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Our hosts and fellow Love Weavers, Nelson Té and Robin Shaw, will infuse our Winter Jam with the theme:

“What would Love do?”

What are different aspects of Love, and how might these qualities inspire and inform the ways we dance with the whole Jam experience?

From relishing in intentional movement on our buttery dance floors, to walking with the forest’s rhythms; from connecting socially or in tremendous community co-creations, to savoring deep solo time… how wholeheartedly might we inhabit our moments if we invite this question to move us: “What would love do now?”  

How might this question dance and grow in our hearts, minds and bodies, from one human experience to the next?… whether we’re struggling with hard emotions, or overwhelmed with joy; whether we’re feeling dysregulated, numb, or we’re excited to share our gifts?

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New Year’s Jam Details

• The Winter Jam is one of the four main Earthdance seasonal jams. It often has around 100-140 participants, is open to all movement levels and backgrounds. 
• Ticket Options: We offer full jam, commuter, camping and 2 drop-in day options.
• Drop-In Days: We are offering 2 drop-in days (no overnight) on Tuesday, December 30th and Wednesday, December 31st Drop-Ins (15 ticket limit per day). This option is only available for folks who have been to Earthdance before. We ask that you check-in with ED staff during lunch between 1-2pm.
• Nine Mountain retreat center is just across the field and is available once you purchase a Commuter Ticket with Earthdance. You will need to contact robyn@ninemountain.com to reserve a bed at an additional cost per night. ***ALL participants staying at Nine Mountain MUST check-in at the Earthdance Farmhouse during registration times BEFORE settling into Nine Mountain. Thank you for understanding.***
• Children: We are encouraging children to stay home for this jam. We are not providing child care, children’s programming, or kids pricing. Join us for the Summer Jam, which offers many children focused offerings!
• NEWCOMERS!!! We will be offering classes on embodied consent and CI fundamentals. Newcomers required gathering is on Saturday, December 27th, from 7-8pm. And, please join us all for the Opening Circle on Sunday, December 28th at 10am. Take a look at our What to expect at an Earthdance Seasonal Jam, Jam Guidelines, and Nudity Policy on our website to help orient you to this full experience. 

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Arrival, Onsite Check-In, Opening Circle, and Departures

• Arrival and Onsite Check-In: The welcoming will commence for Full Jam participants on Saturday, December 27th from 4:00pm-7:00pm. Dinner is at 6-7pm. If you arrive late, please find Nala to pick a chore.
• Newcomers Gathering: Saturday, December 27th at 7-8pm after dinner.
• Opening Circle: Sunday, December 28th at 10am. We ask that ALL jammers attend this.
• Mid-Jam Tidy Up Clean: Tuesday, December 30th from 9-10am. All Participants join in on the a Tidy Up Clean.
• Drop-In Days: Arrive to check-in at the front of the farmhouse Tuesday, December 30th and Wednesday, December 31st at lunch between 1-2pm. Only available for folks who have been to Earthdance before.
• Closing Circle, Final Clean & Departure: Closing Circle is at 12:30pm on Thursday, January 1st. Lunch from 1-2pm and Final clean from 2-3 pm. All participants will depart after the final group clean at 3pm.

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Our Fees Explained

Earthdance is a Public Charity that relies greatly on ticketing income to fulfill its Artistic, Cultural and Educational mission. We want to make our work available to folks with varying economic realities and offer a sliding scale payment for participation in most of our events. Please take a moment to reflect where you best fit on that scale. We ask everyone to stretch where they are able so that those who cannot may still have access to our events.

As you choose your rate please consider the following factors:

• Your access to income and wealth, as connected to family and partnership(s), past, present and future.
• The historical, systemic impacts of wealth accrual based on culture, race and other marginalized intersections for you and your family.
• The regional ease of your attendance, while some community members can drive to Earthdance, others will need to consider tuition based on their ability to travel longer distances.

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Equity & Access Tickets 

We are excited to offer up to 10 FULL JAM Equity & Access Discounts to individuals who have a financial need.  We know that for those who come from marginalized populations showing up to spaces filled with primarily privileged groups can be a challenge and prioritize such individuals when granting these discounted tickets.

Apply Here! Due by December 13th

Earthdance makes efforts to support Equity & Access at all its events, this jam offers particularly strong support for diversity, equity, and inclusion through:

• Reduced pricing offered to people with a financial need and self-identifying as being underrepresented and/or marginalized in CI.
• Classes and discussions that aim to presence awareness and inclusion at the jam as a whole.
• Affinity spaces (jams, discussions, etc.) for particular groups of people to connect, share CI space together, and rest from the pressures of being in a minority status at the jam.

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Housing Options

Gratitude Lodge Tickets

Includes a bed in the Gratitude Lodge, jam offerings, and food during the event.

The Gratitude Lodge (a.k.a. the Earthdance dorm) is the main lodging facility, connected to the Farmhouse by a short wooded trail. The lodge includes large and small rooms featuring dormitory-style bunks and beds (twin & queen size) and is included in the base ticket. Beds are available on a first come basis.

Camping Tickets

Includes a spot to camp at Earthdance, jam offerings, and food during the event.

Commuter & Nine Mountain Tickets

You will have access to the jam offerings including food for the event.

Commuter Health Care: We ask that you please use caution when commuting and limit, if possible, to just commuting to and from your home and Earthdance, staying away from large crowds to maintain the health and well being of the other jam participants.

Nine Mountain (Across the orchard from Earthdance) 

Nine Mountain has beds available in their spacious dorms for the New Year’s Jam.

The additional rate is $70 per night per person, which includes use of the hot tub, access to the kitchen for personal cooking, and we provide all bedding and towels. There are a few private rooms available.

You will need to contact Robyn at robyn@ninemountain.com to reserve a bed AFTER you’ve registered for a Commuter Ticket with Earthdance.

***ALL participants staying at Nine Mountain MUST check-in at the Earthdance Farmhouse during registration times BEFORE settling into Nine Mountain.

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PRICING

We offer below a sliding scale of your choosing:

Full Jam Tickets:

Gratitude Lodge: $575.00 to $1075.00

Camping: $475.00 to $975.00

Commuter: $475.00 to $975.00

Drop In Days Tickets:

Tuesday, Dec 30th: $145.00 to $445.00 – For only those who have been to Earthdance before. No overnight stay.

Wednesday, Dec 31st: $145.00 to $445.00 – For only those who have been to Earthdance before. No overnight stay.

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Cancellation Policy

Refund available up to 14 days (December 13th) before the event less a $75 (full jam) & $35 (drop-in) processing fee. 

No refunds available less than 14 days (After December 13th) from the start of the event.

Partial refunds might be given if a cancellation takes place under extenuating circumstances (e.g. a death of a 1st or 2nd degree family member, serious non-preventable illness or accident requiring hospitalization). Refunds in such cases remain at the discretion of the local organizers and will be decided on a case to case basis according to the timing of the cancellation and other factors. We do not offer refunds if you catch a cold, the flu or COVID after the cancellation date.

Health Precautions

No specific requirements on vaccination status are needed to attend this event. Please take adequate measures to limit your exposure in the days before arriving. If you are feeling sick, or have a known close exposure to someone with COVID in the past 5 days, please sit this one out to keep the community well. 

COMMUTERS: We ask that you please use caution when commuting and limit, if possible, to just commuting to and from your home and Earthdance, staying away from large crowds to maintain the health and well being of the other jam participants.

Participant Community Support

Earthdance runs as a​ community, thus part of the participation is that all individuals contribute to 1-2 work shifts (typically meal cleans) throughout the event and participate in a final house clean on the last day of the event. These are great ways to connect more with your fellow participants and Earthdance staff, and to feel more at home in the Earthdance buildings & grounds. Your contributions to this collective caring of this space are invaluable!

Earthdance’s buildings are ADA accessible. More info here.

Earthdance’s Jam Guidelines

Earthdance’s Nudity Policy

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HOST BIOS

Nelson Té and Robin Shaw

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Nelson and Robin met through their shared love of contact improvisation. The form has been central to their life together, and to their relationship to the World and to everyone they have touched and who have moved them. 

CI continues to inform their work every day as bodyworkers, teachers, and curators of delight. They live in Arlington, MA, and have been active members of the CI community in the Boston area and involved with the greater Earthdance community for many years. 

Robin is a massage therapist, a life coach, a yoga teacher, and a vibes keeper extraordinaire! She has helped many to more wholly inhabit their bodies and their lives, to connect with their truth and with each other, and to move with wisdom. She’s a wonderful facilitator, and her big heart positively glows. 

Nelson wants to be like Robin when he grows up, so he’s also a licensed massage therapist now. He’s been teaching contact improvisation and facilitating jams for a while. He loves to help people deal with the predicaments we face as sentient beings in animal bodies, and he’s delighted by any chance to help folks actually Revel in their bodily experience, with all its limitations, pains and amazing possibilities. 

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Less is More

We hope through this illusion of you and I being separated, we can drop it, and go beyond our hanging names to explore and dance the in-between field of existence.

We invite you to a silent jam in the dance studios to listen with space to what’s underneath and in-between.

Our aim is to pair things back, to do a little less and to let go of some of the social layers of speaking and chatting, so that we may sense and move with what is already happening within and around us.

This Fall Jam, we will lean into the invitation of deep listening.  Instead of dancing to recorded or live music we invite you to listen to sounds of our breath and to attend to the subtle shifts of weight within and all the movement that surrounds. Instead of cultivating chit chat and verbal conversations in the dance space, we want to explore what other forms of communication and creativity are possible when we drop the social layers and meet on more sensory levels. 

All common areas outside of the dance spaces during the jam will be available for verbal conversation.

This is an intimate contact experiment and we are excited to see what unfolds.

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Jam Details

• Attendance: An average of 40-80 people will attend this jam and is open to all movement levels & backgrounds. 
• Jam Options: Full Jam and Saturday Drop-In Day.
• Thursday Drop-In Evening: Drop-In Evening is available only to folks who have been to Earthdance before or attending the Full Jam.
• Saturday Drop-In: Drop-In Day is available only to folks who have been to Earthdance before or attending the Full Jam.
• Newcomers: If you have never been to Earthdance, we ask that you only sign up for the Full Jam. This will allow us to better welcome and orient you to Earthdance.
• BIPOC Tickets: We have 2 free and 8 at-cost full jam tickets available, first come first serve.

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Arrival, Onsite Check-In, Opening Circle, and Departure

• Full Jam: Arrival/Check-In on Thursday, October 16th from 4:00pm-7:00pm front of the Farmhouse. Dinner is at 6-7pm.
• Thursday Drop-In Evening: Arrival/Check-In on Thursday, October 16th from 4:00pm-7:00pm front of the Farmhouse. Dinner is at 6-7pm (only for those who purchase dinner) and departure by 10pm.
• Opening Circle: Friday, October 17th at 10am. We request that ALL Newcomers attend the Opening Circle.
• Saturday Drop-In (Only for folks who’ve been to Earthdance before): Arrive Saturday, October 18th at 8am. Breakfast is from 8-9am. Check-In from 1-2pm during lunch with Nala. Departure at 10pm day of.
• Closing Circle/Final Clean: Sunday, October 19th Closing Circle at 12:30pm, Lunch 1-2pm
• Final Group Clean at 2-3pm.
• Full Jam Departure: After the final group clean by 3pm on Sunday, October 19th.

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Our Fees Explained

Earthdance offers a sliding scale payment for participation in this event, please take a moment to reflect as you decide on where you best fit. 

Your level of contribution is self selected and does not need to be advocated for. However, we invite you to remember this contribution is currency and we ask that you stretch where you are able so that those who cannot stretch as far of a financial distance may also have potential access to community events. As you choose your rate please consider the following factors:

• Your access to income and wealth, as connected to family and partnership, both currently and anticipated in the future.
• The historical, systemic impacts of wealth accrual based on culture, race and other intersection marginalizations for you and your family.
• The regional ease of your attendance, while some community members can drive to Earthdance, others will need to consider tuition based on their ability to travel longer distances. 
• Earthdance is a community and rental funded organization which recently, historically and uniquely through the Covid-19 pandemic has struggled to have viable income.

PRICING: Sliding Scale

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FULL JAM

GRATITUDE LODGE
Financially Strained $375.00 to Financially Abundant $800.00

CAMPING
Financially Strained $350.00 to Financially Abundant $775.00

COMMUTER
Financially Strained $325.00 to Financially Abundant $750.00

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THURSDAY DROP-IN EVENING

Dinner & Jam: Financially Strained $45.00 to Financially Abundant $145.00

Just Jam: Financially Strained $30.00 to Financially Abundant $130.00

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SATURDAY DROP-IN DAY

Financially Strained $85.00 to Financially Abundant $450.00

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2 Free and 8 At-Cost: Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Full Jam Tickets

*These tickets are available only for those who identify as black, indigenous or person of color – folks who do not identify as white. They are first come first serve, and are self selected.

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International Discount

Earthdance is happy to announce a 20% discount for international travelers wanting to attend an Earthdance run event. We hope this gesture helps to keep our events accessible for those from different cultures that are traveling from afar. We also realize that given the current political situation coming to the US might be more expensive or challenging and hope this discount is a way of keeping Earthdance in your hearts.

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Equity & Access Tickets 

We’re excited to offer up to 4 FULL JAM Equity & Access Discounts to individuals who feel part of an underrepresented and/or marginalized group in CI and have a relationship with CI.  We know that for those who come from marginalized populations showing up to spaces filled with primarily privileged groups can be a challenge, and can feel vulnerable.

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Apply Here! Due October 9th!

Earthdance makes efforts to support Equity & Access at all its events. At our four Seasonal jams we do this through:

• Reduced price Equity & Access tickets for folks who find our normal tickets to be a barrier. Participants self-identifying as being underrepresented and/or marginalized in CI are prioritized when allocating these tickets.
• An Accountability, Safety and Care (ASC) team that supports the processing of difficult situations that might come up in relation to consent, identity and other relational issues.
• Support from a BIPOC Team at our seasonal jams that hosts meals and supports offerings and affinity spaces based on BIPOC participants’ desires

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Housing Options

Gratitude Lodge

Includes a bed in the Gratitude Lodge, jam offerings, sauna & quarry access, and food during the jam.

The Gratitude Lodge (a.k.a. the Earthdance dorm) is the main lodging facility, connected to the Farmhouse by a short wooded trail. The lodge includes large and small rooms featuring dormitory-style bunks and beds (twin & queen size) and is included in the base jam cost. Beds are available on a first come basis.

Camping

Includes a spot to camp at Earthdance, jam offerings, sauna & quarry access, and food during the jam.

Commuter

You will have access to the jam offerings, sauna & quarry access, and food during the jam.

Commuter Health Care: We ask that you please use caution when commuting and limit, if possible, to just commuting to and from your home and Earthdance, staying away from large crowds to maintain the health and well being of the other jam participants.

Nine Mountain

After purchasing a Commuter Ticket with Earthdance, please reach out to Robyn at Nine Mountain – robyn@ninemountain.com to secure a dorm bed for $65/private bed for $140 and camping up towards Nine Mountain past the dome for $40. Hot tub usage included, if you are staying at Nine Mountain.

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Cancellation Policy

Refund available up to 14 days (October 2nd) before the event less a $75 processing fee. 

No refunds available less than 14 days (October 2nd) from the start of the event.

Partial refunds might be given if a cancellation takes place under extenuating circumstances (e.g. a death of a 1st or 2nd degree family member, serious non-preventable illness or accident requiring hospitalization). Refunds in such cases remain at the discretion of the local organizers and will be decided on a case to case basis according to the timing of the cancellation and other factors. We do not offer refunds if you catch a cold, the flu or COVID after the cancellation date.

Health Precautions

No specific requirements on vaccination status are needed to attend this event. Please take adequate measures to limit your exposure in the days before arriving. If you are feeling sick, or have a known close exposure to someone with COVID in the past 5 days, please sit this one out to keep the community well. 

COMMUTERS: We ask that you please use caution when commuting and limit, if possible, to just commuting to and from your home and Earthdance, staying away from large crowds to maintain the health and well being of the other jam participants.

Participant Community Support

Earthdance runs as a​ community, thus part of the participation is that all individuals contribute to 1-2 work shifts (typically meal cleans) throughout the event and participate in a final house clean on the last day of the event. These are great ways to connect more with your fellow participants and Earthdance staff, and to feel more at home in the Earthdance buildings & grounds. Your contributions to this collective caring of this space are invaluable!

Earthdance’s buildings are ADA accessible. More info here.

Earthdance’s Jam Guidelines

Earthdance’s Nudity Policy

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GUEST TEACHER BIOS

Rosalind Holgate Smith

Rosalind Holgate Smith is a Dance Artist, Choreographer, Somatic Movement Educator and Bodyworker, with a BA(hons) degree in Fine Art and Choreography and an MA in Dance. Rosalind has over 15 years’ experience teaching Contact Improvisation and takes inspiration from her studies in Body Mind CenteringⓇ, Authentic Movement, Skinner Release Technique, The Axis Syllabus, Martial Arts and her love for dancing outdoors. She creates performances and installations that explore intimacy between people, place and the environment. Rosalind recently completed a PhD in which she investigated how touch is used and experienced in Contact Improvisation and how it enables encounters with Otherness. From this project she developed a Vocabulary of Touch techniques that is now a signifcant aspect of her teaching. Rosalind is also an experienced Yoga Instructor and following her love of water, she teaches swimming with the Shaw Method which integrates the Alexander technique. https://rosalindholgate-smith.com

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Alessandro Rivellino

I have been living dance and contact improvisation in a surrendered way as a dancer for 20 years and as a teacher for 15 and I had the opportunity to travel to at least 30 countries, offering and having classes, intensive courses, workshops, residencies and Jams with different and experienced colleagues, which probably gave me a good “floor” to start with ‘not knowing with certain quality’…

I have studied a little bit of: BMC, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Antigimnastics, Craneosacral Osteopathy, Modern Dance, Contemporary Dance, Anthropologie, Philosophie, Choreography, Performance Studies, Sitespecific, Butoh, Authentic Movement, Zen Buddhism, Ancient Technologies of the Sacred; and a lot of Contact Improvisation. I am passioned by the Contact Improvisation practice and I am engaged in organising retreats for it to receive its depth, with different containers, either in silence or within a somatic approach, bodywork research or getting inspiration on nature, the biggest pleasure is to offer space and time to the practice in itself. I come from different dance schools at the somatic level and movement research, I have the luck of having a masters degree and different awards and nominations as a dancer and choreographer.

Today I see that I have danced and taught for big part of my whole life and yet I feel that I have just started. In my practice I have been integrating various techniques and bringing the potential of dance to life. If I ask myself between my name and my body, the second one is the dearest, and if you ask about my deepest interest in dancing and teaching the answer would be around living questions related to dance itself, to the presence and to the Big Mystery. I hope through this illusion of you and I being separated, we can drop it, and go beyond our hanging names to explore the in-between field of existence to dance and be danced with and through the visible and invisible forces entangled at each single moment and find the way to be at the arch of beauty.

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CICo (CI Coordination) HOSTS

Ming Tsai

Ming Tsai is a dancer and a multidisciplinary artist born in Taiwan, living in Montreal. He submerged himself in Contact Improvisation since 2019 and has been part of the seasonal jam organizing team (CICo) at Earthdance since 2022. He is interested in connecting CI communities across culture and geography. He has visited CI communities in Europe, South America, and Asia, where he learned many other ways of practicing. He recently taught in California, Georgia, Salt Spring Island, and Quebec and hopes to expand and invite more diversity and colour into the world of touch.

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Chandra Cantor

Chandra Cantor has had a lifelong relationship with movement.  Dancing since she could walk and practicing yoga & meditation as soon as she could sit still, she has devoted her life to the study and teaching of mindfulness and embodiment.  Chandra first fell in love with  Earthdance in 2009 and has been steeped in the community since then.  She is a  yoga teacher, life coach and mother of three beautiful boys living in Florence, MA.

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We’re dreaming a jam of joyful connection and embodied expression—where families, movers, and magic-makers of all kinds can gather for dance, ritual, pageantry, and moments of meaning. We hope to co-create something alive, inclusive, and full of heart.

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Children’s Programming

The children’s program is a very special part of the summer jam at Earthdance. This jam brings in many families and about thirty or more kids of all ages. Every morning, for 4 hours, there will be 6 staff and one coordinator who will be dedicated to creating a fun experience for your children. 

They will be offered opportunities to move around and play in the field, make art and crafts, have story time, gardening, forest walks and more. We couldn’t have a summer jam without S’mores around the bonfire, pizza making and our now-famous giant slip’n slide. This year we’re hoping to add more soccer games, foam swords fights, ninja training parcours, baking(-and eating!) cakes and crepes, and dancing. 

We’re also planning more afternoon offerings as well as parents-focused sharing circles and other workshops. We are so excited to welcome you and your kids to our program. Whether it’ll be your first time or not, we are looking forward to being in community with you. 

JOIN The Children’s Programming Team!

As we’re planning the kids’ program, we’re also creating our 2025 team. You would like to be part of it? The staff works from 9am until 1pm for 5 mornings of the jam (you get one morning off!) in exchange for a free jam.

Please tell us about you and how you could contribute in this application form. Jump on this great opportunity early because we’d like to complete our team sooner than later. We’re looking forward to hearing about you!

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Summer Jam Details

• The Summer Jam is one of the four main Earthdance seasonal jams, it often has around 100-160 participants, offers children’s programming and is open to all movement levels & backgrounds. 
• We will have commuter, children, full and 2 half jam ticket options. 
• We are not offering a single day drop in for this jam. 
• Please take a look at what to expect at an Earthdance Seasonal Jam.
• CHILDREN: May only attend the jam with a caregiver responsible for the child. 
• NEWCOMERS: We ask that newcomers only attend the FULL or 1st Half of the Jam (Friday-Tuesday). We will be offering classes on embodied consent and CI fundamentals.
• NINE MOUNTAIN: You must purchase a commuter ticket for Nine Mountain here AND then email robyn@ninemountain.com to reserve a bed at an additional charge. 

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Arrival, Onsite Check-In, Opening Circle, and Departures.

• Arrival and Onsite Check-In: The welcoming will commence for Full and 1st Half Jam participants on Saturday, June 28th from 4:00pm-7:00pm. Dinner is at 6-7pm.
• NEWCOMERS: May ONLY register the Full or 1st Half Jam to attend the Opening Circle, attend classes on embodied consent and CI fundamentals, and to orient you to this new environment.
• Opening Circle: Sunday, June 29th at 10am.
• Full and 1st Half Jam All House Clean: Wednesday, July 2nd at 10am 
• 1st Half Jam Departure: Participants will depart on Wednesday, July 2nd by 2pm (after lunch).
• 2nd Half Jam Check-In: Arrive to check-in on Wednesday, July 2nd between 4-7pm. Dinner is at 6-7pm
• Full and 2nd Hall Jam All House Clean: July 5th at 2-3pm
• Jam Departure: All participants will depart after the final group clean at 3pm on Saturday, July 5th. 

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Our Fees Explained

Earthdance offers a sliding scale payment for participation in this event, please take a moment to reflect as you decide on where you best fit. 

Your level of contribution is self selected and does not need to be advocated for. However, we invite you to remember this contribution is currency and we ask that you stretch where you are able so that those who cannot stretch as far of a financial distance may also have potential access to community events. As you choose your rate please consider the following factors:

• Your access to income and wealth, as connected to family and partnership, both currently and anticipated in the future.
• The historical, systemic impacts of wealth accrual based on culture, race and other intersection marginalizations for you and your family.
• The regional ease of your attendance, while some community members can drive to Earthdance, others will need to consider tuition based on their ability to travel longer distances. 
• Earthdance is a community and rental funded organization which recently, historically and uniquely through the Covid-19 pandemic has struggled to have viable income.

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PRICING: Sliding Scale

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Full Jam – Adult Tickets (June 28th-July 5th)

GRATITUDE LODGE:

Financially Strained ($630) to
Financially Abundant ($1030)

CAMPING:

Financially Strained ($595) to
Financially Abundant ($995)

COMMUTING:

Financially Strained ($560) to
Financially Abundant ($960)

Full Jam – Kid Tickets

GRATITUDE LODGE:

Financially Strained ($150) to
Financially Abundant ($500)

CAMPING:

Financially Strained ($120) to
Financially Abundant ($480)

COMMUTING:

Financially Strained ($110) to
Financially Abundant ($470)

Additional Kid Ticket: $75 (can be purchased after the 1st kid’s ticket) 

Nine Mountain Full Jam Tickets

You must  purchase a Full Jam Nine Mountain ticket and then email robyn@ninemountain.com to reserve a bed for an additional price.  

1st Half Jam – Adult Tickets (June 28 – July 2nd)

GRATITUDE LODGE:

Financially Strained ($430) to
Financially Abundant ($830)

CAMPING:

Financially Strained ($415) to
Financially Abundant ($815)

COMMUTING:

Financially Strained ($400) to
Financially Abundant ($800)

1st Half Jam – Kid Tickets

Financially Strained ($100) to
Financially Abundant ($425)

Additional Kid Ticket: $50 (can be purchased after the first kid’s ticket) 

No Camping or Commuting ticket prices for kid’s Half Jam Tickets

2nd Half Jam – Adult Tickets (July 2nd-July 5th) SOLD OUT

GRATITUDE LODGE:

Financially Strained ($400) to
Financially Abundant ($800)

CAMPING:

Financially Strained ($385) to
Financially Abundant ($785)

COMMUTING:

Financially Strained ($370) to
Financially Abundant ($770)

2nd Half Jam – Kid Tickets SOLD OUT

Financially Strained ($75) to
Financially Abundant ($400)

Additional Kid Ticket: $50 (can be purchased after the first kid’s ticket) 

No Camping or Commuting ticket prices for kid’s Half Jam Tickets

Nine Mountain 1st Half Jam tickets available and 2nd Half Jam Tickets SOLD OUT

You must  purchase a Half Jam Nine Mountain Ticket and then email robyn@ninemountain.com to reserve a bed for an additional price.  

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Equity & Access Tickets 

Although we’re not able to offer any full scholarships this year, we’re excited to offer up to 12 FULL JAM and 6 Half Jam Equity & Access Discounts to individuals who feel part of an underrepresented and/or marginalized group in CI and have a relationship with CI.  We know that for those who come from marginalized populations showing up to spaces filled with primarily privileged groups can be a challenge, and can feel vulnerable.

Applications Are Closed!

Earthdance makes efforts to support Equity & Access at all its events. At our four Seasonal jams we do this through:

• Reduced price Equity & Access tickets for folks who find our normal tickets to be a barrier. Participants self-identifying as being underrepresented and/or marginalized in CI are prioritized when allocating these tickets.
• An Accountability, Safety and Care (ASC) team that supports the processing of difficult situations that might come up in relation to consent, identity and other relational issues.
• Support from a BIPOC Team at our seasonal jams that hosts meals and supports offerings and affinity spaces based on BIPOC participants’ desires

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Housing Options

Gratitude Lodge

Includes a bed in the Gratitude Lodge, jam offerings, sauna & quarry access, and food during the jam.

The Gratitude Lodge (a.k.a. the Earthdance dorm) is the main lodging facility, connected to the Farmhouse by a short wooded trail. The lodge includes large and small rooms featuring dormitory-style bunks and beds (twin & queen size) and is included in the base jam cost. Beds are available on a first come basis.

Camping

Includes a spot to camp at Earthdance, jam offerings, sauna & quarry access, and food during the jam.

Commuter

You will have access to the jam offerings, sauna & quarry access, and food during the jam.

Commuter Health Care: We ask that you please use caution when commuting and limit, if possible, to just commuting to and from your home and Earthdance, staying away from large crowds to maintain the health and well being of the other jam participants.

Nine Mountain

Please contact to Robyn at robyn@ninemountain.com to reserve a bed at an additional charge after registering for a Nine Mountain ticket with Earthdance.

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Cancellation Policy

Refund available up to 14 days (June 14th) before the event less a $75 for Full Jam Ticket, $30 for Half Jam Ticket & $15 for Children’s Ticket processing fee.

No refunds available less than 14 days (June 14th) from the start of the event.

Partial refunds might be given if a cancellation takes place under extenuating circumstances (e.g. a death of a 1st or 2nd degree family member, serious non-preventable illness or accident requiring hospitalization). Refunds in such cases remain at the discretion of the local organizers and will be decided on a case to case basis according to the timing of the cancellation and other factors. We do not offer refunds if you catch a cold, the flu or COVID after the cancellation date.

Health Precautions

No specific requirements on vaccination status are needed to attend this event. Please take adequate measures to limit your exposure in the days before arriving. If you are feeling sick, or have a known close exposure to someone with COVID in the past 5 days, please sit this one out to keep the community well. 

COMMUTERS: We ask that you please use caution when commuting and limit, if possible, to just commuting to and from your home and Earthdance, staying away from large crowds to maintain the health and well being of the other jam participants.

Participant Community Support

Earthdance runs as a​ community, thus part of the participation is that all individuals contribute to 1-2 work shifts (typically meal cleans) throughout the event and participate in a final house clean on the last day of the event. These are great ways to connect more with your fellow participants and Earthdance staff, and to feel more at home in the Earthdance buildings & grounds. Your contributions to this collective caring of this space are invaluable!

Earthdance’s buildings are ADA accessible. More info here.

Earthdance’s Jam Guidelines

Earthdance’s Nudity Policy

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HOST BIOS

Alli Ross

Alli Ross is a performing and teaching artist collaborating through dance and theater for most of her life. Her training spans a wide range of approaches to contact improvisation as a form of dialogue and as a tool for storytelling. Recent work includes a residency at Mass MoCa which brings a new enthusiasm for locative audio in immersive theater.

Other performance credits include the development and touring of Healing Wars with Liz Lerman (2012) and the U.S. premiere of Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, originating the role of Lady Macduff  (2009-2011) /American Repertory Theater/Emursive’s NYC. Ross is an Associate Professor of Theater at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee where her research and classes over 11 years work at the intersection of movement arts, somatics and contemporary theater.

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Cody Strauss

Cody Strauss is a home organizer, yoga instructor, kid’s camp leader, workshop facilitator, and performance artist. Cody is also known as a clown artist because she specializes in Juggling All Those Things — while also being a mom, a partner, and staying human in this beautiful, tender, fraught world. 

Fusing decades of somatic practices and facilitation, a deep regard for sacred rites and rituals, Cody creates soulful participatory art events. She encourages groups to dive deep– into creative connection, being kids, making meaning, playfulness, and exploration of our inner wilderness as it meets the world. Cody’s aim is to help us all to emerge together; more connected with one another and more connected with our essential selves. An illumination of spirit takes courage . 

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The Weight of our Unfolding

New buds in spring are tender, full of potential yet vulnerable, to the elements and to the weight of their own unfolding. They emerge from the stillness of winter, delicate yet determined, stretching toward warmth.

Like these buds, we will attune to the delicate rhythm of our own emergence. How can we create enough spaciousness and cultivate enough sensitivity to make this process visible? By slowing down, shedding what is not needed, and attending to each other, we will cultivate a space ripe for easeful creativity. Through the lens of dance as ritual, we will invite an expansion and deepening of possibility within our Contact Improvisation practices.

Spring Jam Curatorial Update

Earthdance is excited to introduce a new addition to this year’s Spring Jam— a CI Intensive! Brandon will be leading classes on Friday and Saturday, offering a chance to deepen our dancing throughout the weekend. No additional sign-up or commitment is needed—come as you are and dive in.

We are also delighted to welcome Ana Harmon on Saturday, who will be offering a Gaga movement class.

About Gaga:

Gaga is the ever-evolving movement language created by choreographer Ohad Naharin. Classes are predicated on a deep activation of the body and attunement to physical sensations. Information is layered, building into a multisensory, physically invigorating experience. While many instructions are imbued with rich imagery, the research of Gaga is fundamentally physical, connecting to a specific process of embodiment. Inside Gaga’s guided structure, the improvisational nature of exploration enables each participant to connect to their own research and range.

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Jam Details

• Attendance: An average of 40-80 people will attend this jam and is open to all movement levels & backgrounds. 
• Jam Options: Full Jam and Saturday Drop-In Day.
• Saturday Drop-In: Ana Harmon will be offering a Gaga movement class. (Drop-In Day is available only to folks who have been to Earthdance before or attending the Full Jam).
• Newcomers: If you have never been to Earthdance, we ask that you only sign up for the Full Jam. This will allow us to better welcome and orient you to Earthdance.

Arrival, Onsite Check-In, Opening Circle, and Departures

• Full Jam: Arrival/Check-In on Thursday, April 3rd from 4:00pm-7:00pm front of the Farmhouse. Dinner is at 6-7pm.
• Opening Circle: Friday, April 4th at 10am. We request that ALL Newcomers attend the Opening Circle.
• Saturday Drop-In (Only for folks who’ve been to Earthdance before): Arrive Saturday, April 5th at 8am. Breakfast is from 8-9am. Check-In from 1-2pm during lunch with Olive. Departure at 10pm day of.
• Closing Circle/Final Clean: Sunday, April 6th Closing Circle at 12:30pm, Lunch 1-2pm
• Final Group Clean at 2-3pm.
• Full Jam Departure: After the final group clean by 3pm on Sunday, April 6th.

Our Fees Explained

Earthdance offers a sliding scale payment for participation in this event, please take a moment to reflect as you decide on where you best fit. 

Your level of contribution is self selected and does not need to be advocated for. However, we invite you to remember this contribution is currency and we ask that you stretch where you are able so that those who cannot stretch as far of a financial distance may also have potential access to community events. As you choose your rate please consider the following factors:

• Your access to income and wealth, as connected to family and partnership, both currently and anticipated in the future.
• The historical, systemic impacts of wealth accrual based on culture, race and other intersection marginalizations for you and your family.
• The regional ease of your attendance, while some community members can drive to Earthdance, others will need to consider tuition based on their ability to travel longer distances. 
• Earthdance is a community and rental funded organization which recently, historically and uniquely through the Covid-19 pandemic has struggled to have viable income.

PRICING: Sliding Scale

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FULL JAM

GRATITUDE LODGE
Financially Strained $375.00 to Financially Abundant $800.00

CAMPING
Financially Strained $350.00 to Financially Abundant $775.00

COMMUTER
Financially Strained $325.00 to Financially Abundant $750.00

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SATURDAY DROP-IN DAY

Financially Strained $85.00 to Financially Abundant $450.00

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Equity & Access Tickets 

Although we’re not able to offer any full scholarships this year, we’re excited to offer up to 4 FULL JAM Equity & Access Discounts to individuals who feel part of an underrepresented and/or marginalized group in CI and have a relationship with CI.  We know that for those who come from marginalized populations showing up to spaces filled with primarily privileged groups can be a challenge, and can feel vulnerable.

Apply Here! Deadline is March 27th!

Earthdance makes efforts to support Equity & Access at all its events. At our four Seasonal jams we do this through:

• Reduced price Equity & Access tickets for folks who find our normal tickets to be a barrier. Participants self-identifying as being underrepresented and/or marginalized in CI are prioritized when allocating these tickets.
• An Accountability, Safety and Care (ASC) team that supports the processing of difficult situations that might come up in relation to consent, identity and other relational issues.
• Support from a BIPOC Team at our seasonal jams that hosts meals and supports offerings and affinity spaces based on BIPOC participants’ desires

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Housing Options

Gratitude Lodge

Includes a bed in the Gratitude Lodge, jam offerings, sauna & quarry access, and food during the jam.

The Gratitude Lodge (a.k.a. the Earthdance dorm) is the main lodging facility, connected to the Farmhouse by a short wooded trail. The lodge includes large and small rooms featuring dormitory-style bunks and beds (twin & queen size) and is included in the base jam cost. Beds are available on a first come basis.

Camping

Includes a spot to camp at Earthdance, jam offerings, sauna & quarry access, and food during the jam.

Commuter

You will have access to the jam offerings, sauna & quarry access, and food during the jam.

Commuter Health Care: We ask that you please use caution when commuting and limit, if possible, to just commuting to and from your home and Earthdance, staying away from large crowds to maintain the health and well being of the other jam participants.

Nine Mountain is NOT available.

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Cancellation Policy

Refund available up to 14 days (March 20th) before the event less a $75 processing fee. 

No refunds available less than 14 days (March 20th) from the start of the event.

Partial refunds might be given if a cancellation takes place under extenuating circumstances (e.g. a death of a 1st or 2nd degree family member, serious non-preventable illness or accident requiring hospitalization). Refunds in such cases remain at the discretion of the local organizers and will be decided on a case to case basis according to the timing of the cancellation and other factors. We do not offer refunds if you catch a cold, the flu or COVID after the cancellation date.

Health Precautions

No specific requirements on vaccination status are needed to attend this event. Please take adequate measures to limit your exposure in the days before arriving. If you are feeling sick, or have a known close exposure to someone with COVID in the past 5 days, please sit this one out to keep the community well. 

COMMUTERS: We ask that you please use caution when commuting and limit, if possible, to just commuting to and from your home and Earthdance, staying away from large crowds to maintain the health and well being of the other jam participants.

Participant Community Support

Earthdance runs as a​ community, thus part of the participation is that all individuals contribute to 1-2 work shifts (typically meal cleans) throughout the event and participate in a final house clean on the last day of the event. These are great ways to connect more with your fellow participants and Earthdance staff, and to feel more at home in the Earthdance buildings & grounds. Your contributions to this collective caring of this space are invaluable!

Earthdance’s buildings are ADA accessible. More info here.

Earthdance’s Jam Guidelines

Earthdance’s Nudity Policy

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Guest Facilitator

Brandon Gonzalez

Brandon Gonzalez is an interdisciplinary dance artist, choreographer, and educator based in Austin, Texas. He’s moved by the transformational power of dance as a ritual practice, using it as an experimental ground for investigating embodied human experience. Focusing on the capacities of the body as a resource for artistic practice, he develops works across a variety of media and performance modalities.  He teaches Contact Improvisation nationally and internationally, and for over 15 years has produced dance events in Austin. Working as a co-organizing member, he helped establish the annual Texas Dance Improvisation Festival (TDIF). He is also the Artistic Director and an established DJ/facilitator at Ekstasis, a vibrant community ritual-dance event in Austin. Brandon is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Theatre and Dance at TXST University. He holds a BFA in Studio Art from TXST and an MFA in Dramatic Arts from UC Davis. 

Brandon has only been to Earthdance a few times and is looking forward to dancing and getting to know the community there! 

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SATURDAY Drop-In Gaga Facilitator

Ana Harmon

Ana Harmon is a dance and movement advocate currently living in her home state of Massachusetts. She has been a Gaga teacher since 2019, completing her certification in Tel Aviv with the artistic guidance of Ohad Naharin. Now more than ever, she is committed to dancing every day and sharing the healing power of movement with a range of movers. Ana currently divides her time between Gaga teaching engagements and supporting the Gaga organization’s various artistic and educational programs across the globe. She is a faculty member at the Boston Conservatory and recently led an undergraduate Gaga course at Harvard University. Ana trained with Boston Ballet’s pre-professional program for 13 years and joined Ballet Austin II in 2008. In 2010, she joined Kamea Dance Company in Be’er Sheva, Israel where she danced for three years. Ana completed a BA in English Literature & Middle Eastern Studies from Tel Aviv University in 2016. 

As a new resident of the Pioneer Valley, Ana is excited for her first visit to Earthdance!

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CICo HOSTS

The CI Committee (CICo) is the Earthdance seasonal jam production team. Since 2001, this team has been supporting the Guest Facilitators and producing the jams from behind the scenes. For this Spring Jam, instead of having two guest facilitators, Anya and Meta will be joining Brandon in hosting the event. 

Meta Bobbe

Meta Bobbe (she/her) is an integrative body therapist, embodiment and movement researcher, and a CI teacher and community organizer. Since first encountering CI in Israel in 2012, this practice has become central to her life. Meta has been part of the leadership team at Earthdance for years, serving on the CICo seasonal jam organization team since 2019, was an intensive teacher at Spiral & Roots CI Professional Training 2025, and is a former Earthdance Board Member (2020-2023). Curating CI spaces that foster creative expression, community connection, and a welcoming atmosphere is both a passion and a practice for her. She’s excited and honored to be part of this Spring Jam’s team!

Meta is a Certified Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, Ilan Lev Method Practitioner, and Licensed Massage Therapist. She holds a BBA in Management and Human Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A seasoned traveler and former expat, Meta now resides in Florence, Massachusetts.

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Anya Smolnikova

Anya Smolnikova (b. Minsk, Belarus) is an artist and educator living and working in Vermont. Her art practice spans painting, drawing, performance, installation, dance and community actions. Smolnikova has exhibited internationally in Armenia at HAYP; in Los Angeles at LAST Projects; in Chicago at Mana Contemporary, Heaven Gallery, Links Halls, No Nation, and 6018 North; in Massachusetts at the Boston Boston Center for the Arts, Piano Craft Guild, MUSA Collective, Dorchester Art Projects and Four Eleven Gallery in Provincetown. Collaborations include projects with Anastasia Tinari, FAR x WIDE, Seeding Sovereignty among others. Teaching includes Northwestern University; Northwestern Prison Education Program; Chicago Art Partnerships in Education; Museum of Fine Arts Boston; Brookline, Cambridge and Boston Centers for Adult Education; The Field Center and The Putney School in Vermont among others. Smolnikova has been a resident artist at the Vermont Studio Center, Boston Center for the Arts, Groundworks Space in Hudson Valley, and holds an MFA from Northwestern University in Chicago. She lives at The Field Center in Vermont, where she is a founding member, Director of Operations, Curator and Faculty.