dancing
teaching / performance / facilitation
upcoming:
MARCH 18 - April 1, 2025 - Facilitating Contemplative Dance Practice at CONTACT AND FLOW, Festival of Contact Improvisation on Earth and Water. (Bacalar, Mexico)
JUNE 14TH - Performing at ARCS Summer Festival (Montreal, CA). More info here.
JUNE 15TH - Teaching a 3-hour CI workshop as part of ARCS Summer festival (Montreal, CA). More info here.
JUNE 26 - 29TH, 2025 - Producing / teaching at CONTACT IMPROVISATION : PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE with Anna Vomacka - a four-day event geared towards experienced CI dancers focusing on furthering movement research and practicing CI in performance. More info here.
JULY 13TH, 2025 - Teaching intro class at the Kingston Contact Improvisation Jam. 2 pm. 59 Oneil St, Kingston, NY 12401
AUGUST 18TH-24TH -Producing the SUMMER CI FESTIVAL at the Field Center, featuring SET GO CI collective. (Bellows Falls, VT). More info + registration here.
SEPTEMBER 5 - 15, 2025 - Teaching / co - facilitating DRIFT: A DRAWING & MOVEMENT WORKSHOP LONG FORM with Anya Smolnikova, at the Field Center (Bellows Falls, VT, USA).
OCTOBER 23 - 26, 2025 - Teaching at the Fall CI Jam at the Field Center! More info soon.
NOVEMBER 13 - 23, 2025 - Teaching with Mark Young on the East Coast!!! 10-DAY CONTACT IMPROVISATION INTENSIVE EAST COAST EDITION! at The Field Center! (Bellows Falls, VT, USA)
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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?