dancing
teaching / performance / facilitation
upcoming:
April 28th, 2024, 3:30-7pm, - CI Class & Focused Jam at Martha Hill @ Bennington College - free and open to all) Facebook Event Here.
May 30th - June 2nd, 2024 - contact improvisation: practice and perFORMance - a four day dive into focused CI practice at GROUNDWORKS in Gardiner, NY. Register here.
June 6th - 9th, 2024 - Teaching at the JUNE CI JAM (with Jonathan Brussolo!) at the Field Center. Register Here.
September 15th - 28th, 2024 - Teaching with Mark Young in a two-week Contact Improvisation workshop at Leviathan Studio in British Columbia. More info here.
October 4th-6th, 2024, - Patiently Falling Up - a CI workshop with Shira Yaziv and Lilianna Kane in Berkeley, CA. More info soon.
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PHILOSOPHY / PERSPECTIVE / CURIOSITY (OF THE MOMENT):
Contact Improvisation is a method of embodied inquiry and a practice of physical skills, somatic intelligence, patience and peace. For me, it is also an ongoing philosophical, relational, and spiritual pursuit.
When dancing Contact Improvisation, I am in a continual cycle of asking questions. The longevity of my dance relies on the capacity of my curiosity, and my willingness to be in unknown terrain. I ask questions with my body, my attention, my relationship to weight, space, my partner(s), time…
I believe that when we are dancing Contact Improvisation, we are cultivating a state of collective communication and heightened sensitivity. To develop the state of trust needed to take risks, engage in dynamic movement, and play, we must exercise our our ability to listen and speak with our bodies and our senses. We must sharpen our reflexes and deepen our understanding of our bodies’ relationship to structure and physics. We must train mindfulness and meditation; disorientation and deep somatic awareness.
I like how focused CI practice models peaceful, playful and attentive behavior. What if life looked like this outside of the studio? What if we brought the same rigor, artistry, and focus to all the elements of our life? Can we use CI to find poetry in the mundane, to find peace within a world of war, and to learn to have fun while improvising through our lives?