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Global Underscore 2018 Galway Video and Harvest - [4th](https://globalunderscore.com/4th/) - fgh - [qqx](https://globalunderscore.com/qqx/) - 223 - [Basel, Switzerland Harvest GUS 2018](https://globalunderscore.com/basel-switzerland-harvest-gus-2018/) - All of us Basel, Switzerland GUS 2018 - [Amsterdam, short report & harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/amsterdam-short-report-harvest/) - [Pictures GUS Taipei 6.23.2018](https://globalunderscore.com/pictures-gus-taipei-6-23-2018/) - [Tokyo Japan / Harvest GUS 2018](https://globalunderscore.com/tokyo-japan-harvest-gus-2018/) - 23 June 11pm-3am 24 June / as modified jam scoreat night park( clay soil and grass) after rain. we all worn the raincoat &rain pants, few parsons took off those soon. (all photos were darkness always, yes! midnight outside !!!)opening stand / facing Buffalo, NY , closing stand/ facing Warszawa, Polandparticipants: ゆあさてつろうTetsurou Yuasa , 成田護 - [Monterrey, Mexico . Harvest GUS 2018](https://globalunderscore.com/monterrey-mexico-harvest-gus-2018/) - Participants Martha Cecilia Marcoux (Saltillo), Catalina Castilla (Tampico), Catarina Lino (Portugal), Esteban Fredin, Fabiola Santamaria (Veracruz), Raúl Ramos, Daniel OntiverosSharingDaniel’s observations: We must be comfortable with one’s self in order to engage with others. The group is more comfortable with des-control, than the year before. The bass improvisation was a highlight moment. The need to - [Harvest notes::Bangalore](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-notesbangalore/) - Hi Everyone,We had a photographer but he started dancing so we don't have much record of the harvest. I think pictures will come. These were the participants:We did the talkthrough at about 5:30pm and started the Underscore about 7:15pm. No translation necessary. (Non-synchronous) People stayed for the most part but two left early for urgent - [Newcastle, Australia - Global Underscore 2018 Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/newcastle-australia-global-underscore-2018-harvest/) - Participants: Annette Nathalia, Noel Gueco, Shoshanna Hindmarsh, Donna Lane, Owen Davis, Rachel Bond, Rahkel Bose, Christina Constantina, Luke Falcon. Started with words and diagrams. They looked intense. We reflect, we connect. We started our silence.We dance together. We draw apart. We couple. We triple. We fall into a mountain of bodies.We cuddle, we sigh, we breath - [Harvest: GUS2018 Shenzhen, China](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-gus2018-shenzhen-china/) - The facilitator :圆圆肚肚yuanyuandudu work with 王剑锋JF-wang.Talk-Through: 8:00 pm, UTC+810:00 pm - 2:00 am/Modified Jam Score 10:50pm opening global Small Dance facing Monterrey, Mexico1:55am closing global Small Dance facing Guangzhou, China小舞蹈视频https://youtu.be/3jC_92k6m44Participants:1.圆圆肚肚 yuanyuandudu2, 王剑锋 JF-wang 3, 韦玉艳 Stella4. 程水彬 xiaolong5, 闫杰 Jack(迟到)6. 方绮熠 Cindy(提前离开)7. 李莉莉 Lilian(提前离开)8. 有成 Jianwu(提前离开)9. 李彩霞 Lic ai xia(提前离开)10.王嘟娃 dodo(狗????)yuanyuandudu收获小龙随笔我们一起合影:https://youtu.be/fUV9aDVJbig - [HARVEST GUS2018 New Delhi, India](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-gus2018-new-delhi-india/) - Namaste! Global harvest from India for the very first time.Facilitator: Priyanka barua ,Guru SurajParticipant:Guru Suraj, Priyanka Barua, Tarun Arora, Rajiv Jain, Siddharth Kubavat, Elisa , Gagan, Himani Barua, Alisha GuptaGuru Suraj (Chennai)It is interesting to observe that there are people who are doing what we are doing makes such a change.I felt I was in the - [Buenos Aires](https://globalunderscore.com/buenos-aires/) - Solsticio de inverno,mucho frío en las calles este año...En la salamás de 101 bailarines celebrandoALEGRIA INFINITA SIEMPRE!Amor para todes... Fotos: Cristina Turdo y Laura Barceló. Video: Paula Zacharías - [Singapore Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/singapore-harvest/) - Participants:Xie Shangbin, Louis Chong, Teo Wai Chin, Viril Tan, Ashley Ho, Jocelyn Chng, Maybelle Lek, Bernice, Lakshman, Celine Lim, Birte, Pier, Michelle Chua, Derrick Siu, Chi-an Chang, Chu Chu Yuan, Chan Sze-Wei, Faye Lim, Felicia Lim Opening Facing: Molinari, Argentina Closing Facing: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Photos by Chan Sze-Wei - [Harvest: GUS2018 Guangzhou, China](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-gus2018-guangzhou-china/) - LeZai Studio2-3/F, No.1 Chang Qing Fang Back alley, No. 511 Tongfu East Road, Haizhu District,Guangzhou, 510240 GuangdongThe facilitator yuenjie MARU (from Hong Kong) work with Moon Wu (Guangzhou local).Talk-Through: 8:00 pm, UTC+810:00 pm - 2:00 am/Modified Score Jam10:50pm opening 5 min global Small Dance facing Shenzhen, China1:55am closing global Small Dance facing Bangalore, IndiaTimelaspe video: https://youtu.be/Pj-m6Hmy6kUParticipants:1. 丸仔 - [GUS Group Harvest 2018,Hong Kong, Hong Kong](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-group-harvest-2018,hong-kong-hong-kong/) - GUS 2018 Hong Kong, Hong KongBlank Space Studio23 June, 20188pm Talk-through by Mimi Lo10pm-2am GMT+8 GUS10:50pm opening 5 min global Small Dance facing Campinas, Brasil1:55am closing global Small Dance facing Bogata, ColumbiaParticipants:Mimi Lo 兩口米Gao Feng 高峰Emily Wu 胡秀慧Arvin Cheng 人仔靈性、變化、脈衝、 Spirituality, Variation, Pulse,具質感的希望,全都被滿足了!the wishes about qualities are all satisfied!從未細緻地看著自己的掌紋來舞動, Never looked into my palm lines in details - [](https://globalunderscore.com/102-2/) - some short impresions from Underscore in Slovenia - [GUS Group Harvest , Seoul , South Korea](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-group-harvest-seoul-south-korea/) - GUS 2018 Seoul , South KoreaThank you. All participants and CI dancers around the world.KIM BONGHOCHOI A-REUMAKIKO TAKAKI JANG YOOJUNGLEE BEOMGEONLEE HYEWONHWANG SEOKJINAHN SEYULJEON YUNNALIM SOYOUNGJEON WONBAEJUNG JINWOO - [(Bongho Kim)Seoul, Shouth Korea](https://globalunderscore.com/bongho-kimseoul-shouth-korea/) - Moderate spaceWhile dancing for 4 hours full of enargy.At some point a distant memory touches me.In the sweat and breath of 12 peopleI become a calm wave. - [Group Harvest, Minneapolis, MN. USA](https://globalunderscore.com/group-harvest-minneapolis-mn-usa/) - Agitation as an interest...Motivation by another's inertness...Starting outside the building by rental circumstance made beautiful textural bonding with the earth...Windows everywhere...Bonding with the Timmy...Feeling paralyzed when watching too much...Feeling motivated when watching too little...Honoring North and South...Peaches...Quintet of collisions...(Outbursts of surprise at momentum...)Desires to bring the group to others, or others to the group...Sacred spaces...(Harps - [Deerfield, MA USA](https://globalunderscore.com/deerfield-ma-usa/) - Deerfield, MA USAFacilitators: Patrick Crowley & Sarah YoungHelpers: Saliq Savage, Kristin Horrigan(Nancy Stark Smith was sick and satelliting from Florence, MA)Windhorse Hill studio595-B River RoadDeerfield, MA 01342Participants:Adam BradyBéu TornaghiChristhy MattosGabriel ForestieriIngrid BredenbergJeff DoffJohn HughesJulie RosierHeather AndersonKevin DeeKristin HorriganMarisa VoldiserraMete BobbeLiana FoxvogLinalynn SchmelzerPatrick CrowleySarah YoungSaliq SavageMax Gautier - Blue cushions were rocks with otters and other - [Global Underscore Hamburg Germany](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-hamburg-germany/) - Harvest Global Underscore HamburgTwo drunkards falling their way home. AnnelieA landscape with hills and valleys. And a landscape with water and lakes. I jumped in the water and stepped out of it back and forth. Angela MaraI felt connected. NicolasI enjoyed having lots of time. A game of echos. KatzeIntentional and unintentional. How to engage - [Group Harvest Taipei](https://globalunderscore.com/group-harvest-taipei/) - 1. I was thinking about responsibility when I come today as a host, which is against my nature. I am observing myself and see if I am over responsible today. It turn out that I balance the situation pretty well.2. I go crazy today. I feel connected which others because it is so dense.3. I - [Mimi Lo, Hong Kong, Hong Kong](https://globalunderscore.com/mimi-lo-hong-kong-hong-kong/) - 靈性、變化、脈衝、具質感的希望,全都被滿足了!從未細緻地看著自己的掌紋來舞動,發現了漂亮的木紋圖案。手指尖傳來了一次又一次的能量,頭頂卻是今天最強烈的連結。遠方傳來的每一張臉,讓我笑也讓我哭!身體一直往後倒,許多沒預期的事!安靜到深心處,笑聲也最嘹亮。時間是框框,同時也讓人放心。隨時可以回到自己的世界,但沒有忘掉別人。地球在轉動,我們在共舞!記《Global Underscore 2018》2018年6月24日 01:18香港 流白之間Mimi Lo,Hong Kong,Hong Kong(English Vision Updated Later) - [Béu, Deerfield MA, USA](https://globalunderscore.com/beu-deerfield-ma-usa/) - time, tempo, time, tempowords cannot tellthe experience of ritmocollectivesingulareach weavinga wholesingularweavingwith the wholeand allsigularlyconnectedBéu, Deerfield MA, USA - [洪玉珊 台北台灣](https://globalunderscore.com/洪玉珊-台北台灣/) - 您好:這活動非常高與與全球同步參與,雖然腿都淤青了,但是非常享受。 - [Jeff/Dahlia Doff, Deerfield, MA, USA](https://globalunderscore.com/jeff-dahlia-doff-deerfield-ma-usa/) - this is what i think my dad(Jeff) is thinking 1:only sound is birds chirping. 2:feet screeching 3: likes the colors i am using Dahlia Doff (8 years old), Deerfield, MA, USA - [ash, singapore, singapore](https://globalunderscore.com/ash-singapore-singapore/) - it is warm with either nymphs or mosquitoes. a fire lights against steel. children watch in circles of circles. upon unearthing soil there is the nijinsky of a thousand nails. scabs of sweat peel off as day.amidst the grey there are grasses of children. we watch in circles of circles, forgetting ceilings, making our air - [Dahlia Doff, Deerfield MA, USA](https://globalunderscore.com/dahlia-doff-deerfield-ma-usa/) - this was amazing like riding a unicorn i hope you all had fun i did ! - [Dahlia Doff (8 years old), Deerfield MA, USA](https://globalunderscore.com/dahlia-doff-8-years-old-deerfield-ma-usa/) - being here in a peaceful place and the only thing you here is the birds chirping and feet brushing the floor this was one of the greatest times of my life this was my first time coming and it is great so far. hope you all are having fun! - [Jeff Doff, Deerfield MA, USA -- Being "In"](https://globalunderscore.com/jeff-doff-deerfield-ma-usa-being-in/) - Several people mentioned seeds about "being IN" the dance, even under circumstances where they had to leave the dance.One person mentioned that part of the inclusion of this Global Underscore could also be to include nature / animals. Right after she said that, I noticed more clearly the sounds of the birds around the dance - [Celine, Singapore, Singapore](https://globalunderscore.com/celine-singapore-singapore/) - We play to heal - [Maybelle Lek, Singapore, Singapore](https://globalunderscore.com/maybelle-lek-singapore-singapore/) - twirling, woo-hooing in pleasant surprise, leaning, woo-hooing like children in the playground supporting, gathering, sendingpeople solving dilemmas on the spot gathering to curiosity There's a wheelbarrow war, both barrels limped and breathed Floppy onto the ground, Drawing energy from the earth to the bodies Everchanging landscape, Deep breaths of realisation, rest and recuperationI find myself inspired by curiosity And challenged by the infinite possibilities - [Greetings from Patrick, GUS Coordinator](https://globalunderscore.com/greetings-from-patrick-gus-coordinator/) - Hello Underscorers around the world,We are beginning together this journey of sharing together through this mode of awareness and dance celebrating connection!I hope everyone's preparation went well or whatever way it did..Much love, Patrick (and Nancy Hughes) - [](https://globalunderscore.com/120-2/) - Hi GUS facilitators,The packet to help you with your facilitation of your Global Underscore is coming soon. Thanks for our patience!We will have LIVE HARVESTING on this blog site. Please accept the invitation to your gmail account email address, so you can set up a computer for people at your GUS to HARVEST. If you - [CI and Underscore in India](https://globalunderscore.com/ci-and-underscore-in-india/) - Here are some inspirational words from Erica Kaufman about CI and Underscore in India...A GUS Vision:On June 22 I will have a necessary eye surgery in Chennai, India and will be riding the following day, the Equinox, convalescing on my back in bed. As I prepare for this, my heart kept dreaming of all the - [GUS 2018 Times Zones](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-2018-times-zones/) - Hi everyone,As you decide to organize a GUS in your area, here are the times in order to dance simultaneously with each other: Time Zones:7 am - 11 am UTC-07:00 San Francisco/Vancouver8 am - 12 pm UTC-06:00 Boulder 9 am - 1 pm UTC-05:00 Chicago10 am - 2 pm UTC-04:00 New York/Deerfield, MA USA11 am - [](https://globalunderscore.com/123-2/) - We are so happy to announce the date and time of GLOBAL UNDERSCORE (GUS) 2018:Mark your calendars! Global Underscore (GUS) 2018Saturday, June 23, 10:00 am–2:00 pm EST(NSS will be in western Massachusetts)facebook love, Nancy Hughes, Patrick Crowley, organizers with Nancy Stark Smith - [](https://globalunderscore.com/124-2/) - Harvest Estonia GUS 2017Global Underscore 2017Sat. June 24, 2017, 5–9pmViljandi, Estonia sitefacilitator: Nancy Stark Smithproducer: Notafe festivalparticipants:Jenni Ristkari (Finland), Toni Vaahtera (Finland), Lara Bogataj (Austria), Angela-Mara Florant (Germany), Kaisa Kukkonen (Finland), Evelyn Tuul (Estonia), Nadja Parssinen (Finland), Niina Rejeva (Estonia), Tina Smeja (Canada), Ursula Rummel (Estonia), Valeria Januškevitš (Estonia), Helina Karvak (Estonia), Caitlin Sidney (UK), - [The Amsterdam Jam Global Underscore, a little experiment](https://globalunderscore.com/the-amsterdam-jam-global-underscore-a-little-experiment/) - It has already been almost a month since the Global Underscore; sorry this contribution is so late. Also it is a pity we did not take pictures, but... we did turn the day into a successful little experiment in Amsterdam: The G.U.S. worldwide timing happened to almost match our weekly Saturday Amsterdam Jam…So for this occasion we - [GUS Vienna 2017 - Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-vienna-2017-harvest/) - GUS Vienna 2017ParticipantsAngela Püskül – ATIna Sattlegger – ATJudit Keri – HU/ATJulia Pointner – ATDany Rossi – ATM.T. - ATGeorg Maché – ATLucia Schmid – ATSebastian Schubert – ATHarvest (transcribed by Lucia)G.: Doing the small dance in the direction of West I was a lot more relaxed an silent than facing East. Doing the Underscore - [Harvest: Global UNDERSCORE 2017 Hong Kong](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-global-underscore-2017-hong-kong/) - Blank Space Studio24 June8pm Talk-through by Arvin Cheng10pm-2am GMT+8 GUS10:50pm opening 5 min global Small Dance facing New York City, NY USA1:55am closing global Small Dance facing Vienna, AustriaParticipants (from begin to end):Felix Yuen, Ha Yat Sing, Cesar Yael Velez, Winston Lau, Wan Ho Wai, Alison Leung, Daniel Leung, Arvin Chengfb event page:https://www.facebook.com/events/1966541263632771/a video clip:https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1985020468394621&id=100006600604424 - [](https://globalunderscore.com/128-2/) - Barcelona HarvestUn año mas, ENEstudio celebró el Global Underscore. Este año coincidió con una celebración local muy típica e importante en Barcelona. Iniciamos la estructura 15 personas en una ola de calor en la ciudad que nos envolvía a nosotros... nada pudo con nosotros, nos enfocamos, practicamos, bailamos y bailamos una vez mas. Gracias One more - [](https://globalunderscore.com/129-2/) - Harvest Bonn, GermanyWe were a nice group of 19 people, taking a warm dancing bath in the music of Barnaby Tree, globally grounded and happy.goosebumps during the introduction of the underscore, very well conscious of everyone else doing it, synchronizing alreadywe were fascinated that so many (55! what a nice number!) sites took part all over - [Singapore Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/singapore-harvest-2/) - The first Singapore Underscore: Jaycee Ho, Pat Toh, Kai Eng, Neo Jialing, Chia Jit Kiat Vincent, Daisy Zhao, Denise Lim, Tay KH, Virile Tan, Louis Chong, Chloe Chotrani, Felicia Lim, Celine Lim, Graeme Ford, Chen Jiexiao, Dodya, Jocelyn Chng, Chong Gua Khee, Sze Make It Share It Studio, Paya Lebar, Singapore 10pm 24 June-2am 25 June 2017Opening - [Colheita Campinas Brasil](https://globalunderscore.com/colheita-campinas-brasil/) - ????Participantes: Regina LimaLigia Rodrigues SpedalettiLucas RossetoGabriel LorcaFabio CamolesiMariana ColomboRodrigo FariaDaniela ZaiaDante MorettiRaquel GalvaniRafael Barzagli OliveiraBibiana MarquesMarília Carneiro (facilitadora)Facing: Cape Town & SingaporeEstávamos em 13 improvisadorxs de diferentes cidades do interior paulista (Campinas, Piracicaba, Hortolândia, São José dos Campos) e até do Rio Grande do Sul e da capital do Mato Grosso.Há vários anos estudo o UnderScore - [Colheita Florianópolis, Brasil](https://globalunderscore.com/colheita-florianopolis-brasil/) - Participantes:Felipe Ferreira FerroAndré Reali OlmosMarcela Micheli ArantesAlejandro LancellottiAmanda GoisFernanda NicollazziAna AlonsoEverton Lampe de AraújoNádia BrasilTalita Delfino G. da SilvaMarcela F. RibeiroKarin, T. Flores - [Monterrey, México](https://globalunderscore.com/monterrey-mexico/) - Participants:Caty CastillaHector MirelesDenise LongoriaEsteban FredinBenjamin CortesCatarina LiDaniel OntiverosSeeding:Color chalk and soundFacing: Barcelona & Tel Aviv - [Harvest: Global UNDERSCORE 2017 Shenzhen, China](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-global-underscore-2017-shenzhen-china/) - Deyiyang Art Education, 1/F, Converge Dragon Garden, Shangmeilin, Shenzhen, China24 June8pm Talk-through10pm-2am GMT+8 GUS10:50pm opening 5 min global Small Dance facing Evanston, IL USA1:55am closing global Small Dance facing Bonn, GermanyParticipants:1. 丸仔 yuenjie MARU (Hong Kong)2. 兩口米 Mimi Lo (Hong Kong)3. 王剑锋 JF_Wang4. 張敏宜 Cheung Man yee (Hong Kong)5. 黄伟辉 Aply6. 罗奇 Lucky (Hunan 湖南) - [EPIICO, México, Ciudad de México](https://globalunderscore.com/epiico-mexico-ciudad-de-mexico/) - En una zona de respiración en esta inmensa ciudad, respiramos ... girando en esferas... transitando ... tejiendo conexiones, divirtiéndonos ... en familia... SILENTES ( )On a breathing zone of this huge city we breath...... turning on spheres.... transitioning....weaving connections, on fun... on family... SILENT ( ) - [Earthdance, Plainfield, MA USA](https://globalunderscore.com/earthdance-plainfield-ma-usa/) - Dancers: Maggie Wickenden, Annette Urbschat, Leslie Cerier, Charles Dietrich, Rob Olmsted, Pauline Lefebvre, Rythea Lee, Adam Brady, Katie Aylward, Christine Cole, Kelly Bitov, Meredyth Klotz, Felice Wolfzahn, Julie Rosier, Ali Skalli, Kelsey Hobbs, Anna Maynard, Katerina Saligari, Sarah Young, Patrick Crowley, Torielle Lee. - [Glasgow Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/glasgow-harvest/) - A real chance for connection to far beyond ourselves, the studio and Glasgow.Brian HartleyPenny ChivasAlasdair SimRon MTeresaDaveJohannesNinaSkyDavidJohnRasaBilliKhalidChrisFacing MontrealPhoto+Drawing by Brian Hartley - [Melbourne (Fitzroy), Australia](https://globalunderscore.com/melbourne-fitzroy-australia/) - The Beloved Cecil Street Studio. Melbourne's home of CI since 1997! Harvesting 2 ways #DarkUnderscore glyph. Please note: no-one used it this time around! - [Lucas Rosseto / Campinas Brasil](https://globalunderscore.com/lucas-rosseto-campinas-brasil/) - Hoje fizemos a primeira Global Underscore de Campinas!Estou muito feliz e grato por todos que participaram, pelas danças, pela Nancy Smith, pela Marília Carneiro, que trouxeram este conhecimento para minha vida.!!! - [Regina Lima/Campinas Brasil](https://globalunderscore.com/regina-lima-campinas-brasil/) - Hey pessoal adorei a experiencia. <3 - [Rodrigo, Campinas, Brazil](https://globalunderscore.com/rodrigo-campinas-brazil/) - Sempre bom voltar ao Lab FEF, onde comecei as práticas de contato em 2014. Obrigado por mais uma dança! - [Bibiana, Campinas, Brazil](https://globalunderscore.com/bibiana-campinas-brazil/) - A maravilha que é suportar e ser suportada por essa energia global e nela encontrar espaço para reconhecer caminhos de movimento e assim encarar desafios. Espaços, tempos e fluxos que me impulsionam. Obrigada Marília, grupo, globo, gravidade, por me ensinar a sobreviver à queda. - [Glasgow drawing](https://globalunderscore.com/glasgow-drawing/) - [](https://globalunderscore.com/144-2/) - Bedford, ????????Our talking stick was a unicorn! - [Rafael Barzagli Oliveira, Campinas-SP, Brazil](https://globalunderscore.com/rafael-barzagli-oliveira-campinas-sp-brazil/) - I hurt my skin today, in a good way. All pain is less than the joy of dance on a saturday afternoon, with people with a lot of guts to be vunerable.The power i'm feeling now need to be true, and the sense of dance in this chaotic world is necessary, i guess.I want more. - [Daniela Zaia, Campinas, SP, Brasil](https://globalunderscore.com/daniela-zaia-campinas-sp-brasil/) - Todas as energias estavam canalizadas nesse local.Todos os corpos estava interconectados.Conectados corporalmente, visualmente e espiritualmente.Daniela ZaiaCampinas, SPBrasil - [[Ligia Rodrigues Spedaletti] [São Paulo] [Brasil]](https://globalunderscore.com/ligia-rodrigues-spedaletti-sao-paulo-brasil/) - The unknowing truth about ourselves...comes a little closer when we open our bodys to whatever comes in our way.[Ligia Spedaletti] [São Paulo] [Brasil] - [Raquel Galvani, Campinas, Brazil](https://globalunderscore.com/raquel-galvani-campinas-brazil/) - Today was my first experience with Underscore. My heart felt, and it is still felling very warm, revigorated. Happy to feel my body speak! And also glad to know that there's people all over the world conected with this same pulse! Thank you! - [Dante Moretti - Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil](https://globalunderscore.com/dante-moretti-piracicaba-sao-paulo-brasil/) - Hoje me senti como em minha infância, pois tive medo de buscar certas pessoas do grupo... fui uma criança muito tímida... após um pequeno esforço nossa dança foi tão espontânea e viva que senti como se estivesse usando meu corpo pela primeira vez... Experimentar a total liberdade de ser quem eu sou, respeitar todos os - [singapore 'ssembly](https://globalunderscore.com/singapore-ssembly/) - I never cease to be amazedby casual chemistry, by seemingly unplanned fluidityA seamless exchange, a sharing. To bemindlessly involved. Unthinking, yet 100% aware.You banter with your body - limbs askew, akimboAll in child-like wonder,accidental brilliance.-potato - [Midnight in Singapore](https://globalunderscore.com/midnight-in-singapore/) - Just past midnight in Singapore. Eve of Hari Raya/Eid. The aunties and uncles in the next door unit have finished the karaoke session. The music for this practice is now breath and laughter. - [Bibiana, Campinas, Brazil](https://globalunderscore.com/bibiana-campinas-brazil-2/) - espiral e esferauma qualidade maleávelescutar o pontoencontrar o desequilíbriofluxo de deixar-se irdesejar mais e não fazerencontro no outro Bibiana - [Gabriel, Campinas, Brazil](https://globalunderscore.com/gabriel-campinas-brazil/) - A time when i saw body's misteries dancing.Gabriel Lorca, Campinas, Brazil - [Campinas, Brasil](https://globalunderscore.com/campinas-brasil/) - Olá dancers! - [Glasgow!](https://globalunderscore.com/glasgow/) - [](https://globalunderscore.com/156-2/) - Hi Nancy, Mike and all of you !So kindly connected to all of you during the little dance and the preambulation here, in PORTO ALEGRE, in the Parco da Rendenção! Que bom os sentir aqui, ao lado de me, com paz…Walking, I let my legs been "decomposed" (as Delsarte said, that means decontracted, released) after - [Gregory Chevalier, Budapest, Hungary](https://globalunderscore.com/gregory-chevalier-budapest-hungary/) - I move with no effort.Raquel, SpainFrame and intention, creativity in movement, and charge, we make it work, pppfffff.Ram, Israel.I love to play, to dance, and to play and dance.Gregory, Budapest, FranceA big playground.Marta, BudapestThe more i relax, the more i listen, the more i don't want to do, the more it works, the more i - [Melbourne(Fitzroy), Australia](https://globalunderscore.com/melbournefitzroy-australia/) - From left to right: Charmaine Radek JonAmaraJonathan MichelleMikeCarolineAudreyAshley - [](https://globalunderscore.com/159-2/) - ❤️???? ????????????????hello world! - [](https://globalunderscore.com/160-2/) - 10 minutes before start time. Pages are up. Big white peonies in a large cream colored, cracked (Raku?) vase by the art supplies. We are preparing to meet you in the dance.Love and thanks to all,Nancy and Viljandi Underscore - [](https://globalunderscore.com/161-2/) - Dear all!We are setting up the space and preparing to link with all of You.We will be going live on Facebook Live from the Notafe Substation page. The live stream begins at 5:50 pm Estonian time.You can find the link here: https://www.facebook.com/notafe.substation?fref=tsLove from Viljandi! - [Dulce Trejo, Ciudad de México, México](https://globalunderscore.com/dulce-trejo-ciudad-de-mexico-mexico/) - In the moode for connectingStarting soon! Dulce Trejo, from EPIICO (Espacio de práctica e investigación en improvisación de contacto), Ciudad de México, México. - [](https://globalunderscore.com/163-2/) - Hello everyone,There is a typo and also another change to the FACINGS!TYPO: #35 should be MALAGA, SPAIN (not a 2nd Barcelona)OTHER CHANGE: Columbus, Ohio, USA has dropped out (due to lack of people coming)And Ecuador has come in!Small Dance FACINGS: 1st Small Dance: face East - the site below yoursClosing Small Dance: face West - - [Viljandi, Estonia TEST2](https://globalunderscore.com/viljandi-estonia-test2/) - Hi Patrick and everyone.We are doing a test in the space where we'll be dancing.Triin is taking a photo now of the space and we can attach it.Seems to be working!loveNancy and Triin - [GUS 2017 Facilitators Packet has arrived!](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-2017-facilitators-packet-has-arrived/) - Hi everyone,We are getting ready for our global connection through dancing! May we all be inspired and moved by this phenomenal practice. Personally, it doesn't matter about the people who are non-synchronous - this allows us to time travel together!Nancy Hughes and I are right now hanging out on skype. We both need to go - [Global Underscore 2017 is June 24!](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-2017-is-june-24/) - GUS 2017 is coming June 24, 5-9pm Estonia time (UTC+3, GMT+3), 10am-2pm EDT New York time.xoxo bClick HERE to let us know that you will be hosting a GUS site! - [GUS Practice Schedule](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-practice-schedule/) - Wherever you are, whatever time is your start time, below is the time schedule for our simultaneous practice.hour:minute00:00 Start Time00:45 Preambulation00:50 Opening 5 min global Small Dance, facing the next site to the east according to the map03:55 closing global Small Dance, facing the next site to the west according to the map*04:00 closing(Note: you can start Preambulating or Small - [screen shot jpg of the MAP last year: GUS 2016](https://globalunderscore.com/screen-shot-jpg-of-the-map-last-year-gus-2016/) - (The image here is a jpg - don't mistake it for the map itself)Above is a screenshot I took with Grab. If you have a Mac it has it for sure.Open the map in a browser and size it to fit your screen ~Take Screen Shots with your Mac's program Grab (do a spotlight search - [GUS 2016 FACING LIST](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-2016-facing-list/) - GUS 2016FACING LISTfor Small Dance Stand facingsWHAT THIS IS:The Facing List makes a zigzagging line from east to west (or west to east) around the planet. You'll face a site either northeast or southeast of you for the first small dance stand, and a site northwest or southwest of you for the second small dance - [GUS Map 2016](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-map-2016/) - Dear facilitators and Global Underscore 2016 dancers,The GUS 2016 map includes 53 sites all around the world!https://www.click2map.com/v2/underscorenyc/Global_Underscore_2016or click hereYou can play with it. You can swipe, drag and zoom in and out and take screenshots to print to post on the wall for you Underscore. (the markers in the Atlantic Ocean just tell you what - [GLOBAL UNDERSCORE 2016 MAP](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-2016-map/) - GUS 2016 MAP (click here) - [](https://globalunderscore.com/173-2/) - You can try Ustream for free.The link is below if you are are participating in live streaming for the GUS!http://www.ustream.tv - [](https://globalunderscore.com/174-2/) - Thank you to everyone who has registered your site! Remember you have until June 15 to register so your location will be on the map. We are asking you to register by June 15 so we have time to send the facings and info to you in a timely manner.Dance with you in a few - [](https://globalunderscore.com/175-2/) - UPDATESWelcome to the Global Underscore gathering of 2016. We are thrilled that we are all coming together this year with such full and rich variety. Thank you for your presence and organization!We will be sending you the final list of Global Underscore sites and the Facing List for the Opening and Closing Stands by Friday, - [Around the corner!](https://globalunderscore.com/around-the-corner/) - [](https://globalunderscore.com/177-2/) - Welcome to the Global Underscore 2016. This year's Global Underscore will take place on Sunday, June 19 from 4-8 pm UTC +2. UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time EDT is Eastern Daylight Time or UTC-4The Underscore is a long-form dance improvisation structure developed by Nancy Stark Smith and practiced worldwide. The form includes contact improvisation and allows for a full - [HARVEST from BUENOS AIRES](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-from-buenos-aires/) - Bailamos en un espacio amplio (Salón Camargo) con piso de madera y grandes ventanales, el mismo que el año anterior. Domingo por la mañana, comienzos del invierno... No hizo tanto frío esta vez y tuvimos que abrir puertas y ventanas. Más de cien personas participamos en la celebración que coincidió con el Día del Padre.Algunas - [BRUSSELS BELGIUM HARVEST](https://globalunderscore.com/brussels-belgium-harvest/) - Hello the world,21rst of June, 2015,15 persons gathered in studio Hybrid,in Molenbeek, Brussels, to dance the Global Underscore:Sonia Gharbi,Isabelle Quérijean,Pierre Daugy,Vincent Visca,Lise Diez,Mélanie Tandé,Juliette Delaunay,Charles Lemaire, Lydie Pire, Lénaïc Brulé,Tommy Russo,Lucie Mejia,Bénédicte Moreau,Marie Delens,Pauline Lefebvre.Thank you all (in Brussels and everywhere) for sharing this beautiful moment.Attached, two drawings from the harvest.See you all next year!Pauline - [Geneva Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/geneva-harvest/) - GUS 2015 Geneva Harvest final.docGLOBAL UNDERSCORE 2015 - GENEVA21 June 20154–8 pmMaison des Arts du Grütli, 3rd floor studioGeneva, Switzerland with Nancy Stark Smith (facilitator) and Mike Vargas (music)organized by Geneva CI Association (Elinor Radeff, Paola Gianoli, Wassim Fatouh, and others)Participants:Elinor Radeff, Wassim Fatouh, Alexandre Guex, Anne Expert, Christelle Boutoille, Claire Ginet, Corinne Fiechter, Danielle Marx, - [HARVEST GUS 2015](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-gus-2015/) - Dear facilitators,We hope your Underscores were full of wonderful dances! Happy solstice!Due to Google's effective account protection, we're having difficulty with geographically disparate login attempts.Please post your harvest content here as a comment. This should solve our difficulty.Thanks,Brandin and Nancy HUnderscorenyc - [Zig Zag rendition](https://globalunderscore.com/zig-zag-rendition/) - This beautiful rendering of the zig zag of the facing list of GUS 2015 is by Sebas van Wetten, facilitator of Underscore in Amsterdam this year.Thanks Sebas!Xo b - [!! Thanks for your feedback!](https://globalunderscore.com/thanks-for-your-feedback/) - I've tried to make the map as up to date for you all as possible.http://www.click2map.com/v2/underscorenyc/Global_Underscore_2015There have been a few late comers to the map and facilitators feel free to check the map when you figure out the cities you will face in the small dance stands.Most of all, it is amazing that so many of - [Site update!](https://globalunderscore.com/site-update/) - Hello dancers!We're getting closer and closer to this global dance event and we're so thrilled to have all of you on board!The following is fresh information that may or may not be included in your facilitator PDF's:Yekaterinburg, Russia cancelled.Bern Switzerland is a Satellite site.We have Strasbourg, France as an additional site.HAPPY DANCING!❌⭕️‼️ b(Brandin) - [64 sites! (approx)](https://globalunderscore.com/64-sites-approx/) - Count 'emGlobal Underscore 2015Indented sites are Satellites or NonsynchronousWahiawa, HI USABerkeley, CAWoodlawn Hills, CA USABoulder, CO USARye, CO USAMonterrey, Nuevo Leon MEXICOMexico City MEXICOChicago, IL USANashville TN USAAsheville, NC USAToronto, Ontario CANADABuffalo, NY USAQuito ECUADORWashington DC USAPhiladelphia, PA USANew York City, NY USAMontreal, CANADAPlainfield, MA USAQuebec CANADASantiago CHILELa Paz BOLIVIAEl Bolson ARGENTINASanta Rosa ARGENTINABuenos Aires - [GUS 2015 MAP](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-2015-map/) - The Global Underscore 2015 Map is up Facilitator packages coming soon ( :Xo bhttp://www.click2map.com/v2/underscorenyc/Global_Underscore_2015 - [](https://globalunderscore.com/187-2/) - Bern , Switzerland has registered a site! If this was you could you send us a message with your email address? Thank you, Nancy Hughes (&Brandin Steffensen) -underscorenyc@gmail.com - [](https://globalunderscore.com/188-2/) - Open call for Global Underscore 2015 Volunteer Coordinator for intrasite live video streaming. The Global Underscore is on June 21. Please write a brief proposal for how you intend to provide facilitators with live streaming participation instructions; including equipment they will need and the website platform you intend to use. Email it to underscorenyc@gmail.com.Currently we - [](https://globalunderscore.com/189-2/) - Nuemberg, Germany is doing a Full Score Practice for the Global Underscore.This practice will be part of an all-day jam event including singing circle with Karunesh. - [](https://globalunderscore.com/190-2/) - Global Underscore Facilitators find out about the nitty gritty here: http://conta.cc/1cvRfIv - [Dec 21, 2014: Mini-Global Underscore](https://globalunderscore.com/dec-21-2014-mini-global-underscore/) - Mini-Global Underscore: December 21, 2014Nancy Stark Smith and Mike Vargas will be leading an Underscore on December 21, 2014 as part of a workshop (in Boulder, CO) and wants to extend the possibility of this winter solstice day being a part of a mini-Global Underscore. Although the Boulder Underscore will take place 3:00-6:30pm (MST, UTC-7), Nancy suggests that sites simply - [GUS June 21, 2015 Save the Date!](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-june-21-2015-save-the-date/) - Save the date for the summer solstice Global Underscore 2015. Nancy and Mike will be in Switzerland having a practice from 4-8 pm Swiss local time. - [](https://globalunderscore.com/194-2/) - Global Underscore 2014 Warsaw site22 June 20144–8pmhosted by the V Warsaw CI Flow Festivallocation: Stefan Batory High SchoolWarsaw, PolandFacilitator: Nancy Stark SmithMusic: Mike Vargas68 participants (+/-)Real-time Harvest [typed into computer during Underscore]:Where is Africa on the global underscore map? Where is the middle east? India? Vladivostok is actually eastwardly from China and Malaysia! JBe here - [Seoul Post, Global Underscore 2014](https://globalunderscore.com/seoul-post-global-underscore-2014/) - GLOBAL UNDERSCORE SEOUL 2014 June 22ndNAMES EMAILS Jeon - [](https://globalunderscore.com/196-2/) - Jetez un petit coup d'œil suite à notre dernier événement du solstice,Take a little look after our last event of the solstice, the GlobalUnderscore 2014 (vidéo d'Anastasia Shtamina) à Stukely-Sud (Québec) Canada :http://youtu.be/GvHLJ8qfb68Stéphanie Gaudreauhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvHLJ8qfb68 - [](https://globalunderscore.com/197-2/) - COSECHA DESDE BUENOS AIRESCiudad de Buenos AiresUna mañana fría de invierno; la ciudad vacía y lluviosa.No sabíamos cuantos íbamos a estar allí ese domingo.Cómo las hormigas cuando llueve nos empezamos a movilizar.Ciento cuarenta y tres personas llegamos al encuentro para participar del Underscore Global.Escucha, presencia. Vitalidad, fluidez, energía. Alegría, risas, hermandad. Reencuentro, celebración.Gratitud hacia todos los - [GUS post from Patri in Alpujarra, Granada, Spain](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-post-from-patri-in-alpujarra-granada-spain/) - Post in English:(ESPAÑOL BELOW)patricia cabreroCaolan80GUS 2014.LINK TO PHOTOS: www.flickr.com/photos/98535877@N02/sets/72157644928125159/ This year, we once more enjoyed the Alpujarras landscape during the summer solstice.On sunday, early in the morning, we prepared everything to go up to Baile en el Aire. The day started cool and cloudy, and when we were arriving to the small villages of the Alpujarra, it started - [Underscore-Being](https://globalunderscore.com/underscore-being/) - Underscore-being is so different from regular life-being. Once someone has given me enough compression, my entire nervous system switches modes and begins to make choices on it own. In regular life, my brain is constantly telling stories and then generating feelings and choices come from a need to control, understand or figure out. underscore-being is - [](https://globalunderscore.com/200-2/) - COSECHA DESDE BUENOS AIRESCiudad de Buenos AiresUna mañana fría de invierno; la ciudad vacía y lluviosa.No sabíamos cuantos íbamos a estar allí ese domingo.Cómo las hormigas cuando llueve nos empezamos a movilizar.Ciento cuarenta y tres personas llegamos al encuentro para participar del Underscore Global.Escucha, presencia. Vitalidad, fluidez, energía. Alegría, risas, hermandad. Reencuentro, celebración.Gratitud hacia todos los - [](https://globalunderscore.com/201-2/) - Images from the underscore in Alcoi, SpainWas incredible! facing Paris and London! XD In this church, (notice the old women in the corner).Full of love!!Pau - [](https://globalunderscore.com/202-2/) - Sorry for those who don't read Spanish. We don`t have volunteers to translate this year.De nuevo repetimos este año el poder disfrutar de los paisajes de las Alpujarras para el solsticio de verano.El Domingo tempranito lo preparamos todo para subir hasta Baile en el aire, el día amaneció fresquito y nublado, cuando ya estábamos en - [Still Images from a Past Present Moments at Malaysia](https://globalunderscore.com/still-images-from-a-past-present-moments-at-malaysia/) - ( ) / (.)⬊ ⬋⬈ ⬉☉☓☉ - [](https://globalunderscore.com/204-2/) - From @TheGlasgowJam Our small dance facing towards Madrid, with people drawn from across Scotland."The kids in the park didn't know the score Except in football. There they were, Nonetheless. That's the thing about consciousness.Ruthless in capaciousness. The moreWe look, the more we see. The more we move,The more we feel. Our minds extend out toThat field, those - [](https://globalunderscore.com/205-2/) - Grand soleil !Petit groupe de danseur réunis par les airs… et tant de rencontres inattendues avec des non-danseurs !Heureux d'avoir été dans une "ligne de danse" allant de Quito à Montréal en passant par NY : réunion des Amériques hispanophones, anglophones et francophones.Je vis toujours le Global Underscore comme un moment de prière pour la - [Knoxville Video](https://globalunderscore.com/knoxville-video/) - Here are 10 minutes from our experience in Knoxville!Amelia - [Lyon, France](https://globalunderscore.com/lyon-france/) - A feeling of giving and receiving, sharing space in the middle of Sunday afternoon, in le Parc de la Tête d'Or, families picnics, friends playing, us dancing. - [failed?](https://globalunderscore.com/failed/) - Hi all you dancers round the world,our wonderful space in Erlangen provided so much light, careful preparation....but nearly none of our contact community came in to join. Kalle, Gabriele and Dagmar were the only ones. As dagmar dropped in it was already past the starting Time, our decision to cancel the Underscore was already made. - [GUS 2014 images](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-2014-images/) - [](https://globalunderscore.com/210-2/) - Knoxville participants list:Thanksgiving! Mariam AllardMadi MansouriAshley CoreyBohu FortovaAngela HillLauren Wilson PhillisAmelia BreedOur Space: Yesterday the room was creaky and rumbling. This morning it was sleepy, calm, quiet. Snug under a thick fog. Wood floors, wood ceiling, wood columns make good dance partners. It's dusty in here! There are things my cat might like to play with lying - [Brooklyn Harvest Entries](https://globalunderscore.com/brooklyn-harvest-entries/) - GLOBAL UNDERSCORE 2014BAX 5th AveBrooklynStudio D TheaterTO BE BLOGGEDwe are not communicating until we are not communicating said no one to no one elsewhere there was a play going on off the deep end so to begin again so to speak with you I had to come here there really is not any way out - [Florence endings as beginnings](https://globalunderscore.com/florence-endings-as-beginnings/) - 2014 Western Mass Global Underscore Participant List:Kristin HorriganRae KorengoldGlenn SmithTara BalchTom MurrayKristina KingPatrick C.RytheaChristine ColeFelice W.Jeff Bliss (partial credit)Nina SmolarBeth DennisonSamantha BurnellMichael WojteckMotiLiana Foxglovand thanks to the cucumber guy on the streaming video! - [Still in (from Moti)](https://globalunderscore.com/still-in-from-moti/) - There's something nice about distractions - how they weave in ideas and thoughts like fruit hanging among the tree like structure of the underscore. The space we are in is filled with outside stimuli... a church group singing praises, traffic, bicycles, children in the hall. We soak in the influences, confluences and collisions with a - [Contact knows no boundaries](https://globalunderscore.com/contact-knows-no-boundaries/) - [Hi Nancy, from your Florency homeland!](https://globalunderscore.com/hi-nancy-from-your-florency-homeland/) - [feeling in (from Samantha)](https://globalunderscore.com/feeling-in-from-samantha/) - After many satisfying dances, I stop to feel in to it all. I look around at the room, taking a moment to really look into the mostly familiar faces here. I watch with unabashed curiosity and see so many that I love. The history of these people and this dance, warms me. Each face feels - [Brooklyn stream](https://globalunderscore.com/brooklyn-stream/) - I am broadcasting live at http://ustre.am/KPam come and check it out! - [Warsaw Space](https://globalunderscore.com/warsaw-space/) - [Our Brooklyn space](https://globalunderscore.com/our-brooklyn-space/) - [](https://globalunderscore.com/220-2/) - Hello from Northampton!We begin slowly..... - [](https://globalunderscore.com/221-2/) - Warsaw location: - [logging in from warsaw](https://globalunderscore.com/logging-in-from-warsaw/) - hello we are here and i THINK we're linked in.sending love from warsaw,here's our video stream: http://ustre.am/1f0cWxxx nancy - [a jpg of the map](https://globalunderscore.com/a-jpg-of-the-map/) - 49 sites - [Summer Solstice Astroscore](https://globalunderscore.com/summer-solstice-astroscore/) - Within our Vast Sky of Awareness... we reached the most Solar, most 'Yang'/'Masculine' and longest Day, which is a celebration... of each individual. Yes, Sun-star in Gemini has culminated, w it's gifts of 'letting things happen', or recognizing that everything truly already is 'let be'... 'as it is'. The other theme in Gemini has been that true - [Nancy & Mike in Warsaw](https://globalunderscore.com/nancy-mike-in-warsaw/) - Dear Underscorers,I want to share this beautiful description Nancy sent to me of their space in Poland. Keep in mind as well they will have the singularly special pleasure of Mike's sounds. Excerpted from an email from Nancy Stark Smith:The Global Underscore in Warsaw will be one of the final events of the V Poland - [Dear Facilitators](https://globalunderscore.com/dear-facilitators/) - Dear facilitators,We at Underscore NYC have just issued the pdfs to help you with your organization toward our shared Sunday practice. In the event information changes, we will be updating THE MAP. For instance, NOTE: Montreal is now a satellite.In case anyone was wondering, the red white and blue site markers in the Indian Ocean on - [Facing List Illustration GUS 2014](https://globalunderscore.com/facing-list-illustration-gus-2014/) - The Facing List for Global Underscore 2014 arranges the sites of this year's practice in order of longitude from west to east. (Full Practice and Modified Jam sites SKIP OVER the Satellites; Satellites use the order to join into the zig zag the other sites make.)NOTE: The Facing List is also the list of cities - [](https://globalunderscore.com/228-2/) - 2014 Global Underscore Map - [](https://globalunderscore.com/229-2/) - New Site!Beunos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina"It will be the beginning of winter here, the shortest day of the year. It will be very cold outside.""Será el comienzo del invierno aquí, el día más corto del año. Hará mucho frío afuera." - [](https://globalunderscore.com/230-2/) - New Gus Site in Málaga , Andalucia, España! - [](https://globalunderscore.com/231-2/) - Loulé, Algarve, Portugal is a new site!"This site will also be connected to Second Life Satellite which connected withNancy Stark in Lisbon last year. We would love to continue to tryinterconnecting via video live streams into Second Life the more sites in theworld as possible and include more avatars :D" Isabel Valverde: cilxjam@gmail.com - [](https://globalunderscore.com/232-2/) - New GUS site in Barnave, Drome, France!Site Description: Situated on a farm (sheep herding for wool) in the French pre Alpes, the "Serre" of Barnave is regularly used as a performance space, hosting theatre, dance, circus and more. It is also adjacent to a meditation retreat centre.The space itself is about 100m2, circular, wooden floor, lots of light - [](https://globalunderscore.com/233-2/) - Paris, FranceCarey Jeffries & Genevieve Cron emailwww.studiokeller.coml'Ile de Bercy, lac Daumesnil , Bois de VincennesParis 75012France - [](https://globalunderscore.com/234-2/) - GUS site in Penpynfrach, WalesFull score Practice in London time zone 3-7pmcontact Vanio Papadelli: email for info - [Day Light Savings](https://globalunderscore.com/day-light-savings/) - We just had Day Light Savings in the US. Europe has Day Light Savings on March 30.Remember to keep these changes in mind as you schedule your Global Underscore times.We are in a temporary window of time for about 15 days when the time zones are not in their typical relationships. Happy Planning~Brandin - [](https://globalunderscore.com/236-2/) - Getting ready for the Global Underscore on June 22?Let us know where you will be practicing the Global Underscore 2014 HERE. - [](https://globalunderscore.com/237-2/) - Global Underscore 2014 Save the Date! Sunday, June 22 2014 - [Time for GUS 2014](https://globalunderscore.com/time-for-gus-2014/) - As winter solstice passes, we have summer solstice on the horizon. 4-8 pm in Warsaw, UTC +2, Global Underscore 2014.The time has been determined for Warsaw's GUS 2014Global Underscore 2014WarsawSundayJune 224-8 pm(UTC +2)Note:Warsaw observes daylight savings from March 30, 2014 to October 26, 2014.At the time of Global Underscore 2014, Warsaw is UTC +2. Warsaw - [Global Underscore 2014 Scheduled!](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-2014-scheduled/) - The Global Underscore 2014 will be heldSunday, June 22Time will be announced soonNancy and Mike will be in Warsaw, Poland Underscore NYC will help coordinateNancy, Lucy, and Brandin coordinate through Underscore NYCunderscorenyc@gmail.comBrandin Steffensen : beaconhill@hotmail.comNancy Hughes : nfhughes@gmail.comLucy Mahler : megmahler@gmail.com - [GUS2013.BaileEnElAire.all2](https://globalunderscore.com/gus2013-baileenelaire-all2/) - Baile en el Aire, Pitres (Alpujarras Altas), Granada, EspañaGUS2013.BaileEnElAire.all2, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [OpenAcrobaticScore](https://globalunderscore.com/openacrobaticscore/) - Baile en el Aire, Pitres (Alpujarras Altas), Granada, EspañaOpenAcrobaticScore, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [Zumba](https://globalunderscore.com/zumba/) - Baile en el Aire, Pitres (Alpujarras Altas), Granada, EspañaZumba, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [13_introducin_our_fantastic_musicians](https://globalunderscore.com/13_introducin_our_fantastic_musicians/) - 13_introducin_our_fantastic_musicians, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [DSC_0048](https://globalunderscore.com/dsc_0048/) - Baile en el Aire, Pitres (Alpujarras Altas), Granada, EspañaDSC_0048, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [DSC_0037](https://globalunderscore.com/dsc_0037/) - DSC_0037, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [DSC_0043](https://globalunderscore.com/dsc_0043/) - Baile en el Aire, Pitres (Alpujarras Altas), Granada, EspañaDSC_0043, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [07_And_more_arriving](https://globalunderscore.com/07_and_more_arriving/) - Baile en el Aire, Pitres (Alpujarras Altas), Granada, España07_And_more_arriving, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [10_open_score](https://globalunderscore.com/10_open_score/) - Baile en el Aire, Pitres (Alpujarras Altas), Granada, España10_open_score, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [DSC_0012](https://globalunderscore.com/dsc_0012/) - Baile en el Aire, Pitres (Alpujarras Altas), Granada, EspañaDSC_0012, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [03_GUS_drawings1](https://globalunderscore.com/03_gus_drawings1/) - Baile en el Aire, Pitres (Alpujarras Altas), Granada, España03_GUS_drawings1, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr. - [01_Cleaning_up_the_dancefloor](https://globalunderscore.com/01_cleaning_up_the_dancefloor/) - Baile en el Aire, Pitres (Alpujarras Altas), Granada, Españahttp://www.baileenelaire.com/01_Cleaning_up_the_dancefloor, a photo by Enclave Granada on Flickr.Organización: Enclave Granada, Contact-Impro Málaga, Colectivo UMAhttp://enclavegranada.wix.com/enclaveFacilitadora: Patricia CabreroAgradecimiento muy especial a Isa de Baile en el Aire por ceder el espacio, magíficomaravilloso (las fotos hablan por si solas!)Participantes: Victor Sánchez, Toñi Padilla Palomo, Stephanie Heider, SebasatiánAsioli, Patricia Seymour, Patricia - [Bristol Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/bristol-harvest/) - ParticipantsRebecca D’AndreaLisa May Thomas & PoppyMike FarrowItta HowieNatasha ByrneRichard BannisterClaire CoveneyMyles de GruytherSimon Van der LindeK’Lo HarrisAlys MendusKathleen DownieSofia SequirosDan FarberoffJocasta CroftsSaskia Chaplin Harvest"I feel so happy""Snoozing in the middle of dancing""Do, do, do, da, da, da, is all I want to say to you""Wholesome""Like a pebble taken by the tide in the washing sea - [Susan's Harvest GUS 2013 Brooklyn NYC](https://globalunderscore.com/susans-harvest-gus-2013-brooklyn-nyc/) - Global underscore harvestSusan Arnsten-RussellJune 23, 2013Brooklyn NYI was in the right place.This was the right place to be.To be dancingWith these people.Allowing myself to take my time,To take time to bond with the earthTo stand in my place on this globeThis sphere,To think about space,Spherical space.Space has no shape.It is defined by the container it - [Lisbon Harvest 2013](https://globalunderscore.com/lisbon-harvest-2013/) - GLOBAL UNDERSCORE 2013 HarvestJune 23, 2013Lisbon, Portugal site2–6 pmfacilitators:Nancy Stark Smith, with Mike VargasWe were 29 people (28 dancers plus Mike making music) in a corner studio on the 3rd floor of a factory building in Lisbon, Portugal—LX Factory—that has been converted to artist studios and businesses. Hosted by Forum Dança, this was the third - [Barcelona (Modified Jam Score)](https://globalunderscore.com/barcelona-modified-jam-score/) - English version below (not the best translation, but made ​​with love) Spiral dance Centre. Calle l´ágila 9, Hostafrancs, Barcelona, España. Organización: Natividad Insua (www.natividadinsua.com)Facilitadoras: Ester Momblant Ribas & Natividad Insua Músico - bailarín: Rodrigo Amadeo Gallego (www.hoek.bandcamp.com) Video secuencia: Click aquí Agradecimiento especial a Andrea Nacach, Mariana Beltramini, Valentina Nacach Insua y a Leticia & - [](https://globalunderscore.com/256-2/) - Buenos Aires, Argentina modified jam Sunday morning.Cold, winter .... A shy sun coming through the window, More people than expected. 70 dancers wishing to share this magical global practice .... A lot of dancing, listening, respect, encounters, gazes.Maps traveling from one end to the other end of the world.In Buenos Aires the Global Underscore is already a - [Sharing from Malaysia](https://globalunderscore.com/sharing-from-malaysia/) - Facing Perth from where we are :)Photo by David LimThis is the first time we participated in the Global Underscore event in Malaysia. Many of us were new to the underscore, and some were even new to Contact Improvisation. However, that did not stop us from being part of it.Most of us traveled and arrived - [](https://globalunderscore.com/258-2/) - Winchester, UK- Global UnderscoreSuch excitement and anticipation that Winchester could be part of this wonderful global movement! Eleven of us participated, Richard Parker, Yonat Nitzan Green, Ruth Bush, Suna Imre, Claudia Scaringella, Pav Grey, Helena Eflerova, Stacey Black, Gabriel Galvez, Bernice Fay and Erini Vavatsikon - facing Bristol for our Small Dance at the beginning - [Sanford's Experimental Edit](https://globalunderscore.com/sanfords-experimental-edit/) - Here's a little experimental video edit from the underscore footage. This particular edit is more about capturing some of the overall flow (and creating a specific scene for our film). Also it makes use of some voiceover freshly recorded on monday.https://vimeo.com/69050079Of course this does not attempt to capture the nuance and sweetness of the day, - [impressions through a candid laptop (Brooklyn, NYC)](https://globalunderscore.com/impressions-through-a-candid-laptop-brooklyn-nyc/) - the spacethe posted papers( ‧ ) arriving physicallythe glyphsarrangedover my shoulder55 sites connected with the thin red line(I forgot to put the dots for Moscow and Odessa)printed images from the on line mapCharlieSusanstage rightElise and BrandinBrandin and KeelyBrandin and Keely (closer)Lucy (surprised)somewhere kinesphere ( I think )abcde3421after final resolution - [Monterrey](https://globalunderscore.com/monterrey/) - Monterrey Global Underscore Blog1) HARVEST:A.- All of us felt the energy wave facing Chicago, it made us move in ways we usually don’t.B.- First time to some of us, …, this is the way to do it !C.- Thinking of ‘spacetime’ Andrea Scheel wrote:“La belleza está en tu cabeza y en el cuerpo la delicadeza. De - [In Austria](https://globalunderscore.com/in-austria/) - Global Underscore in Vienna – Modified Jam ScorePlace: Werkstätten und Kulturhaus15h-19hSun and wind entering the room through the open windows. 6 people inside, prepared for the underscore journey. A group process, a group journey. An individual journey, a shared journey. Pow-wow, we welcome each other, smile to each other. I explain the underscore structure. I - [](https://globalunderscore.com/263-2/) - Dartington Space 3 Welcome!Studio 3 Preparing the SpaceDartington Global UnderscoreStudio 3 6-10PM GMT Facilitator : Colleen Bartley Participants: Naia Lalita, Noel Perkins, Tariq Edwards, Colleen Bartley, Adam Griffin, Leela Wendy Fisk, Linda Lauruschkus, James King, Kitty Facing Granda for opening small danceFacing Madrid for closing small dance Prior to the underscore there were two musicians in this studio - [FREIBURG](https://globalunderscore.com/freiburg/) - FREIBURGHARVEST: *It was one big dance and everybody was connected to each other. I felt a magnetism towards the middle of the room, with all of us. Super nice strong focus on the jam. Nice awareness of the space. *I had the feeling of being moved all the time and I didn’t have to go - [](https://globalunderscore.com/265-2/) - We had a modified jam/score as part of a CI workshop taught by Alicia Grayson and Tim O'Donnell that was organized by Jovanina Pagnano and held at Leslie Cohen Rubury's Peaceable Barn in Redding, CT. Here is the group of 16 dancers in the final small dance. What a beautiful morning! - [](https://globalunderscore.com/266-2/) - file://localhost/Users/colleenbartley/Desktop/global%20US%20dartington%202013/edit/P1290492.JPG - [Chicago](https://globalunderscore.com/chicago/) - Arriving in the space, setting up, papers on wall, computer on chair. We’ll be facing Toronto, Canada for beginning small dance and Monterrey, Mexico for ending one. It’s a clear sunny and warm day.~ Smal danc eSteve Paxton said “the small dance has no center” – I’ve been working with that. If I stand - [10 entries during our practice](https://globalunderscore.com/10-entries-during-our-practice/) - ( _ ) Global Underscore 2013June 23, 2013Brooklyn NYCTo Be BloggedThis page is for us to share with the other sites on the blog…1.some combination of breath and shakingmake me feel readyto dance with the worldb2.building up some heat, feeling the energy3.trippin and drippin4.the rail with its metal is our instrumentthere is a singing bowland - [PostNow](https://globalunderscore.com/postnow/) - A gorgeous final resolution from Scott Slocum and April Biggs. Buffalo, NY. - [](https://globalunderscore.com/271-2/) - After Moti went off in the ambulance, we shared in a circle and then we slowly, slowly started to dance again. The room was electric with sensitivity. I felt how easy it is for me to go into hyper -vigilance, such an old pattern and how I had to dance my way back into letting - [Live Stream ...](https://globalunderscore.com/live-stream/) - I am broadcasting live at http://ustre.am/KPam come and check it out... - [Global ( _ ) Buffalo NY](https://globalunderscore.com/global-_-buffalo-ny/) - drawing by PhilHarvest in Buffalotranscription from videoGretta said that she held the word Understand thru all of underscore along with the peacock meditationLaura Jean forgot about reflecting back while she was dancingKelly asked a question of reaching the saturation point of sound and she met the saturation point of sound in the global underscore and asked - [Moti injured. he is fine. ambulance coming!](https://globalunderscore.com/moti-injured-he-is-fine-ambulance-coming/) - Our Underscore has been in a deep engagement with Moti who tripped and dislocated his elbow! He is fine otherwise but in a lot of pain. Ambulance is coming. Moti tells us we are all still in!Moti's message to the world: if you fall don't brace, roll! - [Higgs Particle](https://globalunderscore.com/higgs-particle/) - As I move across the floor I feel as though I understand the Higgs particle. A whisper moving through particles with mass and particles without. The particles with mass (bodies) give me resistance, alter my path, create the whisper movement. The particles without mass (light) allow me to move through them at my desired pace.Joanna - [](https://globalunderscore.com/276-2/) - Arriving...Just here in this soaring space, New faces join with the new season.Warm and sleepy, limbs like adolescent leaves,Beginning to loosen...caught by aTickle of breeze.Breeze, breath of the Earth.Our exhalation joins Your inhalationandWe all breatheas One...-Kristina from Western Massachusetts - [Beginnings from Western Mass -- Shintaido Studio](https://globalunderscore.com/beginnings-from-western-mass-shintaido-studio/) - Glorious Morning!We are streaming from http://www.ustream.tv/channel/contact-improv-documentary - [Good Morning Space! ( )](https://globalunderscore.com/good-morning-space/) - Brooklyn blogging in! Happy Underscore everyone!xoBrandin - [Desde las Alpujarras al mundo](https://globalunderscore.com/desde-las-alpujarras-al-mundo/) - Getting ready for the GUS2013. Preparando el terreno para el Global Underscore 2013,In baile en el aire, Pitres, Granada, Spain. :-D - [GUS Map Images (jpgs)](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-map-images-jpgs/) - [22 Countries!](https://globalunderscore.com/22-countries/) - 22 countries:United States Canada Mexico Ecuador Brazil Argentina Malaysia Australia New ZealandCyprus Turkey Portugal Spain France Belgium Austria Germany England Scotland SwitzerlandRussiaUkraine - [an image of the on line map!](https://globalunderscore.com/an-image-of-the-on-line-map/) - [a thin red line as the ribbon](https://globalunderscore.com/a-thin-red-line-as-the-ribbon/) - THE FACING LIST ILLUSTRATEDthe dot on the left is Oakland, California USAthe dot on the very right is Wellington, New Zealand USA55 sites, including TurkeyI hear Moscow, Russia and Odessa, Ukraine have joined us too now!!the dots with circles are the satellite sites - [](https://globalunderscore.com/284-2/) - Freiburg, Germany, Participants listines heckmannalyssa lynesflorian geiermonique kroepflimartina allgaeuermarioricadirk schukaida mederosbettina hatzfeldantje schurhelen sarah rueftarmor kuehnpeter bauer - [links posted from Defne Erdur's email to Global Underscore](https://globalunderscore.com/links-posted-from-defne-erdurs-email-to-global-underscore/) - Relevant information about current situation in Turkey:CURRENT HEALTH RECORDS and Police violence continues:7,822 Injured with 59 in Serious Conditionhttp://www.bianet.org/english/health/147717-7-822-injured-with-59-in-serious-conditionFACEBOOK PAGES to get informed and give support: HELP US DEFEND DEMOCRACY IN TURKEYhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/defenddemocracyinturkey/?fref=ts OCCUPY GEZIhttps://www.facebook.com/OccupyGeziIMAGES OF THE PACE OF EVENTS:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqPSZ8uqBZM (fazıl say musichttps://vimeo.com/67759587http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=demnc4sQ0VI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMKqtL5KCkMVIOLENCE OF POLICE:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VNYECTYQm0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKfpPj-ARz8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev8UQOE8L38http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEVUvT0gxd0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0WxAvUeTlUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUkxAQztCYAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swg1etuCBwghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMKqtL5KCkMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XThjR-7F0io - [WELCOME ISTANBUL with "SEED FOR PEACE" in opening Small Dance](https://globalunderscore.com/welcome-istanbul-with-seed-for-peace-in-opening-small-dance/) - Below is the email dear Defne Erdur sent to underscorenyc@gmail.com just now:Dear Nancy, Claire and Brandin,I hope you are all fine and getting joyfully ready for UNDERSCORE... I am writing to you to ask for help in awareness raising tomorrow onwards !Due to the unfortunate events happening in Turkey, we could not register for facilitating the UNDERSCORE this year.However - [LISBON PARTICIPANT LIST](https://globalunderscore.com/lisbon-participant-list/) - Lisbon workshop and GUS13 participants.docHere are the Global Underscore 2013 participants from Lisbon!20 June 2013 NOME 1 Elena Lopez de Haro 2 Marina Nabais 3 Ana Mira 4 Rachel Dean 5 Maíra Santos 6 Daliah Toure 7 Sílvia Pinto Coelho 8 Cristina Lilienfeld 9 Angelo Neto 10 Virginia Negru 11 Maris Portugalis 12 Anna Moroco - [Madrid Spain Site](https://globalunderscore.com/madrid-spain-site/) - MADRID SPAINAbel 1Madrid Madrid 28039SpainLatitude:40° 24' 26" NLongitude:3° 41' 49" WOrganizing: Mamen Agüera and Lucía SánchezMusicians:Daniel Salamanca y David Morales - [Barnave France Participant List](https://globalunderscore.com/barnave-france-participant-list/) - Global Underscore 2013BARNAVE FRANCEfacilitator : Sebastien MolliexSituated on a farm (sheep herding for wool) in the Franch pre Alpes, the "Serre" of Barnave is regularly used as a performance space, hosting theatre, dance, circus and more. It is also adjacent to a meditation retreat centre.The space itself is about 100m2, circular, wooden floor, lots of - [52!](https://globalunderscore.com/52-2/) - Welcoming Wellington! our 52 site!It is at the end of the Facing List, east of Sydney, so should be easy for us to figure out. Its going to take me some time to adjust all the documents. - [!](https://globalunderscore.com/291-2/) - [Facing List Instructions](https://globalunderscore.com/facing-list-instructions/) - Facing ListGlobal UnderscoreJune 23, 2013The Facing List for Global Underscore 2013 arranges the 51 sites of this year practice in order of longitude from west to east. (Full Practice and Modified Jam sites SKIP OVER the Satellites; Satellites use the order to join into the zig zag the other sites make. Treat KORU ISLAND as a - [GUS 2013 MAP](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-2013-map/) - The Link to the Map:http://www.click2map.com/v2/beaconhill/Global_Underscore_2013 - [General Theory of Relativity and the Global Underscore (en Español)](https://globalunderscore.com/general-theory-of-relativity-and-the-global-underscore-en-espanol/) - Camillo Vacalebre has graciously translated into spanish the blog about General Relativity and the Underscore:La Relatividad General y el Underscore GlobalEl concepto de simultaneidad fue un aspecto fundamental de los experimentos pensados por Einstein en la raíz de la Teoría General de la Relatividad. Si dos eventos en diferentes lugares se puede decir que pasan - [Facing List Global Underscore 2013](https://globalunderscore.com/facing-list-global-underscore-2013/) - The Facing Listwest to east in order of longitude51 Sites(SAT) = SatelliteOakland (an apartment), California, USA (SAT)Sandy, Utah, USADurango, Colorado, USABoulder, Colorado, USAMonterrey, MexicoChicago, Illinois, USADenver, North Carolina USA (SAT)Honeywood, Ontario, Canada (SAT)Buffalo, New York, USAQuito, EcuadorWashington DC, USAIthaca, New York, USAPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USABrooklyn NYC, New York, USAMontreal, Quebec, Canada (SAT)Redding, Connecticut, USA (SAT)Deerfield, Massachusetts, - [General Relativity and the Global Underscore](https://globalunderscore.com/general-relativity-and-the-global-underscore/) - Dear Global Underscore participants,I would love to share with you an aspect of the practice that is compelling to me. I always love to tell people about Gravity Probe B... as it relates to the Global Underscore. This is fun and a little bit obtuse, but the relationship is there.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Probe_BBasically, Stanford University, NASA, and Lockheed - [Lucy Be and the Global Underscore Facing List](https://globalunderscore.com/lucy-be-and-the-global-underscore-facing-list/) - These are pages excerpted from our Lucy Mahler's book. She shared it with me recently, and I love especially this last page and what it says. It is exactly what the Facing List is in the Global Underscore, and so I wanted to share it with you all. Her book is a beautifully illustrated story - [arriving](https://globalunderscore.com/arriving/) - ( ) - [](https://globalunderscore.com/299-2/) - Times for our reference:9 am - 1 pm East Coast, USA including New York, Boston, DC, W. Massachusetts10 am - 2 pm Buenos Aires (Argentina)2 pm - 6 pm London3 pm - 7 pm Europe including Paris, Berlin4 pm - 8 pm Israel5 pm - 9 pm Moscow10 pm - 2 am Japan11 pm - - [42?](https://globalunderscore.com/42-2/) - I count 42 sites!LargsLiverpoolDartingtonBristolLondonBrusselsBonnEngelthalViennaPadovaBaden-WuerttembergFreiburgGenevaGrenobleBarnaveBarcelonaGijonMadridMurciaGranadaMalagaLisbonHalifaxHoneywoodBuffaloIthacaDeerfieldBrooklyn NYCPhiladelphiaWashington DCDenver (NC)BoulderDurangoSandyMonterreyBermuda Triangle (Koru Island)QuitoRio de JaneiroKyreniaKuangPerthSydney - [Koru Island Views](https://globalunderscore.com/koru-island-views/) - Koru Island views in Second Life. This is the dance floor in the virtual world for Global Underscore 2013! Thanks to Isabel Valverde! - [MAP Global Underscore 2013](https://globalunderscore.com/map-global-underscore-2013/) - http://www.click2map.com/v2/beaconhill/Global_Underscore_2013 - [The poetics of touch: NANCY STARK SMITH, a pathway into contact improvis...](https://globalunderscore.com/the-poetics-of-touch-nancy-stark-smith-a-pathway-into-contact-improvis/) - Love this video... GLOBAL UNDERSCORE is NEXT WEEKEND on SUNDAY after FRIDAY SOLSTICE! xo HAPPY DANCING! BRANDIN! - [](https://globalunderscore.com/304-2/) - This is post is for our reference. The map will have markers that indicate which of these practices are held at each location.Practice Descriptions for Global Underscore:A. Full Score PracticeYou are a community of dancers in which every dancer present is a part of a serious exploration of the ideas/perceptions/principles operating in Nancy's Underscore and - [](https://globalunderscore.com/305-2/) - written during reflection/harvest by anonymous participantJune 9 ( _ ) practice at Eden's Expressway(posted with permission)Tearful and eternala homea certain sweatsweetsensual homethank youthank youthank youthank youthank youthank youI am hereRight where I amWhere I am is where I amHere I am I am herehomeSoft herenessthank youthank youin open wakefulnessa perfect smile.an eyes closed eye-opening.thank you.knees - [NEW SITES!](https://globalunderscore.com/new-sites/) - We're thrilled to add new sites to the growing list for our Global Underscore 2013!We are joined by:Lisbon, Portugal (Nancy and Mike, of course; we coordinate from them! 2-6 (GMT +1)Koru Island, Second LifePerth, AustraliaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania USABristol, UKSalt Lake City, Utah USADenver, North Carolina USAKyrenia, CyprusBarcelona, SpainBarnave, FranceFreiburg im Breisgau, GermanyIn addition to the previously - [](https://globalunderscore.com/307-2/) - Global Underscore is just around the corner!We're extending the deadline for official inclusion to Monday, June 10th...Compiling info for the site list, the map and the facing list...Happy preparations, facilitators!best and happy dancingBrandin Steffensenunderscorenyc@gmail.combeaconhill@hotmail.com! - [](https://globalunderscore.com/308-2/) - Global UnderscoreFULL PRACTICE SCHEDULE Wherever you are, whatever time is your start time, below find the time schedule for our simultaneous practice. We synchronizing with Nancy and Mike's Underscore in Lisbon, Portugal of 2-6 pm (GMT +1).hr:min 00:00 start time00:45 preambulation00:50 opening 5 min global Small Dance, facing the next site to the east according to the map03:55 - [](https://globalunderscore.com/309-2/) - Here is the link to the Global Underscore 2013 survey to give info for your site:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CCJKHFQpass it along if you know of anyone who wants to coordinate...feel free to put them in touch with me directly!happy dancingxoBrandin Steffensenbeaconhill@hotmail.comunderscorenyc@gmail.com - [10 Sites!](https://globalunderscore.com/10-sites/) - Hello all,I'm excited to post the first 10 sites of the Global Underscore!Engelthal, GermanyBuffalo, NY USADeerfield, MA USALondon UKMadrid SpainKuang Salengor MalaysiaSydney AustraliaBrooklyn (NYC), NY USABoulder, CO USA!!!Brandin Steffensenbeaconhill@hotmail.comunderscorenyc@gmail.com - [](https://globalunderscore.com/311-2/) - The UnderscoreThe Underscore is a long-form dance improvisation structure developed by Nancy Stark Smith. It has been evolving since 1990 and is practiced all over the globe. The Underscore is a vehicle for incorporating Contact Improvisation into a broader arena of improvisational dance practice; for developing greater ease dancing in spherical space—alone and with others; - [](https://globalunderscore.com/312-2/) - Global Underscore 2013 Save the Date!Sunday, June 23 20132-6 pm (GMT+1) Would you like to be part of the Global Underscore 2013?Global Underscore is a simultaneous practice of the Underscore around the world. The Underscore NYC group has continued the tradition that dancer Claire Filmon began in 2000 of creating and coordinating a global Underscore - [Buenos Aires (San Telmo), Argentina. Harvest 2012.](https://globalunderscore.com/buenos-aires-san-telmo-argentina-harvest-2012/) - Durante el mes de junio nos reunimos a estudiar y practicar el Underscore. Tuvimos 3 encuentros previos al global.El 23 de junio se sumaron a la práctica global nuevos bailarines. Algunos de los que habían venido al grupo de estudio organizaron encuentros en otras ciudades. Otros, estuvieron bailando en otras sedes, en otros lugares. La danza - [Buffalo, NY Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/buffalo-ny-harvest/) - [Deerfield, MA Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/deerfield-ma-harvest/) - Our group was focused, relaxed, jovial, reverent. I thought it was helpful that everyone was experienced with it. So noone came to the Friday talk-thru which was great because Tom and I went to the space to test the technology. It was a bust actually - nothing worked. Tom then worked on it at home - [photos Global Underscore Paris 2012 de Carey plus drawing by Natalia](https://globalunderscore.com/photos-global-underscore-paris-2012-de-carey-plus-drawing-by-natalia/) - [Montevideo, Uruguay Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/montevideo-uruguay-harvest/) - Hola:envío las cosechas en español. Estábamos en un Underscore modifcado, lo siento, todavía no hablo inglés y mis alumnos tampoco.El taller se llama "escrito con el cuerpo", es un taller de contact que guío para terminar escribiendo con alguna consigna un texto cada uno.Durante el taller del underscore, hicimos un juego en el que escribieron - [Global Underscore Stockholm, Sweden](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-stockholm-sweden/) - Global Underscore at Stockholm 2012 from Yolanda Alonso Bothen on Vimeo.Underscore with 82 people. All levels of contact improvisation.A bit rainy day after a wonderful Midsummer celebration in the context of the festival.A huge 82 people ring to start and end with. We are on a big stage and have 2 satellite rooms to play - [harvest from Arenys de Mar Barcelona Spain](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-from-arenys-de-mar-barcelona-spain/) - Global Underscore Arenys de Mar, Barcelona HarvestMeeting for lunch with a very dear friend who just came back from a half year stay inPeru, so the lunch extended into the no-hours zone (or how to call this feeling of loosingthe usual time notion) enjoying food, giving each other updates on family and storyfrom both sides - [Kingston, Jamaica Harvest!](https://globalunderscore.com/kingston-jamaica-harvest/) - So I didn't bump into any dance friends on Saturday. Woke up early after a chaotic night. Had a small dance while my other half was sleeping. And I felt REALLY out of sorts and unsteady. I'm always surprised when the "simplest" physical activity (like plies at ballet barre) can be hyper-emotional for me. Anyway, after - [Global Underscore Harvest Quequén- Argentina](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-harvest-quequen-argentina/) - Global Underscore Harvest Quequén- Argentina /photosVer fotos Descargar todoverónica te ha invitado a ver su álbum. Este álbum tiene 57 archivos. Global Underscore Quequén -23/6/2012- ArgentinaHarvest QuequénTeamCyntia Ramos - Sandra Clérico - Simón Perez - Sonia Santillan - Miguel Fernandez Long - Elizabeth Defino - Barbara Rodríguez - Ileana Beloli - Karina Charque -Verónica Choperena9.00 hs.23/06/2012I went to - [Bourg-en-Bresse, France Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/bourg-en-bresse-france-harvest/) - Here are some words from the group of BoUrg-en-Bresse (France) - and not BORG-en-Bresse !And after my personal Harvest 1 : quelques mots de l'underscore piochés au fil du cercle>> expansion> rencontres> connexions> engagement> voyage> présence> lien> médiation> nature>> Retour de Mad [her family comes from Lituania] :>> C'était chouette l'underscore même si j'étais parfois à - [Harvest, Jaraguá do Sul/Brasil](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-jaragua-do-sul-brasil/) - Pictures HereApreciar é tão importante quanto estar lá, mas na verdade já estou lá quando estoucá. Vou escrever cinco minutos sem parar, mas como saber quanto tempo são cincominutos se já sei que o tempo não sei. Andando pelo espaço Ana está. Um tecido rosa.Gosto da cor rosa e do azul que está na blusa - [Engelthal, Germany Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/engelthal-germany-harvest/) - Global Underscore in Engelthal, Germany (near Nuremberg)linked in the Small Dance to Würzburg and ParisThere are two gyms available in this abandonned school building.With a moderate group szize of 24 we choose to be in the smaller one: 130m², wooden floor a big window front facing south west letting in the afternoon sun an allowing - [Susan Arnsten-Russell, NYC Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/susan-arnsten-russell-nyc-harvest/) - Dance what you feel I kept thinking to myself, hearing in my head the echo of the phrase I use when talking about painting:Paint what you see.The second half of that phrase is implied but left unspoken:Paint what you see (not what you think.)Dance what you feel (not what you think it should look like;not - [Global Underscore Montréal, 2012](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-montreal-2012/) - Parc Lafontaine, Montréal, Québec, Canada,Saturday the 23th of June, 9am, Elizabeth and I arrived in the park.The temperature was perfect. Sunny sky, a soft wind, trees all around our dance spot, even one surrounded by thousands of lite pink flowers...We were ready for that Global Underscore :-) Here some of our harvest: Benoit M.: It - [New London Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/new-london-harvest/) - During the Global UnderscoreThe evolution of the dancers in space through shapes and patterns both foreign and exploratory to the every day familiarI’m excited by the end of a stretch that hangs in the air such as when you hang your arm back behind you as far as it will go while twisted in opposition - [NYC Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/nyc-harvest/) - Real Time HarvestRed nail polished fingers with lines of amber swirls walking past…There is a trio where I don’t know if it’s a trio where I find the surfaces definitely not with my eyes and they roll sometimes bumping out into other surfaces and all the while it is tumbling and faces and skin and - [yeay, lets play ! ! ! * * * underscore 2012 berlin](https://globalunderscore.com/yeay-lets-play-underscore-2012-berlin/) - hey there , it was wonderful using the dance space in tanzfabrik- berlin for the global underscore *i was impressed by the feeling of sharing the "same" experience with contact dancers around the world, in many places at the same time *....(...) thanx to heike , who organised for us, thank you all for dancing - [Brandin Steffensen's Poems (NYC Harvest)](https://globalunderscore.com/brandin-steffensens-poems-nyc-harvest/) - I-IV & IT WILLIAll contained boundlesslyEARS and FINGERS SEEwhat I or YOU CAN NOTOur cells KNOW ITand WE dowhen WE FORGET ENOUGHIIThe rugged terrainunfolds along the silkygrace of bodies that let go of what they habit mostly(or is it mostly)Whirling I realizeI am vapor in a billowing human cloud rustling slowerthan ease III Empty lips closedover stillness fallingdown down into fine grain wooden - [Gay Pride Glyph](https://globalunderscore.com/gay-pride-glyph/) - An anonymous participant wanted to post this in honor of the Gay Pride Festival that happened over the whole weekend...and so (perhaps unconsciously) joined us in our practice... - [Ekurhuleni South Africa Underscore Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/ekurhuleni-south-africa-underscore-harvest/) - The participates names: Lucky, Vuyani and SenzoWe acknowledge the following for their enormous contribution: South Africa National Civic Organization (SANCO), Morojaneng Primary School and Motse wa Dijana - Hlahatsi Shopping Complex in Katlehong township. - [Harvest Freiburg, Germany](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-freiburg-germany/) - 2012 global UnderScore harvest Freiburg i.Br., GermanyA short very personal preamble from me, ines. I was facilitating the global UnderScore in Freiburg, Germany. I came home happy and tired, nourished from a full day of dancing, when a friend called, telling me that my long-time and very dear friend Rainer passed away the night before.The - [Global Underscore Harvest: Madison, WI, USA](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-harvest-madison-wi-usa/) - Our group was small, only 8 people. We were: Rek Kwawer, Hildy Feen, Kim Lasdon, Richard Aviles, Ellen, Heather Good, Mars Miquelon, and Luv Joy Seamon. Our location was the Center for Conscious Living, which is a dance and music church. It has a beautiful wooden floor, very smooth, big windows, and lovely artwork, plus - [Global Underscore Harvest 2012 Berlin](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-harvest-2012-berlin/) - Berlin 23.6.2012Just a few people had inscribed beforehand for the Global Underscore. So I didn´t know if we would be just a few people. At 15 o`clock the room in Tanzfabrik where also the normal saturday night jam is happening startet to fill up with people. At 15h40 we made a big circle with around - [A Wee Underscore: Ireland Satellite](https://globalunderscore.com/a-wee-underscore-ireland-satellite/) - I don't speak Gaelic, but the Underscore goes on in IrelandMonroe's Tavern Gave Me A Wee Private Space THANKS!On the other side of the wall: beer drinkers having a good timeFirst I faced EastThe UNDERSCORE! Underscore Harvest from Sue Lauther in Ireland:Since it was rainy, cold, windy, I looked for a place: cathedral, city theater, art - [a little global pre-harvest...](https://globalunderscore.com/a-little-global-pre-harvest/) - "WHAT A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE! WE MADE HISTORY, FIRST TO CONDUCT GLOBALUNDERSCORE CI IN AFRICAN CONTINENT. LOOK FOWARD FOR THE NEXT 12 EDITION IN2013. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THIS WONDERFULEXPERIENCE.I WILL POST PHOTOS & SHORT VIDEO OF THE GLOBAL UNDERSCOREEKURHULENI SITE, SOUTH AFRICA LATER TODAY. THANK U VERY MUCH"- from Lucky - [Final Notes for Global Underscore 2012](https://globalunderscore.com/final-notes-for-global-underscore-2012/) - Dear Global Underscore Facilitators,The time has almost arrived for us all to be dancing together! Here are a few last details, tips and reminders to help make your practice complete. There's a lot of words in this email, but we promise it's worth the read. The whole thing should take you less than 10 minutes.This - [Final Tips and Resources](https://globalunderscore.com/final-tips-and-resources/) - As there will be many individual sites practicing all over the world, it’s useful for all of us to use the same schedule and structure. Within that structure each facilitator is encouraged to create an experience that works for the people in their local group. That means different things for different people, and we’ll give - [Facilitators Next Steps (Including Tech Stuff)](https://globalunderscore.com/facilitators-next-steps-including-tech-stuff/) - Dear Global Underscore Facilitators,Welcome to the Global Underscore gathering of 2012. We are thrilled that we are all coming together this year with such full and rich variety. Thank you for your presence and organization!In order to complete our organization for our global practice, we need a little more detail from our facilitators. We would - [Global Underscore 2012: Call for Participants/Facilitators](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-2012-call-for-participants-facilitators/) - WELCOMEDear Underscorers,Welcome to the Global Underscore 2012! This year’s Global Underscore will take place on Saturday June 23, from 9:30 am-1:30 pm EDT (New York time zone). Underscore NYC is honored to be organizing this event again this year and happily writing to you now to begin our collaboration together. For the past 11 years, a Global Underscore - [Global Underscore Practice 2012!](https://globalunderscore.com/global-underscore-practice-2012/) - Planning has begun for this year's Global Underscore practice...here's an update!Nancy Stark Smith and Mike Vargas will be hosting/facilitating one site of the 2012 Global Underscore as part of the Somatics and Technology Conference taking place at the University of Chichester, in Chichester, UK, on Saturday, June 23, 2:30–6:30 pm (UK time) and we are basing - [Harvests from Buffalo, NY](https://globalunderscore.com/harvests-from-buffalo-ny/) - (This drawing is by Kelly Cornelius)Here are some notes from the Global Underscore in Buffalo, NY:window reoccurring windowalmost everyone spent time looking out the windowI was under the impression that through most of the underscore everyone was in a different part of the underscoreetherchairslaughter sound effects broom instrumentsuse of space !?I noticed how space is - [Underscore NYC video!!!](https://globalunderscore.com/underscore-nyc-video/) - [Nancy Stark Smith in Chicago, Illinois, USA](https://globalunderscore.com/nancy-stark-smith-in-chicago-illinois-usa/) - GLOBAL UNDERSCORE 2011 19 June 2011, 12 noon – 4pmChicago HarvestAs the last event of a weeklong Dance Improvisation Fest produced by Columbia College Dance Center and Links Hall (organized by dancer/improviser Lisa Gonzales and others), Nancy and Mike hosted the Global Underscore 2011 in Chicago. The talk-thru (Saturday) and Underscore (Sunday) took place in - [Adam Griff in Boulder, Colorado, USA](https://globalunderscore.com/adam-griff-in-boulder-colorado-usa/) - Super short recap.We started our summer solstice lab which is an extended 4 hour event. Part way through we all stopped and did a small dance facing the Chicago crew.The small dance broke up and the global underscore continued.At the end of our 4 hours we had the pleasure of gliding on moving couches that - [Harvest from Montréal](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest-from-montreal/) - Below you will find the Harvest from the UnderScore held in Parc Lafontaine, Montreal, Qc, Canada, on a gorgeous sunny day.François : J’ai passé un beau moment. Merci. C’était lent pour moi, tout simple. Être ensemble, avec nous, être ici, c’est ce qui me nourrit. Être comme on est, avec nos limites. Guillaume : Je - [Sophia Ribeiro in Lisbon, Portugal](https://globalunderscore.com/sophia-ribeiro-in-lisbon-portugal/) - It was really a great chance to circulate in another Underscore practice. In Lisbon it was the first time that the practice arrived with it's full logic structure and philosophy. Your communications were so strongly with us. All the participants in the thanksgiving revealed their 'obrigadas' and were grateful about the practice.Many mentioned the feeling - [Dey Summer in Watertown, MA (near Boston)](https://globalunderscore.com/dey-summer-in-watertown-ma-near-boston/) - Our Underscore was lovely. It was a small group of 9, and three of them were doing their first Underscore. It was a beautiful day, and the studio was full of light and summer breezes. It felt very timeless, and many commented on how deeply they relaxed into the afternoon's practice.There was a bunch of - [Harvests from Dani Schwartz in Moscow](https://globalunderscore.com/harvests-from-dani-schwartz-in-moscow/) - An excerpt from Dani's letter to Nancy:"Ecki and I were invited by Masha and Sasha, to facilitate the first ever Weekend Jam in Moscow.We joined the Global Underscore on the 19th during the last hours of the event. As our schedule for the jam didn’t work with your timing, we joined your first 2 hours - [People at the beach, Bordeaux ( FRANCE ) - Sat. 18](https://globalunderscore.com/people-at-the-beach-bordeaux-france-sat-18/) - Presents : Céline FUZEAU, Haleh GHEYTANCHI, Florent, Tâm Antoine NGUYEN-MINH* "Une danse sacrée au delà de l'océan, avec lui, avec vous, avec le grand tout...quand mon mouvement fait le tour de la terre et me revient en plein coeur, je suis là, plus que jamais vivante et mon corps s'émeut de ses rencontres ensablées.A cet - [](https://globalunderscore.com/352-2/) - [Eskimo proverb](https://globalunderscore.com/eskimo-proverb/) - I received an email on Saturday with this quote and wanted to share it with you all...so timely!"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance." ~Eskimo proverb - [Brooklyn harvests](https://globalunderscore.com/brooklyn-harvests/) - below you will find the notes I (Jesse) took during our harvest...4:30-4:55pm and then continuing again from 5:03-5:15 or so. we were eating homemade hummus with crudite and vegan chocolate muffins. a feast!----• memories of my first global underscore in 2006 with claire filmon in desolate santa monica.• (lots of passing the talking "stick"/remote control on the - [Doug MacKenzie and his daughter...](https://globalunderscore.com/doug-mackenzie-and-his-daughter/) - [From Geneva to Utrecht and Paris](https://globalunderscore.com/from-geneva-to-utrecht-and-paris/) - Dear Sebas and Geneviève,Thank you for your messages and especially for your energy.We in Geneva were very happy to be connected directly to you and indirectly to all the global contact improv community around the world.We did our opening small dance facing Cavigliano in east Switzerland.It was a great and inspiring event for the 13 - [From Utrecht to Paris](https://globalunderscore.com/from-utrecht-to-paris/) - Hello Geneviève,Thank you for your nice paris-report and your energetical support.we had 2 lines taped in our studio, one facing paris, one facing geneve, crossing somewhere in the middle of the room. And although we didn't do a beginning- nor ending-small-dance, these 2 lines were there through our whole underscore and reminded/linked us to you - [Photos from Paris!](https://globalunderscore.com/photos-from-paris/) - Hi, Nathalie & I (Genevieve) had a 1h dance, plus harvest, beginning with a small dance facing Utrecht to receive the energy you send us. We then had a dance connected with 3 others directions (Wassim's group in Geneva, Jerome's group in Gif sur Yvette, Jesse's group in New York).It was an open air dance, - [Glyphs in Cardona](https://globalunderscore.com/glyphs-in-cardona/) - [Notes from Juliet Shelly in Wellington, New Zealand](https://globalunderscore.com/notes-from-juliet-shelly-in-wellington-new-zealand/) - this was posted as a comment, but deserves it's own posting...---Sunday, 19 June 2011NZ Underscore Practise Hello everyone! Here in New Zealand there was a three hour Global Underscore Practise led by Val Smith nine hours ago in Auckland from 1pm - 4pm and in Wellington a practise was led by Juliet Shelley seven hours - [photos from Brooklyn's Underscore](https://globalunderscore.com/photos-from-brooklyns-underscore/) - Check out these amazing photos from our Brooklyn Underscore. Technology is RAD!Here are just a few to tempt you! - [Live gchat during first stand...](https://globalunderscore.com/live-gchat-during-first-stand/) - [Final Update Letter](https://globalunderscore.com/final-update-letter/) - Dear Underscorers, On June 19, from 1-5pm EST (New York time zone), we will hold a Global Underscore event. This event is directly inspired by Claire Filmon’s “Global Underscore Solstice,” an event which she created and developed with great care and vision from Paris over the last ten years with the Paris Underscore team and - [The Map!](https://globalunderscore.com/the-map/) - Check out our map!View Global Underscore 2011 in a larger map - [We begin](https://globalunderscore.com/we-begin/) - Below is the current list of participating cities. We are 23 locations in 13 countries, practicing simultaneously (or almost) during the weekend of June 18-19. YES!-- Perth, AustraliaCoolah, AustraliaWellington, New ZealandGothic, ColoradoBoulder, ColoradoChicago, IllinoisWashington, DCBrooklyn, New YorkChertsey, QuebecEarthdance, Plainfield, MassachusettsWatertown, MassachusettsBuenos Aires, ArgentinaCayenne, French Guiana Lisbon, PortugalBordeaux, FranceLondon, United KingdomCardona, SpainPalma, SpainParis, FranceGeneva, SwitzerlandCavigliano, SwitzerlandLivorno, ## Pages - [Home](https://globalunderscore.com/) - ** Announcing GUS 2026 date & time! ** HarvestSee 2025 SitesWe dedicate Global Underscore (GUS) to Nancy Stark Smith (11 February, 1952 – 1 May, 2020), the creator of the Underscore. To learn more about Nancy, visit her website. Remembrances of Nancy are shared on Contact Quarterly’s NSS Harvest Facebook page. Inspirations for GUS David - [Contact Us](https://globalunderscore.com/contact-us/) - To contact the Global Underscore coordinating team, email us. Sign up for Global Underscore news below! GUS 2023 in Dublin Ireland. Photo by Laura Sarah Dowdall. - [2023 GUS Sites](https://globalunderscore.com/2023-gus-sites/) - 2023 GUS SITES [updated 28 June 2023] 75 Sites Catch-All International Zoom: 1 REGIONS Asia: 10 Australia/Oceania: 4 Caribbean: 1 Central America: 2 Europe: 22 Middle East: 2 North America: 22 South America: 11 “CATCH-ALL” International Zoom Full Score Practice on Zoom Facilitator: Colleen Bartley & Monique Kroepfli, email Dancers & Sites joining: Denmark, WA, - [Store](https://globalunderscore.com/store/) - [Events](https://globalunderscore.com/events/) - GLOBAL UNDERSCORE 2026 Events The GLOBAL UNDERSCORE (GUS) centers on a yearly dance event, the Global Underscore practice, in which the Underscore is practiced simultaneously for a 4-hour period by people all over the world near the June solstice. GUS hosts the following events: Other events TBA In-Depth Talk-Through: TBA GLOBAL UNDERSCORE Practice (main event): - [Donate](https://globalunderscore.com/donate/) - Contribute herePlease contribute to GUS (sliding scale: low–regular–abundant) Other Events: $0–$10–$20 USD GUS Practice: $0–$25–$50 USD from each site Please indicate if it is a site or individual contribution. Additional contributions are welcome and needed! Global Underscore (GUS) is made possible through the participation and enthusiasm of thousands of dancers, site facilitators, and volunteer coordinators - [2025 GUS Sites | Registration](https://globalunderscore.com/2025-gus-sites/) - Welcome to the Global Underscore (GUS) 2025 Sites page! We will have GUS 2026 Site page up soon. Contact us with any questions or concerns. HARVESTRegister a GUS Site *COMING SOON!* 2025 GUS SITES [updated 13 July 2025] 96 Sites REGIONS Africa: 1 Asia: 9 Australia/Oceania: 8 Caribbean: 2 Central America: 2 Europe: 34 Middle - [About](https://globalunderscore.com/about/) - WHAT WE DO HISTORY WELCOME! The Underscore, a long-form dance improvisation structure created by Nancy Stark Smith, incorporates Contact Improvisation (CI) into the broader arena of improvisational dance practice. Global Underscore (GUS) centers around a yearly event in which the Underscore is practiced simultaneously for a 4-hour period by people all over the world near - [Time Zones](https://globalunderscore.com/time-zones/) - TIME ZONES More Info to find your time zone: www.everytimezone.com EVENTS: Pre-Events: TBA Saturday, 20 June 2026: GUS Practice (& Live Streaming Zoom) 14:00–18:00 UTC (10:00 am–2:00 pm EDT New York) GUS Practice (& Live Streaming Zoom): 20 June, 14:00 UTC (10:00 am EDT New York) start time (24hr time): City (or country) 07:00 (UTC–7): - [Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/harvest/) - Harvests are writings, photos, drawings, videos, etc., that are generated from reflecting on the dancing of the GUS practice. “How did the [Under]score function for you at this time? What is one specific thing that happened? What did you feel, perceive, or learn? These are your gleanings, your field notes; not full summaries or interpretations. - [Options for Participation](https://globalunderscore.com/about/options-for-participation/) - The Global Underscore (GUS) is organized for people who are interested in the Underscore and Contact Improvisation, and who want to connect globally through dancing this practice together. If you are new to the Underscore, please read the About page, which includes the GUS Mission & Events. Dancers In a few months, registration and the - [Talk-Through](https://globalunderscore.com/talk-through/) - TALK-THROUGH The Underscore is generally not led with verbal cues, so dancers learn about the elements of the Underscore with a “Talk-Through.” A Talk-Through includes a brief history and description and then then a talk, going through the 20+ phases, 12+ connections, and 7+ aspects with all of their Glyphs. A few movements of movement - [GUS Store](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-store/) - If you want Dance Kneepads, go here: www.dancekneepads.com Mike Vargas’ 86 Aspects of Composition card deck a tool for open-ended creative research $30. Adapted from the MV article in Contact Quarterly magazine Vol 28.2, “Looking at Composition is Like Painting the Golden Gate Bridge: 86 Aspects of Composition,” this deck of 90 cards is designed to support the - [GUS Team](https://globalunderscore.com/gus-team/) - Our Team for GUS 2025: You! We are currently looking for people who want to help with organizing the Global Underscore in small or large ways: helping with Zoom events (“Talk-Among” and “Live Streaming” online portal), website updates and maintenance, developing maps and the Facings (how people connect around the world), social media, supporting new - [Facings](https://globalunderscore.com/facings/) - FACINGS One element that makes the GUS practice different from a regular Underscore is the Facings. The Facings will consist of two 5-minute Stands/Small Dances (a standing practice developed by Steve Paxton) during the 4-hour GUS Practice, The Facings create a spiral that circles the earth 5 times from the most southern site to one - [2020 GUS Sites](https://globalunderscore.com/2020-gus-sites/) - 2020 GUS Sites 53 Sites + 5 Satellites Catch-All International Zoom: 1 Africa: 0 Asia: 4 Australia/Oceania: 4 Europe: 22 North America: 21 South America: 6 - [2024 GUS Sites | Registration](https://globalunderscore.com/2024-gus-sites/) - Welcome to the Global Underscore (GUS) 2024 Sites page! 2024 GUS SITES [updated 26 June 2024] 75 Sites (+ 1 Satellite) Catch-All International Zoom: 1 REGIONS Africa: 0 Asia: 9 Australia/Oceania: 5 Caribbean: 1 Central America: 1 Europe: 28 Middle East: 0 North America: 22 South America: 8 Satellites: 1 “CATCH-ALL” International Zoom Full Score - [2021 GUS Sites](https://globalunderscore.com/2021-gus-sites/) - 2021 GUS SITES 58 SitesCatch-All International Zoom: 1 CONTINENTS Africa: 0 Asia: 11 Australia/Oceania: 5 Europe: 19 North America (includes Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America): 17 South America: 5 “CATCH-ALL” Zoom Full Score Practice Facilitators: Colleen Bartley, Nancy Hughes, with Nicole Touzien email Dancers: Barbara Bauer Greifswald, Laura Dowdall, Ines, Colleen Bartley, Nancy Hughes, - [2025 GUS MAP](https://globalunderscore.com/2025-gus-map/) - [2024 GUS Map](https://globalunderscore.com/2024-gus-map/) - [2023 GUS Map](https://globalunderscore.com/2023-gus-map/) - [Social](https://globalunderscore.com/social/) - [Archive - 2022 Sites](https://globalunderscore.com/2022-gus-sites/) - 2022 GUS SITES [updated 28 Jun 2022] 72 Sites Catch-All International Zoom: 1 REGIONS Asia: 8 Australia/Oceania: 2 Caribbean: 1 Europe: 31 North America (includes Canada, USA, Mexico): 19 South America: 10 “CATCH-ALL” International Zoom Full Score Practice Facilitators: Colleen Bartley & Nancy Hughes email Dancers & Sites joining: Max Lever, Rodrigo Cardoso, Rosana Carvalho, - [Underscore Glyphs](https://globalunderscore.com/underscore-glyphs/) - For more information about the Glyphs, read the Underscore chapter in Nancy Stark Smith’s and David Koteen’s book: Caught Falling: The Confluence of Contact Improvisation, Nancy Stark Smith, and Other Moving Ideas, available through Wesleyan University Press. - [test](https://globalunderscore.com/test/) - Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 Hello, I added a text block. 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GUS Live Streaming Registration 20 June 2026, 14:00–18:00 UTC, 10:00 am–2:00 pm EDT Find your Timezone - [Button Reg a GUS Site](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/button-reg-a-gus-site/) - Register a GUS Site *COMING SOON!* - [Talk-Thru Button 2024](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/talk-thru-button-2024/) - In-Depth Talk-Through Registration *COMING SOON!* - [2020 Donors](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/donors-2020/) - Andrew Solway Andrew Wass Triade Tanzforum e.V. Anna Sedlackova Anne-Gaelle Thiriot April Butcher, Chicago Contact Improvisation Bernadette Divilly Bonn, Germany GUS site, Tanja Striezel Brandin Steffensen Christine Mauch Colleen Bartley Dana Galbavy Danse Orée des Bois David Leung Dey Summer Dolly Huang Eve Hermann Florence, MA USA site Funda Gul Gretchen Dunn Hong Kong GUS - [[2024 Site page] Welcome](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/site-page-pre-welcome/) - Welcome to the Global Underscore (GUS) 2025 Sites page! We will have GUS 2026 Site page up soon. Contact us with any questions or concerns. - [GUS Mission & Events [on About page]](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/gus-mission/) - WHAT WE DO The GUS Coordinator team is composed of volunteers who seek to provide a global communication and information hub in support of ongoing GUS events. We set the time and date for GUS each year, help sites connect, organize the ritual of the Facings, create an archive for a collective Harvest, and fundraise - [[About] Welcome](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/about-welcome/) - WELCOME! The Underscore, a long-form dance improvisation structure created by Nancy Stark Smith, incorporates Contact Improvisation (CI) into the broader arena of improvisational dance practice. Global Underscore (GUS) centers around a yearly event in which the Underscore is practiced simultaneously for a 4-hour period by people all over the world near the summer solstice (northern - [Talk-Through](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/talk-through-2/) - TALK-THROUGH The Underscore is generally not led with verbal cues, so dancers learn about the elements of the Underscore with a “Talk-Through.” A Talk-Through includes a brief history and description and then then a talk, going through the 20+ phases, 12+ connections, and 7+ aspects with all of their Glyphs. A few movements of movement - [Talk-Through](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/talk-through/) - TALK-THROUGH The Underscore is generally not led with verbal cues, so dancers learn about the elements of the Underscore with a “Talk-Through.” A Talk-Through includes a brief history and description and then then a talk, going through the 20+ phases, 12+ connections, and 7+ aspects with all of their Glyphs. A few movements of movement - [Talk-Through Event](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/talk-through-event/) - GLOBAL IN-DEPTH TALK-THROUGH In preparation for the GUS 2026 practice, an In-Depth Talk-Through of the Underscore phases, connections, and aspects will be given — by many experienced facilitators from around the world. There will be multiple viewpoints, different languages, discussion, and some movement time to embody the principles. This is a recorded event. In-Depth Talk-Through - [Talk-Among Button 2025](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/talk-among-button-2025/) - Underscore Talk-Among: 35 Years Registration - [Live Streaming button](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/live-streaming-button/) - Register for “Live Streaming” ! - [Button: All Events (to Events page)](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/register-for-all-events-2022/) - Register for All Events - [GUS mission (1 sentence)](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/gus-mission-1-sentence/) - [GUS Team](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/gus-team/) - Our Team for GUS 2025: You! We are currently looking for people who want to help with organizing the Global Underscore in small or large ways: helping with Zoom events (“Talk-Among” and “Live Streaming” online portal), website updates and maintenance, developing maps and the Facings (how people connect around the world), social media, supporting new - [Facings [on Facings page]](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/facings-2/) - FACINGS One element that makes the GUS practice different from a regular Underscore is the Facings. The Facings will consist of two 5-minute Stands/Small Dances (a standing practice developed by Steve Paxton) during the 4-hour GUS Practice, The Facings create a spiral that circles the earth 5 times from the most southern site to one - [Button: Find a GUS Site](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/find-gus-sites-2/) - Find a GUS Site - [2023 Buttons & text: Reg all 4 Events](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/2022-reg-for-all-events/) - Underscore Talk-Among: 35 Years Registration 24 May, 14:00–16:00 UTC (10:00 am–12:00 pm EDT) Facilitated discussion about the Underscore In-Depth Talk-Through Registration14 June, 12:00–14:30 UTC (8:00–10:30 am EDT) Facilitators from many different countries will speak on the (_) phases, connections, and aspects. More Info GUS Site Registration (Coming Soon!)21 June, 14:00–18:00 UTC (10:00 am–2:00 pm EDT) - [2020 Sites summary](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/2020-sites-summary/) - 2020 GUS Sites 53 Sites + 5 Satellites Catch-All International Zoom: 1 Africa: 0 Asia: 4 Australia/Oceania: 4 Europe: 22 North America: 21 South America: 6 - [2020 Catch-All desc (Site Page)](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/2020-catch-all-desc-site-page/) - [2020 Sites Summary (Site page)](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/2020-sites-summary-site-page/) - [T-T desc for button [Event, T-T page]](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/t-t-desc-for-button-event-t-t-page/) - [2025 Events page: Reg 4 events](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/2025-events-page-reg-4-events/) - [2023 4 Buttons w Text: All Events](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/2023-4-buttons-w-text-all-events/) - In-Depth Talk-Through Registration *COMING SOON!* 15 June, 12:00–14:30 UTC (8:00–10:30 am EDT New York) Facilitators from different countries speak on the (_) phases, connections, and aspects. Online. More Info GUS Site Registration22 June, 14:00–18:00 UTC (10:00 am–2:00 pm EDT) Facilitators register a GUS Site. More Info GUS Live Streaming Registration 22 June, 14:00–18:00 UTC (10:00 - [Button: Reg for Events](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/reg-button/) - Register for Events - [2022 3 Buttons: Reg Site/Find Site/Reg Catch-All](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/reg-site-find-site-reg-catch-all/) - Find a GUS Site Register for All Events Register a GUS Site *COMING SOON!* - [Button: Meta Sharing reg](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/meta-sharing-button/) - Meta-Sharing Registration - [Reg/Update a GUS Site button](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/find-gus-sites/) - Register/Update a GUS Site - [POST GUS (Site Reg & Meta Sharing Reg)](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/post-gus-site-reg-meta-sharing-reg/) - GUS Site RegistrationYou can still register your GUS site! Drop-in Meta-Sharing Registration1 July, 12:00–14:00 UTC (8:00–10:00 am EDT) Share your reflections! More Info - [GUS Site Page](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/gus-site-page/) - Welcome to the Global Underscore (GUS) 2025 Sites page! We will have GUS 2026 Site page up soon. Contact us with any questions or concerns. - [2020 GUS Sites](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/2020-gus-sites/) - [SITE page 2024 Packet, Options, TimeZones](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/site-page-2024-packet-options-timezones/) - [Button: Reg T-T](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/register-for-catch-all-2022/) - Register for In-Depth Talk-Through - [GUS 2022 Sites TEMPLATE](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/gus-2022-sites-template/) - 2023 GUS SITES [updated 18 Jan 2023] 0 Sites Catch-All International Zoom: 0 REGIONS Asia: 0 Australia/Oceania: 0 Caribbean: 0 Europe: 0 North America: 0 South America: 0 “CATCH-ALL” International Zoom Full Score PracticeFacilitators:Dancers & Sites joining:Registration & Info: www.globalunderscore.com/events ASIA CHINA HONG KONG INDIA SINGAPORE TAIWAN THAILAND AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND CARIBBEAN EUROPE - [Redirect](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/redirect-2/) - Redirect - [Register Site + Catch-All + contact us [old?]](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/register-for-events/) - Register your GUS 2023 site If you have any problems with registering, please contact us! GUS Site RegistrationGUS Live Streaming An online video portal (through Zoom) that allows dancers at Synchronous GUS Sites to see, hear, and engage in real-time with each other virtually during Global Underscore 2026. If you have any questions, please read - [Meta-Sharing](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/meta-sharing/) - [Catch-All Desc and Button](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/catch-all-desc-and-button/) - [Botton: Harvest](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/botton-harvest/) - [Donate button](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/donate-button-2/) - Contribute: Individually or for your GUS Site - [redirect](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/redirect/) - [Button: Reg a GUS Site](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/reg-a-gus-site/) - Find a GUS Site - [old Underscore Glyphs](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/underscore-glyphs/) - [Kneepads](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/kneepads/) - [2019 Donors](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/donors-2019/) - Antonio Valverde Basel Switzerland GUS site (Monique Kroepfli, Simon Wenger) Bongho Kim Colorado Springs GUS site Erez Gavish Erica Kaufman Esteban Fredin Ortiz Hong Kong GUS site Jaron Tong Laura Barceló Maru Yuenjie Nathalie Baumann Northampton, MA USA GUS site Patrick Crowley Sebas van Wetten Stephanie Auberville Susan Lauther Tom Murray Toyko Japan GUS site - [2021 Donors](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/2021-donors/) - Christian Swenson Sarah Young Patrick Crowley Herman Van Cauwelaert Jeff Bliss Frederick Landers London Contact Improvisation (LCI) Marina Kolokouri Lynn Stephens David Koteen Barbara Bauer Suzuki Yasuko Lindsay Forsythe Basel, Switzerland/Monique Kroepfli, Nathalie Baumann Maidelise Ríos Medina Mimi Lo From Inch Dance (Yu-Chien Cheng) Paul Whitlock Nikki Lee Laura Dowdall Margarethe Wäckerle Kellyn Jackson EDAM - [2021 GUS Sites](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/2021-gus-sites/) - [2020 Donors](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/2020-donors/) - Andrew Solway Andrew Wass Triade Tanzforum e.V. Anna Sedlackova Anne-Gaelle Thiriot April Butcher, Chicago Contact Improvisation Bernadette Divilly Bonn, Germany GUS site, Tanja Striezel Brandin Steffensen Christine Mauch Colleen Bartley Dana Galbavy Danse Orée des Bois David Leung Dey Summer Dolly Huang Eve Hermann Florence, MA USA site Funda Gul Gretchen Dunn Hong Kong GUS - [Donate button](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/donate-button/) - Register for Events - [Options](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/options/) - [Time Zone Page: Talk-Among](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/time-zone-page-talk-among/) - [TIme Zone Page: T-T](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/time-zone-page-t-t/) - [Talk Among 2025](https://globalunderscore.com/fusion_element/talk-among-2025/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://globalunderscore.com/category/uncategorized/) - [Harvests 2011](https://globalunderscore.com/category/harvests-2011/) - [Organizing 2011](https://globalunderscore.com/category/organizing-2011/) - [Harvests 2012](https://globalunderscore.com/category/harvests-2012/) - [Organizing 2012](https://globalunderscore.com/category/organizing-2012/) - [Global Underscore 2013 Map](https://globalunderscore.com/category/global-underscore-2013-map/) - [Baile en el Aire](https://globalunderscore.com/category/baile-en-el-aire/) - [Contact Sur](https://globalunderscore.com/category/contact-sur/) - [Enclave](https://globalunderscore.com/category/enclave/) - [Global Underscore 2013](https://globalunderscore.com/category/global-underscore-2013/) - [Granada](https://globalunderscore.com/category/granada/) - [GUS2013](https://globalunderscore.com/category/gus2013/) - [Harvest 2014](https://globalunderscore.com/category/harvest-2014/) - [most of the Brooklyn participants (Brandin took the picture)](https://globalunderscore.com/category/most-of-the-brooklyn-participants-brandin-took-the-picture/)