WCCIF 2009
June 30 & July 1st: new! West Coast Contact Improvisation Teachers' Exchange (WeCITE)
July 2-7: FESTIVAL! (Including all new! night class for workers, curated performance, Deepening Investigation Day-DID)
July 8: Teacher Dialogue & Evaluation Day (WrapUp)
We can't wait to see you for another great festival this summer.
2009 Organizing Staff Team (OST)
Ali, Kim, Jen and Rajendra
Click below for this year's 5-day intensives and single classes. Stay tuned for more details about 2009 labs, discussions, performances and jams.
Registration options include: Full Fest, All Single Classes, Intensive Only and Public Day Only. Attend 1 night's Jam or attend all 5! with the All Jams & Shows Night Pass.ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. The deadline for early registration (save over $50.00) is April 1, 2009.
Opening Day: Thursday, July 2, 2009.
Registration Opens: 2pm
Facilitated Warm-up for Jam: 4pm
Jam Opens: 5pm
Opening Circle, Small Circles: 7-8pm
Jams Continue: 8-11pm.
Performances
Curated Performance: Sunday, July 5, 8pm
Informal Performance: Monday, July 6, 8pm
Can't attend the whole fest? Want to introduce your friends to the dance?
Join us for PUBLIC DAY, Sunday, July 5, 1pm, an afternoon of classes and events for newcomers to try, and an evening of two jam rooms and our Curated Performance at 8pm!
Required On-Site Check-In
Please check-in at the registration table when you first arrive - even if you are pre-registered! Check-in is required of all participants, and the process has changed from previous years. PLEASE ARRIVE WITH AMPLE TIME TO CHECK-IN BEFORE ALL CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES.
Classes: Are first come, first served and they fill up quickly. We recommend arriving early to classes you really want to attend. No pre-registration is available for individual single classes.
Informal Performance: Students are highly encouraged to perform work in progress and exchange feedback. Rehearsal space and time is available and included within full festival tuition.
Jams: Occur every evening 8pm-midnight, Thursday through Monday, with two Focused Rooms:
Silent Jam in one, and Facilitated Group Warm-up and Scores in the other.
Work Exchange (WEX): 5 and 10 hour positions are available for $50 and $100 off of festival tuition. Contact the organizers early for a WEX application, as WEX is given first come, first served. Email preferred at contact at wccif dot org, put "WEX" in subject line.
Scholarships: A limited number of scholarships are available. For an application,
email: contact at wccif dot org with SCHOLARSHIP in the subject line. Scholarship applications must be filled out and RECEIVED by WCCIF no later than May 1, 2009.
Location of WCCIF 2009: The festival takes place at the Eighth Street Studios Complex also known as "The Sawtooth Building" located at 2525 Eighth Street (at Dwight Way) in Berkeley, CA 94710. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.