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	Improvisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Improvisation can be structured, with certain rules constraining the improvisation (for example, "make up a song about bicycles", "use these chord changes", and so on), or can have no such constraints (free improvisation).
		Contact improvisation originated from the movement studies of Steve Paxton in the 1970s and developed through the continued exploration of the Judson Dance Theater.
		Improvisation is also performed as an art form itself in theatres around the world, sometimes with dramatic intent but more often in comedic form (the most famous is Chicago's The Second City).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Improvisation (1117 words)

	Contact improvisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Contact Improvisation is a form of dance improvisation and is one of the best-known and most characteristic forms of postmodern dance.
		Contact Improvisation was initially developed by a group of dance artists, led by Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith, as an exploration in improvised dance.
		Contact Improvisation is often practiced in duet form but can also be performed in groups or as a solo using physical objects (floor, walls, chair, etc...) as the point of contact.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Contact_Improvisation (620 words)

	Contact Improvisation Definitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Contact Improvisation is a unique dance form that is difficult to describe without witnessing it.
		Contact Improvisation is a form of dance improvisation.
		Contact Improvisation was developed by a group of dance artists Grand Union led by Steve Paxton as a method for creating improvised dance.
	www.earthdance.net /contactdefinition.htm (618 words)

	Contact Improvisation
		Contact improvisation is a dance form invented in New York in the 1960s by Steve Paxton and other members of the Judson Dance Theater.
		Contact is sort of a combination of aikido, the jitterbug, and dry humping.
		All during this time, however, as I practice contact improvisation for performance and as a pure movement form, I'm utterly bored by the aspects of CI that have to do with health, chiropractic, "healing," various New Age therapeutic "techniques," and mysticism.
	www.toobeautiful.org /contact.html (2452 words)

	601
		Contact improvisation is a form of dance dueting “that emphasizes the qualities of mutual trust and interdependence by requiring ongoing contact between the two participants.
		Because the Library of Congress does not use contact improvisation, which is the standard term for the movement style within the dance field, for the subject heading and instead uses a much broader term, the subject heading tended to bring up material with a low relevance.
		This article discussed using contact improvisation as a means for people with eating disorders to increase comfort with their bodies and develop a more accurate perception of their bodies through the information gained by physical contact.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~kkraus/601.html (7057 words)

	Vol 4 Ed 2 - transcript of nancy stark smith discussion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		As well there was the idea of what you could invest in contact improvisation in terms of articulation, of working with various states of physical tone and of bringing out different qualities of focus within contact rather that adding things on to it.
		One of the fundamental forms of contact improvisation practice is the jam, and implicit in that form is watching, to be present to the gaze of others.
		For instance, in contact improvisation, it was very difficult for the group to sustain contact with five or six people together, it would always break down into duet.
	proximity.slightly.net /v_four/v4e2a1.htm (3245 words)

	Dance Spirit Magazine - Contact Lens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Contact improvisation explores movement choices based on touch, weight, gravity and momentum.
		Contact, as it is known, is seen all over the world, from the repertory of contemporary dance companies, who use partnering as a major source for choreography (see p.
		Contact was developed in 1972 by Steve Paxton, a former Merce Cunningham dancer who had a large influence on the Judson Church dance events of the 1960s.
	www.dancespirit.com /backissues/jan03/specialty.shtml (556 words)

	Contact Improvisation in Amsterdam-Weekly Jam Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Contact improvisation is an open dance form for everyone.
		One of the great things about contact improvisation is how easy it is to join in, regardless of your level.
		Note: If you are a contact teacher and want to teach in Amsterdam, we will help you arrange a workshop.
	www.geocities.com /amsterdamjam (152 words)

	Contact Improvisation Festival
		If you practice Contact Improv, you probably know that a host of people will descend on West Philly this weekend to participate in classes and performances at the 3rd Annual Philadelphia Contact Improvisation Festival.
		People doing Contact lifted up, rolled over, leaned on and fell down on one another, not knowing exactly where they would end up until they were there.
		Moreover, it’s become a social phenomenon: Contact jams are regular events in every sizable town, and draw many participants who otherwise have no connection to modern dance.
	citypaper.net /articles/021501/cw.pick.contact.shtml (342 words)

	Contact Improvisation in North London at Moving East
		She currently teaches improvisation at LABAN and independently, and she directs L.I.P., (London Improvisation in Performance) from 2000 to present.
		Part open-ended dance, part awareness practice, contact improvisation is a 32 year old art-sport investigating the possibilities of bodies moving through contact.
		A central part of Karl’s study of release-work in contact is the idea of passive sequencing, where we allow momentum to enter and pass through the body and between bodies, unhindered by subtle, fear-based reaction patterns.
	www.movingeast.co.uk /dance/contact_impro.html (848 words)

	Contact Improvisation Canada
		The Earthdance July 4th Contact Improv Jam: The most luscious time of the year at Earthdance with the hottest dancing - the grass is high, bees are buzzing and the garden smells and tastes like heaven.
		Contact improvisation is a dance with gravity, momentum, and everything else that is happening in the moment, including the physical and energetic contact the dance-partners share.
		The "Contact Jam" is an invitation to practice improvising in contact with others, oneself, and the environment.
	www.contactimprov.ca (421 words)

	Israeli Contact Festival - teachers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		I’ve taught contact improvisation and contemporary dance technique in Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, and Bulgaria.
		As of 2000, we’ve been working together as an independent duo performing and staging improvisation shows, as well as teaching improvisation and contemporary dance technique to children and adults.
		I am sure that our body, spirit and dancing movement are directly linked to each other and that we are capable of enhancing this connection and, as a result, changing our lives for the better.
	www.contactil.org /teachers/2005/workshops/sasha&sereoja.shtm (522 words)

	Workshops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Contact Improvisation is an improvised duet movement form set in motion by choreographer Steve Paxton in 1972.
		Contact improvisations are spontaneous physical dialogues that range from stillness to highly energetic exchanges.
		A class for experienced contact improvisers designed to deepen, refresh, and refine our dancing in contact improvisation while expanding our compositional awareness and integrating CI into a broader field of improvised dance.
	www.nancystarksmith.com /workshops/BATES06.htm (208 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Contact Improvisation is a style and technique in which the dancers move spontaneously while maintaining a connection.
		Contact Improvisation is an egalitarian form in that you do not need to be a trained dancer to participate and that it is accessible to people of all ages, sizes and abilities.
		The partnership includes regular exchanges of improvisation performance programs between venues: ³Conundrum², a showcase of local and guest improvisers, based at Cecil Street, visits the Dancehouse theatre; and Dancehouse¹s ³Cracking it open² takes the showing and discussion format to the intimate space of Cecil Street.
	snorkel.rtfm.com.au /~aspect/ci (407 words)

	Contact Improvisation
		Contact Improvisation is a duet dance form often described as an art/sport that involves following a single point of contact as you share weight, lift and roll with a partner.
		In this workshop the fundamentals of contact improvisation will be introduced with a focus on exploration and experiential learning.
		Perfect for those who have never done contact improvisation before or for experienced contactors who want to revisit the fundamentals.
	www.joyofmotion.org /Archive/fall_reg_forms/contact_improv_regform.htm (149 words)

	Article 01
		Simone Forti was also in the performance and she's familiar with contact improvisation, but also with physical contact in general in performance.
		For instance, when there is a strong contact improvisation vocabulary among a group of students, that tends to be what open improvisation becomes, because that is the most familiar vocabulary.
		What applies to improvisational relationship is the same as applies to any relationship, no matter what the form of exchange is. I see that there is a common language that we all struggle with.
	www.users.interport.net /r/z/rzap/articl05.htm (1245 words)

	University of Oregon News Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		EUGENE—"The Dollar Value of Contact Improvisation," a dance concert celebrating the 30th anniversary of the "contact improvisation’ dance form, will launch the 2002-2003 season for the University of Oregon’s Department of Dance on Friday, Oct.4.
		In June of 1972 at the John Weber Gallery in New York City, the term "contact improvisation" was first applied to this new dance form, an improvisational art which involves two or more bodies in physical contact, using that contact actively to dance in collaboration with others.
		Impellizzeri and Teutschel perform the spoken word-and-dance title piece, "The Dollar Value of Contact Improvisation," which promises to be a highly entertaining, visually stimulating duo.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~uocomm/newsreleases/2002/20020917P.html (408 words)

	University Catalog 2005 \| University of Colorado at Boulder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		An opportunity for students to develop skills of dance improvisation through the exploration of structured movement problems.
		Contact improvisation is the practice of spontaneously generating movement guided by moment-to-moment physical contact and sharing of weight between two or more dancers.
		Class work includes contact improvisation skills: rolling, falling, giving and taking weight, and use of momentum and gravity.
	www.colorado.edu /catalog/catalog05-06/courses.html?s=2-53-2-4 (201 words)

	Contact Improvisation
		CI is a complex but very open form with infinite possibilities and is a dance form that is made by the dancer in the moment of dancing.
		It takes physical contact between the dancers, and commitment to the moment by moment unfolding of the duet.
		Through the point of contact there is a two way system of communication, of listening and responding, of commitment and question, of leading and waiting, etc.
	www.touchdowndance.co.uk /graphic/contact_improvisation.html (379 words)

	CI and ATM Weekend
		The structured contact improvisation will be a mix of beginner classes, open jams, and advanced technique sharing.
		If you're intrigued by contact improvisation but have never tried it, this is the perfect opportunity to check it out.
		Due to the risk of injury in contact improvisation and the country environment, all participants are expected to sign a release of liability for Split Tree Farm and Studio.
	www.splittree.org /misc_pages/CIATM01.htm (324 words)

	London Contact Improvisation
		She believes that Contact Improvisation is not only the ultimate form of adult play, but a philosophy to live by that can be applied to any aspect of life.
		Adriana uses the intricacy of Tango's leg work and the intimacy of the stylized poses in her improvised dancing and is interested in fragmenting the 'verticality', the 'embrace' and 'lead and follow' traditional of Tango by using the spiralling dynamics and sharing of the weight of CI.
		She was the chief organizer of the 15th ECITE (European Contact Improvisation Teacher’s Exchange) in 2000 July and established the annual Kontakt Budapest, International Improvisation Dance and Music Festival in 2002 in Budapest.
	www.contactimprovisation.co.uk /London/teachers.html (3619 words)

	Contact improvisation in South Africa: introduction
		Several university drama departments offer short contact improvisation modules as part of their overall diploma or degree programme, to encourage the development of collaboration, sensitivity and creativity in their performing students.
		Contact improvisation is still an un—birthed seedling: the potential exists for interested individuals, groups and communities to set up more intensive workshops and consistent classes.
		For this to happen it is necessary to create links between those already practising contact improvisation and able to offer resources, and those who have been searching for opportunities and a community with which to share their interest.
	www.contact-improvonline.com (437 words)

	Vol 4 Ed 3 - thoughtful contact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		This perspective is that dance improvisation is ‘just movement’, and that dancers need to suspend their thinking in order to ’just move’.
		For me, improvisation is a way of thinking in movement, rather than a way of training dancers to ‘just move’.
		The thought of contact dancers is moving; the movement of contact dancers is thoughtful.
	proximity.slightly.net /v_four/v4e3a1.htm (1013 words)

	Z.Of - ZIP.Orvietofestival 2005
		She has participated, both as a performer and a teacher, in European improvisation projects and in Contact Improvisation (Tanzfabrik Berlin 1991 - 1993, Festival Valencia 1994, ECITE in Budapest 2000; International Contact Freiburg Festival 2004, among others).
		In 2002, she has been invited to the DAMS University in Rome (Roma Tre), where she held a theoretical seminar and work demonstrations on the theme of Contact Improvisation and the Improvisation at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.
		She runs Contact Improvisation and Improvisation workshops in Italy and abroad; most recently invited by Romaeuropa Promozione Danza – Organization for the Promotion of Dance, for a master of Contact Improvisation for the Institution I.U.S.M., Istituto Universitario Scienze Motorie (University Institute of the Science of Movement).
	www.contactfestival.it /ENG/bio_ross.html (312 words)

	Dance improv festival set for Sept. 29-30 (Sep 25, 2000)
		Nationally known guest artists, dance scholars and members of the community are invited to explore dance improvisation in a weekend festival later this month sponsored by the UW Dance Program.
		Dance improvisation classes for adults and kids as well as contact improvisation workshops, lectures, a panel discussion and two nights of performances incorporating dance and technology will be held at the Dance Improvisation Festival, Sept. 29-30, in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
		K.J. Holmes, contact improviser, dancer, singer and poet based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Peter Jones, Mount Holyoke College, dance musician, composer and creator of works for piano, chamber ensembles and combinations of percussion and keyboards.
	www.news.wisc.edu /story.php?get=5334 (427 words)

	Contact Improvisation at Temescal Arts Center: Hilary Bryan.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A skills-based Contact Improvisation workshop for those that want to increase the control and precision in their dance.
		Born in Russia, transplanted to the Bay Area in 2001, his studies have included contact improvisation, dance, physical theater, clowning, as well as various somatic disciplines and improvisation modalities.
		She has been teaching contact and modern dance for 15 years and is interested in the science and art of movement.
	www.hilarybryan.com /ContactSeries.htm (2044 words)

	Contact Improv (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		"Contact improvisation," says Atlanta dancer Susan Keller, "is a dance form that has been described as an 'art sport.' It involves sharing weight, rolling, lifting, flying, finding one's center, exchanging weight, feeling one's partner's center, moving with momentum, focusing, and playing.
		Contact involves a physical conversation between two or more people based on touch and the exchange of weight and balance.
		Contact is for people of all ages, abilities and occupations.
	www.splittree.org /misc_pages/contact.htm (195 words)

	Contact Improvisation ~ in Boston
		is an ongoing weekend Contact Improvisation event in the Boston area.
		Contact Quarterly is a biannual publication focusing on contact improvisation and other related movement forms.
		Shakti Smith teaches contact improv and authentic movement in New York City, at Earthdance and sometimes in the Boston area.
	www.geocities.com /contactimprovboston (684 words)

	Dance Network - Classes - Contact Improvisation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Contact Improvisation is a dance form that explores the physics of two (or more) bodies in motion, awakening the senses and refining the reflexes.
		The Ontario Regional Contact Improvisation Jam is open to anyone, from anywhere on the planet, who is interested in contact improvisational dance.
		Contact Quarterly - biannual journal of dance, improvisation, performance, and contemporary movement arts.
	www.artengine.ca /dancenetwork/ContactImprov.htm (235 words)

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