Remembering Nancy Stark Smith
I’ve been wondering just what the heck I could write about Nancy that hasn’t already been said, especially as others (whom I admire so) have written of their deep and multi-decade relationship with her. I …
I’ve been wondering just what the heck I could write about Nancy that hasn’t already been said, especially as others (whom I admire so) have written of their deep and multi-decade relationship with her. I …
At a recent Underscore, I started thinking about the notion of arriving. Nancy Stark Smith described the phase of Arriving Energetically as, “Bringing your attention, your presence, your will, into the room. Bringing your focus …
At a recent Underscore that I facilitated, I shared the following quote from Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, a Zen Buddhist priest in Oakland, CA: "Awareness of oneness in life includes difference" (Manuel, 2015). Manuel's notion that …
Here’s a video of a Contact Improvisation performance called “Yield” which was performed by Vitali Kononov and Rosemary Hannon at the West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival in 2007: Yield at WCCIF 2007
Here’s a Contact Improvisation video of a duet beterr Steve Homsher and Catherine Lessard at CI36 at Juniata College in 2008: Duet from CI36
Here’s a Contact Improvisation trailer for the upcoming documentary, “Contact Improvisation: An Intimate Dance”: Trailer for the Documentary, An Intimate Dance
Here’s a Contact Improvisation video called “The Poetics of Touch: Nancy Stark Smith, a pathway into Contact Improvisation” (25 minutes) filmed in 2013 at Casina Settarte in Italy: The Poetics of Touch: Nancy Stark Smith, a pathway into Contact Improvisation
Here is a short Contact Improvisation video featuring Steve Paxton describing Contact Improvisation as Ray Chung and Kirstie Simson dance a duet as part of “The Improvisation Project” at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 1998: The Improvisation Project, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival