Chicago Contact Improvisation 

Sunday Jam @ Links Hall 

3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

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Sunday Jam Dates: 2024

DATE  - Teacher - masking status

Sept 8th - Mo - required

Sept 22nd - Rad - required

Sept 29th - Tim - OPTIONAL

Oct 6th - No Class - Long Jam - mask required

Oct 20th - Kellyn - mask required

Oct 27th - Naomi - mask optional  - MUSIC JAM



Next BIPOC Affinity Jam date: Nov 17th




Are masks required? It depends


How will I know if a jam is masked or mask-optional?

How do I register for the jam?


Fill out the Registration Form once or anytime your basic info changes, then show up to dance!


Sign Up before the jam is no-longer required.

What happens at the jam? 

The Sunday jam opens with a structured class with a teacher, followed by a minimally structured “Open Jam” typically without music, facilitated by members of Jam Support. 

Brand new folks are encouraged to attend!


Location

Links Hall:  3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618


Schedule

Most Sundays, see dates above

11:30 -11:55  Arrive

11:55 -1:00 Opening Circle and Class

1:00 - 2:15   Open Jam

2:15 - 2:30    Closing Circle


Requirement to attend class 

Fill out the Registration Form once or anytime your basic info changes

Newcomers and those who have not attended the space in 6 months are required to attend class before the jam. 


Actively observing from off the dance floor is a valid way to participate in class


Circle up!

The Opening Circle is a place to state your name, your pronouns, your access needs for the day (conditions that will allow you to fully participate), any wishes you might have for future dances, and other useful information for people to know, such as recent injuries you’d like others to be mindful of. One might offer “My left ankle is injured, please be gentle when sharing weight with me” or “I do not want to be lifted today.”  This is a place to practice saying what you might say again during a dance. 

 

The Closing Circle is a place to reflect, connect, and make announcements before parting.


Why jam?

The purpose of the jam is to practice contact improvisation (CI), an evolving movement practice in which we communicate spontaneously “through touch, weight, balance, impulse and movement, in partnership with the physical forces” often by following the rolling point where two bodies connect (From Caught Falling, p. 77). 

Who organizes the jam? 

This jam is run by a collective of volunteers who work within committees and make decisions by consensus. To learn more about how we are organized, see Collective Governance. To contact us, please see Contact the Jam


How should I prepare the day of to dance?