Contact Improvisation by Stacey Johnstone

Background on Contact Improvisation

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Its important that you have an awareness of the background surrounding Contact Improvisation. This is a brief guide for you to use in terms of practitioners that you should know

Text for Class 1 Discussion

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Lorna Marshall in 'The Body Speaks' discusses what stops us moving, playing and exploring in the studio. We will be reading this in class 1 and identifying what we are inhibited by

Example of CI in Performance

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Jasmin Vardimon Company use CI in Performance. We will be watching a DVD extract of the show below for which this Education Pack corresponds

Steve Paxton Video Link

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Steve Paxton- Founder/Creator of Contact Improvisation

Proof that anyone can do it!

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Research surrounding Contact Improvisation: An Intuitive, Non-Verbal and Intimate Dialogue: Itay Yatuv at TEDxBGU

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Published on Jun 25, 2012

Artistic director of the Hakvutza Dance School in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Itay has been practicing and internationally teaching Contact Improvisation for over 10 years to professional and amateur dancers. He trained as a contemporary dancer in New York, Italy and Israel. Choreographing independently, Itay has lead many international projects of improvisational performances.

For the last 3 years, Itay has been investigating the connection between the principles used in Contact Improvisation and infant development, both motor skills and in the way an infant physically communicates with his or her parent.

Assignment 2

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Assignment 1

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Assignment 4

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Assignment 3

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Example Observation Doc

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Unit Brief

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Learning Outcomes

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On completion of this unit a learner should:

1 Be able to demonstrate awareness of movement flow and underpinning principles of contact 2 Be able to explore contact with stimuli and with other dancers 3 Be able to improvise using the dynamics in performance.

Key Terms!

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Roles

Supports

Lifts

Sliding

Falling

Falling together and apart

Counterbalance

Centring

Efforts

Release

motion--gravity, momentum