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	Contact improvisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Contact Improvisation is a form of dance improvisation.
		Contact Improvisation was developed by a group of dance artists led by Steve Paxton as an exploration in improvised dance.
		These dance jams are similar to the practice of jazz musicians bringing themselves together and using the time to explore the limits of the form.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Contact_improvisation (575 words)

	RELEASE: Dance improvisation festival set for Sept. 29-30
		MADISON -- 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 University of Wisconsin-Madison 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.
		"Dance (movement) improvisation, with its physical-psychological significance and immediate motion, is often used to enhance creativity, performance, self-liberation, and group-awareness," says festival director and assistant professor of dance Jin-Wen Yu.
	www.news.wisc.edu /releases/5334.html (371 words)

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		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.
		The dance form was referred to as contact improvisation in the sources the encyclopedia and dictionaries that I used early on in my search and therefore I assume that it is an accurate description of the form and will be the most effective search term.
		Dance improvisation is addressed in several articles that discuss the healing nature of creative dance forms and one article that discusses the curative qualities of dance improvisation.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~kkraus/601.html (7057 words)

	Trevor Curriculum: High School Performing Arts
		The goal of the dance class is for students to develop an individual movement style with which to express their ideas in choreography.
		All dance students are required to choreograph a solo to be performed at the end of the year.
		This is further enhanced by the requirement that dance students see a professional dance concert of their choice and the writing of a one-page review.
	www.trevornet.org /curriculum/high_school/performing_arts.asp (951 words)

	Dance improvisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dance improvisation is the creation of improvised movement and is usually associated with 20th century concert dance but is not exclusive to that genre.
		Development of improvised movement material is facilitated through a variety of creative explorations including:
		Contrary to popular belief dance improvisation is not about creating new movement but freeing the body form habitual movement patterns (see Postmodern dance and Judson Dance Theater)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dance_improvisation (130 words)

	openarmsdance.com - culture links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Elizabeth Lea's objective is "to research and develop the movement path between contemporary and classical Indian dance and martial arts, creating innovative, exciting work, retaining the purity of the traditional forms".
		Aims to "create an access of original high quality choreography and dance performance...to promote a love for dance throughout the community [and] to continue to create works which inspire audiences and raise human issues vital to the community as they serve as a social awakening mechanism".
		Dance festival held anually (Jan. 1-16th) in Bellingen, Australia, that offers a broad range of dance and movement classes as well as the chance to become involved in performance projects and workshops that showcase men in dance and the action arts.
	www.openarmsdance.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&It... (2304 words)

	Just Dancing Around? Trisha Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		If you are teaching dance students, or if you are working with a group of students who are comfortable translating their responses into movement, have students show their classmates the movements the collected objects suggest.
		Brown also mentions that she uses movements in the finished dance that were improvised or discovered by her dancers.
		Dance Improvisation - Movement that is created spontaneously, ranging from free-form to highly structured environments, but always with an element of chance.
	www.ovationtv.com /artszone/teachers/trisha.html (1659 words)

	Dance improv festival set for Sept. 29-30 (Sep 25, 2000)
		He is one of many guest artists featured in two nights of performances incorporating dance and technology at the Dance Improvisation Festival, Sept. 29-30, in Lathrop Hall.
		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.
		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 /5334.html (427 words)

	Dance Empowers - Arts Empowerment - Arts Has the Power
		Dance is the hidden language of the soul.
		The Japan Dance Therapy Association is to develop communication among dance therapists and the people concerned with dance therapy, to inform the role and its techniques of dance therapy, and to promote dance therapy in mental health and the community-at-large.
		The dance emerges from paying attention to sensations on the surface of the skin and inside the body as you move in physical contact with a partner.
	www.artslynx.org /heal/dance.htm (2032 words)

	Press Release Archive: EXPECT "THE UNEXPECTED" AT GW
		Maida Withers, choreographer, videographer and professor of dance at The George Washington University, is well-known to the Washington, D.C., community as a strong and powerful dancer.
		For the past three years, she has been performing solo choreography and dance improvisation with improvising jazz and indigenous musicians in host countries.
		Katie Duck, a former guest artist-in-residence at The George Washington University, is recognized in Europe for her unusual choreography and experimentation in dance improvisation.
	www.gwu.edu /~media/pressreleases/unexp.html (649 words)

	Arts Performing Arts Dance Modern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Dance, Archetypes and the I Ching - Commentary on archetypal imagery from the I Ching revealed in a modern dance performance.
		Modern Dance Beginnings - Traces early dancers in the United States, German contributions, 2nd generation in America, later dancers and combining of forms.
		Modern Dance in India - Article on evolutions of this dance form in India from beginnings with Uday Shankar in the ealy 20th century.
	www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Modern (595 words)

	20th century concert dance - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		20th century concert dance is the name given to a category of dance forms that include:
		Postmodern dance falls under two catergories due to its complex nature (see Postmodernism).
		Choreographers using a postmodernist process may produce works that are classical, romantic, expressionist, modernist or postmodernist (etc) in appearance (see Postmodernism).
	open-encyclopedia.com /20th_century_concert_dance (286 words)

	Dance Magazine: Improvisation - Patricia Wilde's Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre - Editorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The first dance work choreographed to Seeger's music had just received a memorable premiere by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Seeger was delighted, as were local dance audiences.
		The audience perception that needs changing is that once you see a dance there's no reason not to see it again - to see another cast, for example, or to uncover more in the dance itself on a second viewing.
		Although all dance techniques are in a constant state of evolution (see the interview with Anthony Dowell on page 54), Pat Wilde's deep concern for the Balanchine aesthetic suggests that finding somebody with a similar mind-set might be, for the sake of continuity, a logical choice for a successor.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1083/is_n2_v70/ai_17878905 (926 words)

	Donna Rose Stewart, Dancer - New York City, Aerobic Dance, Improvisation, Interpretive
		Dance was never a subject of conversation or an issue as I was growing up, even though I grew up in a southern Baptist church - so I never really thought about it.
		Then it was on to college where I took a couple of dance classes as PE requirements, of which I was very unimpressed and uninterested.
		About three years after no longer teaching aerobic dance and while living in a new city, a friend of mine suggested and encouraged me to dance in the aerobics room (when there were no classes going on) at the health club where we were members.
	www.donnarosestewart.com /dancer.html (492 words)

	UW Press - : Sharing the Dance: Contact Improvisation and American Culture, Cynthia J. Novack
		This book examines the ways contact improvisers (and their surrounding communities) encode sexuality, spontaneity, and gender roles, as well as concepts of the self and society in their dancing.
		While focusing on the changing practice of contact improvisation through two decades of social transformation, Novack's work incorporates the history of rock dancing and disco, the modern and experimental dance movements of Merce Cunningham, Anna Halprin, and Judson Church, among others, and a variety of other physical activities, such as martial arts, aerobics, and wrestling.
		She is assistant professor of dance at Wesleyan College and a member of the Richard Bull Dance Theatre.
	www.wisc.edu /wisconsinpress/books/0506.htm (370 words)

	Madison Dance Improv Festival 2000
		Nationally known guest artists, dance scholars and members of the community were invited to explore dance improvisation in a weekend festival sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison 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 were be held at the Dance Improvisation Festival, September 29-30, in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue.
		The reduction she refers to is attention to a certain status of the body or body part--for example, noticing that her spine is held stiffly, and focusing on that, lends a natural progression into a "character" for the dance.
	www.satorimedia.com /improv/dif2000.html (688 words)

	Ohio University SCHOOL OF DANCE - faculty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Maura Keefe is a dance historian and choreographer.
		Her current research areas are the exploration of the choreography of talking dancing in contemporary dance and the relationship between dance and sports.
		She has a BA with Honors in Dance and English from William Smith College, an MFA in choreography and performance from Smith College, and a PhD in dance history and theory from University of California, Riverside.
	www.dance.ohiou.edu /faculty_keefe.php (140 words)

	improvisationfestival
		The DC 8th International Improvisation Plus+ Festival is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, The George Washington University's Department of Theatre and Dance and Department of Music, Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, and Joy of Motion.
		The DC 8th International Improvisation Festival is seeking to bring together DC-based, national and international dancers, musicians and performance artists for two weekends of performances and classes.
		DANCE and MUSIC COLLABORATIONS: We are interested in proposals that include dancers and musicians who perform improvisationally in a collaborative process.
	home.gwu.edu /~withers/improvisationfestival.html (1125 words)

	Contact Improvisation
		Martin is cofounder of Spring/Fall Dance Studio and The Dancing Ground, an organization that produces conferences on gender and mythology in Northern California.
		She directs Motion Lab, a vessel for dance, music and improvisation via the studio, club and stage, with musician Albert Mathias, producing 5 seasons in residency at ODC Theater, most recently as part of the 2005 San Francisco International Arts Festival, and touring nationally since 1998 (www.motion-lab.net).
		She co-directed Hermesdorf and Wells Dance Company with Scott Wells, sharing an SF Bay Guardian GOLDIE Award in 1994 and was a member of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, receiving an Isadora Duncan Award in 1999.
	www.contactimprov.net (13369 words)

	Kaeja d'Dance: Education: Improvisation
		Improvisation is a way of life for Karen and Allen.
		They thrive on inspired moments, where catching risks in motion or instantaneously responding to a series of impulsive actions guide their dance.
		They feast on improvised performances and give workshops on improvisation which incorporate a range of movement possibilities.
	www.kaeja.org /education/improvisation.html (66 words)

	Modern Dance
		Dances of a particular nondominant culture as an avenue to understanding culture.
		Studies in basic elements of dance improvisation and composition.
		7581 Practicum in Dance Kinesiology (1 to 3) Prerequisite: DANCE 5510 and 6510.
	www.acs.utah.edu /GenCatalog/1018/crsdesc/dance.html (849 words)

	DNE - Dance New England - Sustaining the Creative Moments in Community Through Movement and Dance
		These are free-style barefoot dances that offer a safe, alcohol-free and smoke-free environment, where you can express yourself with movement, or just boogie your heart out.
		The main dance listings are organized by country, state/province and town.
		Before attending a dance for the first time, it is helpful to speak with the contact person.
	www.dne.org /dancedirectory (983 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 the Dougherty Dance Theatre at Gerlinger Annex, 1484 University St. Tickets, priced at $10 general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens, will be available starting 30 minutes prior to performance at the northwest entrance of the building.
		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.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~uocomm/newsreleases/2002/20020917P.html (408 words)

	PEC: Lesson Plans for Physical Education
		Explore different techniques of communicating emotion, interpreting personal and group dance space, integrating personal style into expanded group expression, and peripheral understanding of rhythm and timing to synchronize movement.
		This is particularly good to orient children and adults of all ages with disabilities to a creative environment where everyone's individuality is an acceptable form of expression and can easily be adopted by other participants.
		This lesson idea is taken in part from curriculum content of a dance course, Dance Improvisation (1992) from the State University of New York College at Purchase.
	www.pecentral.org /lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=1950 (347 words)

	Improvisation - tsuge's Free Improvisation E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		improvisation (n) an act performed or composed spontaneously, without previous preparation or rehearsal.
		Detailed online course in jazz improvisation with pages in history, theory, and practical advice on playing in a group.
		One way to follow a jazz improvisation is to hear the melody of the song
	improvisation.okeysearch.com (201 words)

	Taken by Surprise: A Dance Improvisation Reader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Dances That Describe Themselves: The Improvised Choreography of Richard Bull
		Collaboratively compiled and ably co-edited by Ann Cooper Albright and David Gere, Taken By Surprise: A Dance Improvisation Reader collects together under one cover some twenty-one essays by well-known dancers, scholars, and historians.
		Discussing improvisation in dance within contexts and traditions ranging from Yoruban masked dance to Indian Bharatanatyam, flamenco, and more, Taken By Surprise offers an informed and insightful exploration into the art of impromptu dance, as well as the changing emotions expressed within its many forms.
	e-acting.com /isbn0819566489.html (196 words)

	JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance: Action Research: Dance Improvisation as Dance ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		For several years I have been thinking about dance improvisation as a technique in its own right--that is, as a movement form that depends on the mastery of a particular set of skills that imply and reveal a particular aesthetic.
		It is usually included in college programs as a useful choreographic tool, as part of a sequence of choreography or composition courses.
		My experiences with and passion for improvisation have led me to look at it as a dance form that has an integrity and coherence that is as important to the development of dancers as...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:62410281&refid=holomed_1 (206 words)

	Dance improvisation -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Dance improvisation -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Dance improvisation is the creation of (Click link for more info and facts about improvised) improvised movement and is usually accosiated with (Click link for more info and facts about 20th century concert dance) 20th century concert dance but is not exclusive to that genre.
		Contrary to popular belief dance improvisation is not about creating new movement but freeing the body form habitual movement patterns (see (Click link for more info and facts about Postmodern dance) Postmodern dance and (Click link for more info and facts about Judson Dance Theater) Judson Dance Theater)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/dance_improvisation.htm (275 words)

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