Falling into Fall JAM

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The Falling into JAM in Bellingham is a Contact Improvisation weekend hosted by Carmen and Rajendra Serber, featuring a special workshop with Sabine Parzer and music by ..... We are lucky to have ..... 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 .

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.

September 12 ~ Friday day workshop with Sabine Parzer
September 12 and 14 ~ Friday evening, all day Saturday and Sunday

You can join us for ...

• Friday Workshop with Sabine Parzer (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). 🥑 🥗 🍱 🌶 🥦 🍜

Please let everybody you want to dance with know ~ share this post in email, on Facebook or wherever you are social.

🏕️ 🚗 🛏 Housing/Carpool
Upon receiving your registration/payment, you will get access to a self-serve spreadsheet to inquire about rides and housing.

Workshop with Sabine Parzer

Release.Activate.Connect 

Holistic Dance with focus on Contemporary Dance Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Feldenkrais Principles, Developmental Movement, Somatics

For all levels

 This workshop addresses our ability to be present with each breath, movement and connection, to dance in a state of deep release and immediate activation. Incorporating somatic principles, developmental movement and anatomical investigations with Improvisation, Release.Activate.Connect allows us to celebrate the mindfulness of our innate body wisdom.

Dancing works best when we allow ourselves to be soft and clear, in communication and connection to our own needs and others. Our goal in the improvisation is increased internal awareness, sensitivity, and connectivity that is available in the dance for self- referencing (anatomical/sensory) and connection, while dancing solo, with a partner or in group improvisations. 

Preliminary Schedule

Friday September 12 ~ workshop with Sabine Parzer 10am-4:30pm

10:00 Workshop
1:00 Lunch Break
2:30 Workshop

Friday September 12~ Jam starts

6:00  Open Space
7:00  Welcome mixer
7:30  Jam ~ music by

Saturday September 13

9:30 
10:30 
1:30  Lunch
3:30 Welcome activity
4:00  Class with
5:30 Evening break
7:15  Open Space
7:30 Focused Jam ~ No music

Sunday September 14

9:30 
11:30  
12:30  Lunch
2:00  Fall  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.