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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

“I feel that Contact Improvisation should be governed by the same measures as any other formal relationship, that is: civility, good humor, as much intelligence as one can bring to bear, and willingness to overlook fleeting incompatibilities.” — Steve Paxton

Here’s a nice video of Aaron “Brando” Brandes and Nezha Rhondali dancing contact improvisation on a public park bench on the High Line in New York City: Aaron Brando & Nezha Rhondali Dance Improvisation; On the Highline, NYC

Here is a video clip of Steve Paxton in 2008 talking about his creation of “Magnesium,” the first performance work recognized as Contact Improvisation in 1972: Steve Paxton

Here is a 3.5 minute video clip of Kathleen Rea and Lee Walder dancing contact improvisation at the 2011 Montreal Contact Dance Improvisation Festival: “Kathleen Rea and Lee Walder contact dance improvisation”

Here’s a video with Daniel Mollner and Jim Brown called “Gay Guy, Straight Guy” in which the two men share “while dancing [contact improv], how they have been affected by perceptions and prejudices regarding sexuality”: “Gay Guy, Straight Guy” (Project 52, Week 28)