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wcciJAM
2020 Theme
Reflections on our culture and practice
Jam Guidelines and Protocol For Response to Incidents
Following years of discussion in CI circles regarding the frequent failure of jam culture to create safer spaces for women, People of Color and LGBTQI folks, we continue to reflect and learn, engage each other and our teachers, and welcome disruption of business as usual. We are grateful for the community that challenges us to do better. Please check out this article in the Contact Quarterly that also features the #metoo interruption from last year's wcciJAM. Please also check our living document of Jam Guidelines and Protocol for Response to Incidents.
Inclusivity & Assumptions
We have the fortune and misfortune to "live in interesting times." As festival organizers, we are keenly aware that what we do takes place in a specific sociopolitical context. At the 2017 wcciJAM, we put out a statement meant to generate dialogue. Click here to read the 2017 Statement and feel free to contact us if you wish to engage!
Interdepend(a)nce
The theme of wcciJAM 2020 is Interdepend(a)nce. Contact Improvisation is a relational dance form that cultivates the experience of mutual support, as two or more bodies move in physical contact. The practice of CI has been described as both art-sport and social experiment. It exists at the intersection of dance improvisation, physics, and somatics, with implications for ecology and social justice. This year’s festival invites participants to unpack the meanings of “interdepend(a)nce” - physically, socially, ecologically and creatively - and to explore the connections between these ways of relating.
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