TEACHER
cathie caraker
Cathie Caraker (MFA, RSME) is a longtime dance artist, researcher and somatic movement educator. Her teaching work integrates her deep background in post-modern dance practices and somatics. She was fortunate to work extensively with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, founder of Body-Mind Centering®, with Nancy Stark Smith and Steve Paxton, founders of Contact Improvisation, and many other brilliant "dancestors", and has been profoundly influenced by their research. She was on the faculty of the renowned School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam for 10 years. She has also shared her work at the New York Improvisation Festival, Movement Research, Omega Institute, Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, wcciJAM, Moving On Center, Contact Festival Freiburg, Tanzfabrik Berlin, Barcelona Contact Festival, Contredanse Brussels, de Beweging Antwerp, and numerous US colleges. She has co-organized CI events including wcciJAM and the European CI Teaching Exchange (ECITE). Cathie is a Body-Mind Centering® teacher, a Registered Somatic Movement Educator and an instructor of the Pilates and Gyrotonic methods. Her writings on Body-Mind Centering® as a somatic approach to dance education have been published by Nouvelles de Danse. More at www.cathiecaraker.com
MUSICIAN
daniel berkman
Daniel Berkman is a San Francisco-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, electronic musician, live looper, producer, singer-songwriter, film and dance score composer and innovator of electro-acoustic music, specializing in the Kora (a 21-stringed West African harp) and Gravikora. Daniel has many acclaimed albums to his credit ranging from modern Kora music, planetarium soundtracks and dance & film scores to IDM and classical music. His music can be heard at: danielberkman.bandcamp.com
HOST
merrick jacob
Merrick Jacob is a lover of movement, continuously in awe of the body and its potential for delightful expression, wild creativity, & authentic connection. Influenced by her practices of contact improvisation, figure skating, acroyoga, and hand-balancing, she guides playful movement experiences as an opportunity for deep listening, research, and co-creation. Merrick hosts contact across the SF Bay Area.
