It is now possible to borrow books, videos or cards on Contact Improv.
You have the option to borrow for a period of one week the chosen document. Documents are available in a locker at Studio 303 during Sunday classes and jam.
For taking a document or any questions please write to:
archives@contactimpro.org
Here is the list of available documents:
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Material for the Spine - Steve Paxton (DVD-ROM)
A Movement Study
Produced by Contredanse
In 1986, dancer Steve Paxton began examining the spine he had observed in the practice of Contact Improvisation, a duet …
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Videoda Contact Improvisation Archive (DVD)
Collected Edition 1972 – 1983
VIDEODA, a project of Contact Collaborations, Inc., archives performance documents of Contact Improvisation from its inception in 1972.
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The Earth is Breathing You
Writings on Contact Improvisation
by Martin Keogh
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Contact Improvisation
An Introduction to a Vitalizing Dance Form
by Cheryl Pallant
In this book the author draws upon her own extensive experience and research to explain the art of contact improvisation, …
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On the Edge
Dialogues on Dance Improvisation in Performance
edited by Agnès Benoit
Bilingual: English/French
Devoted to improvisation as a performance form, this book consists of 14 interviews with dancers/improvisers whose creative …
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Encounters with Contact
Dancing Contact Improvisation in College
edited by Ann Cooper Albright, et al.
Through a series of student writings and essays by established artists teaching in universities throughout the U.S., Encounters considers the …
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CQ/Contact Improvisation 25th Anniversary Sourcebook
Collected Writings and Graphics from Contact Quarterly dance journal 1975-1992
Eds: Nancy Stark Smith & Lisa Nelson
This is the first volume of writings reprinted fromContact Quarterly dance journal concerning the practice of contact improvisation, a …
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Caught Falling
The Confluence of Contact Improvisation, Nancy Stark Smith, and Other Moving Ideas
by David Koteen, Nancy Stark Smith
with a Backwords by Steve Paxton
The inside-out of dancer/ Contact Quarterly editor Nancy Stark Smith’s life as seen through the kaleidoscope of her thirty-six year …
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86 Aspects of Composition
a tool for open-ended creative research
(deck of cards)
by Mike Vargas. Adapted from Mike Vargas’s article, “Looking at Composition is Like Painting the Golden Gate Bridge: 86 Aspects of Composition,” published …
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Terpsichore’s Deck
by Eliza Larson
Terpsichore’s Deck (named after the muse of dance) is an instructional and inspirational creative text for novice and advanced dance …
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Five ways In -Documentary on Contact Improvisation (Vidéo)
’Five Ways In’ tells the stories of five people and their journeys through the Freiburg International Contact Improvisation dance festival. It is a collaboratively made documentary, one hour long, that was inspired by many conversations and consultations within the contact improvisation dance community.