This is the second of two parts by Alexia Buono, discussing teacher education in contact improvisation. Her first part, Teacher education in CI: What does teacher education have to do with safer dance spaces?, discussed how justice-oriented pedagogical teacher education…
Category: organizing and planning
Teacher education in CI: What does teacher education have to do with safer dance spaces? (part 1 of 2)
Hi blog readers! I’m happy to introduce a new writer on my blog, Alexia Buono. Alexia is CI dancer with a PhD in education who specializes in teacher education and dance pedagogy in particular. I invited her to write on…
A Helpful Supplement to Myth #6: “It’s just not my thing” — addressing facilitator doubts (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 of this article, “Myth #6: Written guidelines keep CI spaces safe,” I discussed why having written guidelines is an insufficient strategy for creating safer CI spaces, and explained why CI teachers and facilitators need to model talking…
Myth #6: Written guidelines keep CI spaces safe (Part 1 of 2)
I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but in 2020, written guidelines alone are not sufficient for contact improvisation (CI) communities to uphold a standard of intolerance toward sexual transgressions on and around the dance floor. No matter…
Diversity Scholarship for Falling Leaves Jam, deadline Monday 10/6
I’m happy to report some progress being made towards greater diversity in contact improvisation. For the first time, Earthdance is offering a Diversity Scholarship for the October Falling Leaves Jam (10/23 – 10/26). The deadline is coming up soon —…
Can you give me some guidelines/suggestions for playing music at jams?
Music can be an incredibly powerful force in a contact improvisation jam. When played poorly it can be distracting, or even dangerous. It can affect your relationship to your partner and detract from physical awarenesses that keep you alert and…
What you can do to promote diversity in CI
This is likely the first of many posts about diversity and contact improvisation. It is hopefully no secret to you that contact improvisation dancers are not a particularly diverse group. CI dancers tend to be white, quite educated, coming from…
Square Feet
A few weeks ago, an e-mail from Charlie Halpern-Hamu came my way, wondering what square footage per dancer was allocated for SHIFT: The 2012 New York City Fall Equinox Jam. Charlie was planning for the Ontario Regional Jam coming up…