January Community Jam
Annual Contact Improvisation jam honoring Nancy Stark Smith
Sunday, January 17, 2027, 1:30–4:30 pm
w/ live music
@ 4th Floor, 25 Main St, #444, Northampton MA 01060
REGISTER (coming a few months before event)
This annual Contact Improvisation jam (usually 3rd Sunday in January) is a continuation of the Community Jam during Nancy Stark Smith's January Workshop from 1999–2020.
We are inviting January Workshop alum, participants from Earthdance's Spiral & Root training, dancers from the Northeast and beyond, and you!
Warm Up. Dance. Watch. Listen. Dance.… Jam. This Jam is for the practice of Contact Improvisation. (You are also welcome to just watch. Witnessing charges the environment.) Our intention is to create an enlivening variety of states with the movement, music, and space.
There will be no formal instruction during the Jam. Please take care to work in a way that feels comfortable for you and is sensitive to others.
The focus is on the dancing — if you want to talk or socialize, please use the outer hallway areas.
Hosted by Patrick Crowley and Sarah Young
Venmo: @patrickmcrowley
You can do partial work-exchange with set-up and take down — if you contact us.
Please do not come to the event if you have any symptoms of sickness or have been exposed to anyone with any contagious sickness 3 days prior.