Spring CI Weekend Jam

With open arms and hearts, we invite you to The Spring Jam 2025, nestled in the rolling Devonshire hills. 

Together, we will cohabit and create a weekend centered around the practice of contact improvisation jamming. As the days grow lighter and spring breathes life into the land, we will gather to dance, connect, and nourish ourselves with a loving dance floor, wholesome food, and a warming sauna experience.

Experience

In this time we will create a nourishing community held in the form of CI, there will be space to learn, dance, rest, play and sing. The event will orientate around the focus of the CI jams, open spaces to practice and play with the art of CI, there will also be workshops led by Harriet and David to help inform the jams. There will be live music, recorded music and silence. 

Jamming takes place when we agree to engage with the practice of Contact Improvisation together - this includes partner, group and solo dances, it includes witnessing, observing, drawing, listening, researching, questioning, playing, pausing. We will hold open jam spaces as well as contained offerings with scores, particular focus' and consensus to be ‘in’. The practice of jamming evokes our awareness and commitment to improvisation, our bodies, non-verbal time, group tuning, composition and surprise. Jamming is central to the practice of CI, what we aim toward in learning technique, here is our chance to play!

Some experience in contact improvisation is required. This event will include a few classes in CI to help inform the jams. It will create space for questioning, research and labbing in and between jams. 
If you're unsure whether this space is right for you, please do get in touch. 

Arrival & Departure

Arrival: From 4:00 pm, Friday 9th May 
Depart: 6 pm, Sunday 11th May

The Spaces

We will be dancing, living, and resting in a welcoming village hall with a spacious dance floor. 
There will be a sauna and outdoor shower for deep relaxation and warmth under the spring skies.
Provided by the amazing Jems Sauna.

Co-Creation

The practice of CI encourages us to become a community, intimately caring for ourselves and each other. As part of our communal practice, we invite everyone to contribute by helping prepare / serve a meals / wash up during the weekend.

Location

Harberton Village Hall, Devon

5 Tristford Road, Totnes TQ9 7SD

Travel

For those coming from further afield, you can take trains or buses to Totnes. 
There will be a lift share document to coordinate travel. 

Sleeping

We will all be camping adjacent to the hall. Please bring your own tents and bedding. 
There is also  space for live-in vehicles.

Places

There are a limited number of places, so be sure to book in advance to confirm your place.

Cost

We invite you to consider the option you choose, if you can support others by paying a higher price we are incredibly grateful. We have attempted to make this event as affordable as possible, as well as pay professionals and fair rates for contributors. Costs are inclusive, covering food, access to the sauna and camping. 

Please read this guide before choosing your tier option: Payment Tier Considerations

Supporter - £280
Standard - £240
Supporter - £200

Your Facilitators 

We will be offering a number of workshops helping to inform and focus the Jams. 

Harriet Roberts:

Harriet is a dedicated practitioner of Contact Improvisation, with over a decade of experience in both teaching and practice. She hosts thoughtfully curated courses, events and workshops in the UK, drawing on her extensive training in contemporary dance, somatic practice, and hands-on therapy to offer a holistic, embodied approach to movement. Harriet’s playful, practical and poetic teaching style invites dancers of all levels to explore connection and creativity through Contact Improvisation.

David Basak:

David is passionate about Contact Improvisation, having practiced this dance form for over 10 years, it has become his main ‘practice’ and lifestyle choice. His interest is in the layers beneath the dance form, the intimate learning that can happen between self and other when we drop out of words and into the relational somatic body. He has experienced much growth through the subtleties of CI and aspires to share his experience and learning for deeper, richer and juicier meetings with self and other.

Additional Information 

We will provide all your meals including Friday dinner up to Sunday lunch, plus access to hot drinks all day. If you have dietary requirements please provide information via the registration form that you will receive a link to upon your ticket purchase. If you require specific or additional food items please bring them, there is no shop within a walkable distance. 

Please bring all the things required to make your personal experience as comfortable as possible, including: 

• Tent and bedding
• Dance Clothes
• Two / Three towels
• Warm clothes
• Walking boots / muddy wear
• Snacks
• Medication

Please do not bring: 

• Recreational drugs/intoxicants

Next Steps 

Upon ticket purchase you will receive a confirmation email with a link to a Registration Form please read and complete this as soon as possible. 
If you have any questions in the meantime please contact us via email: somaspaceci@gmail.com
 

Ticket Exchanges / Refunds

To exchange tickets, email somaspaceci@gmail.com with the name changeover (£10 admin fee applies).
Refunds can be issued with a £10 admin fee up to three weeks prior to the event. 
 

With excitement, gratitude, and love,

David Basak & Harriet Roberts