Here’s a Contact Improvisation video clip of Nancy Stark Smith and Charlie Morrissey (with Mike Vargas on music) at the teachers’ performance of the Moscow CI Festival in 2010: Mike Vargas, Nancy Stark Smith, Charlie Morrissey – Teachers performance for Moscow CI Festival 2010
Here is a Contact Improvisation video clip of Ray Chung and Diogo Granato jamming at the Festival Internacional de Contato Improvisação in 2011: “Ray Chung & Diogo Granato – Contact Improvisation – Jam”
Here’s a video clip of Brenton Cheng and Jörg Hassman dancing at the Kiev Contact Improvisation Festival 2012 contact jam: Kiev CI Festival 2012 (Brenton & Joerg)
“It seems that inside every improviser is a value system — whether stated, implied, assumed, or challenged — through which the stream of life’s particulars are passing, being chosen or not. A lot is happening in that tiny space of time. Improvisation lets us study this; share it with others; and use it as a way to evolve, amuse ourselves, make art, and participate in life’s complexity and mystery.” — Nancy Stark Smith
Here’s a lovely trailer for a documentary called “Danza Sin Fin” wherein Paquita, a 30 year old woman with cerebral palsy, starts dancing and working “with elements of Contact Improvisation, BMC, DanceAbility, and meditation among others.” As Paquita says in the tailer, “Cada jam es una experiencia nueva.”: Danza Sin Fin – English Subtitles
