The Israeli Contact Improvisation Festival 2009
15 Dec 2009 - 2 Jan 2010

We are delighted to invite you to the 8th Israeli Contact Improvisation Festival, which we consider a ground breaking step in the field of Contact Improvisation. This will be a forum where a diversity of international contact teachers and participants from all around the world will take part at.
The Israeli Contact Improvisation Festival is the annual celebration
of the Israeli CI community.

This year we have transformed the festival into a community event, it is now operated by the Israeli CI non-profit organization.
The festival spans 3 weeks during which we will meet in different locations to dance, to observe, to learn, and to meet each other.
It is great opportunity to draw together dance and a sunny winter vacation
here in Israel.

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.

Week 1: The Greenhouse (15-19 Dec 2009)
5 days of dance and people in a secluded countryside location, with fresh vegetarian food and communal sleep. Program includes intensives, classes, one to one, long jams, performances, outdoor dancing, great facilities of swimming pool, sauna and more.

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Week 2: CI in Tel-Aviv (21–26 Dec 2009)
For 5 days we will celebrate Contact improvisation in many different forms and colors:
• evening classes - tasting the diversity and range of CI.
• workshops of different lengths - going deeper with one teacher and one group.
• evening jams – experimenting, playing, expressing and meeting.
• Shabat (Sat.) Contact - Last day of Celebration including classes  performances, and a long farewell jam.

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Week 3: CI on the Road (29 Dec 2009-2 Jan 2010)
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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Guest Teachers:
Intensives: Eckhard Mueller & Daniela Schwartz (GER) / Caroline Waters (U.K) /  Jean-Philippe Costes Muscat (FR) / Andjela Dony (RUS)
Single classes: Vanessa Cook, Delphine Bachacou, Sebas van Wetten , Monika Forster, Elske Seidel

Israeli Teahcers:
Intensives: Shahar Dor, Itay Yatuv, Phillip Smith, Ilya Domanov, Aharona Isreael, Tali Vertheim & Hai Cohen.
Single classes: Or Fruchter, Tal Avni, Vered Tzach, Arye Burstein, Vered Shamur, Tali Werthaim & Hai Cohen, Noam Carmeli, Orly Portal, Danya Elraz, Ilanit Tadmor, Yaniv Mintzer, Anat Yafe, Yuval Goldshtein, Tali Zavilevits, Aharona Israel, Reut Shiva, Ronen Berger, Sharon

Travel and Accommodation
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.                                           

Early Registration will be open soon

For any information please don't hesitate to contact