Fundamentals of Contact Improvisation
FREE Introductory Class!

Saturday, May 27th: 4:30-6:30pm

Contact Improvisation is a physical movement inquiry based on the principles of touch, momentum, shared weight and subtle sensitivity.Explore layers of your body’s natural kinesthetic awareness and somatic aliveness in this introductory class.We will investigate key Contact principles:

- Dynamic movement from the core to periphery
- Rolling point of contact
- Sharing and giving weight

This FREE intro class will be followed by a 4 week series. All levels of experience are welcome!

Instructors:

Mali Jarvis has been practicing Contact Improvisation since 2007 as her main movement and meditation practice. She is also a bodyworker and teacher of Thai Massage, Abdominal Massage, Self care and The Healing Process. Her approach to CI is inseparable from the healing arts.

Jaye Marolla began dancing Contact Improvisation in 2009 and brings a wealth of somatic inquiry via an extensive background in martial arts, Thai Bodywork, functional movement training and Qigong. A teacher of both Contact Dance and Thai Bodywork Jaye loves exciting others towards a genuine curiosity of the unending capacities and nuances of the human body.