What is Contact Improvisation?

Dance improvisation form is based on energy and weight exchange. Physical contact is the starting point for exploration of movement, it is all improvised and nothing is planned. The form is very much in the moment and almost sub conscious. The performers must ignore their mental commentary and focus purely on the instictual movements that occur. Both partners respond to eachother and transfer eachothers energy into their movements. Its used as a proffesional dance form, most commonly used to find material for choreographies. It can also be used as a social art form, strengthening relationships. There is no winner or loser its a mutual relationship between two people in which they create an improvised form of expression. Steve developed Contact Improv through explorations with his students and colleagues at the time.