Contact Improvisation 'Class & Jam' with Sole de la Hoz
Fri 27 Sept
|The Old School Rooms
Join Sole de la Hoz for a Contact Improvisation warm up, class and jam with musical support from Temenos founder FX10K
Time & Location
27 Sept 2024, 19:00 – 22:00 BST
The Old School Rooms, 2a Powerscroft Rd, Lower Clapton, London E5 0PU, UK
About the event
Contact Improvisation returns to Temenos after a long summer break with Sole de la Hoz leading a 'Class & Jam' session.
Contact Improvisation (CI) is a form of improvised partner dancing that has been developing internationally since 1972. It involves the exploration of one's body in relationship to others by using the fundamentals of sharing weight, touch, and movement awareness. It has evolved into a broad global community of social dancing around "jams" characterized by their welcoming attitude towards newcomers to dance, as well as seasoned practitioners.
We love hosting Contact Improvisation sessions at Temenos because they are often the most rich and engaging environments for exploring movement. While CI might be intimidating for some, it is actually a beautiful and rich medium of communication where the language of the body takes centre stage and the music takes a back seat. Rather than focusing on finding the rhythm in the…