WCCIF 2009
June 30 & July 1st: new! West Coast Contact Improvisation Teachers' Exchange (WeCITE)
July 2-7: FESTIVAL! (Including all new! night class for workers, curated performance, Deepening Investigation Day-DID)
July 8: Teacher Dialogue & Evaluation Day (WrapUp)
We can't wait to see you for another great festival this summer.
2009 Organizing Staff Team (OST)
Ali, Kim, Jen and Rajendra
Click below for this year's 5-day intensives and single classes. Stay tuned for more details about 2009 labs, discussions, performances and jams.
Registration options include: Full Fest, All Single Classes, Intensive Only and Public Day Only. Attend 1 night's Jam or attend all 5! with the All Jams & Shows Night Pass.ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. The deadline for early registration (save over $50.00) is April 1, 2009.
Opening Day: Thursday, July 2, 2009.
Registration Opens: 2pm
Facilitated Warm-up for Jam: 4pm
Jam Opens: 5pm
Opening Circle, Small Circles: 7-8pm
Jams Continue: 8-11pm.
Performances
Curated Performance: Sunday, July 5, 8pm
Informal Performance: Monday, July 6, 8pm
Can't attend the whole fest? Want to introduce your friends to the dance?
Join us for PUBLIC DAY, Sunday, July 5, 1pm, an afternoon of classes and events for newcomers to try, and an evening of two jam rooms and our Curated Performance at 8pm!
Required On-Site Check-In
Please check-in at the registration table when you first arrive - even if you are pre-registered! Check-in is required of all participants, and the process has changed from previous years. PLEASE ARRIVE WITH AMPLE TIME TO CHECK-IN BEFORE ALL CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES.
Classes: Are first come, first served and they fill up quickly. We recommend arriving early to classes you really want to attend. No pre-registration is available for individual single classes.
Informal Performance: Students are highly encouraged to perform work in progress and exchange feedback. Rehearsal space and time is available and included within full festival tuition.
Jams: Occur every evening 8pm-midnight, Thursday through Monday, with two Focused Rooms:
Silent Jam in one, and Facilitated Group Warm-up and Scores in the other.
Work Exchange (WEX): 5 and 10 hour positions are available for $50 and $100 off of festival tuition. Contact the organizers early for a WEX application, as WEX is given first come, first served. Email preferred at contact at wccif dot org, put "WEX" in subject line.
Scholarships: A limited number of scholarships are available. For an application,
email: contact at wccif dot org with SCHOLARSHIP in the subject line. Scholarship applications must be filled out and RECEIVED by WCCIF no later than May 1, 2009.
Location of WCCIF 2009: The festival takes place at the Eighth Street Studios Complex also known as "The Sawtooth Building" located at 2525 Eighth Street (at Dwight Way) in Berkeley, CA 94710. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Intensive Offerings
The Art of Simplexity
Fundamentals - Mixed Ability
Vitali Kononov
Rosemary Hannon
5-day Fundamentals Intensive. Discovering simple principles that expand our choices, we will explore CI FUNdamentals for complex physical relationships and enjoyable dancing.
more...Prerequisites: None.
Explosive Cocktail: CI, Tango and Martial Arts
Intermediate
Javier Cura
Contact, Tango and Tai Chi are movement forms that focus on the relation to the other. Using the dynamics of fluids as an image metaphor, we will bring together common elements to create a richer and liberating form of physical expression.
more...Prerequisites: Participants should be comfortable with grounding (through one or both legs), basic lifts and falling skills. Have a prolonged regular CI practice, and be comfortable receiving observation and movement analysis from instructor.
Bodies that Speak: Activating the Embodied Mind
Advanced
Nita Little
When encouraged, the boundless mind enhances the bound body. How this explodes our CI possibilities has been my personal quest for 36 years. This performance oriented class bridges improv forms, language and materials.
more...Prerequisites: Participants should have a solid grasp of complex weight interactions and easily incorporate multiple forms of counterbalance. They should readily orient in any spatial direction, including in inversions. They are expected to fly and fall easily and safely and communicate non-verbally with their partners. Participants must be comfortable both creating and performing solo and duet work in front of peers in class. This is a performance oriented class.
Schedule 2009
Attendance optionsThese are the FOUR Attendance options:
- Full Festival
- All Single Classes Pass (1pm-midnight July 2-6: includes 8 class sessions, 5 lunchtime events, plus 5 evening night jams & 2 shows--admittance to 20 events total.) All Single Classes Pass Holders are free to attend less than all 20 events, and attend whichever single days/classes they choose.
- Intensive Only (5 morning 11am sessions, includes 10am Warmups)
- Public Day July 5 (1pm-midnight)
5-Night and Single-Night Jam Passes are available. Evening Jams are 7:30-11:30pm. Shows are 8pm.
The festival is an immersion-learning event, and therefore does not offer individual classes or day attendance other than Public Day.
Use your mouse to roll over Activity Names to see short descriptions, or click on any items to see long description and teacher bios.
Schedule KEY
F = Fundamentals
I = Intermediate
A = Advanced
MA = Mixed Ability: teacher is prepared to adapt class for disabled and non-disabled dancers. Disabled dancers are welcome and encouraged to attend ANY classes of interest on the schedule. Classes labeled Disabled/Non-disabled are taught by teachers specifically prepared to adapt material and otherwise accomodate disabled dancers.
Studio Location Note: the "Front Porch" is the sunny double-door entrance to the SawTooth Bldg. It's where outdoor activities meet up before traveling to nearby outdoor location.
Studio
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Tuesday 7/7
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Sunday 7/5
Monday 7/6
Tuesday 7/7
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Thursday 7/2
Friday 7/3
Saturday 7/4
Sunday 7/5
Monday 7/6
Tuesday 7/7
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Friday 7/3
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Sunday 7/5
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Schedule KEY
F = Fundamentals
I = Intermediate
A = Advanced
MA = Mixed Ability: teacher is prepared to adapt class for disabled and non-disabled dancers.
Activities
Events
Post-WCCIF 2010
Advanced Workshop & Site Performance, Theater Performances and After-Party
Past Events
West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival 2010
WCCIF, now in its 23rd consecutive year, is the longest-running Contact Improvisation (CI) Festival worldwide. Join us for a week of Innovation & Research, pushing the edges of the form.
New Year's Intensive 2010
CIRF's annual weekend New Year's Intensive (NYI).
2.5 Days of concentrated training and creative challenge with CIRF Faculty.
West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival 2009
See the Archive for other past events.
Teachers
TeachersAaron Jessup
Aharona Israel
Ali Woolwich
Carol Swann
Javier Cura
Karin Moriarty
Kristen Greco
Lawrenzo Share
Lemmer Schmid
Mark Koenig
Mary Ann Brooks
Nita Little
Petra Kuppers
Rajendra Serber
Ralf Jaroschinski
Rebecca Bryant
Rosemary Hannon
Shel Wagner Rasch
Stefanie Cohen
Tamin Totzke
Teri Carter
Val Smith
Vitali Kononov
Now Accepting Performance Proposals
The application process for performance at WCCIF 2009 is now CLOSED. The following application is posted for your reference. Application for 2010 will be available in Fall of 2009.
CALLING ALL DANCERS!
West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival 2009
invites you to propose a performance work for our professional curated performance evening, Sunday July 5, 2009. Performance will take place at 2525 8th Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. You must submit a complete submissions packet, as outlined below, by APRIL 20, 2009.
THIS IS NOT A POSTMARK DEADLINE. We must have your packet in hand, delivered either via email or post, by April 20th. (If emailing, the subject line should read: performance proposal: (insert your name)
Incomplete submissions or submissions which disregard material guidelines will NOT be considered.
Please contact Kim at contact@wccif.org with any questions.
2. You must be available for a brief technical rehearsal that Sunday, July 5, from 5-7pm, and performance at 8pm.
3. Attendance at other activities at WCCIF 2009 is not required in order to perform.
Submission Requirements:
Your proposal consists of the following three items:
1.
Written TITLE & DESCRIPTION of the proposed piece. MUST include:
a. Your name and contact information, including telephone, email, and post address.
b. Total number of performers,
c. Total run time of piece (NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN MINUTES)
d. Any known tech requirements
--Tech Requirements include: number of musical tracks burned on one CD (max 3), number of mood shifts requiring lighting changes (max 3), lighting special (such as spotlight or gel color) required (max 1 of each).
e. Visual/thematic description and anything else you would like us to know in consideration of your proposal.
2.
WORK SAMPLE - URL or DVD is acceptable.
Work sample video of continuous performance --
minumum: 5 minutes.
maximum: 12 minutes.
Clearly label DVDs with name of applicant, phone number and email. Include a postage-paid envelope if you would like your DVD returned.
3. PERFORMER BIO for online program. A Bio for the proposing dancer/choreographer is REQUIRED. In addition, you may submit bios for other dancers in piece at your discretion. (WCCIF Teachers: this is separate from your teacher bio.)
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A $75 honorarium will be paid per piece chosen.
Accepted proposals will be officially announced April 30, 2009.
If you require DVD duplication or transfer services (transferring footage from VHS or mini-DV, etc) for your work samples, Hi-Speed Duplicating in San Francisco is offering a 20% discount for all video services related to WCCIF!
Call Roberto at (415) 543 - 7396 or visit http://hispeedduplicating.com .
Hi Speed Duplicating
336 6th St. (between Folsom and Harrison)
San Francisco, CA 94103.
SEND SUBMISSIONS TO:
contact@wccif.org
subject line: performance proposal: (insert your name)
OR
WCCIF - performance
1005 Market St. #411
San Francisco, CA 94103
And again, please contact Kim at contact@wccif.org with any questions. Email is the most expedient method, but you may also reach her at 917.434.4350. If you reach voicemail, clearly leave a phone number, your name, and a good time to reach you.
We look forward to receiving your proposal!