Concepts
Explorations of the practices, principles, and states that make up Contact Improvisation.
The Jam
The open, unstructured gathering where CI lives — no teacher, no choreography, just a space, a time, and an invitation to move. The jam is CI's native habitat: the format that has sustained the form f
Small Dance
Standing still and noticing the micro-adjustments the body makes to stay upright — the discovery that movement begins before intention. The Small Dance reveals that the body is never truly still: it i
Ethics
The moral framework guiding interaction — how we approach touch, weight-sharing, and presence with another body. Ethics in CI is not abstract philosophy but a lived, physical practice: giving more wei
Contact Improvisation
Improvised dance exploring communication between moving bodies in physical contact — unscripted, unrepeatable, and organised around the shared negotiation of gravity, momentum, and trust. CI is both a
Boundaries
The physical and emotional edges that define safe space — dynamic and personal, shifting with trust, energy, and the quality of contact. Boundaries are not walls but thresholds: a continuous spectrum
Attention
In CI, attention is distributed across self, partner, floor, and space simultaneously, making it a physical skill as much as a mental one. The body’s attentional capacity is finite, and learning to di