The Glasgow Jam

Some images drawn by Megan Yeomans at an @TheGlasgowJam in Spring 2013. Thank you to Megan for willingly sharing them and also to those whom they depict. If you would like your own images / text created at one of our jams displayed here please send them with your contact details to: theglasgowjam@gmail.com

A selection of images from artist Rhona Fairgrieve who attended an @TheGlasgowJam in Spring 2013.  Thanks to Rhona for allowing us to show these on our blog and thanks to those who inspired the drawings! For more information please visit her website at: http://www.rhonafairgrieve.com If you would like your own images / text created at one of our jams displayed here please send them with your contact details to: theglasgowjam@gmail.com

The Arches and Sense Scotland present Contact Improvisation Masterclass at TouchBase, 43 Middlesex Street, Glasgow, G41 1E Sat 13 - Sun 14 Jul 2013  |  Sat: 10am-5pm | Sun: 10am-4pm  |  £85 for both days (includes lunch/refreshments) http://www.thearches.co.uk/events/arts/contact-improv-2013 A two day masterclass in Contact Improvisation led by Itay Yatuv, Artistic Director of the  Hakvutza Dance School  and one of Israel’s leading dance teachers and practitioners. Beginning with individual work, incorporating floor work and using momentum, the class will then move on to work with a partner, looking at the learning process that happens with duet. Through games and different tricks, the aim is to disrupt habits and discover new ways of challenging your boundaries as a dancer. Although it will be hard work, it will also be a lot of fun. To  book a place  please call the Arches Box Office on 0141 565 1000 or email lucy@thearches....

Voice, Body, Ensemble – A Physical Theatre Intensive Glasgow, 19th-21st of July 2013 Fee: £100/£80 concession price Led by Ewan Downie of Company of Wolves This workshop will provide an introduction to physical ensemble theatre practices. We'll move together, sing together, sweat together. We'll investigate how to truly inspire our partners and ourselves and search for ways to unlock hidden corners of our imaginations. We'll investigate an embodied practice for performers and how to find new creative responses and means of expression. Drawing on the training of the Polish laboratory theatre, and inspired by the work of Keith Johnstone, Kristin Linklater and Gabrielle Roth, this workshop provides an opportunity to explore a truly embodied theatre practice in a rigorous, playful and supportive environment. To apply please email  info@companyofwolves.org.uk  with the following information: NAME DATE OF BIRTH WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE PERFORMANCE EX...

C:R:E:A:P creative engaged artists of Ponderosa Join our Artists in Residence at Ponderosa in July dance workshops, music, performance and collaborative art projects 1-4 weeks in the green countryside of the old east, one hour from Berlin,  Ponderosa is home for dancers, musicians and artists from all over the world. C:R:E:A:P  Week 1   8th-13th July classes, labs, projects, events C:R:E:A:P  Week 2 15th-20th July    C:R:E:A:P  Week 3 22nd-27th July  Additional   Week 4  28th July -2nd August  workshops + performance marathon with Jesse Hewit, Laura Arrington, Aaron Water, Adam Peditto, Alicia Grant, E. Kairo Miles, Georgia Petrali, Gregor Krammer, Jaamill Olawale, Joy Smith, Katja & Camille Encore, Kiebpoli Calnek, Mary Pearson, Michiel Keufer, Pablo Virgo, Tom O’Doherty, Raphael Xavier, Ola Scibor, Germaine Ingram, Kate Perry, Zinzi Buchanan, Lior Shoow, Hana Erdman,...

Dates and Venues for Upcoming jams are listed below and, where possible, the facilitators are listed too. Saturday June 29th, 6-9pm,  Pilrig Church Edinburgh with Penny Chivas, £5 Friday July 12th, 6-9.30pm, Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow with Josee Meredith, £5 Sunday July 28th, 1-4.30pm, Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow with Tom Pritchard, £5 Dance House Extra Jam: Saturday August 10th, 2-5pm CCA, Glasgow, £3 Dance House Extra Jam: Saturday 24th August, 2-5pm CCA, Glasgow, £3 Friday 13th September, 6-9.30pm Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow with Tom Pritchard, £5 Sunday 29th September, 1-4.30pm Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow with Penny Chivas, £5,