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Movement Improvisation Jam
This is the place to push your range of motion beyond a basic bop. Dance standing up, sideways, or embrace the floor. Use your ankles and elbows and even your chin. Once you experience the fun and release of whole-body dancing, you may never again be content just to kick up your heels.
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MOVEMENT IMPROVISATION JAM
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Time: Second and fourth Mon., 8-10 p.m.
Price: $6.
Location: The Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave., Cambridge.
Contact: Debra Bluth at 781-395-9428 or Shakti Smith at 978-371-2569.
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The same old steps that work with "La Bamba" give way to a larger vocabulary of moves when you start dancing to solo cello or a hypnotic quartet with a didgeridoo, the trumpet-like bamboo instrument created by the Australian Aborigines. The inspiration is infectious when you're surrounded by unrestrained dancers.
"There's permission to dance however you want to dance," says sociology instructor Lynn Rosenbaum of Belmont. "You can use your whole body and explore the range of movements from slow to fast, soft to hard."
Anyone can do this. Professional dancers love the Improv and make up about half the crowd, but the rest are just regular folks and people who can't touch their toes. "It's about loosening up," says Sandy Hughes, a Harvest Coop stocker who lives in Allston. "You have to be really relaxed to do this."
Spend a couple of hours using all your joints, rolling your neck, stretching, hopping, or twirling as you please and you certainly will be relaxed.
You may also get improvisor's reverie, sort of a runner's high but with a beat. After the dance, software engineer Kevin Andresen of Medford tried to express why he is so passionate about the dance but felt he never found the right words. They weren't necessary. He was clearly intoxicated by the movement and left grinning ear to ear.
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