dancing
teaching + facilitation
upcoming:
2026
AUGUST 6 - 17
SUMMER Contact Improvisation FESTIVAL at the Field Center
intensives, classes, labs, jams, sauna, swimming, room + board
The Field Center (Bellows Falls, VT)
SEPTEMBER 11 - 13
ELASTIC SPACE : A 3-day Contact Improvisation workshop with Alessandro Rivellino in Budapest
Venue:
SíN Arts Centre
1139 Budapest, Gyutacs u. 10.
Budapest, Hungary
OCTOBER 15 - 18
FALL CONTACT IMPROVISATION JAM at the Field Center
The Field Center (Bellows Falls, VT)
NOVEMER 11 - 16
LAYERS OF LISTENING: A 5-Day Contact Improvisation Intensive with Alessandro Rivellino
This workshop will be a focused container for the study and practice of Contact Improvisation. Classes will range from slow, subtle, and meditative material surrounding presence, listening techniques, and somatic exploration, to dynamic, playful and athletic dancing scores. We will review foundations for dancing with weight in motion, and entering into and out of touch. We will meet the ground as it meets our feet. We will pay attention to detail and patiently attune to each other and ourselves. We will also liberate ourselves to play and run like silly foxes in the snow. We will investigate the sensational experiences of falling, flying, rolling, and stillness. We will dance a lot.
(Bellows Falls, VT)
DECEMBER 9, 10
2-day Contact Improvisation (pre-workshop for Encuentro CI de Peru)
Registration here: encuentrovallesagrado@gmail.com
(Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco, Peru)
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2027 dates coming 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?