Contact improvisation isn’t just dance without choreography, it’s life — a microcosm illuminating a way to be in the world. “Who you are as a person is who you are as an improviser,” says Nancy Stark ...

Oberlin College will welcome 270 dancers from around the world and host hundreds of practitioners of contact improvisation during a five-day festival from July 7-11. Critical Mass: CI@50 celebrates 50 ...

Where you are when you don’t know where you are is one of the most precious spots offered by improvisation. It is a place from which more directions are possible than anywhere else. Nancy Stark Smith, ...

Center Dance, in partnership with members of the Western New York dance community, are addressing the controversies surrounding touch through a unique and niche dance form this March. “Mission ...

Developed in the 1970s, contact — as it’s affectionately called by aficionados — shares characteristics with martial arts, yoga and even ballroom dance. But unlike the latter, there’s no set leader or ...

--- The Center Jam ---A monthly contact improv class and jam at the Center SF. We start with a beginner-friendly 1 hour fundamentals class, which aims to create a safe space for new dancers. Then, we ...

Skilled improvisers were better than musicians with limited improvisational experience at distinguishing between chords that can be used interchangeably in a piece of music and those that cannot, a ...

Colours in Contact jams and classes offer a beautiful opportunity to explore passion, inspiration, creativity, love, and respect in order to create deeply attuned dances between participants. Learn ...

--- The Center Jam ---A monthly contact improv class and jam at the Center SF. We start with a beginner-friendly 1 hour fundamentals class, which aims to create a safe space for new dancers. Then, we ...