Explore every episode of the podcast Faces Of CI
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| Aalia Hashem – The Shadow Side of Contact Communities : Rupture, Accountability & Gatekeeping | 12 May 2026 | 00:35:34 | |
🎙️ New Solo Episode ~ Aalia here. In this personal solo episode, I share about the complexities of community, healing, belonging, and navigating conflict within Contact Improvisation spaces. ✨ Community conflict & gatekeeping ✨ Belonging, and being "cancelled" ✨ “Healing spaces” vs real human behaviour ✨ Returning to self-trust & humanness 🎧 Instagram: @momentumcontact 🌍 Facilitator Trainings: www.momentum-contact.com #contactimprovisation #consciousmovement #dancepodcast #authenticrelating | |||
| Caiomhe Day Rush — From Practice to Facilitation in Contact Improvisation | 25 Jan 2026 | 00:08:50 | |
Our guest today is Caiomhe Day Rush, a graduate of our Momentum Contact Facilitator Training, recorded December 2025. Caiomhe reflects on their experience moving from practice into facilitation — sharing what felt supportive, what felt challenging, and how the training helped build confidence to hold space for others in Contact Improvisation. This episode offers a grounded glimpse into the facilitator pathway — beyond technique — and into what it means to step into leadership through embodied practice. 🎓 Join our next Momentum Contact Facilitator Training! Level 1 is available online. Group Starts March 2026, self-paced available. Level 2 Certification in person. April in Koh Phangan, Thailand & June in Ubud, Bali. 👉 Apply & more info: https://momentum-contact.com/2026 📍 Find Caiomhe teaching in Dublin, Ireland: Instagram: @kumoyuki_yoga | |||
| Ivan Guryanov - Ci, Butoh, Water Contact + Our Wild Weird | 23 Sep 2025 | 00:49:23 | |
🎙️ New Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation In this episode, I’m joined by my longtime friend and fellow Gemini, Ivan Guryanov — a dancer I’ve shared the floor with for years across Thailand and Bali. We sat down in Koh Phangan to speak about: ✨ Dancing with possibility — from technical Contact to Water Contact, Butoh, and Tango ✨ Letting performance arise from presence ✨ Creating in strange and poetic terrains ✨ Teaching & traveling with CI ✨ Sharing the weird and wonderful Ivan is a powerful performer, teacher, and dance partner whose wild weird continues to inspire me. 🎧 Listen now on Spotify 📸 Instagram: @shadow_of_movement 🌐 Learn more: www.momentum-contact.com 📅 Join Upcoming Workshops: @momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #facesofci #momentumcontact #dancepodcast #watercontact #butoh #contacttango #somaticpractice #movementresearch | |||
| Leilani Weis — The Superpowers of Contact Dancers (Saltspring Contact Festival 2023) | 10 Aug 2025 | 00:35:36 | |
Our guest today is the multi-directional being Leilani Weis — Contact Improvisation teacher of 26 years. Originally from Chile, she helped develop CI scenes in Mexico and Italy, and now resides in Barcelona. In this episode, we discuss: ✨ Her decades-long mentorship with Martin Keough ✨ Dancing into impossible places ✨ Preparing the body-mind for Contact ✨ The dancer superpowers ✨ Our mutual love of falling 📍 Recorded during Saltspring Contact Festival 2023, on the unceeded Coast Salish Territory in British Columbia, Canada. 🎧 Our IG@momentumcontact 📅 Upcoming events: msha.ke/momentumworkshop #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #contactfestival #leilaniweis #improvisationdance | |||
| Aalia Hashem - Moving To Thailand, The Art of the Pauses, & Navigating Challenges in Communities | 10 Aug 2025 | 01:53:32 | |
🎙️ New Solo Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation It’s Aalia here. I’m opening up in a raw and real solo episode: ✨ Transitioning to Thailand ✨ The Art of the Pause ✨ Being vulnerably first in new CI communities ✨ ADHD, mold illness & concussion recovery ✨ Getting “cancelled” in community & the lessons that followed ✨ Trusting the unknown + moving forward with grace This one’s close to my heart. 🎧 Instagram: @momentumcontact 📅 Join Upcoming Contact Workshops 🌐 Facilitator Trainings : www.momentum-contact.com #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #consciousmovement #adhdjourney #healingthroughdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice | |||
| Sasha Bezrodnova — Ocean Dance, Aquatic Somatics & Eco-Activism (Russia) | 05 May 2025 | 00:28:15 | |
Today I’m joined by Sasha Bezrodnova (Russia), recorded in Koh Phangan, Thailand. ✨ Her work in the Ocean Dance community — where Contact meets Freediving and Aquatic Somatics ✨ Entering the world of the sea and learning from dolphins ✨ Creating the eco-political water dance film Aquas in Mexico ✨ Reflections on movement, water, and community connection Find out more about Sasha’s work: Instagram @theoceandance 🎧 Instagram: @momentumcontact 📅 Join Upcoming Dance Workshops 🌐 Facilitator Trainings: www.momentum-contact.com #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #aquaticsomatics #oceandance #waterdance #freediving #somaticpractice | |||
| Andy Chen — Mindsets & Choice — Momentum Contact Facilitator Training | 07 Mar 2024 | 00:26:44 | |
New Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation Today I’m joined by Andy Chen (USA / Portugal) — our newest graduate of the Momentum Contact Facilitator Training. ✨ Reflections on the magic of CI jams: "I really love the jams where I get to dance with a lot of bodies. Then I had a nice dance. That idea that it's always different, and I get to choose to have another chance of feeling joy. For me that's a big change in my mindset. Where in other forms of activities, I might just leave and not come back. For some reason with contact, I keep wanting to go back. That's what it's about." ✨ The mindset shift that keeps him returning to the dance floor ✨ The role of joy and choice in movement practice ✨ Lessons learned from facilitator training and beyond 🪩 Find Andy on Instagram in Portugal: @casa_eira 🎓 Join our next trainings — online & in person: www.momentum-contact.com 🎧 Instagram: @momentumcontact 📅 Upcoming Workshops: https://msha.ke/momentumworkshop #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #movementtraining #improvisationdance | |||
| Authentic Movement — From Our Dancers of Momentum Contact Workshop | 07 Mar 2024 | 00:29:19 | |
We’re coming to you live from one of our Momentum Beginners Contact Workshops — with a twist… our students are the guests! In this special episode, we hear their voices and insights on: ✨ What it means to move authentically ✨ How they see themselves as dancers ✨ The discoveries and surprises that happen in a Contact Improvisation class 🎧 Join Upcoming Trainings: www.momentum-contact.com 📸 Instagram: @momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #authenticmovement --- | |||
| What Is A Dancer? What Is Flow? — From Our Dancers of Momentum Contact Workshop | 09 Feb 2024 | 00:13:38 | |
In this episode, we sit with our students in a Momentum Contact Workshop, reflecting on the questions: ✨ What is a dancer? ✨ What is flow in your body? I’m in awe of my students’ shares each time we do this exercise. (Names have been withheld for privacy.) 🎧 Join our upcoming Momentum Contact Workshops 📸 Instagram: @momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #authenticmovement | |||
| Sunny & Janice — Building Facilitation Skills for Safety & Gaining Confidence to Teach CI | 24 Dec 2023 | 00:18:51 | |
New Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation Our guests today are Sunny Zheng (Beijing, China) and Janice Chen (Berkeley, USA) — new graduate facilitators from the first edition of Momentum Contact Facilitator Training. 🎧 Reflections from both graduates on: ✨ Learning CI history & culture ✨ Building facilitation skills for safety and creativity ✨ Gaining confidence to share CI in their home communities ✨ Sunny shares: "I just completed the 10-day training with so many takeaways. It’s a journey about exploring my inner self and expanding the boundaries of my world. We learned the history and culture of CI, contact skills, as well as useful and practical skills to not be injured and dance safely. Not just dance but beyond the dance, helping us to become independent facilitators. Before this, I was not sure if I could make it, because maybe I don’t know how to communicate, but it happened naturally in the teaching, because of all that we learned here – with Aalia’s trust and guidance. This is more than knowledge, but confidence and support. I’m so lucky to be a part of this. I can’t wait to share this in my China Contact Community. If you want to be a facilitator, come and join us – it’s so worthwhile!" 🎓 Join our next Momentum Contact Facilitator Training: www.momentum-contact.com 📸 Instagram: @momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #facilitatortraining #contactimprov #danceteacher | |||
| Stuart Phillips — Contact as Therapy, Shadowwork, and Deconditioning (Victoria, Canada) | 21 Dec 2023 | 00:39:05 | |
New Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation Our guest today is Stuart Phillips — Contact teacher since the 1980s, joining us from Victoria, BC, Canada. From his wild roots at Bates College in the ’80s — all-day improvising and “contact as charades on steroids” — we explore: ✨ CI as weirdness, allowance, shadow work, and therapeutic relief from daily life ✨ His improvisational contact style — emphasizing improvisation, internal choice before flow ✨ Depatterning and deconditioning our habitual “contact moves” ✨ The patience and mystery of getting what you truly need in a dance Stu 👂 "When I'm getting what I need in a dance, it’s shifting me — so it makes me more open to the world. It takes so much patience. It's such a mystery." 🌐 Find out more about Stuart’s work: www.stulips.org 🎓 Join our upcoming Momentum Contact Facilitator Training — www.momentum-contact.com 📸 Instagram: @momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #danceteacher #improvisationdance | |||
| Peter Bingham — Contact Mechanics and Choreography of EDAM Dance Company, Hypnosis, and Parkinsons | 05 Oct 2023 | 00:38:32 | |
Peter Bingham is a force within the world of Contact Improvisation, teaching and creating performance works through his company EDAM Dance in Vancouver, Canada since 1980. In this episode we explore: ✨ Peter’s origin story in dance ✨ The physical mechanics of Contact in choreography ✨ His daily morning class for professional dancers ✨ Intone voice as a hypnotizing state ✨ Leading by following ✨ Changes in his practice with Parkinson’s disease EDAM has been a nest held by Peter — a thread holding a big part of the Contact world. Its floors hold “Contact energy,” having been graced by Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Ray Chung, Nita Little, and many other high-level dancers for decades. 🌐 EDAM Dance Schedule: www.edamdance.org 🎧 Upcoming Workshops by Aalia: msha.ke/momentumcontact 📸 Instagram: @momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #edamdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #improvisationdance #danceteacher | |||
| Aalia Solo — Cultivating Joy, Play, and Self-Compassion in the Dance | 25 Sep 2023 | 00:17:58 | |
New Solo Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation It’s me, Aalia! In this episode, I ramble and reflect on: ✨ Cultivating joy, play, and weirdness in jams to reset and shake habits ✨ Comedy improv and Circling as supportive mirrors to Contact Improvisation ✨ What it means to be an embodied leader of Contact ✨ Navigating self-compassion within the dance of life 🎧 Follow Faces of CI & Aalia online: @momentumcontact 📅 Upcoming workshops and Trainings #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #embodiedleadership #contactjam #authenticmovement | |||
| Olivia Schaffer — From Contemporary to Contact at Edam Dance | 22 Sep 2023 | 00:46:48 | |
New Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation I’m delighted to be joined by my first Contact teacher, Olivia Shaffer — dancer and Assistant Director at EDAM Dance Company. In this episode, we chat about: ✨ Her journey from ballet to Europe to Contact Improvisation ✨ Correcting “doing” in Contact ✨ Staying curious when injured with scores of limitation ✨ Pilates and Feldenkrais in her practice ✨ Dancing as a Contact company performance artist ✨ Moving grief into art through her choreography ✨ Wrestling and flying in childhood as precursors to Contact 🌐 Learn more about Olivia’s classes and work: www.oliviashaffer.ca | edamdance.org 🎧 Follow Faces of CI online: @momentumcontact 📸 Photo by Hilary Maxwell 📍 Recorded at EDAM Dance in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada — on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #edamdance #artscanada #dancepodcast #vancouverdance #improvisationdance #danceteacher #feldenkrais #arttherapy | |||
| Andrew Harwood — Canada's Contact Pioneer (Saltspring Contact Festival 2023) | 05 Sep 2023 | 00:50:00 | |
Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation Our guest today is the legendary Contact teacher Andrew Harwood (Montreal). Since 1975, Andrew has been instrumental in spreading Contact Improvisation across Canada. In this episode, we discuss: ✨ His beginnings with Nancy Stark Smith ✨ Performance and ensemble work in CI ✨ Contemplative dance ✨ Aging in the dancing body ✨ The secret Contact meeting of first-generation CI teachers in Vermont 📍 Recorded at Saltspring Island Contact Festival 2023 🎧 IG @momentumcontact 📅 Momentum Facilitator Training info: www.momentum-contact.com #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #andrewharwood #improvisationdance #dancehistory | |||
| Aalia Solo — Leadership & Embodiment in Dance Spaces — Momentum Contact Facilitator Trainings | 02 Sep 2023 | 00:19:17 | |
Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation In this episode, I share details about an exciting new training I’ll be hosting in Bali: Momentum Contact Improvisation Facilitator Training 📅 November 4–13, 2023 | Bali This 10-day training will change the way you see yourself, the body, and the world around you — an initiation into leading the Contact Improvisation movement. We’ll deep dive into: ✨ Leadership and facilitation tools ✨ Somatic supporting practices ✨ Our tried-and-true workshop method for introducing new dancers to CI ✨ How to lead the Momentum Contact Improvisation Beginner Skills workshop ✨ Hosting jams, marketing yourself, finding venues, teaching private 1:1 sessions, and so much more 🌐 To apply for Momentum Contact Facilitator Trainings: www.momentum-contact.com 📸 Instagram: @momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #facilitator #improvisationdance #Bali | |||
| Manuel Rochette & Selena La Brooy — Creators of Saltspring Island Contact Festival (Canada) | 17 Aug 2023 | 00:49:46 | |
Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation Our guests today are Selena Lo Brooy & Manuel Rochette — hosts of Saltspring Contact Festival. We danced together for 10 inspiring days of Contact Improvisation at Rhizome Springs — a dancer’s and nature lover’s dream on the hillside of Mt. Tuam, featuring panoramic eagle’s-eye views and a hive-shaped geodesic dome/spaceship, ready for lift-off during Manu’s DJ’d jam sets. In this episode, we chat about: ✨ The history of Contact on Saltspring Island ✨ Keeping one foot in Contact’s origins and one in its future ✨ Dancing in the dome at Rhizome Springs 📍 Recorded during Saltspring Contact Festival 2023, on the unceded territories of the Hul'ka'menum and Sencoten-speaking peoples in British Columbia, Canada. 🌐 Learn more: contactimprovisationsaltspring.com | www.rhizomesprings.com 🎧 IG @momentumcontact 📅 Upcoming events by Aalia: msha.ke/momentumworkshop ✍️ Momentum Contact Facilitator Trainings #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #contactfestival #saltspringisland | |||
| Aalia Solo — Contact Jam Styles, Discovering Fusion & Nancy Wisdom | 27 Jul 2023 | 00:45:13 | |
In this episode, I share more about my own dance journey: ✨ Discovering Contact Improvisation at a fusion festival ✨ The four dance styles I notice at jams ✨ Wisdom from Nancy Stark Smith ✨ Reflections on my background and influences 📄 Nancy Stark Smith’s Mini Solo Underscore: https://bit.ly/3i0ftNk ✍️ Upcoming Workshops by Aalia 📸 Follow along on Instagram: @momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somaticpractice #nancystarksmith #dancebackground #contactjam | |||
| Christina Dohr & Santiago Ortiz Heredia — Contact Architecture to Aikido (Towards CI Conference) | 26 Jul 2023 | 01:04:47 | |
Our guests today are the dancing teaching duo Christina Dohr (Germany) & Santiago Ortiz Heredia (Spain) — in this bi-lingual episode (Spanish with translation) we explore: ✨ Architecture & Aikido in dance ✨ Touching in both directions ✨ Embodying being seen ✨ Psychomagic storytelling ✨ Cross-cultural Contact pollination 📍 Recorded in Chiang Dao, Thailand for Towards CI51 Conference www.towards.contact 📸 Find them on Instagram: @black_key & @embodiedchristina 🔗 Faces of CI is @momentumcontact 🌐 Upcoming Workshops by Aalia msha.ke/momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #architect #aikido #dancefestival #somaticpractice #towardsContact #contactfestival | |||
| Tu Anh Le — Pacing & Paradox in Hanoi Contact (Vietnam) | 18 Jul 2023 | 00:42:48 | |
Our guest today is Tu Le (Vietnam) — independent movement artist and teacher of Contact Improvisation, with a background in contemporary dance and ballet. In 2017, Tu founded Contact Improv Hanoi and has been sharing the essence of the practice ever since. For him, dance improvisation is a tool to nurture mindfulness and creativity. In this episode, we explore: ✨ Learning Contact from YouTube ✨ Pacing ourselves in dancing ✨ Gender dynamics & gentleness ✨ Holding paradox in movement ✨ The Contact scene in Vietnam 📲 Instagram: @2anhle 📘 Facebook: Contact Improv Hanoi 🔗 Faces of CI is @momentumcontact 🌐 Upcoming Workshops by Aalia msha.ke/momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #vietnamdance #contactimprovhanoi #mindfulmovement #dance #dancepodcast | |||
| Nitipat Ong Polchai — Physics & Queering The Practice of CI (Bangkok, Thailand) | 01 Jul 2023 | 00:48:50 | |
Our guest today is Nitipat “Ong” Ong Polchai (Thailand) — performer, community builder, and long-time organizer of the Bangkok Contact jam scene. Ong’s journey began in San Francisco’s experimental-contact-art scene, training in Berkeley with Karl Frost. His work spans creative collaborations with other bi-cultural Contact performers for Pride in Thailand, teaching Physics by day, and championing “queering the practice” of CI to expand beyond the norms. In this episode, we discuss: ✨ Dance privilege & inclusion ✨ Working with blind dancers ✨ Social issues through the CI lens ✨ Cultural perspectives on Contact Improvisation in Thailand 📲 Ong on Instagram: @spineparty 📘 Facebook: Contact Improvisation in Bangkok 🔗 Faces of CI is @momentumcontact 🌐 Upcoming Workshops by Aalia msha.ke/momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #bangkokdance #lgbtdance #queeringthepractice #inclusivedance #somaticpractice #dancepodcast | |||
| Yasukichi Suzuki — Simple is Strongest (Tokyo, Japan) | 16 Jun 2023 | 00:32:10 | |
Our guest today is Yasukichi Sazuki (Japan) — a pioneer of Contact Improvisation in Tokyo, sharing the form for over two decades and introducing it to her country. In this episode, we explore: ✨ Trusting the environment & culture of caring in Japan ✨ Staying rooted in CI fundamentals — gravity, fall, expansion, breath ✨ Offering space for authentic encounter ✨ “Simple is the strongest.” 📘 Find Contact Improvisation Japan 🙏 Special thanks to dancer Izumi Kuribayashi for translating this first bilingual episode. 🎧 Faces of CI online: Instagram @momentumcontact 🔗 Upcoming Contact Workshops by Aalia #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #tokyodance #japan #asiandancecommunity #somaticpractice #dancepodcast | |||
| Kirstie Simson — Dancing in Resilient Times (Chiang Dao, Thailand) | 29 Jan 2023 | 00:51:10 | |
Our guest today is Kirstie Simson — legendary improviser, award-winning dancer, and teacher of Contact Improvisation for over 40 years, described by The New York Times as “a force of nature.” In this deeply personal conversation, recorded during her 3-week Chiang Dao residency Resilience and Support in Difficult Times, we explore: ✨ Navigating cancer with grace and resilience ✨ Environmental philosophy in art and movement ✨ The influence of aikido on her dance ✨ Sexuality vs. sensuality in CI ✨ Storytelling and transmutation through improvisation 🌐 Kirstie's Website: kirstiesimson.com 🎧 Faces of CI online: Instagram @momentumcontact 💃 About Aalia, the host: aaliadances.com 📚 Learn CI online: www.contactbody.ca #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #kirstiesimson #dancepodcast #improvisation #somaticpractice #dancer | |||
| Damla Ozcelik — Contact-Tango & Contact for the Blind (Turkey) | 20 Oct 2022 | 00:48:37 | |
Live from Towards CI50 Conference, we welcome Damla Özçelik — Contact Improvisation facilitator from Turkey. In this conversation, we explore: ✨ Teaching CI to blind dancers ✨ Body–self–empowerment workshops for teenage girls ✨ Navigating consent in CI ✨ Fusing tango with contact improvisation 🌐 More about Damla: Instagram 🎧 Faces of CI online: @momentumcontact 🔗 Upcoming Contact Workshops by Aalia 📚 Learn CI online: www.contactbody.ca #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #damlaözçelik #dancepodcast #improvisation #somaticpractice #dancecommunity | |||
| Francisco Borges & Geraldine Acevedo | Philos of Contact and the Water Body (Portugal, Columbia) | 04 Aug 2022 | 01:14:50 | |
Recorded in the mountains of Chiang Dao, Thailand at a mystical monastery during Part 2 of the Towards 50th CI Anniversary Conference. For 10 days, 35 contact dancers lived together beside a hot springs “Heaven.” Our guests are CI teachers and dear friends Francisco Borges (Portugal) & Geraldine Acevedo Espansa (Colombia) — facilitators of Ocean Dance, water contact, and CI in Koh Pha Ngan. In this conversation, we explore: ✨ The philosophy of CI ✨ The water & nature body ✨ Freedom from rules in dance ✨ Teaching CI without words to village kids on the Myanmar border 🌐 More about their work: Instagram @hojadeltropico & @awakedanceflow 🎧 Faces of CI online: Instagram @momentumcontact 📚 Learn CI online: www.contactbody.ca #contactimprovisation #oceandance #momentumcontact #contactdance #waterdance #dancepodcast #contactdance #improvisation | |||
| Khuyen Bui — Dancing With The Voices In Your Head (Vietnam) | 28 Jun 2022 | 00:35:44 | |
This is one of my favorite episodes so far! We’re live in Chiang Mai, Thailand for the Towards 50th CI Anniversary Conference — a month-long dance festival intensive. Our guest is Khuyen “Kasper” Bui — teacher of CI, philosopher, TED speaker, and writer based in Vietnam. 🌐 More about his work: www.khuyenbui.com 🎧 Faces of CI online: Instagram @momentumcontact 📚 Learn CI online: www.contactbody.ca #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #dancefestival #dancephilosophy #somaticpractice #improvisation #ci50 | |||
| Bari Kim — Dancing Landscapes & Performing CI (Korea) | 20 Jun 2022 | 00:26:33 | |
We’re live in Chiang Mai, Thailand for the Towards 50th CI Anniversary Conference — a month-long dance festival intensive. Our guest is Bari Kim — teacher of CI, Body-Mind Centering®, and choreographer based in Seoul & Jeju, Korea. 🌐 More about her work: Instagram @bari.dance & barikim.blogspot.com 🎧 Faces of CI online: Instagram @momentumcontact 🪩 About Aalia www.aaliadances.com 📚 Learn CI online: www.contactbody.ca #contactimprovisation #koreandance #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #dancer #ci50 #bodymindcentering | |||
| Anne Cooper — Improvising At A Distance at Edam Dance | 19 Jun 2022 | 00:54:47 | |
We’re in Vancouver, Canada at EDAM Dance Company — the first studio where I learned Contact and a space that holds a special place in my heart. Our guest is Anne Cooper — Contact Improvisation teacher at EDAM for over 20 years, artist, performer, and choreographer. Her Sunday classes offer a patient, inquiring approach that’s especially welcoming to newcomers. We chat about: ✨ Performance & choreography in CI ✨ Improvising at a distance during Covid ✨ Funding for dancers ✨ …and how Contact can be a metaphor for a perfect day at the beach 🌐 EDAM class schedule: edamdance.org 🎧 Faces of CI online: Instagram @momentumcontact 📚 Learn CI online: www.contactbody.ca #contactimprovisation #annecooper #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #edamdance #somaticpractice | |||
| Ubud, Bali — Our Contact Community with Helena, Anika, Fay & Somaji | 19 Jun 2022 | 01:37:44 | |
Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation Ubud, Bali — a place that’s become my unofficial new home after spending 9 months here this year. 🌿 In this (long-awaited) episode, we’re joined by local teachers and friend- dancers: ✨ Helena Kober (Spain) ✨ Somaji Surya (Costa Rica) ✨ Fay Yeo Un Kim (Korea) ✨ Anika Gunawan (Indonesia) Together, we explore the spirit of Ubud’s Contact community, the dancers who shape it, and the connections that keep us coming back to the floor. 🎧 Follow along: Instagram @momentumcontact 📅 Upcoming workshops by Aalia https://msha.ke/momentumworkshop #contactimprovisation #ubudbali #momentumcontact #contactdance #baliartists #somaticpractice #ubud #dancecommunity | |||
| Koh Phangan, Thailand — Dolores Dewhurst-Marks, Bernd Vollmer & Astrid Van Zon | 19 Jun 2022 | 01:06:59 | |
Welcome to Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation We’re in Koh Phangan, Thailand, during Art Continuum Nomadic Residency, joined by guests: ✨ Dolores Dewhurst-Marks (England) ✨ Bernd Vollmer (Germany) ✨ Astrid Van Zon (Netherlands) Together we explore: 🌊 Dance as life philosophy ✨ The highs of movement 🧘 Yoga-to-CI journeys ❓ The magic of not knowing 🌿 Dolores Work Towards.Contact & Instagram 🎧 Follow along with Aalia on Instagram @momentumcontact 📅 Upcoming workshops by Aalia https://msha.ke/momentumworkshop #contactimprovisation #kohphangan #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #somatics #contactimprov | |||
| Chiang Mai, Thailand — Vangelis Legakis (Greece) & Man Yee Cheung on Teaching (China) | 19 Jun 2022 | 00:34:52 | |
Welcome to Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation We’re in Chiang Mai, Thailand, joined by CI Facilitators: ✨ Vangelis Legakis (Greece) Creator of Contact Beyond Contact and Unity Space Performance Trainings ✨ Man Yee Cheung (China) Dancing Contact and navigating sexuality in China. Together we discuss: 🎭 Current dance projects 📚 Unique teaching methods — or as Man Yee puts it, “sharing” 🌏 Perspectives from their work in CI around the world 🌿 Vagelis Unity Space 🎧 Follow along: Instagram @momentumcontact 📅 Upcoming workshops by Aalia https://msha.ke/momentumworkshop #contactimprovisation #chiangmai #momentumcontact #contactdance #dancepodcast #chiangmai | |||
| Arambol, India — Vega Luukkonen & Dancers — CI as a metaphor for life | 19 Jun 2022 | 00:33:38 | |
Welcome to the first episode of Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation We’re in Arambol, India, joined by Contact dancers and teachers in casual discussions about the practice: ✨ Orion Freeman (USA) ✨ Vega Luukkonen (Finland) ✨ Ambarish Shiva (India) ✨ Harmandeep Singh (India) ✨ Nati Nita (Georgia) Together we explore: 💡 First impressions of Contact Improvisation 🎓 Teaching the practice 🌊 CI as a metaphor for life. 🤝 Finding the ultimate connection in a dance partner — and much more! .. Please excuse the road noise, it's India. 🙏 🪩 Vega on Instagram 🎧 Follow along with us on Instagram @momentumcontact 📅 Upcoming workshops: https://msha.ke/momentumworkshop #contactimprovisation #arambol #momentumcontact #contactdance | |||