Podcasts about Contact improvisation

Send us a textDo you ever go through times in your life where you lose your orientation?  Where you don't know exactly how you feel or what to do next?  In this episode I reflect on recent feelings of emotional exhaustion and a lack of creativity, a certain blankness that I connect to the concept of the "gap"  from contact improvisation. This gap represents a state of uncertainty and disconnection that can be uncomfortable, but also an opportunity for curiosity and growth. And is a state that we experience fairly often but often avoid or fill with habitual patterns.Drawing from Nancy Stark Smith's teachings, I explore practical ways to embrace this space, reject habitual patterns, and develop a conscious, present approach to life's uncertainties. The episode emphasizes the importance of acknowledging the gap, building capacity to be in it, and letting authentic experiences emerge.In this Episode:Understanding 'The Gap' in Improvisational DanceNavigating the Gap: Choices and StrategiesPersonal Reflections and StoriesBuilding Capacity to Embrace the GapReferences:Smith, N. S., & Koteen, D. (2021). Caught Falling: The Confluence of Contact Improvisation, Nancy Stark Smith, and Other Moving Ideas. Wesleyan University Press.Are you interested in joining my mailing list?  Opt in through one of the offerings below!My resources:Deep Rest MeditationNourished For Resilience Workbook Book a free Exploratory CallFind me at www.nourishednervoussystem.comand @nourishednervoussytem on Instagram

In this episode we bring you Anya Kaats. Anya spent a decade working in various roles within the natural products / wellness industry, before realizing that “wellness” culture was making her sick. In 2016, Anya radically restructured her life to focus on a more holistic approach to health, prioritizing authenticity, purpose, community, somatic, spirituality, and psychological well being. After a lifetime battling digestive and hormonal health issues, a truly holistic approach to “ancestral health” is what finally eliminated them. For several years, Anya hosted a podcast called A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World. Anya currently lives in Crestone, CO with her partner Chris. In 2020, Anya and Chris founded “The Crestone Conglomerate” with the goal of re-creating reciprocal and egalitarian ways of living on the land and with community. Anya also writes for the local paper, The Crestone Eagle, teaches Contact Improvisation, helps to organize the Crestone Energy Fair, and spends her summers volunteering in some of Crestone's most beautiful gardens. Find Anya on Instagram - @anya.kaats, or at anyakaats.com. Get full access to Ancestral Health Today Substack at ancestralhealth.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 73 of our B>Podcast. BIDE Artistic Director, Sebastián García Ferro, interviews Trinidad García Espinosa - Profesora de Contact Improvisation y Coreógrafa en colectivo Deria+Rectificadora.

In this episode, first released on Seth Dellinger's Move with Seth YouTube channel, John Vervaeke, Ken Manheimer, and Seth Dellinger explore the concept of "ecology of practices" through the lens of contact improvisation. They discuss the modern "meaning crisis" caused by societal disconnect and fragmentation, advocating for shared agency and transjective participation to address these issues. Manheimer's experience in contact improvisation reveals its potential for co-creation and mutual discovery, emphasizing the need to extend rationality beyond traditional bounds. This conversation showcases contact improvisation as a vital practice for fostering sacred participation and confronting the meaning crisis.   Seth Dellinger is a movement practitioner, embodied dialogue facilitator, and the host of the Move with Seth podcast. He is passionate about cultivating presence, empathy, and meaningful connections through mindful movement and conversation.   Ken Manheimer is a long-time practitioner and coordinator of contact improvisation in Washington, D.C. He is also a computer programmer with a deep interest in the intersection of movement, dialogue, and personal growth. Ken is dedicated to fostering community and exploring the transformative potential of shared experiences.   Glossary of Terms   Ecology of Practices: A framework for understanding the coordinated use of diverse practices to enhance cognitive flexibility and combat self-deception. Contact Improvisation: A dance practice emphasizing physical interaction and mutual responsiveness without predetermined steps or movements.   John Vervaeke: Website: https://johnvervaeke.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johnvervaeke  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke   X: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VervaekeJohn/   Seth Dellinger: Website: https://sethdellinger.com/   Ken Manheimer: Website: https://myriadicity.net/   Resources   Join our new Patreon https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke The Vervaeke Foundation - https://vervaekefoundation.org/ Awaken to Meaning - https://awakentomeaning.com/   John Vervaeke YouTube Awakening from the Meaning Crisis https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ   Vervaeke, J., & Mastropietro, C. (2021). Dialectic into Dialogos and the Pragmatics of No-thingness in a Time of Crisis. Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture, 5(2), 58-77. https://eidos.uw.edu.pl/dialectic-into-dialogos-and-the-pragmatics-of-no-thingness-in-a-time-of-crisis/   Chiappe, D., & Vervaeke, J. (2018). The Experience of Presence in the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 27(4), 400-409. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres_a_00337   Chiappe, D., & Vervaeke, J. (2020). The enactment of shared agency in teams exploring Mars through rovers. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 1-25. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11097-021-09791-6   Chiappe, D., & Vervaeke, J. (2021). Distributed cognition and the experience of presence in the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.689932   East Coast Contact Improv Jam - https://eastcoastjam.com/   Contact Quarterly. (2022, November 5). Magnesium (1972): Official Trailer [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gEfVJBhwrQ   Homsher, S., & Humphrey, J. (n.d.). Steve Homsher and Jess Humphrey in a playful contact improvisation [Video]. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuOmuDF1C5g&t=0s Quotes   "The basic idea behind the Ecology of Practice is...a way of trying to deal with...our cognition, which isn't just our knowing, it's our entire sense-making apparatus." - John Vervaeke [00:03:20]   "Contact improvisation...it's an experiential thing that you do in a deep way with someone else where neither person is leading." - Ken Manheimer [00:09:14]   "Participatory knowing is the deepest grounding kind of knowing that makes all the other kinds of knowing possible." - John Vervaeke [00:15:00]   Chapters    [00:00:00] - Introduction  [00:03:00] - Exploring the Ecology of Practices  [00:09:14] - Contact Improvisation and Participation [00:23:00] - Merging Verbal and Non-verbal Communication: Integrating Communication Modes [00:33:00] - Shared Agency and Practice Intimacy  [00:43:00] - The Meaning Crisis and Falling in Love with Being [00:55:00] - Exploring Rationality Beyond Logic: Insights from Cognitive Science and Buddhism   

There is this time between the archetype of the mother and the archetype of the crone sometimes referred to the wild woman years.  It is also sometimes referred to as the virgin - not an as in uninitiated but more like a virgin forest - whole and unto herself.Our society teaches us to fear aging and to resist against it, but what if we embrace the power of this time?In this episode with Robin Shaw we talk about this and so much more.   Robin is a bodyworker, yoga teacher and life coach practicing in Massachusetts, as well as online. She took a deep dive into the realms of the body, mind and spirit back in 1997, and has continued to be passionate about these pursuits ever since. She is a practitioner, teacher, coach and mentor to many, and finds that her synthesis of hands on work alongside movement, and talking through the questions, challenges, hopes and dreams of her clients has such powerful impact. Always coming back to the body for inspiration, understanding and wisdom, her work supports folks to find themselves more at ease and at the same time, inspired and motivated to be their full authentic selves. In this episode:Robin's journey with a systemic health crisis and how she moved through itHow the role of a "giver" can cumulatively effect health, even for folks with good self care practicesThe gifts and challenges of the wild woman yearsHow embodiment practices help Robin to move more gracefully through this timeRobin's unique synthesis of hands on massage work, somatic work and coachingConnecting with Robin:Robin offers twice weekly by donation yoga classes online Online and in person life coaching, and hands on bodywork (as well as somatic coaching and bodywork sessions) in person. Robin's website: https://www.flowingintowisdom.comOn Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/flowingintowisdom/On Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/robin.shaw.359Find me at www.nourishednervoussystem.comand @nourishednervoussytem on Instagram

Christian Burns is a Teaching Artist, Performer, and Choreographer. His body of work is built upon interdisciplinary projects relating to the intersection of Improvisation, Choreography, and Training.Some of his collaborators include Hope Mohr, Bobbi Jene Smith, Alessio Silvestrin, Chris Aiken, Ray Chung, Eric Beauschsne, Shinichi Lova-Koga, and Kirstie Simson among others.He was a guest artist with The Forsythe Company and a member of Alonzo King Lines Ballet and James Sewell Ballet among others. He helped create burnsWORK, The Foundry, and Parsons Hall Project Space.His formal training from The School of American Ballet has been complemented by 25 years of Contact Improvisation and Somatic movement practice. He has been commissioned for his choreography and master teaching by dance companies and universities throughout the US, Europe, and Asia.He has been awarded numerous fellowships, residencies, grants, and commissions, as well as being a contributor for When Men Dance; Choreographing Masculinities Across Borders (Oxford University Press).He is currently expanding his new virtual 1:1 coaching program for Improvisational research and continues to be a long-standing faculty member of Alonzo King Lines Ballet Training Program, an Adjunct Professor for Lines Ballet BFA at Dominican University, and in 2023 was a Guest Lecturer for the Stanford University Dept. of Theater & Performance Studies. 

How might we connect more deeply with the Divine via dance? What can water teach us about the flow of life? And what happens when we combine the two? On the latest episode I explore this rich topic with Venezuelan contemporary dance performer, choreographer, and teacher Juliana Mendonca. Juliana is an innovative bodyworker influenced by Latin Traditional Dances, Butoh, Contact Improvisation and Physical Theater. In particular, water has represented a very important element for her to understand herself, and Juliana has dedicated many years to creating projects and performances inspired by the element of water. These include the music and dance company Raíz de Agua, La Naciente, Drop & Drought, Sono Somatic and most recently, Liquidanza – a relaxation and dance practice based in the water. In this episode we discuss:Juliana's early, formative experiences with nature, and why they made a deeper impression on her than her experiences within the Catholic churchJuliana's journey through formal dance training and into more experimental, flowing forms of dance, such as the Japanese Butoh dance methodHer relationship with water, including what it's taught her, and how she understands it as holding feminine energy that can benefit us allHow we can all deepen our awareness and understanding of the sacred nature of waterShow Notes If you'd like to know whose ancestral tribal lands you currently reside on, you can look up your address here: https://native-land.ca/You can also visit the Coalition of Natives and Allies for more helpful educational resources about Indigenous rights and history.I'm so excited to announce the launch of the Home to Her Academy, a school dedicated to seekers of Sacred Feminine wisdom! To learn more and register for my upcoming class, "Home to Herstory, Home to Your Story," please visit www.hometoheracademy.com. And while you're there, don't forget to sign up for my newsletter to stay up to date with upcoming classes.My book, “Home to Her: Walking the Transformative Path of the Sacred Feminine,” is available from Womancraft Publishing! To learn more, read endorsements and purchase, please visit  https://womancraftpublishing.com/product/home-to-her/. It is also available for sale via Amazon, Bookshop.org, and you can order it from your favorite local bookstore, too.Please – if you love this podcast and/or have read my book, please consider leaving me a review! For the podcast, reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful, and for the book, reviews on Amazon and Goodreads are equally helpful. Thank you for supporting my work!You can watch this and other podcast episodes at the Home to Her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hometoherGot feedback about this episode or others you've heard? Please reach out on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hometoher/ ), Facebook  (https://www.facebook.com/hometoher)You can learn more about Juliana and her work at her website, www.liquidanza.com.The Venezuelan Goddess Juliana mentioned is named Yara. I couldn't find many good sources about her written in English, unfortunately. Juliana referenced Butoh Dance and the Naguchi Taiso method as part of her own dance journey. This article provides more information: https://zenembodiment.com/2019/06/08/body-as-bones-in-a-leather-bag-of-water-exploring-noguchi-taiso/Juliana also mentioned Watsu therapy. You can learn more here: https://www.healthline.com/health/watsu

Cheryl Pallant, Ph.D., is an award-winning writer and poet, Reiki and Healing Touch practitioner, somatic coach, dancer, meditator, and teacher. She has published more than 200 articles on dance, writing, healing, somatics, and spirituality and is the author of several books, including Writing and the Body in Motion and Contact Improvisation. She teaches at University of Richmond and leads workshops in the U.S. and internationally. She lives in Richmond, Virginia. https://cherylpallant.com/ ______________ Awakenings with Michele Meiche is your place for information and insight to understand the Global Shift of Awareness and Awakening to live a more Soul fulfilling life and experiencing Soul fulfilling relationships. Awakenings broadcasts ‘Live every Wednesday 12pm -1:30 pm PT    Call in for Intuitive and Numerology Readings  # 347-539-5122  Michele answers questions about Awakening, Spirituality, Metaphysics, Dreams, Self-Development and the Soul Path.  Keep connected with Michele: YouTube – Soul Insights & Tarot-https://www.youtube.com/user/lightbeing21 YouTube Awakenings with Michele Meiche Podcast – https://www.youtube.com/@AwakeningswithMicheleMeiche Instagram- @michelemeiche Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/michelemeiche            Twitter - @michelemeiche FB- @michellemeiche Mentorcam (website/app) for mentoring questions & life advice https://mentor.cam/michelemeiche Email awakeningspodcast@gmail.com for guest and topic suggestions, as well as to have your questions answered ‘On Air'. advice https://mentor.cam/michelemeiche Email awakeningspodcast@gmail.com for guest and topic suggestions, as well as to have your questions answered ‘On Air'.

Til interviews Alicia Grayson, an expert practitioner and teacher of Contact Improvisation dance, about that form's significance as an embodiment and movement practice. They explore its connection to other forms of movement and therapy, share their personal journeys, and discuss the similarities and differences between Contact Improv and hands-on bodywork, comparing methods and therapeutic goals. They also delve into topics such as the role of gravity, the benefits of touch sensitivity and human connection, as well as highlighting the joy and exploration involved in play. Check out the video (which includes visual examples of Contact Improv) or get the full transcript of their conversation at Til or Whitney's sites:  Til Luchau's Advanced-Trainings.com  Whitney Lowe's Academy of Clinical Massage Resources: Alicia's website and course schedule: aliciagrayson.com Contact Improvisation resources, worldwide: ciglobalcalendar.net Alicia and Til's collaborative workshop: https://bit.ly/AMTContactImprovisation  Film credits (used in video version, by kind permission): "In An Old Fascian Way" directed and edited by Sasha Dodo camera: Samuel Iwassaki, Veronica Olariu dancers: Sasha Dodo and Dolores Dewhurst Marks https://towards.contact https://youtu.be/X1GPjqxbi-o Sponsor Offers: Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com. ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking.  About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us: info@thethinkingpractitioner.com (The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Summary: Since she was a child, Krista loved to move and dance. Krista shares how movement can be a spiritual practice that guides us deeper into ourselves. Mentioned in this Episode:Derek Sivers TED talk: "How to Start a Movement"Freeingbodies.com (Krista's website)Krista on instagram: @freeingbodies_Gene KeysContact improvEcstatic DanceSupport this podcast:Discount link to purchase organic, raw ceremonial-grade cacao ethically sourced in Guatemala (a portion of proceeds support this podcast)Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcoupleMake one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)Leave a review on iTunes!Share this episode with a friend! :DConnect with us:Website: www.thefarout.lifeEmail us at info@thefarout.lifeWild Within @ www.thewildwithin.orgCredits:Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonaldOutro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Portuguese dance teacher Pedro joins Mark to discuss nature, Chinese culture, chi kung, dancing in Arrabiba, retreat centres, nomadic community, urban reality, Holy Spirit, joy and pain, and lots on Portugal as a special place. A wonderful rich flow. Find Pedro here : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100040336065486 https://www.facebook.com/lojadopaz/ Instagram - @pedropaz_moveintouch You may like these Embodiment Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-embodiment-podcast/id1284562064?i=1000577779625 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-embodiment-podcast/id1284562064?i=1000497388929 Pedro's Bio I have grown up in China and have danced since I was a kid. At 14 years old I choreographed my first “full evening" performance for 30 dancers - it was called "Dancing the Dream". Graduated by the National Conservatory of Portugal, where I gained my classical technique background, I danced in companies before deciding to found my own - I thought "Everyone else is doing it, so why can't I?". As Artistic Director of Amalgama Dance Company for 7 years, I started to introduce the somatic approach in my creative processes. Being a researcher of Movement and Contact Improvisation, I kept on directing projects, retreats and gatherings (including Arrábida Dance Labs) adding today more than twenty years of professional experience as a dancer, teacher and choreographer. Focused on the theme “Self Awareness for the Cohesion of the Collective Energy Field”, I believe that dance is a liberating tool for embodied interactions.  

In Episode 10, I reconnected with Rachel Halmrast and we talked about all things NYC blueprint and strategy for dancers new to the city! Rachel recently graduated with her BFA in Dance from CU Boulder and moved to NYC to pursue her dancing dreams & research interests! We talk about her transition and decision to make the move, how she got her first job, and how she just landed her first professional engagement with a NYC choreographer! Moving to the Big Apple isn't always part of the journey for every dancer, but when it is, advice on how to navigate such a big city and community of professionals is super helpful!Follow and connect with Rachel Halmrast @rachel.ghResources for NYC-based dancers: https://www.dance.nyc/Follow @theartistarenapodcast and Host, Angelica DeLashmette Hurst @angelica_thedanceartistGuest Bio: Rachel Halmrast is a recent graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder with a BFA in Dance, and an even more recent Brooklynite. They were born and raised in Seattle, WA, where they began studying at eXit SPACE School of Dance in their early teen years. They have since danced for AJnC Dance-Theatre, Marlo Ariz Dance Project, and are currently working with Anna Paterson Dance Company in NYC. They are committed to dance as a practice and study in aliveness, as well as their creative medium of choice, and are personally researching social dance spaces and the power of collective movement. 

Umair Ahsan is the founder of Aquanimous, a company that markets sustainable cork-based yoga, recovery and self-massage tools. Aquanimous also organizes classes for recovery practices using self-massage tools. Aquanimous was founded to bridge personal wellness practice and environmental consciousness, and aims to shift the normalization of plastics and artificial materials in the fitness industry. Umair and I discuss his vision behind Aquanimous. We reflect on creating together as part of the Low-Hanging Fruit collective, which is based on the philosophy that the answers for our life questions and the medicine for our wounds are within hands reach. Umair shares about myo-fascial release and gives two tips that listeners can integrate right away. Shop at Aquanimous with our affiliate link here: https://www.aquanimous.com?aff=55 Follow Umair on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/airumair/ Learn more about Jake Ifshin and the Four Gardens by visiting https://www.fourgardenspodcast.com/ Connect with Ari Rubens at https://www.arirubens.com/ Umair's Full Bio: Umair holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering and 12 years of experience in the wireless communication technology and intellectual property. While interested and continuing to work in the evolution of technology Umair's life passion lies with the technology in each of our bodies which Umair continues to research personally through somatic practices including yoga, meditation, conscious dance and improvisational movement. Umair is the founder of Aquanimous, a company that markets sustainable corkbased yoga, recovery and self-massage tools. Aquanimous also organizes classes for recovery practices using self-massage tools. Aquanimous was founded to bridge personal wellness practice and environmental consciousness, and aims to shift the normalization of plastics and artificial materials in the fitness industry. Umair co-founded the Low Hanging Fruit (LHF) community based on the philosophy of a world where the answers for our life questions and the medicine for our wounds are within hands reach. LHF is a ceremonial wellness space literally adorned with fresh fruit, shares accessible wellness practices, creates connection and builds community that is both silly and sacred. It is a place for community ritual, facilitated wellness practices, and an open mic to celebrate the diversity of our voices. LHF is currently on pause while the organizers are focused on developing other projects. Umair recently became Director Conscious Dance Program for Interfusion Festival. Umair has been dancing Contact Improvisation, Ecstatic Dance and 5Rythms since 2017 and has witnessed the power of conscious dance through his own transformation and growth. Umair is motivated to thread together a deep and enriching Conscious Dance Program for Interfusion Festival and incorporate his research from LHF. Umair is also a certified yoga teacher and has taught meditative, vinyasa, restorative and yoga classes incorporating self-massage. Umair has stepped back from actively teaching to focus on Aquanimous and other projects.

In this episode, Colleen Bartley talks with Julia Pond about non-active activism, crip time, body time, disability and dance, Quaker meetings and more. The conversation meanders and associates widely between topics, circling around themes of being vs doing, spaciousness and productivity culture. Bios Colleen Bartley has a Dance and Education degree from Swarthmore College and a diploma in Community Dance from Laban with years of experience with Somatic Education. She has been a regular at ID since 1999.She has worked directly with most of the founders of Contact Improvisation and been influenced by teachers of contemporary and post-modern dance, experiential anatomy with Gary Carter and Caryn McHose, Authentic Movement with Susan Schell, Improvisation & Composition (Tuning Scores with Lisa Nelson, The Underscore with Nancy Stark Smith, Ensemble Thinking with Nina Martin, Relational Intelligence with Nita Little) and is very active in dancing, organizing, writing about and documenting dance.Colleen has an invisible disability which informs her practice as a teacher and an artist. She believes that it's everyone's birthright to move, that people are inherently creative, movement is our first language, and sees dance as a way to empower people, to effect social change and to build community.Learn More: https://contactquarterly.com/contact-improvisation/newsletter/view/on-being-an-introvert-neuro-diversity-and-contact-improvisation#$Mentioned in the conversation: - Young Blood Initiative: https://youngbloodinitiative.com/Wake-Up-Smell-the-Tear-Gas-Agenda - Bettina Fung: https://www.bettinafung.com/- Petra Kuppers: https://petrakuppersfiction.wordpress.com/about/- Long Table (Lois Weaver) http://www.split-britches.com/long-table- Simon Whitehead - Chisenhale Art Space

Christina Clar studied sculpture and works in the fields of performance, events, installations and urban interventions. She buids spaces with sound and images, using architecture, physical interventions, poetry, and media to blur the boundaries between projected and so-called real images. Collaboration is an essential part of her work: she has worked with artists, performers, composers, musicians, and architects in the fields of stage design, music, performance, and audio/video at Europe's major opera houses as well as alternative venues, wastelands, and the countryside. The confrontation with her own illness as well as caring for her mother suffering from cancer developed her understanding of body and mind as a path of learning. Further trainings include Contact Improvisation, Axis Syllabus, Alexander Technique, the Gindberg Method and systemic constellations. Parallel to her artistic work she develops music and movement workshops with young people and persons with disabilities in Europe and Australia and follows the training to become a Feldenkrais practicioner. http://christinaclar.net

Aleksandra Bezrodnova - Social Psychologist, Trainer, Certified Embodiment Facilitator (EFC Russia), Certified Bodymind Gestalt Therapy Practitioner, International Teacher of Contact Improvisation and Body Mindfulness, Deep Listening Method Practitioner, Leading Author's Courses for People in Helping Professions, Leading Trainings for Trainers, Developer of Teaching Methods deep-sea dance Ocean Dance, freediver, ecologist, organizer and host of retreats and festivals in connection with nature, host of the blog “Body My Home. Simple tools for life.” FIND ALEKSANDRA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook | Instagram ======================== SUPPORT & CONNECT: Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrich Twitter: https://twitter.com/denofrich Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denofrich YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/denofrich Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/ Hashtag: #denofrich © Copyright 2022 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.

Hana Rakshani is a Somatic Movement Artist who facilitates Contact Improvisation workshops in Ashville, North Carolina. Elena and Hana discuss how emotional release can come through tuning deeply into our organs and voices by way of curiously noticing. Hana shares her top tools for navigating tracking emotion in the body and how to release it somatically.  A juicy conversation indeed! We discuss:How do we notice emotion within the body somaticallyWitnessing sensation with body scan & body scanInteroception: sensing the internal state of the bodyTuning into our organs where emotions are heldYoga practice as a way into practicing somatics Embodied self-meeting in PlayHolding intention within the body, meeting awareness Body-Mind Centering - Bonnie Bainbridge CohenSingle cellular organisms - how they are divinely intelligent and inform movementStarfish consciousness Tuning into the pelvic floor to open the voice & faceNavigating releasing the voice Using visualization to come into the voiceResonant movement patterns to begin vocalizationEntering a trance like state to come into soundHana's recommendations for moments of emotional overwhelmExhaling to the tune of a HUMTapping - Emotional Freedom TechniqueJiggling/bouncing/shaking to wake up the proprioceptive system Resources:Body-Mind Centering - Bonnie Bainbridge CohenContinuum Movement The Authentic Movement Method - The Witnesses AttentionSomatic Experiencing Hana's Upcoming Workshop on February 26th: Body In-Formation - Facebook events May Dance Festival with HanaFollow Hana on IG @somalibertadFollow Hana on Facebook facebook.com/hana.rakhshaniBuy Elena's book on Pre-sale til 2/8 "Grieve Outside the Box"Support the showBuy your copy of Elena's book "Grieve Outside the Box"Follow on IG @elenabox

Brian Tierney holds a PhD in Somatic Psychology and has, for over a decade, been an international trainer of somatic clinicians. As a somatic practitioner trainer, Brian aids people in working more skillfully with the physiology of the nervous system to build resilience, release trauma, and alleviate chronic pain. His doctoral project was an Integrative approach to Psychology that wove together Somatic Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Embryology, Neurobiology, Mythological Studies, and General Systems Theory.Brian has been an integrative clinical bodywork practitioner since 1999 and has a multiplicity of experiences including working with cancer patients in New Zealand, stewarding rites of passage events for men and boys, and providing drama therapy in group settings. His thousands of hours of training in the healing arts and sciences include certificates in the Rolf Method of Structural Integration, EMDR, Leadership and Social Transformation, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Advanced Breathing Facilitation, Yoga Teaching, Clinical Hypnosis, Transformational Dance, Drama Therapy, and a plethora of Clinical Massage modalities.Brian is a Licensed Psychologist specializing in hands-on somatic approaches to trauma resolution. He is an eclectic psychotherapist who uses a combination of talk therapy and education with individuals, families, couples, children, and groups. He is also a seasoned dancer with over 20 years of experience in modalities such as Contact Improvisation, Capoeira, and Authentic Movement. Additionally, Brian is currently an adjunct professor teaching at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.Support the show

Our guest in this episode is Zac Jones - Heal Yourself and MoveZac comes from an incredibly rich movement background: a graduate of the Australian Ballet School, Soloist with the Queensland Ballet and the Expressions Dance Company. He's a second degree black belt in Aikido, first degree black belt and teacher in Filipino Arnis, and continues to study Kung Fu and Russian Systema. Zac also holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Choreography from the Victorian College of the Arts. Zac was Strength Coach at the Australian Ballet School for five years and has studied body mindfulness and somatic practices, including Continuum, Idiokinetics, Skinner Release Body-mind Centering and Contact Improvisation. Drawing on his vast range of experiences, Zac founded Heal Yourself and Move in 2014 and now teachers into dance schools around the world, focusing on movement, intelligence, relaxation, and training the body to be the teacher. Zac welcome to the show.[1:59] Zac talks about his introduction to Pilates around 1995 studying at the Australian Ballet Centre in Southbank, Melbourne, and training with Andrew Baxter, who was one of the early pioneers bringing Pilates to Australia. This was the beginning of understanding how to link body concepts to find technical breakthrough in a high-level skill pursuit,[5:34] Zac recalls his first impressions of working with Andrew in a small group setting with some ballet demi-gods, and Pilates giving him a sense of alignment, engagement, and perfect tuning.[11:14] When Zac receives a strong grounding through Paul Cini's APMA focus on clinical application and the connection of anatomy and physiology. He also credits Wendy Smith (Studio 303) and Steph Glickman (Armature Pilates).[16:12] Zac describes other influences on his teaching – the somatic approach, Franklin, Ideokinetics, Skinner Releasing, Body Mind Centring and Continuum, and Feldenkrais.[17:01] Bruce asks how martial arts and Aikido added to the blend of influences.[22:31] Zac describes his dislike of set programming and how it feels antithetical to his personal experience of Pilates. Joseph Pilates was a continual innovator.[26:45] Zac gets excited with the ongoing process of working on solutions for people or himself and getting breakthroughs.[27:51] Bruce questions Zac about more recent developments in his teaching and Zac talks about going online and back into the dance world.[32:17] A big discovery for Zac has been finding out that change is possible instantaneously; in particular, release from tension.[34:57] Zac looks to what he wants to do in the future and explains the importance of listening to intuition.[36:12] Bruce asks how musical percussion influences Zac's work.Heal Yourself and MoveWebsiteInstagramFacebookJoin Friday group training callsBook a call with ZacThe Pilates Diaries PodcastWebsiteFacebookInstagramEpisode SponsorsTRIMIOPilates Reformers Australia10% off with min. $100 spend - use PILATESDIARIES21Whealthy-Life10% off - use PILATESDIARIESToeSox Australia15% off with min. $49 spend - use PILATESDIARIES21

In this episode, dancer, choreographer, and movement teacher Paul Singh  joins us to share about his experiences in the movement form of contact improvisation (CI). Paul  first studied dance at the University of Illinois and began dancing contact improv in New York City. He's taught CI around the world and led movement classes for Movement Research, Sarah Lawrence College, and Julliard. A creative force, Paul has deep and insightful shares about what it means to move and be moved, be totally and radically present in the moment, and create space for ourselves and others in the dance and in our lives.In this episode we discuss: Paul's background and upbringing in Illinois Why Paul switched from a pre-med to music to dance track in college What contact improvisation (CI) is and why it's different from other movement formsBringing identity into the dance and CI spacesThe healing aspects of CI and renegotiating where you are in relationship to others at all timesWhat it means to be "advanced" and what deep listening has to do with itThe intersection of CI and queer studiesEmbodiment and being patient enough to fall into the bodyHow CI teaches us about tuning into our needs and desiresWhat RuPaul's Drag Race and Buddhist texts have in commonPractical tools for embodiment in daily lifeContact Improv and taking on the worldLinks and Resources: Paul on IG: @paulsinghdanceMay You Live Well on IG: @mayyoulivewellPeaceable Barn StudioLeviathan StudioPaul dancing CI at the Judson Church 

We are celebrating the 4th birthday of the Mindful Strength Membership with a Buy One Gift One Annual Membership sale. Until July 14th when you sign up for our Annual Membership you can gift one to a friend for FREE. Click here to start now. --- This episode of the Mindful Strength Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Offering Tree. Offering Tree provides teachers, trainers, and studios with the tools they need to get their offerings online with confidence and ease. Click here or visit offeringtree.com/mindfulstrength to book a free demo or learn more. --- Erin Godfrey is a movement educator and founder of BEING IN BODY. She began her career as a ballet dancer, studying with the National Ballet School of Canada, followed by studies in Anatomy and Kinesiology. Additional studies include Meditation, Pilates, Personal Training, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Developmental Movement, Wellness Coaching, Anatomy Trains, Contact Improvisation and Axis Syllabus. Erin has owned several studios in Toronto, Canada, and has been teaching movement and healthful living practices for over 20 years. An international teacher, she has been faculty on a number of teacher training programs and teaches workshops throughout Canada and the US. Erin continues her research and investigation as a movement practitioner, educator and new mother.

Simon Thakur is based in New South Wales, Australia. Ancestral Movement is his project, his “big idea” that has come from more than twenty years of practice and research across a wide range of fields. He has studied the natural sciences since he was in high school and through university – covering the basics of physics and mathematics and going deeper into chemistry, biology, physiology and anatomy (including a year of weekly cadaver studies), exercise science, nutrition, biochemistry, molecular cell biology and molecular genetics, immunology, and neuroscience, as well as psychology, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, history and religious studies. During all of this time he has also been learning and practicing predominantly Eastern traditions of martial arts and mind-body transformation. He was obsessed with Yoga and martial arts as a child and read everything he could find in the public library (back in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he grew up). He did some Judo as a kid, some boxing and kickboxing as a teenager, then went on a year-long student exchange to Thailand when he was 17, knowing only that he wanted to practice Muay Thai and learn about Buddhism and meditation. He ended up living with his Muay Thai teacher, and ordained as a monk during by the end of his time there at the age of 18, staying for a wonderful month at Wat Tong Pai near Chumphon in south Thailand, and a beautiful couple of weeks at Suan Mokh forest retreat centre near Surat Thani. He was introduced to Buddhism through the works of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, whose incredible 550 page translation and commentary on the Buddha's Anapanasati Sutta (discourse on mindfulness based in the in- and out-breaths) is still his most treasured meditation manual, which he returns to every year for further study. Since then he has studied Japanese Jujitsu, Capoeira, Chinese internal martial arts and Qigong, Yoga and Yoga therapy, Feldenkrais, Butoh, Contact Improvisation, Pilates, Kit Laughlin's Stretch Therapy and Monkey Gym, parkour, smatterings of Russian Systema and Mixed Martial Arts, and more recently Brazilian Jujitsu, freestyle wrestling, and Filipino Eskrima (also called Kali, or Arnis). He has lived for close to ten years in Asia – in Thailand, India, Japan, China and Taiwan – and six months in Brazil, studying and learning from the best people he could find, always trying to get as close as he could to the source of the arts and traditions that he found most interesting.

Alicia Grayson has been passionately involved with dancing, teaching and performing Contact Improvisation for the past 33 years. She has taught CI as an adjunct faculty at George Washington University, University of Denver, Naropa University and Shenandoah University. She teaches CI classes in Boulder, CO, yoga and pilates online and regularly travels nationally and internationally to teach. Her long time practices of authentic movement, yoga and pilates and her love of nature are important influences on her dancing and teaching. She facilitates women's somatically based transformational workshops online and in person. She is a certified Hakomi therapist, certified perinatal somatic attachment therapist and certified Feminine Power transformational coach and facilitator. She is currently training to be a biodynamic breath and trauma release practitioner. She delights in exploring and discovering new depths to contact improvisation and related disciplines and is particularly interested in the intersection of physics and expression and the mind/body relationship. She is dedicated to supporting her fellow humans to be the most amazing embodied beings that we are! www.aliciagrayson.com In this conversation, Alicia reflects on the principle of knowing where the earth is at all times in Contact Improvisation, and in all movement. She discusses creativity being an emergence as opposed to something to control or force. She also shares how something deeply familiar can still feel brand new. And, Alicia and Kyle talk about their mutual love of mistakes, accidents, and imperfections.

In der heutigen Folge geht es um meine langjährige Beziehungskrise. Mein Freund der Boden und ich müssen zur Therapie und das nicht erst seit gestern. Aber zum Glück habe ich eine geeignete Therapie gefunden: Contact Improvisation. Ein Tanzstil, der mir nicht nur den Boden näher gebracht hat, sondern der meinen Körper in einem temporären Flow-Zustand versetzt hat, und ich nicht mehr wusste, wie ich auf einmal kopfüber über meinen Tanzpartner hing.

My guest for 15th episode is Nita Little, a dance pioneer who’s work had an international impact and changed the course of dance history. Nita is a performer, teacher, choreographer, scholar and theorist. She is one of the founders of Contact Improvisation and in the last 50 years, has been touring the globe to teach and share her research on what she calls relational intelligence. Nita holds a PHD in Performance Studies and her writing investigates ecological actions of tactile attention and the creative potentials present in entangled relations. I met Nita in 2014 at the Austrian contact festival. I was really impressed by her genuine interest in research and discovery which was especially impressive due to the fact that she was already doing so for so many years. Since then I have met with her several times and have always enjoyed conversing with her and sharing studio time. It was such a honour to speak to Nita since the legacy of her work had such a profound effect on my life. Having the opportunity to share more time with her was very special for me and I hope you would appreciate the conversation we had. Connect to Nita: http://nitalittle.com/ http://instagram.com/nitalittleci https://facebook.com/nitalittleofficial Relational Intelligence online: https://forms.gle/k8NVmsNsbdSP9qVj8 Subscribe to get the podcast to your email: https://movementlab.eu/subscribe The podcast was recorded using riverside.fm - remote recording in studio quality: http://www.riverside.fm?via=matan

What is contact improvisation? You can find contact improvisation jams nearly wherever you go. What is this style gathering movers from so many different background (martial arts, dance, circus, yoga...)? Irene Sposetti, a dancer/teacher for over 20 years enlightens us on this subject. In this episode, she discusses the topics of movement research, cultural adaptation, gaze and intimacy. If you want to develop your improvisational skills, access and refine your intuition, empower your creative imagination and connect to fellow movers, this style could be for you! Mentioned in this episode: • beingmotion.com

In this episode hosted by Jennifer Edwards, the history, practice, and importance of Contact Improvisation is explored through a revelatory 1998 conversation with the movement's founder, Steve Paxton.

The way we move is a tool for communication, how we embody our thoughts and emotions. Moving well is an art that takes time and involvement, requires learning and support. Our wellness can be profoundly affected by how well we move and yet practitioners who address movement are not adequately covered by our Medical System. So, perhaps we have conceptualized our medical system on the wrong premise. Instead of only healing us when we are sick, perhaps we should consider greater financial support for keeping us well. BIO: Paul Cramer, Registered Massage Therapist and Movement Educator, Founder of Movement Spark. Paul has worked as a carpenter and cabinet maker's apprentice, an English as a Second Language teacher and curriculum developer. He pursued the study of Linguistics and obtained a BA (Spec. Honours) degree. He has previously worked in IT and its implementation in schools throughout the Northwest Territories. He lived and worked in Yellowknife, Inuvik as well as Whitehorse in Canada's far north. He currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta with his wife and two children. Discover Paul @movementspark.Find the Movement Spark Wellness Clinic right here.Here's a link to Paul's Facebook Post we like to call "The Bicycle Mechanic".Discover Small Conversations on Social MediaInstagramFacebookTwitterFind Susannah Steers at www.movingspirit.ca and on social media @themovingspirit.Find Gillian McCormick at https://physiogillian.com/ and on social media @physiogillian.

On our first episode of Pride Month, your co-hosts Azaria and YeaJean interview Keith Hennessy the Creator and Artistic Director of Circo Zero. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk about grant writing to help independent artists during COVID-19, receiving/giving with eye gaze vs. the camera, queerness as a way of thinking about LGBTQIA+ in relation to society at large, collaborating across lines of difference, is Contact Improvisation sexy, touch post-pandemic, and Keith’s current research interests.  Show kNOwtes: http://www.knowboxdance.com/podcast.html

Jonathan explains his high-tech dance teaching set-up, Kathryn learned some new Photoshop tricks, and both discuss their experience with and love for the dance practice Contact Improvisation.

Erin Godfrey is a movement and body wellness educator.  She began her career as a ballet dancer, studying with the National Ballet School of Canada, followed by studies in Anatomy and Kinesiology at George Brown College. Additional studies include Meditation, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Developmental Movement, Pilates, Personal Training, Wellness coaching, Anatomy Trains, Contact Improvisation and Axis Syllabus. Erin has owned several studios in Toronto and has been teaching movement and healthful living practices for over 20 years. An international teacher, she has been faculty on a number of teacher training programs. She coaches a wide range of clients from those working with chronic injuries to athletic performance. Erin continues her research and investigation as a movement practitioner, dancer, educator and new mother. www.eringodfrey.com To learn more about Mindful Strength and sign up for the 6-week challenge that begins April 13 click here.

Body and Movement Researcher and Somatic Educator trained on the Feldenkrais Method, Barbara initiated her studies with oriental traditional practices of massage and medicine, still very young in Brazil in 2001, and later on, she went to the East to experience massage and meditation trainings in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Rishikesh, India. In 2003, she started to research Contemporary Dance and the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education, being a student of great masters in different countries. Since then, she has been working in the field of wellbeing at spas, hotels, studios, schools, private clinic, events and festivals as a Feldenkrais teacher, Movement to Kids facilitator, masseur and Contact Improvisation dancer. She is also part of the Instituto Feldenkrais team as an interpreter at Lisbon 1 Training Program. Barbara is currently diving in at cem-centro em movimento in Lisboa, breathing in dance & poetry, breathing out songs and vice-versa. https://www.barbaralobato.com/feldenkrais.html

In Episode 5 of Series 1, Johannes Birringer, choreographer and Professor of Performance Technologies at Brunel University talks to Eline Kieft about his journey into combining dance and performance with technologies, why an evolution of body knowledge is more important to him than a specific identity, how our bodies are educated by environments, sensorial experiences and wearables, and how the unknown can be a fertile learning space for growth, creativity and student-learning. The episode includes some wonderful sound-bites to highlight the variety of environmental and sensorial stimuli, based on Birringer's workshop on “underground spatialities” (for Rice University’s Anthropology students). The episode includes some wonderful sound-bites to highlight the variety of environmental and sensorial stimuli. Episode notes    Useful links: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/dap http://www.danssansjoux.org http://www.aliennationcompany.com http://undergroundspatialities.com/ http://interaktionslabor.de References Barba, Eugenio and Savarese, Nicola (1991) A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology: The Secret Art of the Performer. London: Routledge.  Böhme, Gernot (2017) The Aesthetics of Atmospheres: Ambiences, Atmospheres and Sensory Experiences of Space. Trans. Jean-Paul Thibaud. London: Routledge.  Birringer, Johannes and Danjoux, Michèle (2019) “Sound and Wearables.” In: Foundations in Sound Design for   Embedded Media: an interdisciplinary approach, ed. Michael Filimovicz, London: Routledge, pp. 243-74. Birringer, Johannes (2017) “Metakimospheres.” In Susan Broadhurst and Sara Price (eds), Digital Bodies: Creativity and Technology in the Arts and Humanities. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 27–48.  Birringer, Johannes (2016) “Kimospheres, or Shamans in the Blind Country.” Performance Paradigm 12: http://performanceparadigm.net/index.php/journal/article/view/176 Birringer, Johannes (2013) “Audible Scenography.”  Performance Research 18(3): 192-93. Birringer, Johannes (2011) “Dancing in the Museum.”  PAJ:  A Journal of Performance and Art 99: 43-52.  Birringer, Johannes (2010) “Moveable Worlds/Digital Scenographies.” International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 6 (1): 89–107. Birringer, Johanness (2009) Performance, Technology, and Science. New York: PAJ Publications. Cooper Albright, Ann and Gerer, David (2003) Taken by Surprise: A Dance Improvisation Reader. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press.  Danjoux, Michèle (2017) Design-in-Motion: Choreosonic Wearables in Performance, PhD Thesis, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.  D’Evie, Fayen (2017) ‘Orienting through Blindness: Blundering, Be-Holding, and Wayfinding as Artistic and Curatorial Methods.’ Performance Paradigm 13: 42-72.  Gaensheimer, Susanne and Kramer, Mario, eds. (2016) William Forsythe: The Fact of Matter. Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag.  Hay, Deborah (2015) Using the Sky: A Dance. New York: Routledge.  Ingold, Tim (2011) Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description. London: Routledge. Mitra, Royona (2018) “Talking Politics of Contact Improvisation with Steve Paxton.” Dance Research Journal 50(3): 6-18.  Oliver, Mary (2014) Wild Geese: Selected Poems. Eastburn:  Bloodaxe Books Ltd. Paxton, Steve (2008) Material for the Spine: A Movement Study. DVD-rom. Brussels: Contredanse Editions. Song, Haein (2019) Ecstatic Space: NEO-KUT and Shamanic Technologies. Phd Thesis, Brunel University London.  Tsing, Lowenhaupt Anna (2015) The Mushroom at the End of the World:  On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Xu, Zhi (2019) Choreographing Chinese Dancing Bodies:  Yangge and Technology. PhD Thesis, Brunel University London (forthcoming) Zumthor, Peter. 2006. Atmospheres: Architectural Environments – Surrounding Objects. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag.

Our ninth TGOW episode features our interview with Bruce Curtis. Bruce is an activist, dance teacher and performer who uses a wheelchair. As a disability advocate, Bruce worked for the World Institute on Disability for twenty-two years and served as International Program Director until June 2014. From 1992 to 2004, he worked in Russia and other post-Soviet countries. From 2004 to 2017, he built the capacity of the Coalition for Independent Living in the Republic of Georgia and managed a USAID five-year project, focused on creating a factory producing Roughrider wheelchairs, training occupational therapist to provide postural support seating services, and conducting a public education campaign to promote a barrier-free environment. He is currently the Chair of Whirlwind Wheelchair International. As a dancer, he has taught and performed Contact Improvisation in integrated workshops all around the world. Traipsin’ Global on Wheels is focused on sharing resources and insights into disability advocacy, fitness and health, and accessible travel. Our mission is to build a community of healthy, worldly, and informed advocates. Please send your feedback and stories to: tgowpodcast@gmail.com. You really want to hear from YOU, our listeners! end credit music: 'Leave Your Dancing Until Then' by Samuel Vas Y (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

This week, a thought-provoking conversation with New Jersey based yogi, dancer, traceur, and Systema Instructor, Funda Gul. Born in Ankara, Turkey, Funda began her martial training in Aikido, and found Systema (in the form of Systema Manhattan instructor Edgars Cakuls) after moving to the USA for college in 2009. A PhD in mathetmatics, a talented movement artist, and an endlessly curious student and teacher of Systema, Funda brings a unique and fascinating perspective to our style. Here, we discuss: her early, counter-cultural experiences as a woman training martial arts in Turkey similarities and disctinctions between Systema and improvisational dance forms the essential qualities of touch, connection, and sensitivity in training the origins of ParCon - her unique fusion of Parkour and Contact Improvisation her experiences as a woman training and teaching Systema (both good and bad) Find out more about training with Funda at https://www.jiyu.us/instructors-1/  

Episode #13 with Stephen Katz , composer, cellist and visionary musician. He began his musical journey as a classical cellist but has a true gift for improvising. Stephen developed his own technique for plucking the strings which he calls "Flying Pizzicato" and has played music for dancers for many years with a special interest in Contact Improvisation. For our live music pieces I accompany him with udu and autoharp. A Worldsoul Records production To see the TV show go to FaceBook or YouTube and search for The World Fusion Show. To support The World Fusion Show and to make more shows possible please go to derrikjordan.com and click on the support page.

Physical theatre-maker and dancer Kristian Santic joins House Conspiracy's Jonathan O'Brien to talk about liminality, enlightenment, and how money and clinical political correctness leads to bad art. Kristian is a Brisbane-based performance artist specialising in the forms of Contact Improvisation, Theatre, and Dance Theatre with a strong curiosity for experimental and hybrid work. His current focus on collaboration and its direct translation into work yields cacophonous, collage-like performances that are heavily influenced by the utilization of diverse modes of expressions. These works comprise of live projection, community participation/interaction, large-scale spectacle, installation, and cinematography. See more of Kristian: houseconspiracy.org/kristian-santic

Contact Improvisation is a form of dance that is unscripted, multi-variable, and rich in information we can glean about the body. In this interview with Martin Keogh, we dive into Contact, and his experience with 1000's of bodies, traveling the world over. Martin shares some thoughts on what we can learn from the form, and from seeing and listening with our full bodies. He also shares some thoughts on aging, deepening into the body, and even death by beauty. SHOW NOTES Martin Keogh's website, including writings, video blog and teaching schedule: http://martinkeogh.com Curious what Contact Improvisation can look like? Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-J5Sqc6BIw

In this podcast, Rita Venturini describes her idea for a project inspired by her comnined experience as a contact improvisation dancer and as a neurocientist. She wants to understand how what you think about others can biase your decisions in social contexts.

Mein 14. Gespräch fand auf der Insel Malta statt, wo ich meinen alten Freund Max besuchte, der vor zwei Jahren dorthin ausgewandert ist. Neben den Gründen, die ihn zu diesem großen Schritt bewegten, entlocke ich ihm Details über seine Tramperphase, erfahre, was »Contact Improvisation« ist und spekuliere mit ihm über den Zusammenhang von Geometrie und Religion.

Cette semaine, Stéphanie Gaudreau et Daniel Proulx rejoignent Kati pour une conversation autour de l’Association Contact Improvisation et la 33e Jam International de Contact Improvisation de Montreal qui se tiendra [ … ]

In this episode, we will talk with Margarita Kozheznikova, professional dancer, performer, choreographer, movement researcher and event facilitator. We talk about the depths of Contact Improvisation (aka Contact Dance), the skin as a sensory organ, somatics as a form of perception, the importance of movement complexity for emotional health, the body as a vessel of consciousness, the 'bodymind', and more.   Full Show Notes at: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp2 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

This OutLOOK Summer magazine for 2014 is one of 10 magazines in which I have collaborated with Visually Impaired Young People through a Youth Project called OutLOOK which is run by the charity LOOK 'The National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children' as part of my work at All Formats. The Young People act as Roving Reporters and record the articles which I then edit and produce. We give helpful feedback in order that they can continue to progress their skills. This magazine was funded by the Grantham York Trust. More information about Look can be found at: www.look-uk.org All Formats website is at: www.allformats.org.uk #Look #Outlook #QueenAlexAndraCollege #AllFormats #OlympusAudio

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

10. Yoga Vidya Musikfestival vom 29.05. - 01.06.2014 mit international bekannten Künstlern. Konzerte, Klang-Yogastunden, viele Workshops: Gesichtsmalerei und Kindertheater für Kids, Didgeridoo, Shiatsu mit Musik, Yoga-Comedy, Heilgesänge, Kirtan-Singen, Performances, Contact Improvisation, Tongola, Harmonium Einführung, Lachyoga, NIA-Tanz, traditonell indischer Tanz…

One of the interviews I’m most proud of was conducted in late 2007 with dancer-choreographer Jen Abrams. I’m delighted to bring this episode out of the archives and present it in Body and Soul’s new home. When our "half-hour" interview concluded, we were amused to see that it had actually lasted a full hour! But that's what it takes to tell even part of the story of her work with the WOW Cafe Theater collective, an historic and essential part of the still-hearty cultural abundance of Manhattan's rapidly-changing East Village. Listening to Jen talk about her background in contact improvisation, I discovered a fascinating connection between contact improvisation and the "open source," grassroots nature of WOW. Her intensity and strength as an artist working in dance, theater and poetry are more than matched by the tenacity of this theater collective and space that she so clearly loves. And here’s her bio: Jen Abrams’ work has been presented at BAX, HERE, Dixon Place, the Nuyorican Poets Café, and the Bowery Poetry Club, as well as at WOW Café Theater, where she has been an active member for seven years. She has produced three full-length concerts of her own work at WOW: Itch (2000), Saturn Return (2001), and Surfacing (2002), as well as two shared bill evenings: As I Was Saying (2004, with Risa Jaroslow and Eva Lawrence) and Asunder (2006 with Clarinda Mac Low and Tara O’Con.). She was a 2005 BAX space grantee, and is co-curator and co-producer with Sally Silvers of TalkTalk WalkWalk, an annual poetry and dance festival. Her choreographic work has also been seen at WOW in the stage plays The Skriker by Caryl Churchill, All Eyes, All Sides – Beckett One Acts, Naomi Wallace’s Slaughter City, and Moira Cutler’s MetaMeshugenaMorphosis and Sonofabitch Stew, all with Dogsbody Theater. The Village Voice has called her work “quintessentially New York,” and her performances “convincing no matter what [she chooses] to do.” Jen has studied the form of Contact Improvisation for twelve years, beginning at Oberlin College, the birthplace of the form. She relocated to New York City from Chicago, where she presented and performed in five full-length concerts with the contact improv-based company she co-founded, Limbic Fix. She is classically trained as an actor, and performed in plays throughout Chicago before moving to New York City to focus on movement-based performance. She is also a writer, and has given readings of her work at St. Mark’s Poetry Project, Halcyon, and Bar 13. By day, Jen works as a fundraiser for a small poetry press, and serves as Managing Director for Risa Jaroslow & Dancers. She also teaches Contact Improv through Movement Research. Her roots in theater and immersion in literature inform her dances. Visit Jen Abram's Web site at http://www.jenabrams.org. Visit Eva Yaa Asantewaa's dance blog--InfiniteBody--at http://infinitebody.blogspot.com.

One of the interviews I’m most proud of was conducted in late 2007 with dancer-choreographer Jen Abrams. I’m delighted to bring this episode out of the archives and present it in Body and Soul’s new home. When our "half-hour" interview concluded, we were amused to see that it had actually lasted a full hour! But that's what it takes to tell even part of the story of her work with the WOW Cafe Theater collective, an historic and essential part of the still-hearty cultural abundance of Manhattan's rapidly-changing East Village. Listening to Jen talk about her background in contact improvisation, I discovered a fascinating connection between contact improvisation and the "open source," grassroots nature of WOW. Her intensity and strength as an artist working in dance, theater and poetry are more than matched by the tenacity of this theater collective and space that she so clearly loves. And here’s her bio: Jen Abrams’ work has been presented at BAX, HERE, Dixon Place, the Nuyorican Poets Café, and the Bowery Poetry Club, as well as at WOW Café Theater, where she has been an active member for seven years. She has produced three full-length concerts of her own work at WOW: Itch (2000), Saturn Return (2001), and Surfacing (2002), as well as two shared bill evenings: As I Was Saying (2004, with Risa Jaroslow and Eva Lawrence) and Asunder (2006 with Clarinda Mac Low and Tara O’Con.). She was a 2005 BAX space grantee, and is co-curator and co-producer with Sally Silvers of TalkTalk WalkWalk, an annual poetry and dance festival. Her choreographic work has also been seen at WOW in the stage plays The Skriker by Caryl Churchill, All Eyes, All Sides – Beckett One Acts, Naomi Wallace’s Slaughter City, and Moira Cutler’s MetaMeshugenaMorphosis and Sonofabitch Stew, all with Dogsbody Theater. The Village Voice has called her work “quintessentially New York,” and her performances “convincing no matter what [she chooses] to do.” Jen has studied the form of Contact Improvisation for twelve years, beginning at Oberlin College, the birthplace of the form. She relocated to New York City from Chicago, where she presented and performed in five full-length concerts with the contact improv-based company she co-founded, Limbic Fix. She is classically trained as an actor, and performed in plays throughout Chicago before moving to New York City to focus on movement-based performance. She is also a writer, and has given readings of her work at St. Mark’s Poetry Project, Halcyon, and Bar 13. By day, Jen works as a fundraiser for a small poetry press, and serves as Managing Director for Risa Jaroslow & Dancers. She also teaches Contact Improv through Movement Research. Her roots in theater and immersion in literature inform her dances. Visit Jen Abram's Web site at http://www.jenabrams.org. Visit Eva Yaa Asantewaa's dance blog--InfiniteBody--at http://infinitebody.blogspot.com.