Contact Improvisation Los Angeles
Welcome to the Web home of contact improvisation for Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Southern California.
Carmela Hermann (left) and Sarah Swenson enjoying the dance. Photo by Gail Brooks.
On this page:
- The Latest
- Upcoming Contact Improvisation Events
- New to Contact Improvisation?
- Los Angeles area jams
- CI-LA Discussion Group
- Los Angeles Contact Improvisation Newsletter
The Latest
Important: NO JAM ON SUDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008!
Dance home is being renovated, we will return to the refreshed space on September 21st!
Beginner's Jam on September 21st: Stephanie Coen
Be-or-bring-a-beginner night! The one-hour class to be taught by Stephanie Cohen.
Stefan Fabry videos on YouTube
Stefan Fabry has posted some new videos on YouTube of his contact improvisation performances with Shel Wagner Rasch, Stephanie Nugent, and Kristen Smiarowski. They include a performance from iDFest 2006 that is particularly impressive.
See all six of Stefan's CI performances at http://www.youtube.com/stefanfabry.
LA jam in the LA Times
The Los Angeles Contact Improvisation Jam was featured in an article about contact improvisation in the Los Angeles Times on Monday, July 31, 2006. Janet Cromley interviewed a number of people from our community and attended the LA jam. Then she wrote all about it in an article titled "Three, two, one — contact!"
We believe this is the first time the LA Times has done an article about contact improvisation, and may be the first article about contact improvisation in a major US newspaper in at least ten years.
Unfortunately, the article is no longer available for free and has drifted into the LA Times Archives. However you can view the abstract and purchase the full text for a fee.
New to Contact Improvisation?
If you're new to contact improvisation, start with our new to CI? pages.
Los Angeles area jams
Los Angeles - Santa Monica
The Los Angeles - Santa Monica jam takes place every Sunday evening from 6:30 pm to 9 pm at:
Dance Home
522 Santa Monica Blvd.
(between 5th and 6th Sts.)
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(View Google map (with Street View).)
Cost is $7 or what you can pay; your second time is free.
Get more information on the LA jam: specifics, directions, and parking.
Laguna Beach
The Laguna Beach jam is usually a three-hour class followed by potluck lunch, then a three-hour jam on the first Saturday of each month.
The next Laguna Beach jam is currently scheduled for TBA.
Get more information on the Laguna Beach jam: class descriptions, directions, etc.
CI-LA Discussion Group
There is a mailing list/discussion group for the LA contact improvisation community, hosted by Yahoo!Groups. The list functions to discuss issues relating to contact improvisation, conduct jam administration business, provide for Web-based community interaction, and make occasional CI-related announcements. To sign-up, send e-mail to Ci-LA-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ci-LA/ for more information.Los Angeles Contact Improvisation Newsletter
The Los Angeles Contact Improvisation Newsletter contains announcements for contact improvisation and other dance and dance-related events and opportunties on the west coast, particularly in the southern CA and Bay areas. The Newsletter was founded by Luke Johnson and is currently maintained and edited by Sarah Swenson.
The newsletter currently exists in a Google groups format. To receive the newsletter, go to the group page at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/LAContactImprovNewsletter. You may need to create a Google account in order to sign up. You may also write sarahvox@earthlink.net directly to simply receive a daily digest.
Questions, feedback, suggestions? Send e-mail to webmaster "AT" contactimprovla "dot" com.
Last updated Monday, September 08, 2008, 12:01 am.