Contact Dance Improvisation Archives

Sensing the Void Between You and the Ground: A lesson from child’s play and adult play.

Irene Lyon2019-04-30T13:06:28-07:00

I wrote a piece a while back that featured the founder of Contact Dance Improvisation speaking his truths about human movement. This video shows a room of contact dancers 'playing' the way they play, and they have a very brave and young participant too! Check it out and keep reading.... http://www.youtube.com/embed/zkreiRt8GEY [...]

Sensing the Void Between You and the Ground: A lesson from child’s play and adult play.Irene Lyon2019-04-30T13:06:28-07:00

“Neon in replacement for nuance and the advertising of food instead of the hunting for it.” A 4-min video clip of Contact Improvisation founder Steve Paxton – His thoughts on how we misuse the human body (and I’d have to agree!)

Irene Lyon2019-04-30T13:06:32-07:00

"It's appalling how we disuse the body." Says Steve Paxton, the founder of contact dance improvisation. I've written about what he speaks about, his ethos if you will, in a blog post from last year titled "Would you drive a Ferrarri that way?." Check out the video below: http://www.youtube.com/embed/a82Qy62bUTc Consider [...]

“Neon in replacement for nuance and the advertising of food instead of the hunting for it.” A 4-min video clip of Contact Improvisation founder Steve Paxton – His thoughts on how we misuse the human body (and I’d have to agree!)Irene Lyon2019-04-30T13:06:32-07:00

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