This summer solstice we extend a warm invitation to join us in expanding and deepening our practice of Contact Improvisation with participation in The Global Underscore.
Please arrive at 8am to join a 40 minute talk-through, introducing the concepts of the Underscore. This is mandatory if you have never attended an Underscore before.
The Underscore will begin promptly at 8:45am. If you have attended a talk-through before you’re welcome to arrive at this time.
We will all start and end together. This is a closed container and we will not be allowing late-comers.
TIMELINE:
8am-8:40am Underscore Talk-Through with Arunima
8:45am-11:30am Underscore
11:30am-11:50am Closing Circle
COST:
$15-$20 etransfer or pay cash at the door if pre-registered (if money is a barrier please reach out to discuss options).
Please contact Arunima at ode.to.thylacine@gmail.com for registration, etransfer, questions, etc.
VENUE:
Victoria Truth Centre (2815 Cedar Hill Rd, Victoria, BC)
MORE INFO:
The Underscore, which has been evolving since 1990, is a vehicle for incorporating Contact Improvisation into the broader arena of improvisational dance practice; developing greater ease dancing in spherical space—alone and with others; and for integrating kinesthetic and compositional aspects while improvising. It allows for a full spectrum of energetic and physical expressions, embodying a range of forms and changing states. Its practice is familiar yet unpredictable.
The practice progresses through a broad range of dynamic states, including long periods of very small, private, and quiet internal activity and other times of higher energy and interactive dancing.
There are 20+ phases, 12+ connections, and 7 aspects of the Underscore—each with a name and a graphic symbol—which create a general map for the dancers. Within that frame, dancers are free to create their own movements, dynamics, and relationships—with themselves, each other, the group, and the environment. Each Underscore is unique, providing rich and often inspiring experiences of the human and artistic phenomena of dance improvisation.
https://globalunderscore.com/
https://nancystarksmith.com/underscore/