Wednesday Jam

100 Grand Street,New York NY 10013

03 August, 2022

Description

Class into Jam with Elise Knudson***masks suggested this week***6:10-7pm class (doors open at 6and close at 6:15)7-9 pm jam (enter by 8pm)Class only: $15 Jam: $5-15 sliding scale Class + Jam = $20-$40 sliding scale *Buzz: Bill Young 2F If you need the elevator, look up to the camera and waveProof of vaccination required on first visit.Masks optionalJam Guidelines/Welcome Doc Join the whatsapp group :: CI Dancing NYC or FB group :: Contact Improv NYC for updates. ...and if you have something you'd like to offer, please reach out. https://chat.whatsapp.com/B65NqkUv4pi3l3c1Gq3ch5 ELISE KNUDSON is a New York City based dance artist. She taught Contact Improvisation for Movement Research and facilitates CI at festivals and studios such as Touch Festival (China), Leviathan Studio (Canada) WCCI Jam (Berkeley, USA) and Moab Jam (Utah). Elise has taught repertory and CI at Manhattanville College and Theory and Practice of Dance Improvisation at Yale University. She created NEXToNow, modeled after The Impermanent Society of Philadelphia to provide a platform for the practice of performing interdisciplinary free improvisation. Honored by the opportunity to perform improvised dance with Nancy Stark Smith, David Appel, Chris Aiken&Angie Hauser, Alicia Greyson and others, Elise has also enjoyed the opportunity to perform choreography with various Artists, including Christopher Williams, Jenni Hong Dance, Kiori Kawai/Purring Tiger, Risa Jaroslow, Jody Oberfelder and Koosil-ja/DANCE KUMIKO. Over the years Elise has choreographed aerial dances, experimental installations and concert dances for stages large and small. She is currently interested in developing fluidity between instantaneous and premeditated choreography.