Israeli Contact Festival
 | What's New? ICF 2007 is over, thanks to all the people who danced, taught, played, helped, cooked and took part. We are leaving the 2007 info on the site until we begin to upload 2008. There are already some photos from ICF07: |
The Israeli Contact Improvisation Festival is the annual celebration of the Israeli CI community and a meeting with teachers and dancers from around the world. The festival spans 3 weeks during which we will meet in different locations to dance, to play, to learn, and to get to know each other. You can join all 3 weeks or any 1 or 2 of them. please take a few minutes to discover how the festival is organized and what's in it.
In Collaboration with: 
Teachers
Intensives & workshops with:
Andjela Doni (Russia) * Benno Voorham (Sweden) * Chico Katsube (Japan)
Eszter Gal (Hungary) * Gesine Daniels (Germany) * Ilanit Tadmor (Israel)
Ka Rustler (Germany) * Natanja Den-Boeft (Netherlands) * Merav Israel (Scotland)
Classes and Sessions with:
Finland: Mirva Makinen France: Aurelie Galibourg Germany: Jagat Frenzel
Israel: Adi Shaal, Arie Burstein, Danya Elraz, Dror Zohar, Hai Cohen, Ilya Domanov, Itay Yatuv, Lior Ofir, Or Fruchter, Orly Portal, Philip Smith, Ronen Berger, Ruvik Osovsky, Tal Avni, Tali Wertheim, Vered Tzach, Zohar Rabinovich.
 | Week 1: The Contact Tour
23-27/11/07 Around Israel Join us for 5 magical days on the road, as we visit Jerusalem and the amazing natural treasures of the desert. We will meet local dance communities and enjoy diverse workshops and jams.
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Week 2: Contact in the City
29/11/07- 3/12/07 Tel-Aviv During 5 days we will celebrate Contact improvisation in all its forms and colors: 9 evening classes - Tasting the diversity and range of CI 7 workshops of different lengths - going deeper with one teacher and one group 3 evening jams – experimenting, playing, expressing and meeting 1 Big Jam on the last day – A gathering of celebration, including performances, a warmup and a long farewell jam.
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 | Week 3: The Greenhouse
6-10/12/07, Misgav, Lower Galilee 5 days of dance and people in a secluded countryside location, with fresh vegetarian food and communal sleep. Program includes 2 classes each day, intensives, 1-on-1 sessions, long jams every night, performances, outdoor dancing and much more.
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Travel and Accomodation
European and USA citizens can receive a tourist Visa on arrival in Ben-Gurion, Israel’s only international airport. Try to book your tickets in advance as flights are busy around Christmas and New Year.
During the Greenhouse and the Tour accommodation is provided. For Tel-Aviv we selected for you several good hostels that offer discount for festival participants.
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A note on "the situation" in Israel
You may have seen pictures from Israel on TV or in the newspapers that appear like a raging battle zone, so you may be asking yourself "Do I realy want to go there?" Here in Israel, everyday life goes on normally: We work, study etc. The news is often difficult, but that's why it is important to keep dancing! If you have questions regarding safety, or the political situation please feel free to contact us at any time.
Hope to see you soon!!
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