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Languages: English
About Contact Improvisation
Published by: Contact Quarterly / Contact Collaborations · Estados Unidos
An introduction to the origins, shared movement and jams, including definitions by Steve Paxton and Ray Chung.
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READ · PRACTISE · CONNECT
Contact Improvisation resources
A selection to get to know the practice and keep exploring: introductory texts, archives, movement proposals, videos and international networks.
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Each resource lists the languages of its linked content and its access conditions.
Getting started
What Contact Improvisation is, where it comes from and how to approach the practice.
Free
Languages: English
Contact Improvisation: A Question — Daniel Lepkoff
Published by: Daniel Lepkoff · Estados Unidos
Lepkoff's own account of attention, perception and the physical inquiry behind Contact Improvisation.
PDF original de junio de 2008 alojado en la web del autor.
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Partly free
Languages: Spanish
Todos los cuerpos bailan
Published by: José L. Corretjé · España
The author's approachable reflections on learning, improvising and joining a jam, alongside information about his book.
Los artículos del blog son gratuitos; el libro se vende por separado.
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Reading and archives
Voices, publications and documents offering different perspectives on the dance.
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Languages: English
Contact Quarterly · Unbound
Published by: Contact Quarterly / Contact Collaborations · Estados Unidos
Artists' essays and interviews on improvisation, dance and creative processes in the journal's open online archive.
Unbound es de acceso público desde 2021. Los libros, vídeos y otras colecciones de la editorial pueden ser de pago.
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Free
Languages: English
CI 50th Anniversary Newsletter
Published by: Contact Quarterly · Karen Nelson y Lisa Nelson · Estados Unidos
Community voices gathered for CI's fiftieth anniversary, with personal accounts, conversations and historical material.
Edición histórica del cincuentenario de 2022; no es un calendario de eventos actuales.
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Free
Languages: Spanish
Textos y biblioteca de ENEstudio
Published by: ENEstudio Barcelona · España
A Spanish-language collection of CI texts, interviews and reflections, crediting authors and community translations.
El estudio advierte que algunas traducciones no son oficiales. Enlazar a la biblioteca y respetar la autoría; no presentar esas versiones como traducciones oficiales.
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Free
Languages: Spanish
Los comienzos de la danza Contact Improvisation en España (1980–1990)
Published by: María Paz Brozas Polo y Teresa García San Emeterio · RIMCAFD · España
Research into Spain's early CI communities, drawing on documents and interviews with participants. Published in 2014.
Texto original del artículo en PDF, alojado por Redalyc; resumen también en inglés.
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Free
Languages: Spanish
Injertos de Contact Improvisación en la Universidad
Published by: Karen Wild Díaz y Deborah Techera · Universidad de la República · Uruguay
A 2019 teaching booklet with classroom experiences, prompts and participants' writing from university CI laboratories.
PDF completo publicado por la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad de la República.
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Free
Languages: Spanish
La danza como dispositivo de desaceleración
Published by: Mariela Singer · Arte e Investigación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata · Argentina
A 2021 article exploring time, perception and embodied relationships in CI alongside contemporary digital culture.
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Free
Languages: English
Contact Improvisation: Thinking in Movement
Published by: Karen Barbour · Proximity · Australia
An essay from Proximity's archive about thinking while dancing and its implications for facilitating Contact Improvisation.
Artículo histórico, volumen 4, edición 3. Se enlaza a la página conservada en el archivo de la revista.
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Free
Languages: English · French
Publications on Contact Improvisation
Published by: Association for Contact Improvisation, Montréal · Canadá
A bibliography for further research, gathering books, articles, theses and CI archives through Montréal's association.
El PDF bibliográfico es gratuito; la disponibilidad de cada obra citada depende de su editorial o repositorio.
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Exploring the practice
Proposals and research into movement, listening and relationship.
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Languages: English
The Underscore — Nancy Stark Smith
Published by: Nancy Stark Smith · Estados Unidos
The official introduction to Nancy Stark Smith's improvisational structure, with its history, glyphs and explanatory videos.
La web recomienda experiencia de CI y una explicación presencial antes de participar en un Underscore. El libro Caught Falling se adquiere aparte.
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Free
Languages: English
Respecting Boundaries in Contact Improvisation
Published by: East Coast CI Jam · Estados Unidos
Community guidance on personal boundaries, the freedom to accept or decline a dance, and communication during practice.
Es la guía de una comunidad concreta, no una norma universal del Contact Improvisation.
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Free
Languages: English
Touchdown Dance
Published by: Touchdown Dance · Reino Unido
Inclusive dance work for visually impaired and sighted people, developed through Contact Improvisation.
Información pública sobre la compañía fundada por Steve Paxton y Anne Kilcoyne; los talleres tienen sus propias condiciones de participación.
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Communities and networks
Directories and connections to discover practices beyond your own community.
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Languages: Spanish · English · German · French · Italian · Polish · Portuguese · Russian
Contact Improvisation Global Calendar
Published by: Round Robin Project · Internacional
An international calendar of classes, jams, workshops and festivals, searchable by location, date and teacher.
contactimprov.net cerró y redirige oficialmente a este proyecto. Las convocatorias deben contrastarse con quien las organiza.
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Free
Languages: English
Contact Improvisation World Jam Map
Published by: Contactimprov.com · Moti Zemelman · Internacional
Regional maps and listings for finding jams, laboratories and Underscore practices in different countries.
Consulta gratuita; algunas publicaciones de eventos en el servicio asociado son de pago. Verificar la vigencia de cada actividad con su organización.
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Free
Languages: English
Contact Improvisation Dance Canada
Published by: Contactimprov.ca · Canadá
A starting point for CI communities in Canada, with introductory information, local links and shared resources.
El directorio incluye material histórico; comprobar horarios y encuentros en la fuente local antes de viajar.
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Watch and listen
Images, conversations and audiovisual documents of the practice.
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Languages: English
Steve Paxton: Improvisation Project (1998)
Published by: Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive · Estados Unidos
An excerpt from a lecture-demonstration narrated by Steve Paxton, with Ray Chung and Kirstie Simson dancing.
Grabación del 8 de agosto de 1998. Enlazar al archivo; la consulta pública no autoriza redistribuir el vídeo.
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Partly free
Languages: English
Fall After Newton (1987)
Published by: Videoda / Contact Collaborations · Estados Unidos
A documentary following Nancy Stark Smith and Steve Paxton from 1972 to 1983. Free trailer; full film available to rent or buy.
Duración: 22:45. Narración de Steve Paxton. La licencia de visionado no permite publicar ni redistribuir el vídeo.
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Paid
Languages: English · French
Material for the Spine — Steve Paxton
Published by: Contredanse · Steve Paxton, Baptiste Andrien y Florence Corin · Bélgica
An interactive audiovisual publication on Paxton's spinal movement research, combining explorations, classes and dance documents.
Ficha pública de la editorial; el acceso a la publicación completa es de pago. Material for the Spine es una investigación propia de Paxton relacionada con CI.
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A YogaBond library to accompany practice, curiosity and connection.
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Research reviewed on October 18, 2026