New or out-of-practice with Contact Improvisation? CIRF's Fundamentals classes are for you.
CIRF Fundamentals classes serve those who are returning from a year or more away from regular/weekly CI practice, those who want to revisit "beginners' mind" for refresher, warm-up, and study of teaching skills, and dancers/movers with less than 2 years experience with Contact Improvisation classes and weekly practice (regardless of self-labeling as "beginner" or not).
All CIRF Intermediate and Advanced classes and intensives require students to have a firm grasp of CI Fundamentals and a current regular/weekly CI practice (ongoing for at least 2 years). Fundamentals will not be reviewed in Intermediate and Advanced classes. Participants unable to demonstrate the prerequisite skills in the first class exercise will be instructed to switch to the appropriate Intermediate or Fundamentals class. In the interests of injury prevention and quality learning, prerequisites will be enforced. For information on upcoming classes and jams in your region that can help you assess your experience level, please email: contact (at) ci-rf (dot) org.
Specific prerequisites for this year's published programs are listed below. For WCCIF programming, Single Class prerequisites are available in the full schedule (just click on the name of the class to view); these will also be posted at each studio door onsite.
CIRF Prerequisites:
Intermediate
at least 2 years’ current CI practice.
familiarity with:
jam partnering & etiquette, inversions, falling, rides/lifts
comfort with:
maintaining rolling point, counterbalance, taking/giving weight
Advanced
at least 5 years’ current CI practice.
familiarity with:
score/ensemble work, integrated D/N dancing, states work,
performance, assisting a teacher demo.
comfort with:
jam partnering & etiquette, inversions, falling, taking/giving weight,
rides/lifts, adapts well with speed/distance/varied-sized partners.
Teacher-Specific Prerequisites.
New Year's Intensive Jan 1-3 2010
Research Into Scores with Brenton Cheng and Jennifer Chien
This intensive is for dancers who already feel comfortable coming to a jam and initiating and ending contact dances. For the full description go to the NYI Event link.