Contact Improvisation (CI) is a partnering dance form which arises from the communication between bodies through touch. The technique focuses on giving and supporting weight, and coordinating with gravity and momentum, to create spontaneous relational dances. The emergent nature of this dance form challenges dancers to listen and adapt to another’s physical impulses, states, and creative impulses while tracking their own sensations. CI is both a come-as-you-are practice (meaning anyone can join) and a skill-based practice (why people keep coming back). It's been called an "art-sport" and "exercise-massage". Beginner-friendly! Bring a friend :)

Bio
Gabrielle Revlock is a NYC Bessie Award-winning choreographer and a practitioner of Contact Improvisation for 20+ years. Her research on Contact Improvisation is published in Resistance and Support: Contact Improvisation @ 50 and recent teaching engagements include the wcciJAM in Berkeley, Brinca Galicia Contact Festival in Spain, and the European Contact Improvisation Teachers' Exchange (ECITE) in Poland. GabrielleRevlock.com

Photos: Stephen Texeira