The Glasgow Jam

‘TO BE THE APPLE’ ‘When an apple fell on his head, Isaac Newton was inspired to describe his three laws of motion. These became the foundation of our ideas about physics. Being essentially objective, Newton ignored what it feels like to be the apple.’ These are the opening lines by Steve Paxton in the film  Fall after Newton  which we watched together this month. It was great to be reminded about the original curiosity behind the development of Contact Improvisation. It was also very inspiring to watch the birth and development of this form, mainly through the bodies of Nancy Stark Smith and Steve Paxton. So January is already behind us… the first jam of the year with  Monika  and a great two day workshop with  Nerea  and  Zoe  are also already in the past. Beautiful work, great discoveries and fun…. Thanks girls ;-)   We are moving on towards the light… We have more exciting opportunities coming up. Here is what’s...

Dear Jammers, We,  Nina Enemark   and  Monika Smekot,   are very excited and honoured to be writing to you as the new co-directors of  The Glasgow Jam. Big Thank You to co-founder of TGJ  Penny   Chivas  and co-director  Laura   Gonzales  who put their hearts into taking care of this special space. Thanks for your dedication, perseverance and creativity. We wish you all the best and look forward to continuing to dance together! We also want to join Penny and Laura in thanking outgoing board members  Rosina Bonsu  and  Ron Montgomery  for all their support for the jam over the years. We are very pleased to welcome  Emilia Sosnowska  as a new member of the board, joining  Sheila McCubbin  and Emmie McKay. *************   We have been quite busy recently finding our feet in the new roles and are excited by the wind of change coming to The Glasgow Jam. This year we wou...