Over the past months I have occasionally pondered the meaning and impact of the Christian symbol of Jesus on the Cross. When I visit a...

I often hear Contact Improvisation teachers emphasizing the importance of ‘keeping one’s own solo dance’ (variously phrased). What they...

At a recent workshop in Vienna, Ralf Jaroschinski proposed to reflect and approach contact improvisation from the point of view of...

I walk. People around. A lot. But are they there? Social roles, of course, keep us apart. Everybody is playing their part. You must...

I’m on my way back from another very inspiring week of the CI teacher training in Freiburg. This time the most insightful aspect emerged...

(The 'syllabus' for Get in Contact – a series of classes about CI, from a contemplative perspective) Contact Improvisation is not a...

‘Mind’ is a very loose and vague term we often use to refer to almost anything that is not immediately connected with physical...

1. The core gesture of CI is the act of directing attention towards gravity, the earth, and one’s partner(s).   2. Doing CI requires...

It has been one year or so since I started delving into free conscious movement (I’m still reluctant to use the word “dance” as it has so...

Back again from Freiburg, this time for the first week of the CI teacher training. The topic of the week was ‘principles’. We gathered...

I’m in Freiburg again, this time to start a year-long program about CI and how to teach it. Asking oneself how to teach a subject is one...

I’m writing these notes on my way back from the 2024 Contact Improvisation Festival in Freiburg. It has been an incredible opportunity...

How do we establish authentic connections? How do we get in touch with one another in such a way that we are both honoured in what we...

I stepped into the space trembling For answers I could not dare to Listen. The ecstatic southern Sun was sweeping the floor and you Were...

What does it mean to be intimate? As most words, ‘intimacy’ brings with it a certain metaphorical gesture, even a bodily scheme. The word...

Turning 38 in a bit more than a month from now, I’m discovering that there is a truth in distinguishing different phases in life. This is...

In the hot dusty noise of the summer I came to the old ruined shrine, heavy With questions, mine and of my dear ones. We are beings of...

When we interact in daily life, we are often in a sort of business or transaction mode: I do this, you do that; I give you X and you give...

It is common to hear appeals to ‘embodiment’ or complaints about being too much in your ‘thoughts’ (sometimes in your ‘head’ or ‘brain’,...

I spend quite some time without thinking much at anything. Often when I walk, or sit, or just attend to ordinary activities, I like being...