Contact Improvisation is an evolving system of movement initiated in 1972 by American choreographer Steve Paxton. The improvised dance form is based on the communication between two moving bodies that are in physical contact and their combined relationship to the physical laws that govern their motion—gravity, momentum, inertia. The body, in order to open to these sensations, learns to release excess muscular tension and abandon a certain quality of willfulness to experience the natural flow of movement.…..It is a free play with balance, self-correcting the wrong moves and reinforcing the right ones, bringing forth a physical/emotional truth about a shared moment of movement that leaves the participants informed, centered, and enlivened.

—early definition by Steve Paxton and others, 1970s from CQ Vol. 5:1, Fall 1979

In this fundamental focused series, we will focus on so that you may better navigate yours

Moving from internal sensation
Moving from your centre
Following a physical point of contact
Weight sharing
Rolling pathways
Falling strategies
Muscular tone and how to modulate it according to your needs
CI Jam etiquette
Practising Consent

SEPTEMBER DATES:

-CI Fundamental Class Series-

Thursday 5th Dec- Class#1- 6:30pm-8:30pm
Thursday 12th Dec- Class#2- 6:30pm-8:30pm

+ Thursday 19th Dec- OPEN JAM -6:30pm-8:30pm/9pm

COST:
Series (x2 classes) + Jam = $75+ BF

Casual Class/Jam Pass: $30 + BF

**Those seeking to attend the jam only must have prior contact jam experience and a solid understanding of basic ci technique.**

*Concession rates available, please get in touch with me to discuss

Location:
Erskineville Village Anglican Church- 55 Erskineville Rd, Erskineville NSW 2043
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LF1XksHkpVugi9tQ6Want to learn more about the practice?, check out this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Pt0OXK7es&t=574sGot more questions?, feel free to send me (Angi) a DM or email me at angi.bowles@gmail.com See less See less

IMAGE CREDIT
Nancy Stark Smith [jumping] and Nita Little, performing Contact Improvisation with ReUnion, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1976
photo © Uldis Ohaks

SOURCED: Writings | Images – Nancy Stark Smith