Most people who have practiced CI will have been confronted with the word or concept of ‘witnessing’. And I guess the vast majority was – at least in the beginning – irritated. I use the term ‘witnessing’ quite a lot in my teaching but I still struggle with the word. It sounds so sterile and […]
One interest in my dancing is to be light, to not be a burden for my dance partner. Maybe a wish that – even though we are sharing weight – moving for my dance partner doesn’t physically be heavier than moving alone. I don’t want to know which terrifying aspects of my personality a psycho […]
Why it is not enough to do the right shape or to try to relax? In the context of Contact Improvisation, somatic work and contemporary dance most people are probably familiar with phrases like ‘the spine floats upwards’ or ‘the tale can hang, the sacrum rests, the sternum softens downwards’ … I am very used […]
Ist mein selbst errungenes Wissen verallgemeinerbar? Mit welcher Lernhaltung ist man bei mir gut aufgehoben? Inspirationen und Fragen durch den Besuch einer Schule für Alexandertechnik
Contact Jams are partly misunderstood as spaces, where people do whatever they feel like. That’s one reason why many advanced contacters, who’d like to practice Contact Improvisation, don’t go to jams very much. But there is no copyright on the form, no binding definition of what it is. So, what is it?
I’d wish for a daily practice for me as a Contact Improviser. But I had to realized that CI as a daily practice doesn’t really work for me. I envy people who practice Yoga or martial arts. There is so much deepening possible by just repeating the basics over and over again. There is enough […]
Bei der Contact Improvisation steht oftmas die Wahrnehmung im Vordergrund, das Wohlfühlen, der Dialog oder auch die Technik. Doch wo kommt das gestalterische Moment der Improvisation zum Tragen?
Learning is improvising on a meta level: Having the choice how to learn and making the decisions, which support it.
Die Frage „Wie gelange ich auf einer Jam in ein Duett/ Trio hinein?“ oder „Wie mache ich ein Angebot um in ein Duet/ Trio zu gelangen?“ geht meiner Erfahrung nach schon am Wesentlichen vorbei. Meine Frage lautet eher „Wie bereite ich mich auf eine Jam vor?“ Das heisst, wie finde ich mein eigenes Interesse, meine […]
The small dance is – first of all – standing. It has survived from the early days of CI until now. It is highly simple and in a way given by nature. You could just stand and make a million discoveries. Maybe that is the best way. On the other hand the small dance is […]
