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  • Past Activities 2010

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    This is a section that can make you travel back in time,
    at least until 2003

    More infos : communication@contactimpro.org
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  • HOLIDAY JAM WITH PHIL SHINNICK

    Holiday Jam with Phillip Shinnick
    When: Saturday, December 11th - 1:30 to 3:30 PM
    Where: Belgo Building - Large Yoga Studio, first floor
    Cost: $4.00
    Holiday Jam, Saturday December 11th at the Belgo. Come to see Philip Shinnick from 1:30 to 3:30 PM in the large Yoga studio, at the 1st floor.
    For those who want a class, Phil will use half the large room to teach the 1st hour, and let the other half for a non-directed jam.
    Then people will all jam together the 2nd hour, using the (…)

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  • ACI Jam-Performance Evenings 2010: Trilogy of Colors

    Dates and Color Themes: Trilogy of Colors
    This year Nicoletta Dolce & Valerie Sabbah would like to invite you to Trilogy of Colors, a New ACI Series of Jam-Performance Evenings!
    Each evening will be dedicated to one color and, together, we will create a surprising collaborative evening of color. Jammers are encouraged to wear the color, dance the color, be the color!
    COLOR THEME 2: ORANGE
    Saturday May 8th, 2010
    Time: 8:00pm to 11:00pm
    Location: Centre Kinesphère, 1565 (…)

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  • SUNDAY CLASSES

    ACI presents 3 thematic series in CONTACT IMPROVISATION
    Fall 2010, from September 12 to December 5
    Sundays 10:30 am to 11:30 am
    at Studio 303, 372 Ste-Catherine W, 3rd Floor, PDA metro.
    It’s a great opportunity to have a wonderful warm up and to learn more about CI before practicing jams. All levels are welcome…
    1. Space
    September 12 to October 3, with Catherine Lessard
    An inside-out container that we will meet and fill with a state of presence conducive to touch and (…)

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  • CONTACT IMPROVISATION WITH CATHERINE LESSARD - FALL 2010

    REGULAR CLASSES AND WORKSHOP- FALL 2010 1- CI classes - Thursday evening from September 30 to November 25
    2- ’The Human Supports’ - advanced level on Tatami mats 3- Intensive workshop of instanteneous composition and contact improvisation from November 26 to 28
    1- Contact Improvisation and Dance Improvisation, with Catherine Lessard
    Fall 2010 Session
    ’The Contact Weave’
    Class & Focused Jam in Contact Improvisation - regular training for all levels (…)

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  • FACE BACK PROFILE

    Patricia Kuypers

    Perform by Patricia Kuypers, Andrew L. Harwood, Catherine Lessard, Moti Mark Zemelman and the musician Charles Van Goïtsenhoven.

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  • WORKSHOPS WITH PATRICIA KUYPERS (BELGIUM)

    For the 28 th Montreal Contact Improvisation Festival, ACI is hosting Patricia Kuypers from Belgium !!
    ’Finding Organic Supports in a Duet’ Contact improvisation workshop with Patricia Kuypers (Belgium)
    * November 1 - 4, 7 - 10 p.m., * at UQAM, 840 Cherrier St. East (room K-S1210), Sherbrooke metro MAP * $ 115 ($ 100 before October 1 - $ 90 students / unemployed), * Info: worksphere@hotmail.com 514-518-6240 * Payable and send to: ACI, 873 Léonard St., Ste-Thérèse, (…)

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  • MOVEMENT JAM WITH LIVE IMPROVISED MUSIC

    A new proposal from the ACI : the last Sunday of each month a professional musician is invited to join its sounds to our improvisations. This invitation to dance with improvised music awakes our desires for artistic collaborations, gives new colors to our dances, and helps us to experiment contact between sounds and movements in order to create unexpected openings within the framework of our weekly Jam .

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  • CI WORKSHOP WITH PHILIP SHINNICK

    This Fall… Down and Up
    Contact Improvisation classes with Philip Shinnick;
    Four Saturdays: September 18th and 25th, October 2nd and 23rd;
    1:30 to 3:30 PM;
    At the yoga studio, first floor of the Belgo buiding;
    Sliding scale, $40-$50 for the four classes
    If you want more info or to register:
    "Philip Shinnick"
    AU PLAISIR DE VOUS Y VOIR!

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  • IMPROVISING CONTACT IMPROVISATION WITH ANDREW HARWOOD AND BENNO VOORHAN

    Teachers: Andrew de L. Harwood & Benno Voorham (Sweden)
    Dates: Sept 27 – Oct 8 (10 days) • Mon-Fri, 9:30am to 12:30pm
    Location: Studio 303
    Cost: $150 (Emploi-Québec)
    For the complete information : [http://www.studio303.ca/en/classes/professionnal-level/harwood_voorham/->http://www.studio303.ca/en/classes/professionnal-level/harwood_voorham Contact Improvisation will be the common ground enabling us to continue deepening our skills into a rich kinaesthetic dialogue with others. By (…)

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  • SHOW ENCORPS

    June 2010, The collective Quel autre ? and ACI presented the show EnCorps. Blooming out of an initiative by Nicoletta Dolce (Co-founder of the collective Quel Autre?), the project EnCorps hosts five dancers and artists : Louis Guillemette, Catherine Lessard, Ricardo Olivares, Isaac Savoie and Nicoletta Dolce.
    The show features six works inspired by the principles of several approaches (classical, contemporary, contact improvisation, Thai, physical theatre). Based on a series of (…)

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  • LABORATORY VIDEO-DANCE - BENOIT DHENNIN

    WELCOME TO THE LABORATORY OF VIDEO-DANCE
    Benoît Dhennin gonna start a video and dance laboratory this wednesday !
    When ? each wednesdays of this Summer at 7:00 PM till 9:30 PM This until the 8th of August.
    Where ? At the studio Kinesphère on 1565 Mont-Royal East.
    Benoît began the dance around the same time as the video, 10 years ago. Since, the contribution of the body in my work of video does not stop increasing.
    He wish today to share this experience within a video laboratory and (…)

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  • SUMMER JAM IN THE COUNTRY

    Come dance, swim, sauna, walk in nature and sing in Sutton, QC
    at Auberge du Renouveau. www.aubergedurenouveau.com
    check out the gorgeous place!!!
    It will be friday to sunday this year from july 23-25.
    Cost $65 for the whole weekend !
    Meals will be pot-luck …
    To register contact :
    Marilyn Bronstein at bronste9@yahoo.com
    or just send in your registration to marilyn at 12 Dufferin RD, Mtl. Qc. H3X 2X6, include your name , phone email and your cheque.
    Also let me know if you (…)

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  • DANCING IN RELATION in EASTMAN (Qc)

    Workshop in the Country: Biodanza and Contact Improvisation
    For all levels
    July 9-10-11, 2010.
    Arrival Friday 10:00 am, end Sunday 5:00 pm
    At Le Foyer Rond, 400 ch. Gearges Bonnallie, Eastman (Eastern Tounships)
    Description: Catherine Lessard and Maira Martineza propose a 3 days retreat in the country, to express our organic movement, to fing the simple plaesure of embodying our lifes and opening our hearts.
    $200 before May 15, $235 before June 15, $270 thereafter (add $150 + (…)

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  • Sunday classes before the jam

    2010 A NEW FORMULA
    A theme each month given by the same teacher
    Pre-jam contact impro classes will recommence :
    – January 10, 2010
    – from 10:30 am to 11:30 am
    – At studio 303
    During 2009, the regular teachers will be : Catherine Lessard, Eryn Dace Trudell, Stéphanie Gaudreau, Nina Galea and Anthea Brown.
    Location : Studio 303 372, rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, 3e étage, Montréal (Québec) Metro Place-des-Arts (sortie Bleury sud) / autobus 15, 80 et 129

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  • CONTACT IMPRO CLASSES AND OTHERS WITH CATHERINE LESSARD

    UPCOMING CLASSES
    ’Here and Now’ : Workshop in Instant Composition (and CI) - for all levels - week-end May 21 to 23, 2010:
    Friday 6:30-9:00 pm, Saturday 11:00 am-5:00 pm (lunch break) and Sunday 2:30-5:00 pm
    Studio 303, 372 Ste-Catherine West st, 3rd floor (PDA metro)
    Description: a 3 days intensive to create in the present and in presence, to be readable and read, to allow the emergence of an authentic motion in contact, solo or group, to make choices and express clear (…)

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  • SUMMER SOLSTICE GLOBAL UNDERSCORE

    At Montréal, thirty CI dancers gathered and connected to those cities :
    Boulder, Colorado (USA), New York City (USA), Montreal (Canada), Connecticut College, Connecticut (USA), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Montevideo (Uruguay), Bristol (UK), London (UK), Latillé, Poitiers (France), Ibiza (Spain), Paris (France), Mallorqua (Spain), Bruxelles (Belgium), Marseille (France), Freiburg (Germany), Ponderosa, Stolzenhagen (Germany), Perth (Western Australian), Seoul (Korea), Melbourne (Australia), (…)

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  • A WEEK OF CLASSES WITH ANTHEA BROWNE

    HEALS OVER HEAD Teacher: Anthea Browne Dates: June 7-11 (5 days) • Mon-Fri, 9:30am to 12:30pm Site: Studio 303 Cost: $75 Open to all dancers and circus artists.
    Face the fear of turning upside down with games and exercises designed to raise your comfort level with inversion, and to give new understanding to its mechanics. We’ll use techniques from both yoga and dance to create more stability and safety. Develop your skills and confidence in a safe, nurturing space, and let go (…)

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  • SHOW EnCorps

    The collective Quel autre ? and ACI presente the show EnCorps.
    Blooming out of an initiative by Nicoletta Dolce (Co-founder of the collective Quel Autre?), the project EnCorps hosts five dancers and artists.
    Louis Guillemette, Catherine Lessard, Ricardo Olivares, Isaac Savoie and Nicoletta Dolce believe fundamentally in both the hybridity of genres as well as in meeting at the heart of their differences.
    The show features six works inspired by the principles of several approaches (…)

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  • AN INTERACTIVE IMPROV NIGHT

    AN INTERACTIVE IMPROV NIGHT
    The Red House Collective presents Endless Childhood/Winter Blossoms: An Interactive Improv Night.
    Combining a score of 15 musicians, 30 dancers and 20 painters, the event invites the spectators to integrate the music, dancing or painting; the performers are there to assure a cohesive structure to a multi-disciplinary improvisation. Based on the idea of concentric circles, there will be a shrine (installation art) in the center sur…rounded by 1) musicians, 2) (…)

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  • SKINNER RELEASING TECHNIQUE-CI WITH ERYN DACE TRUDELL

    For people interested in an Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) approach to Contact Improvisation
    Evening workshop March 28 to March 31
    Sunday to Wednesday 7-10pm
    Presented by Association of Contact Improvisation
    In this workshop we will study Contact Improvisation (CI) using the pincipals of Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT). We will explore multi-directional and multi-dimensional alignment, suppleness, suspension, economy and autonomy. Bringing this practice to CI expands our (…)

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  • A SINGLE CONTACT IMPROVISATION CLASS AND FOCUSED JAM

    A Glimpse of ’Contact Utopia’, with Lilly Picts (from UK) Only one evening in Montreal ! Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Class 6:30-8:30 pm, Focused Jam 8:30-10:00 pm At Circuit Est, Espace St-André, studio B 1881 St-André street, #100 Street entrance nap : 1-5-4 (rest hardly then to turn on the right) Studio and cloakroom nap : 25-1 (support 2 and 5 in the same time and then 1) 20$/evening, 5$/jam Information & registration: worksphere@hotmail.com or 514-518-6240 (Catherine) How can (…)

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  • SKINNER RELEASING TECHNIQUE TOWARDS CONTACT IMPROVISATION WITH ERYN DACE TRUDELL

    February 19 to 21, 2010.
    Fleur d’Asphalte, Studio de danse et création, 6847 Saint Hubert Friday 7-10pm, Saturday 10 am -5pm, Sunday 1-5pm
    Call 514-529-6635 for more information and registration.
    Cost $120
    We will use Skinner Releasing Technique ™ (SRT) to enhance our Contact Improvisation and apply it to set structures (harnessing) for improvisation or compositional creation. SRT is a dance training methodology combining technique with creative process, which is greatly (…)

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  • WEEK END OF JAM CONTACT IN THE COUNTRY

    AU RENOUVEAU
    Les 5 et 6 février 2010
    Responsable : Pierre Mathieu (biopierre@gmail.com)
    Information in FACEBOOK : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=267222959854
    Pour des photos ou le chemin pour s’y rendre : Auberge du renouveau

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  • WORKSHOP WITH PAULA ZACHARIAS ET ANDREW DE L. HARWOOD : DEPTH OF FIELD

    Teachers: Paula Zacharis & Andrew de L. Harwood (Argentina, Canada)
    Dates: Jan 25-29 (5 days) • Mon-Tues, 9am to 12:30pm & Wed-Fri, 9am to 1:30pm
    Location : Studio 303
    Cost: $100 (Emploi-Québec)
    This workshop-project is oriented towards experienced dancers, performers and creators and is designed to stimulate the imagination, cultivate a strong creative eye and extend that experience into other fields of perception thus developing a fuller dancing body and a deeper (…)

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  • Professionnal service

    Thai yoga massage and Clearheart bodywork : deep tissue, stretching and acupressure Anthea Brown - 514 686-1850 - peaceinpresence@gmail.com Aqua-therapy with Joel Muzard
    tel : 514-684-9574
    Info at :
    http://www.a-i-a.com/aqua-therapie/
    Give yourself well being for the mind and the body..:) Je transfère sur CD vos cassettes et vos disques vinyles 33-tours préférés, avec possibilité de montage. . Jacques (514) 528-1572 Massage Chinois, Suédois, Sportif, (au (…)

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  • INTENSIVE WORKSHOP IN BODY WORK AND CONTACT IMPROVISATION

    Saturday and Sunday January 16th and 17th, 2010
    10 am to 5 pm - Cost: $120
    Studio Fleur d’Asphalte 6847 St-Hubert street, Montréal
    Information : info@fleurdasphalte.com Tel†: 514-529-6635 In this workshop we will combine various approaches to body work (manipulations, Tai massage techniques and alignment work) with the duet dance form known as contact Improvisation. The body work will help open and repattern the body and help cultivate economy, efficiency and freedom of movement. (…)

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  • Le DISCOVERY BAL - Improvisations en danse et musique produit par AH HA Productions

    Un spectacle incluant : Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood, Marc Boivin et Chris Aiken
    avec la musicienne-compositrice Diane Labrosse
    DIMANCHE LE 10 JANVIER 2010 À 16H
    Dans l’Édifice Jean-Pierre Perreault
    2022 Sherbrooke Est (coin De Lorimier),
    Montréal, Québec
    Don suggéré: 10$
    Le groupe Discovery Bal, mettant en vedette les virtuoses de la danse improvisée Andrew de Lotbinière Harwood, Marc Boivin et Chris Aiken, ainsi que la musicienne-compositrice invitée Diana Labrosse (…)

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