<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="headerImage" style="font-family: ArialMT; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/transparent.gif" alt="" border="0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""></div><div class="mainContainer" style="padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 600px; font-family: ArialMT;"><div class="mainText" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; line-height: 21px;"><div style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial;" class=""><table bgcolor="#33ffff" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="">Dear dancing friends,<br class=""><br class="">It's time to start thinking about the 2016 January Workshop! <span style="font-family: arial;" class="">Thank you for helping us spread the word by forwarding this to others who you think might be interested.<br class=""><br class="">My s</span>ummer 2015 schedule is below the January Workshop info. There are still places in our June workshop at Arlequi in Spain—we hope you can join us!<div style="margin-left: 80px;" class=""><br class="">Happy dancing, <br class="">           Nancy (& Patrick, January Workshop coordinator)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="p4" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial;"><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class="">JANUARY WORKSHOP 2016</strong></span></span><br class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">a 3-week </span><strong style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><em class="">OPEN</em></strong><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""> training with</span><br class=""><strong style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">NANCY STARK SMITH</strong><br class=""><em style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">plus Mike Vargas and other guests</em></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><strong style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">January 3 (arrive afternoon) - January 22, 2016</strong><br class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">Earthdance, western Massachusetts, USA</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; margin-left: 50px;" class=""><strong class="">Contact Improvisation</strong><br class=""><span style="margin-left: 50px;" class=""><strong class="">Solo Training · Changing States</strong><br class=""><span style="margin-left: 50px;" class=""><strong class="">Improvisation Scores · The Underscore </strong><br class=""><span style="margin-left: 50px;" class=""><strong class="">Composition · Performance </strong></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">A 3-week residential workshop focused on contact improvisation and other related work: physical training, improvisation and composition scores, jamming, watching, discussion, feedback, labs, contemplative practice, and performance studies.  In solo, duet, trio, and group work; in and out of contact; in silence and with live music; we'll move toward greater clarity and depth in our dancing and watching.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">Please come prepared for intensive practice (and a bit of fun!). Intermediate level in CI required. Fill out online application form outlining your background and skill level in contact improvisation, dance, and improvisation, and your reasons for wanting to attend. All registrations must be approved by Nancy.</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">The workshop will meet Monday–Friday, 10 am to 5:30/6 pm in studios at Earthdance, in Plainfield, MA, (a beautiful dance retreat center located 35 minutes west of Northampton, MA, in the Berkshire Mountains), and in town at an Aikido dojo. There will be some evening and weekend activities.</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="col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02015%20inquiry" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">underscorenyc@gmail.com</a><br class="">GUS website: <a href="http://www.globalunderscore.blogspot.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">www.globalunderscore.blogspot.com</a><br class="">“Like” the Global Underscore <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Global-Underscore/143945995727101" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">Facebook</a> page</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""> <br class=""><strong class="">ZOOM: </strong><strong class="">Contact and Improvisation in Detail and Perspective</strong><br class="">6 day workshop<br class="">with Nancy and Mike</span><div style="margin-left: 60px;" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">June 25–30, 2015</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""></span><div style="margin-left: 60px;" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">Geneva, Switzerland</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""></span><div style="margin-left: 60px;" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">Paola Gianoli, <a href="mailto:paola.gianoli@tuena.ch" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">paola.gianoli@tuena.ch</a></span></div><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">BATES DANCE FESTIVAL</span></strong><br class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">3 weeks of classes & performances<br class="">with Nancy, Mike, and many others</span><div style="margin-left: 60px;" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">July 18–August 9, 2015</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""></span><div style="margin-left: 60px;" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">Bates College</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""></span><div style="margin-left: 60px;" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">Lewiston, Maine</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""></span><div style="margin-left: 60px;" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.batesdancefestival.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: none;" class="">www.batesdancefestival.org</a></span></div><br class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><strong class="">JANUARY WORKSHOP 2016</strong><br class="">a 3-week OPEN training<br class="">with Nancy, plus Mike and guests</span><div style="margin-left: 60px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">January 3–22, 2016<br class=""><span class="Stil11" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Earthdance, Plainfield, Massachusetts USA</span><br class=""><span class="Stil11" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="mailto:januaryworkshop@nancystarksmith.com?subject=January%20Workshop%20inquiry" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class="">januaryworkshop@nancystarksmith.com</span></a></span></span><br class=""><a href="http://www.nancystarksmith.com/januaryworkshop2016" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: none; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;" class="">www.januaryworkshop.com</a></div></div></div></div><div id="monkeyRewards" style="font-family: ArialMT; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 10px; text-align: right;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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