Contact Improvisation: Open Jam

Explore the fundamentals of Contact Improvisation, an open-ended form of dance that embraces the kinesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Build skills through exploring principles of weight sharing, embodied listening, and collaborative movement. Each session will be organized into two parts. The first half of each session will focus on a particular skill or principle. The second half of the session will move into an open jam (with some guidance), in which participants are able to integrate what they’ve been learning. All levels of experience are welcome.

Where: Creativity Center, 3137 Eastern Ave. Baltimore, MD 21224
When: WEDNESDAYS | APR 17, MAY 15, JUN 19 | 6:30-8:30PM
Age Range: 12+
Cost: Sliding Scale: $15 Accessible, $25 Standard, $35 Pay-it-Forward
Materials: None

Instructor Bio
Matthew Williams (they/them) is a Baltimore-based dancer, somatic facilitator, and lifelong student of the body. Their performance practice is inspired by the human body as a site for choice, liberation, and a means to be in relationship with place and community across differences. Matthew is engaged with Western Somatics, choreographic and improvisational movement arts, voice work, and the study of functional anatomy. They are currently a student of Somatic Experiencing and the Axis Syllabus. They are a longtime member and organizer of Move Move Collaborative, an annual movement intensive where artists gather in Baltimore to make a performance by consensus.