Contact Improvisation

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About Contact Improvisation

Contact Improvisation (CI) is a dance technique in which points of physical contact provide the starting point for movement improvisation and exploration. (from the Wikipedia article)

...a 33 year old body-based art, a physical investigation of the possibilities of bodies moving through contact… weight, structure, momentum, balance and off-balance, falling, touch, forces, physics, skin, muscle, and bone are our starting places, and from there our curiosities take us where they will. We experiment, observe, take risks, play. While the investigation can move to many different territories it has a reference point in observation of physics in motion, bodies in contact, and delight in the unknown. As a practice, Contact is flexible, taking on whatever forms the curiosity of the practitioners discover together… athletic and wild, quiet and meditative, play, study, meeting, a kind of non-competitive wrestling or moving bodywork. The pleasure of contact comes of this active investigation. (from burning contact)

One of the most annoying things (in my experience) about CI is that when other people ask "Oh? What is that, exactly?" it\'s next to impossible to accurately describe it without producing pictures or demonstrating with your body.

This group is intended to be a place to share any and all photos of contact improv (whether from a workshop, a jam, or just you and the floor) as it is happening. They don\'t have to be particularly artsy, but pictures that show relatively well what contact looks like -- verses, for instance, a picture of two people standing straight with their backs together -- are preferred.

No daily upload limit. Have fun. Get tactile.

For more information about contact, or to find a jam or class near you, check out www.contactimprov.net.