Here is the time breakdown for the 4 hours which didn't change from last year:

Proposition : in Paris, we will meet an half and an hour before to make sure we will have the time to share all the informations before the preambulation. Feel free to do the same if you feel that it could help to stay in the timing together.

00:00 - 00:30 - Arriving (initial circle, names, notes for the practice, etc)

00:30 - 00:40 - "hello,go!" - It is a time for opening the mind and the energy to the other places and people dancing...you might remember images,
people you know....etc. It is a creative time for each group to decide how to "connect" Perhaps people will choose to be alone, or maybe you do something as a group...up to you!!! We could also send good and positive thoughts towards the world hot points and people who might need it...

00:40 - 00:45 - Pre-ambulation (group circulates through the room, opening pathways in the space)

00:45 - Opening Small Dance (facing in the direction as we've written above for the circle)

After several minutes, on your own timing, this dance opens into the Full Score Practice of Nancy’s Score, or a Modified Score/Jam, or the rest of your evening if you are a satellite !)
more than 2 hours of dancing....

02h55 End (final resolution bell)

Take a few moments to find an end to this period of dancing in a final group image.

03:00 - 03:15 - Reflections (or quiet time,warm-down for those in the Modified Score/Jam)

03:15 - 03:50 - Harvest or Sharing (a circle where reflections are shared, spoken)

Modified score/jam group reflecting about score ideas for those practicing the score, or any images, sensations, tastes of the experience that you want to share.

- Final writing. You might use this time to write something together which will be shared later through email

03:50 - Closing Small Dance (facing the opposite direction toward the group who was behind you in the first small dance !!! compass and map could help here too) Satellites may be joining in again… Maybe this lasts fifteen minutes or not. Feel free to follow your own timing. Leave the small dance, and begin departing. Probably socializing happens after 04:00.

04:00 - "bye bye !" Final Bell. Departing (eating, drinking, socializing, you know...)


One more suggestion concerning few things easy to forget BUT quite important once you start the practice:

1) compass and map... ok this is clear...
2) a clock in order to be able to check the time at any moment and be together with all.
3) a bell or other to signal the last five minutes before resolution of the dancing and for the very end.
4) papers, pencils, colors for all kind of comunication ans artistic needs
5) water and drinks
5+) croissants for early breakfast in UE...

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Here is the description of the 3 forms of participation (just for your interest)

A. FULL SCORE PRACTICE. You are a community of dancers in which every dancer present is a part of a serious exploration of the ideas/perceptions/principles operating in Nancy's score (and behind that, in her work (and your own work) with Contact Improvisation). This probably means that several of you have studied and/or practiced the score with Nancy directly. Since the event, for you, is about practicing the score, even 1 or 2 dancers who are not familiar with her work will change the quality of the practice. Please feel free to set limits based on experience, and to contact us with any questions…

B. MODIFIED SCORE/JAM. You are a community of dancers who have various levels of experience with Nancy’s work. You may have one person who has studied with Nancy, but in general your experience as a group is in " jamming " and exploring improvisation. You might feel more resonance with a more open participation. For example, you might open and close with the small dance, and in the dancing section, you warm-up individually, circulate a bit, find a first partner for a contact improvisation dance, and then move into an OPEN JAM format. You might even end together at the final resolution time, take some time for personal reflection, rest, or warm-down, and then have a circle of sharing at the end. The circle might not necessarily be a "harvest" in terms of the perceptions of Nancy’s score, but would be a rich way of sharing your experience.

C. SATELLITE. You want to participate but are unable to for many reasons : you are alone, you have an obligation, etc. You might join us for the opening and/or closing Small Dance (both would be great!) to sort of "click-in" to sense the dancing, and to give your support. You know enough about the small dance to be able to explore it deeply for that brief shared time.


About the Small Dance, we thought that an excerpt from a Steve’s interview could be a support:

"All you have to do is stand up and then relax –
you know – and at a certain point you realize that
you’ve relaxed everything that you can relax but
you’re still standing and in that standing is quite
a lot of minute movement… the skeleton holding you
upright even though you’re mentally relaxing (…)"

From CQ Sourcebook Vol3 1977-78, p23

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Concerning the harvest we propose three possibilities :

1. During the dancing part of the score, for
harvesting, keep some blank pages, or a laptop open
in the space. The "on-going harvest" we called it.
This can eventually be shared over internet later
on.

2. After the score is finished, we can go onto the
adress email : underscoresolstice@yahoo.fr and send
harvests. The deadline for sending your harvests is
the 31st july. We will send a copy to each
coordinator email some weeks later.

3. A more in-depth harvest reflecting your
experiences and your vision for the future would be
welcome in the next months. This reflection you
might want to direct especially to us in the
underscore solstice email.


Thank you again for your collaboration, we are all starting to count the days off, please let us know if there's anything unclear as soon as possible and definetely we are looking forward to renew the experience with you !!!!

wishing you all a wonderful week,

Marika, Aline & Olivier