Underscore Jam – Dive Deep
Step into a unique, transformative experience with the “Underscore Dive Deep” — a systematic yet free-flowing approach to Contact Improvisation. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced mover, the Underscore offers a profound opportunity to explore the subtle details of every CI Jam (and probably any other group process), where you can dive into movement, connection, and creativity in a nurturing, organized space.
What is the Underscore Jam?
The Underscore Jam is a structured improvisational practice that guides participants through different stages of a CI Jam — from stillness and movement with pauses to reflection and harvest — enhancing awareness, trust, and connection. Developed by Nancy Stark Smith, this practice provides an ideal framework to explore physicality, sensory awareness, and the art of being and moving with others.
What to Expect in the Workshop:
Exploration of the Phases: The Underscore unfolds in several stages, including energetic and physical arrival, assembly, perambulation, expanding and overlapping kinespheres, grazing, engagement, development, resolution, recirculation, reflection, sharing, stillness, and closure. Understanding these phases will naturally grow your sense of self-awareness in a jam context, bringing your solo and contact dance to a state-of-the-art level.
Honest Communication: Share thoughts, feelings, or information openly and truthfully, without hiding or distorting the message. Explore moments of verbal communication based on transparency and sincerity and how they are enriching the process
Heightened Awareness and Connection: Focus on sensory experiences and refine your non-verbal communication, deepening your connection with both your body and your partner.
A Long, Focused, Silent Jam: Engage in a session with an intention (seed) that you can grow within the space. This session will support your understanding of the Contact Improvisation process forever, fostering deep presence, expanding your perception of the process, and enhancing your awareness in communication.
All Levels: Whether you’re new to Contact Improvisation or an experienced explorer of movement, the Underscore offers something for everyone — allowing you to deepen your practice and explore new dimensions of life.
Why Join the Underscore Jam?
Enhance and deepen your practice with a systematic yet creative framework for exploration.
Build deep understanding, trust, and connection through the attentive, established framework.
Delight in the conscious awareness that grows in the space of contact improvisation through your understanding of the Underscore.
Explore and communicate your boundaries in a supportive, focused environment.
Tap into the universe with intention and purpose, while remaining present in the moment.
Join us for an enriching journey through movement, trust, and creative expression. The Underscore Jam offers a space for you to connect, explore, and move with intention — whether you’re new to Contact Improvisation or an experienced mover and explorer of body and connection.
WHEN? MAY 10
Schedule of the Day:
9:30 – 10:00 energetic and physical arrival ,Solo Warm-up
10:00 – 13:00: Understanding Underscore Workshop part I
13:00 – 14:30: Break (Bring along some vegetarian delights for a shared picnic)
14:30 – 16:00 Understanding Underscore Workshop part II
16:00 – 16:30: Break
16:30 – 19:00: Underscore Jam – Dive deep
19:00 – 19:30: Reflection, sharing, stillness and Closing Circle
19:30 – … : Community Time, Tee, Sauna
Bring with you:
Your water bottle
Your notebook+pencil (if you want to write or draw)
Feel free to bring some tee and something to eat for a shared vegan/vegetarian buffet
Please be on time and ready to stay for the entire duration of the Underscore Jam.
The workshop will be conducted in Polish and English, depending on the participants’ needs.
Price:
90* | 150* | 210* PLN | *Low Budget | *Standard | *Supporter
This pricing system allows you to choose the amount that feels appropriate based on your financial situation. If you are able to pay more, your contribution will support those who may need to pay less. Please choose the amount that is fair and comfortable for you.
If money is an issue, please feel free to reach out. Please bring cash or transfer the amount by arrangement.
Where?
Kontakt Przestrzeń Ruchu i Tańca
Szpitalna Street 40, 31-024 Kraków
Registration & Information:
Damian a.k.a. Touchable
posteo@skin-to-skin.com
More informations:
www.skin-to-skin.com (comming soon)
infos about UNDERSCORE
ABOUT FACILITATOR:
DAMIAN OTERMAN
Studied Sports at the University of Physical Education (AWF) in Katowice
and Nutrition Science at SGGW – Warsaw University of Life Sciences.
A pedagogue passionate about working across generations with children,
teenagers, adults, and retirees.
Practicing Yoga for 17 years, Acro Yoga and Thai Massage for 12 years,
and Improvisation Dance for 8 years. Trained in the Scientific Yoga
style (jogaakademicka.pl), certified Acro Yoga Montreal Teacher (AYM),
and completed numerous Thai Massage and Contact Improvisation courses
and workshops. Certified in Autogenic Training (AT) and Progressive
Muscle Relaxation (PMR). Trained in Nonviolent Communication (NVC),
inspired by (EM) and Circle Culture. Continuously inspired by
participation in Conscious Cuddling Experience (CCE) workshops.
Licensed but no longer teaching regularly: snowboarding, skiing,
swimming, tennis, and personal training. Organizer of “Kids Space” by
Acronia and “Acroschwanchen” festivals. Participant in the social
project GeRaBu in Rostock. Cultivating the Contact Improvisation
community around Rostock.
Aiming to co-organize Community-Based Agriculture, plant a forest, and
co-organize the Skin-to-Skin Festival.
Inventor of the “Medytaton,” a unique musical
instrument.(www.medytaton.com)
Hobbyist alternative rapper.
Deeply grateful for the opportunity to learn from wonderful teachers in
different fields. Their teachings and wisdom have had a huge impact on his
personal and professional development.
In Contact Improvisation and Dance he has studied with, among others:
Jörg Hassmann, Anjelika Doniy, Vega Gisela, Iiris Raipala, Angela Mara,
Reimar Wen Shen, Natascha Golubtsova, Dörte Barss, Angelika Mizińska,
Corinna Stache, Katja Scholz, Christos Listios, Katja Fiedler, Christoph
Arndt