(Ongoing)

see Contact Improvisation for my general take on contact improv. here are some details about my experience connected with ci jams.

ci is most often practiced at jams. like jazz jams, where musicians get together to improvisationally explore the limits of their form, at contact improv jams practitioners gather and explore where the contact point, the sensibilities that the dancers bring to it, and the unique combinations of the moment, take them.

One CI Jam's Discoveries

As in many jams around the world, at our local jam we've discovered some questions and, sometimes, some answers about what works.

What's So Great About Improvisation?

if i ever get this written, it might could also be called, "how i learned to let go of perfection and love the moment"

About Authentic Movement

a beguilingly simple partnered movement practice, about as far from most conventional dance as you can get, and about as terrific a tool for personal discovery as you can get, if it suits you.

along marginally relevant lines, to provoke conversational forum, a dancer friend rob asked the question:

What Is Dance

i was tempted, for better or worse, to offer a minimalist description, trying to strip away incidentals.

Vast Conspiracy