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Contact Improvisation
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Contact Improvisation, Bodywork, Somatic Navigation, Lomi Lomi
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Warsaw
Contact Improvisation, Dance Improvisation, Body awareness, BMC
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Contact Improvisation, AcroYoga, Thai massage
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Contact Improvisation (Basics)
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Contact Improvisation, Dance Improvisation, Voice + Contact
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Katowice
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Contact Improvisation, Somatics, Improvised movement / physical theatre
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Lindy Hop, Jazz
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Contact Improvisation, Somatic practice (BMC-based body awareness)
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Contact Improvisation
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Contact Improvisation (Basics), Choreotherapy, Lomi Lomi Nui
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Contact Improvisation, Dance Improvisation, Group composition
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Contact Improvisation, Dance Improvisation
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Contact Improvisation, Martial arts in Contact Improvisation
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Contact Improvisation, Soft acrobatics, Ilan Lev method
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Poznań
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Contact Improvisation (technical), Floorwork, Capoeira, Acrobatics
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Contact Improvisation, ArtSport movement training
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Szczecin
Contact Improvisation, Contemporary dance, Jazz
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Warsaw
Contact Improvisation
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What it is
Contact improvisation (CI) is a dance around a shared point of touch. Two people give each other weight, roll, support and fall — answering each other as they go, with no set steps.
Instead of leading, what matters is listening with the body: you track where your weights meet and answer what comes. You can dance as a pair, in a group, or solo.
There's no single, official definition of CI. Unlike most of what surrounds us today, it has no centre — many voices, approaches, opinions. And that's a good thing.
Before your first jam
A jam is an open, informal gathering to dance — no class, no teacher, no set steps. People come simply to dance contact improvisation: you join and leave dances whenever you like, solo, in pairs or in a group.
The best first step is a beginners' class plus a guided jam.
About CI · deeper
CI has no single founder and no manual. It began with Steve Paxton's 1972 experiment and has been passed from body to body for half a century. Below: a timeline and source recordings — see and hear where it came from.
Steve Paxton tworzy w Oberlin College dwudziestominutową etiudę dla dwunastu tancerzy na matach gimnastycznych — skoki, zderzenia, padanie i chwytanie. Tu zaczyna się to, co później nazwą kontaktem.
W John Weber Gallery w Nowym Jorku Paxton z grupą tancerzy pokazuje praktykę pod nazwą, która zostaje do dziś.
Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Nita Little i Curt Siddall wiozą formę na zachodnie wybrzeże — warsztaty i wspólne dżemy zamiast zamkniętej choreografii.
Nancy Stark Smith i Lisa Nelson zakładają pismo, które przez dekady zbiera głos, pamięć i teksty tej praktyki.
Paxton sprowadza taniec do podstawy: nieruchome stanie i nasłuchiwanie mikroruchów, którymi ciało nieustannie pilnuje równowagi. Punkt wyjścia niemal każdej lekcji.
Paxton publikuje obszerne studium ruchu kręgosłupa i ciężaru — cyfrową mapę tego, co dzieje się pod powierzchnią tańca.
Twórca odchodzi, a praktyka zostaje — od pół wieku bez jednego właściciela, niesiona przez kolejne ciała, sceny i dżemy.
Watch and listen
Sources and more
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A dancer, improviser and dance researcher; she earned a PhD in psychology („Shared Creativity and Flow in Dance Improvisation Practice”) at the University of Plymouth, after studying psychology at the University of Warsaw and choreography and dance theory at Warsaw's Chopin Music University. Since 2022 she has co-curated a movement-improvisation labs programme and the Warsaw Flow festival; she researches group and contact improvisation, leads workshops and performs with improvising ensembles across Europe.
Teaches
Affiliated with
Warsaw Flow / Poland Contact Festival · University of Plymouth (dance research)