Underscore +/– Group

The Underscore +/– Group is currently a group of 21 dancers researching the Underscore and other related work. It was initiated in 2010 by Nancy Stark Smith as a peer group to explore the Underscore with a committed group of experienced dancers. Members have met weekly since 2010, only taking a few weeks off per year.

 

UNDERSCORE +/– GROUP

6–9 pm Thursdays

Carole's Dance Studio, 33 Hawley St, Northampton, MA 01060

Contact: email

 

with Underscore +/– Group

Thursday, Nov 12, 6:30-9 pm (come & go as you please)
Carole's Dance Studio, 33 Hawley, Northampton, MA

Come observe our practice!

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Aaron (Brando) Brandes, Claudio Garrido, Dale Rosenkrantz, Daniel Bear Davis, Dey Summer, Dylan Cowie-Haskell, Frieda Kipar Bay, Ione Beauchamp, Jeff Bliss, Johanna Walker, Liana Foxvog, Meta Bobbe, Neige Christenson, Patrick Crowley, Prema Kelley, Rythea Lee, Saliq Savage, Samantha Burnell, Sarah Young, Shaina Cantino, Spirit Joseph

 

On Sabbatical: Lani Nahele

 

Guests can ask to visit or be invited in for a night. Guests can attend if "hosted" by a member of the group. Guests can come a total of 4 times in the Fall, 5 times in Winter/Spring and all of the dates in July/August. Hosts are responsible for orienting the guest.

 

To become a Member: a dancer has to have interest and experience in Contact Improvisation, the Underscore, and composition. New members commit to attend at least 3/4 of the Thursdays (preferably every Thursday) for the "season".

 

The group meets for 3 "seasons":

A dancer attends the group at least twice, and if the dancer has a desire to join, they are voted in (or not) to the group in the end of the season or the beginning of the next season in order to attend that next season.

"The Underscore is a form of play and research,
not the law. I hope you will approach it in this spirit."
Nancy Stark Smith, Caught Falling

“The Underscore is a hologram, not a railroad track.”
Nancy Stark Smith, from her teaching