As you heard already, CI36, the most important CI celebration of the past 10 years (and maybe following 10) will happen this year, June 12-18 at Juniata College in Pennsylvania US. The event still has spaces available.

CI36 is not meant to be a single event celebrating this birthday with a selected group of founders, teachers and practitioners in the US. The worldwide CI community is invited to be part of this celebration by organizing 'Satellite Events' in their hometown during 2008. Create your own event  (and register it on the web) to celebrate with us! Existing annual, monthly, weekly jams or festivals can also be listed as Satellite Event during the whole year!  You can get more information and list your events on the Satellite Events web page:  http://myriadicity.net/ci36/satellite-events

If you want to celebrate in a more connected way with CI36, we propose the following Multi Site Events:


Multi Site Events
We at Juniata College will celebrate the existence of 36 years of Contact Improvisation with 3 Special Events on the weekend of June 14/15. Those Events are open for simultaneous worldwide participation:


Global Underscore Solstice
Saturday June 14, 2008,  11:00 AM to 3:00 PM (EST - New York time).

The annual "Global Underscore Solstice" will take place as part of the CI36 Celebration  events, during the weekend of June 14th and 15th, facilitated by Nancy Stark Smith.

The Paris Underscore Solstice team has been organizing an annual global Underscore near the summer solstice for the last 8 years. This year, CI36 is happy to join the circle. The Paris Underscore Solstice team will continue to coordinate the event, and CI36 will keep you informed of the progress on our website.  

Nancy Stark Smith will give a talk about the Underscore on Friday June 13. This talk will be videotaped and then put on the CI36 website through the weekend under the Satellite Events page for those who wish to review or to discover the phases of the practice.

For more info  http://myriadicity.net/ci36/satellite-events, Global Underscore Solstice.

To join the practice, contact directly the Paris Underscore Solstice team before May the 28th, at:  underscoresolstice(at) yahoo(dot)fr  


The 36-hour  Pass-the-Dance

The CI36 Celebration group at Juniata College will hold a continuous 36-hour Pass-the-Dance from Saturday, June 14, 2008, 12 pm (noon, EST, New York time) until Monday, June 16, 2008, 12 am (Sunday midnight)

To facilitate your community’s practice, we have gathered some materials :
•    some guidelines from Nancy Stark Smith
•    an article written by Nancy Stark Smith, Pass-the-Dance at CI25. (CQ, Vol 23:1, Winter/Spring 98).

Find this material http://myriadicity.net/ci36/satellite-events, 36-hour Pass-the-Dance


The Intercontinental 36-hour Pass-the-Dance
Saturday June 14, 2008, 12:00 Noon (EST) until Monday, June 16, 2008, 12 am (Sunday midnight)

We invite you to be part of the Intercontinental 36-hour Pass-the-Dance with groups in each Continent dancing for 6 hours. North America, Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa and South America will be taking part of this event.
You can organize a group to join all or a part of it.

More info http://myriadicity.net/ci36/satellite-events, 36-hour Pass-the-Dance

Join us! Communities around the world will be creating their own simultaneous six, or thirty-six hour Pass-the-Dance to join in with the celebration. If you have one in your community, let us know by filling up the Event Proposal Form and making sure to identify the Multi-Site Event that your local group is joining. A list and a map will be created and will be shown on this webpage.

We have created a 36-hour Pass-the-Dance group on the Community Site, that you can join and share your writings, photos, videos, etc. You can sign up at http://ci36community.ning.com/group/36hourspassthedance


36-Minute Stand at CI36

In celebration of Contact Improvisation’s 36th birthday, CI36 invites contactors around the world to join us in a 36-minute “small dance of standing” on Sunday, June 15, 12 pm (noon)–12:36 pm (EST, New York time).
Feel free to join us for all or any part of it.

Steve Paxton will be leading the Stand at CI36 in Pennsylvania.

To facilitate your community’s practice of Steve Paxton’s “small dance of standing,” we have gathered some materials
•    some tips from longtime contactor Karen Nelson for leading a stand
•    an edited transcription of Steve Paxton leading a stand (reprinted from Contact Quarterly’s CI Sourcebook), with notes added recently by Steve for CI36

More info http://myriadicity.net/ci36/satellite-events, 36-Minute Stand

Join us by filling up the Event Proposal Form and making sure to identify the Multi-Site Event that you or your local group is joining. A list and a map will be created and will be shown on this webpage.

We have created a 36-Minute Stand group on the Community Site, that you can join and share your writings, photos, videos, etc. You can sign up at http://ci36community.ning.com/group/36minutesstand


CI36 Satellite Events curators, Daniela Schwartz and Eckhard Mueller
satellite.events(at)yahoo(dot)com