Contact Improvisation

Description

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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Contact
improvisation (CI) is a dance technique in which points of physical
contact provide the starting point for exploration through movement
improvisation. Contact Improvisation is a form of dance improvisation
and is one of the best-known and most characteristic forms of postmodern
dance. The first performance work recognized as Contact Improvisation is
Steve Paxton’s Magnesium (1972) which was performed by Paxton and dance
students at Oberlin College at Warner Main in Warner Center. Five months
after Magnesium Paxton led the first Contact Improvisation performance
series at the John Weber Art Gallery in New York City where dancers
performed Contact Improvisation in marathon fashion on mats. Contact
Improvisation (also referred to as „Contact“ or „CI“) is a 37-year old
dance form, practiced as both a concert and social dance form. In the
performance context, Contact Improvisation is used either as a dance
practice end-to-itself or as a dance research method for identifying new
set choreography.