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ANNUAL 2010 VOL. 35 NO. 1
2 CQ Messages 12 CONVERSATION WITH JULYEN HAMILTON 20 SEEING BEYOND SIGHT/ 25 MEMORIES IN MOTION 33 DISTILLATION 37 ESSENTIALS: basic Contact Improv. principles & practices
38 STILL MOVING Contact Improv. shoptalk & dialogue 46 CI Newsletter Contact Improvisation news & notices
68 Dance Map
classified ads of programs, services, etc. 70 AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE... |
FRONT COVER: [Left to right] Lea Kiefer and Sebas van Wetten at the Contactfestival Frieberg in Freiburg,
Germany, August 2009.
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ANTONIA CRAIGE graduated from Wesleyan University in May 2009. Twenty-two years old, she has been teaching yoga and making dances for three years. TONY DEIFELL is a visual artist and social entrepreneur in San Francisco. He has spent over a decade creating youth-generated media projects, including From the Hip, Youth Voice Radio, and ISM—a diversity project using video diaries to address race issues, which was recognized by the White House as a national model of diversity education. He serves as chief strategist for KaBOOM!, is on the board of directors of Active Voice, advises film and television projects, and develops participatory media-making productions, such as wdydwyd? (why do you do what you do?). He taught photography at the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh, NC, from 1992 to 1997. www.seeingbeyondsight.org HANNAH FOX is a professor of dance and theater at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY. She is artistic director of Big Apple Playback Theatre and conducts dance theater workshops internationally. Hannah was the founder and director of the 92 St. Y Young Women's Youth Theatre and is the editor of Akimbo: Scenes and Monologues by the Young Women's Theatre Collective. www.bigappleplayback.com JULYEN HAMILTON is a dancer, director, poet, and teacher. Originally from England, he has been an exponent of innovative performance since the 1970s, composing instantly and working with movement and text, sometimes in collaboration with live musicians or a lighting designer. He teaches and performs throughout the world and lives in Catalonia, Spain with his family. www.julyenhamilton.com DIETER HEITKAMP, ECKHARD MÜLLER, NORBERT PAPE, and NANCY STARK SMITH are long-term contact improvisation dancers, performers, teachers, and organizers, who are committed to the present and future well-being of that work. SHIRA LYNN was at one time highly educated and working a respectable job in the city. Now, one can only imagine what she is doing at any given moment, foraging for sustenance in the hills of western Massachusetts. NINA MARTIN, REBECCA BRYANT, and MARGARET PAEK are Lower Left Performance Collective artists. They collaborate on performance projects and teaching residencies, such as March 2 Marfa and Dance Ranch Marfa. Nina is on faculty at Texas Christian University, Rebecca is on faculty at Purdue University, and Margaret teaches and performs in NYC while also seeking an MFA at Hollins University/ADF. www.lowerleft.org STEVE PAXTON is an inveterate contactor who is interested in improvisation. STEPHANIE SKURA, "a major American experimentalist" (Dance Ink) and Bessie Award winner, has taught and performed for twenty-five years throughout the U.S. and in fourteen countries. She continues to experiment with movement as an activator of meaning and form, investigating boundaries and intersections of dance, theater, poetry, and performance. She is based in Auburn, WA. DEY SUMMER lives in Boston, MA, where she spends a lot of time doing things she loves, including being a bodyworker, playing flute, dancing, and creating more opportunities to dance. NINA WISE is a performance artist, writer, and founder of the Motion Theater technique. She is known for her provocative and original performance works, which have been produced in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Nina is the author of Big New Free Happy Unusual Life, and her many articles and stories have been published in journals, magazines, and anthologies. She currently teaches at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in CA. www.ninawise.com, www.motioninstitute.com. ADDITIONAL ISSUE CONTRIBUTORS: |