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Here are some pictures from the Holiday CI Jam this past Saturday: Holiday CI Jam

“I was struck by the simple yet overwhelming experience of communion with another person achieved through the dancing, and the freedom as well as discipline found within that communion. I remember feeling literally transported to another world when dancing, a world in which I was able to become a stronger self than I lived with day to day.” — Daniel Lepkoff

Here are some pictures from the recent Underscore: 2011-12-10 The Underscore

“To learn Contact Improvisation is to learn how to pose a question. The question is: What happens when I focus my attention on the sensations of gravity, the earth, and my partner? The question is not asked by the mind, it is formulated in the body.” — Daniel Lepkoff

“The freedom improvisation offers doesn’t come without bidding. Its pleasure is a discipline. In the practice of Contact Improvisation, one is constantly faced with one’s tendency to make the same choices over and over again. Within the form, this tendency is countered by working in close contact with a partner who is in a position to remind you that there are options you hadn’t considered. Appreciating that invitation is one of the basic challenges improvising offers.” — Nancy Stark Smith

Here is a lovely video called “To be in Contact Improvisation” made in Varna, Bulgaria in April, 2010: “To be in Contact Improvisation”

Here’s a cute 4 minute video of a “crash course” in contact improvisation: “Crash course of contact improvisation”

Here’s a nice video of two of my friends, Neige and Tim, dancing in the lovely “rectangle” studio at Earthdance! “A Spoonful of the Jam”

Here is a nice slow motion video clip of Steve Homsher and Catherine Lessard dancing at CI 36 a few years back: http://vimeo.com/1412813

Here’s a nice video of Blake and Brando at Earthdance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQRF2sLK1vY