earth. Exploring how it feels to reach the earth through our partner’s skeletal structure. Sharing our weight dynamically and safely. Allowing this score to move us into the unexpected.
In the second half we will expand this awareness to include the space we occupy. Moving in and out of physical contact with our partners. We will use all the brains and all the senses of the body to inhabit a state of multidirectional responsiveness. Finding physical continuity grounded in the support of our group – we will explore the magic of moving together.
Preliminary Schedule
Friday February 28 ~ workshop with Rajendra Serber 10am-4:30pm
10:00 Workshop
1:00 Lunch Break
2:30 Workshop
Friday February 28 ~ Jam starts
6:00 Open Space
7:00 Welcome mixer
7:30 Jam ~ music by Serge
Saturday March 1
9:30 Deepening Embodiment with Dea
10:30 Underscore* with Michal
1:30 Lunch
3:30 Welcome activity
4:00 Class with Sheila
5:30 Evening break
7:15 Open Space
7:30 Focused Jam ~ No music
Sunday March 2
9:30 Wake up Jam music by Eric and Sway
11:30 Investigating the Energetic Arc with Beth
12:30 Lunch
2:00 Winter harvest score
4:00 Closing Round 🐪 🐡 🐙
4:30 Clean up
6:00 Farewell dinner at Carmen and Rajendra's (optional), ($14)
*The Underscore was developed by Nancy Stark Smith in the 90's. It is a spacious experience shared by the participants which can spark surprising kinesthetic and compositional improvisation and Contact Improvisation within this defined framework.