Ali Woolwich

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Contact: HumilitySwim

San Francisco, CA,

http://www.humilityswim.org

I am a Contact Improv Teacher and Jam/Event Organizer.

Regular workshops and CI videowork info on HumilitySwim Dance and Media Arts website.
Staff at CounterPULSE.org, venue of the oldest SF Jam and CI Class Series takes place on Tuesdays, co-sponsored by HumilitySwim.org. Class 6:30-8:30pm, Jam 8:30-11:30pm. $15 Class, $18 Class and Jam, $5 Jam.

Alyssa DeCaro

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415 971-6452

Contact: Opening Presence

1407 39th Avenue
San Francisco, CA, 94122,

http://www.OpeningPresence.com

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

Amy Impellizzeri

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Contact: Elemental Balance

CA,

http://www.elementalbalancework.org

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

cinzia Gloekler

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415 2150471

CA, 94610,

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

ISAN

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(530) 903-6694

Contact: Aaron Jessup

1786 Filbert St.
San Francisco, CA, 94123,

www.isantrips.com

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

Aside from teaching contact I am the founder of the Institute for the Study of Awareness in Nature (ISAN). We offer awareness-oriented backpacking trips, including those with a C.I. focus. Coming up in September 06: Sierra Wilderness Trek with Nita Litt

Katja Irvin

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San Jose, CA,

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

Teach contact in Palo Alto with Karin Moriarty - Mixed-level classes and community-oriented jamming and performance

Kira Maria Kirsch

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14157246778

669 24th street B
Oakland, CA, 94612,

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

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BIOGRAPHY

Kira Maria Kirsch, born in East-Berlin, studied modern dance and pedagogy at the conservatory of Vienna. She was granted with scholarships of t a n z p o o l and the Austrian Arts Council to deepen and further her movement studies and artistic activities. Among many others she studied with Frey Faust for seven years and is a certified Axis Syllabus instructor. Since 2004 she gets invited to lead wksps and classes in both dance technique and contact improv all around Europe and California. Most recently she performed in the works of Liyana Silver(US), Sara Shelton Mann(US), Erika Tsimbrovsky(RUS), Pipaluk Supernova/Half Machine(DK), PARTS and Frey Faust's ABCD Collective(EU). This year she started to collaborate with Hana Erdman(US) making own work. Dedicated to deconstruct aesthetics, critical movement research and finding through-and-through embodiment they presented their experiments at the 418 project (Santa Cruz) and at Moments Notice (Berkeley).

Leralee Whittle

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505.660.9341

Nomadic, CA,

http://www.laleelee.com

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

My teaching stresses the idea of developing a "relational body" that generates creative impulse as a response to being in relationship to others, the ground, inanimate objects, space and time.

Leralee Whittle danced and performed for 20 years, largely in the California Bay Area and now tours around the states teaching and performing. She is La Lee Lee Performance and co-director of Whittle and Sprawl multimedia. For over a decade, she worked extensively with Nita Little, one of the pioneers of CI and improvisational work. Leralee has taught Post Modern Dance, Contact Improvisation, Dance Improvisation, Embodiment Field, Wiggle Room-interdisciplinary dance workshop, Nita Little's Mind in Motion and creative dance workshops for communities.

Luna Baron

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Oakland, CA, 94608,

http://lunabaron.com

I am a Contact Jam/Event Organizer.

Maxima Kahn

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530.273.3566

Grass Valley, CA, 95945,

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

I lead a weekly class and jam in Grass Valley, CA in the Sierra Foothills, which I've been leading since Fall of 2005. We have a wonderful, warm-hearted group of about 20-30 folks in the community, with about 12 showing up on any given night, mixed levels. I also bring out-of-town teachers in to lead weekend workshops, and I'm available to travel and teach workshops. I've been studying CI since something like 1989, always learning and growing and loving it, and bringing in elements from other movement studies. In my teaching I focus on CI as an art/dance form, an awareness practice, a tool for self-revelation and self-change, and a source of endless fun and discovery. I tend to go more into the psychological and healing aspects of CI than other teachers I know. I would love to teach at festivals or do a workshop in your community.

My email address is: max@maximakahn.com (the link above doesn't work!)

Nhan Ho

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Contact: sjDANCEco

4th Street & Paseo de San Antonio in Downtown San Jose
San Jose, CA,

I am a Contact Improv Teacher and Jam/Event Organizer.

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sjDANCEco
presents
Contact IMPROV Jam

Hosted by Nhan Ho
When: Once a MONTH,
Dates: September 9th, 2011, October 7th, 2011, Upcoming Months: TBA
Times: 8-10pm (8-9pm Class, 9-10pm Jam)
Where: SJSU's Washington Square Hall 204
FREE!!!!

This Jam Session is an opportunity for dancers, musicians, and other artists to collaborate in an open space. There are no rules or structure for the evening. Just enjoy the process or be an audience. This venue was created to provide a space for artists who want to explore the endless possibilities of improv and contact improv. Feel free come and go as you wish. All ages and levels are welcome. Live accompanists and other artists is highly appreciated for the contribution of the evening. We hope to continue this Jam as an ongoing event monthly and that you will join us whenever you can. Thank you.

Nita Little

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831-818-1559

660 54th St. #4
Oakland, CA, 94609,

http://nitalittle.com

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

I participated in the emergence and development of CI and have joyfully been dancing CI since before Steve Paxton gave it a name. I was the first ongoing CI teacher in the bay area - following our first west coast tour in the 1972 (with Steve, Nancy and Curt Siddall). I have just returned to the Bay and will be teaching workshops and classes here. I currently teach an on-going CI class at ODC in San Francisco (Sat 12:15 - 2:00) and I travel internationally on a regular basis. I am in the process of getting a PhD in performance studies from UC Davis. My dissertation on embodied states of attention in dance will become a book.

Quinton Bennett

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415-205-1147

814 carmel
Albany, CA, 94706,

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

I have been avidly practicing and teaching since the mid 90's. I have a strong technical background, mostly teach center to center lifting, catching, and falling of all kinds with much physicality and detail, I really enjoy detail.

Rana Satori

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415-686-2404

Contact: Fairfax Contact jam

Fairfax, CA, 94930,

http://www.rocodance.com

I am a Contact Improv Teacher and Jam/Event Organizer.

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Rana is Founder of the Marin Contact Jam, Founding Artistic Director of the Shamanic Cheerleaders, a member of the clown company Fou Fou Ha!, a stiltwalker for Earth Circus and performs avidly around the Bay Area. She is also a graduate of the Tamalpa Institute and 2 year assistant teacher with Anna Halprin. Rana balances the structure and athleticism of contact improv with playful mindfulness to create a fun environment for learning.

Teri Carter

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310-488-9879

Contact: somafest@tericarter.com

PO Box 241193
Los Angeles, CA, 90024,

http://tericarter.com

I am a Contact Improv Teacher and Jam/Event Organizer.

This member can host out-of-town jammers.

Contact Improv and Somatic Movement in L.A. at the SOMA Fest, aka Somatic Movement Arts Festival, Oct 6-11 2009. Also, check out Contact & Connect, a class weaving CI and Continuum Movement in L.A. Apr 12, May 18, June 21, July 19, Aug 30, Sept 13, Oct 25. Teri's a long time CI teacher, Somatic Movement Educator, and dancer leading workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad. Check out www.somafest.org and www.tericarter.com

Trish

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415-385-4376

PO Box 170706
San Francisco, CA, 94117,

http://www.ZephrumGates.com

I am a Contact Improv Teacher.

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Tricia Riel..."Trish" has been involved in creative pursuits of all kinds since her first big role as a snowflake at age 5. She spent years in the performance art scene in San Francisco (with "Contraband," "Wise Fool Puppet Intervention," & being a Dance Class Addict to many great teachers... Sarah Shelton Mann, Julie Kane, Kim Epifano, & more. She has training in Dell Arte’, numerous dance forms, Partner-Acrobatics, Theatical Improv, Trapeze, Clowning, Bodywork, on-camera work, & traditional acting. She is the author of “Zephrum Gates & The Mysterious Purple Haze,” she has the most amazing dog in the world, she loves to juggle, and she can write while she sleeps. She also has a trapeze in her living room. Small, but mighty.

Vitali Kononov

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510-703-1085

Contact: nonoDance company

1522 Bonita Ave.
Berkeley, CA, 94709,

http://www.nonodance.com

I am a Contact Improv Teacher and Jam/Event Organizer.

Ongoing weekly Saturday pre-jam class in Berkeley since 2009. Workshops, classes and private sessions in contact improvisation and Somatic Movement Therapy worldwide. To organize a workshop in your area please email me at vitali at artsomatic.org

Berkeley Contact Jam and CI Fundamentals class: every Saturday, class 1:30-3:30pm
$12
jam 3:30-6pm $5

8th Street Studio, Sawtooth Building,
2525 8th Street (at Dwight Way) Berkeley, CA

Teachers: Rosemary Hannon (415-595-1880) and Vitali Kononov (510-703-1085)

WEBSITE: www.nonodance.com