Contact Improvisation Los Angeles
Laguna Beach Jam
Please note: the Laguna Jam has been suspened until further notice.The Laguna Beach Class and Jam takes usually takes place on the first Saturday of every month at the Neighborhood Congregational Church in Laguna Beach, CA. It's an all-day affair that provides a solid day of dancing as well as an occasion for the Los Angeles and San Diego contact improvisation communities to interact and intermix. Watch this space for confirmation on upcoming dates and class details. The church is located at Cleo St. and Glenneyre St. in Laguna Beach. (View Google map.)
Basics
Class and Jam is held in the Bridge Hall of the Laguna Congregation Church on Glenneyre between St Ann's Dr. and Cleo St. The church is two blocks from the beach, close to downtown and nearby restaurants. The dance space is big and beautiful and sunny but can be cool in the morning.
Morning class: 10pm to 1pm, $15
Break for lunch
Afternoon jam: 2pm to 5pm, $5
Here's a picture of the space and, um, a few people doing contact together. Kirk Andrews looks away from the camera while standing and holding Lucy Boyd-Wilson's foot, whose other foot touches Paul (P.A.) Edwards balancing on top of a bent-over Andrea Sea. Left to right, Tom Huntington, Brett Featherstone, and John Dowell lie in the foreground, June 2004. Photo by Sarah Swenson.
Next jam: TBA
Directions
from Los Angeles East or Downtown (closer to I-5)
Take the 5 south to the Laguna Canyon Rd./133 South exit. Follow it all the way to the T-end at the beach and go Left on the Pacific Coast Highway, follow to the fourth stop light and go Left on CLEO St. (you will see a Ralph's Supermarket) Go one block and turn right on Glenneyre, then immediately left into the church parking lot. The dance space is through a small archway and up the stairs of the main building and then on your left.
from Los Angeles West or beach cities (closer to 405)
Take 405 South to 73 south, exit MacArthur. Go Left on Pacific Coast Highway, continue through downtown Laguna. Take a left at Cleo St. Go one block and turn right on Glenneyre, then immediately left into the church parking lot. The dance space is up the small stairwell in the main building and on your left.
from San Diego
Take the I-5 north just past San Clemente (55 miles approx.) Take the BEACH CITIES exit, Continue straight off that exit for approx. 10 miles on PCH. You will then be in Laguna Beach. Eventually you go past stoplights at Cress, Thalia. Take a RIGHT at the next stoplight which is Cleo St. Go one block and turn right on Glenneyre, then immediately left into the church parking lot. The dance space is up the small stairwell in the main building and on your left.