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Dancing with Gravity with Jesse Johnson and iemanjo Music



iemanjo served us a wonderful sound scape of blissful harmonics and Jesse Johnson led the Contact Improv. I got in some happy movements myself before and after this was shot. Classic times. ā€Ŗ#ā€ŽMondayeveningsā€¬ ā€Ŗ#ā€Žmovementisyouā€¬ ā€Ŗ#ā€Žconnectionenhancesperfectionā€¬

Music instrumentation by Ben Harris (iemanjo)
Contact Improv Teacher: Jesse Johnson (Dancing with Gravity)
Camera: David J Williams (Undakova)

Dancers Stephen, Srikala, Mar, Ben, Sepidah, Jesse Johnson

Join Jesse Johnson on this and every Monday this beautiful and bountiful SPRING for Dancing With Gravity! Come to dance from your heart, connect to your inspiration and expand your physical and emotional freedom to move!

Since this is the first Monday of June, we will again have Live Music featuring the improvisational sensitivities of the incredible Ben Harris.

Each class will support your comfort, transformation and ecstasy as you become more alive in your body. Explore and expand your bodyā€™s deep intelligence through moving meditations, massage, weight sharing, partner and group exercises. Play and have fun as you find flexibility, grace and self-expression in your own body.
:::All levels of experience welcome in every session:::

You will:
- dance and move with more freedom, comfort, flexibility, ease and expressiveness in all contexts including ā€œjammingā€ with a group
- develop concrete improvisation skills for dancing with a partner, including contact improvisation
- deepen listening and collaboration skills
- have fun while releasing inhibitions
- cultivate and nurture a dance practice that you can take with you anywhere

Long time dancer and teacher of contact improvisation, Jesse is delighted to have the opportunity to dive deeply into playful, co-creative, improvisational art making. Also a mediation and math teacher, Jesse is a master educator and creates an amazing container for transformation.

Mondays
7:30-9:30pm
$15 per class
or
$60 for 5 classes!!!!
25 First Ave, 2nd Fl.
NY, NY

PLEASE WEAR comfortable clothes including pants. no belts, minimal jewelry and knee pads if you have 'em. I'll also have some for rental or purchase.

Here's a little video to give you a taste of what to expect: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=450989041720517

"The prerequisites of creation are playfulness, love, concentration, practice, skill, using the power of limits, using the power of mistakes, risk, surrender, patience, courage and trust." - Stephen Nachmanovitch

http://relentlessjoy.com/dance
http://unitribe.net/

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