move! evolution of dance | dance of evolution
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Presentation about a dance form called contact improvisation (CI).TRANSCRIPT
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Alexei Kapterev
Move!Evolution of dance | Dance of evolution
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IQ
EQ
Great metaphor, but… where is BQ?
(emotional intelligence quotient)
(intelligence quotient)
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Yes, bodily intelligence
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We are so much in the brains…
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That we forget about the rest
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What’s his EQ?
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Zero. None.(no body — no emotions)
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We think math is important…
And it’s true.
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I think math is important… but so is dance.
Ken Robinson @ TED.com
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Dance???
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But isn’t dance just a stupid waste of time?
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No, it’s a way to reclaim your body
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It has many faces…
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It was around since forever
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It could be an ecstatic trance
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An aesthetic endeavor
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Means of expressing self
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R.G. Collingwood, British philosopher and historian
Dance is the mother of all languages!
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Or an extreme sport
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But can you have them all?…
Ecstasy Aesthetics
AdventureExpression
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Apparently, yes.The form is called...
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Contact Improvisation
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Alexei Kapterev, the presentation author
CI is not the only dance form in existence. But it’s the one I love. And I invite you to share the experience — which is amazing.
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Dance evolves constantly
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20th century70’s
60’s
50’s
40’s
30’s
20’s
10’sIsadora Duncan
(this is just one of many lines)
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20th century70’s
60’s
50’s
40’s
30’s
20’s
10’sIsadora Duncan
Martha Graham
(this is just one of many lines)
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20th century70’s
60’s
50’s
40’s
30’s
20’s
10’sIsadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
(this is just one of many lines)
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20th century70’s
60’s
50’s
40’s
30’s
20’s
10’sIsadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Merce Cunningham
Steve Paxton
(this is just one of many lines)
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20th century70’s
60’s
50’s
40’s
30’s
20’s
10’sIsadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Merce CunninghamSteve is the founder of Contact Improv
Steve Paxton
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Steve’s recipe
Aikido ContactImprov
Modern Dance
+ =
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Steve Paxton @ CI 36th anniversaryBy Paula Zacharias
Standing… this was my practice for 10 years.
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Alexei Kapterev, the presentation author
The result was… a dance which was very physical, with unique aesthetics: fluid and animalistic; and also truly democratic.
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There’s a great Force acting in the Universe… It is called gravity.
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Fluidity
Yield to gravity
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Use momentum
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Be fluid as water
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And light as air
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Grounded like a rock
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Unique (an unconventional) aesthetics
And sparkling like fire
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If you're dancing physics, you're dancing contact.
— Steve Paxton
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Karl Frost,CI teacher
My friend John LeFan used to say that CI is 5% creativity, 95% survival…
And it’s a beautiful thing: watching animal in action.
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Anyone can practice CI
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It’s a performing art
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It’s a social dance
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It is practiced at jams
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With and without music
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Jams
In round-robins
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Outdoors
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At small workshops
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And really big festivals
Warm-up at CI36by Paula Zacharias
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CI helps to boost your BQ
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And maybe go even further
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Because evolution is not over
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It’s super easy to find
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SF Bay Area: 50 CI teachers
CI teacher
CI teacher
CI teacher
CI teacher
CI teacherCI teacher
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So… what are you waiting for?
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Move!Evolution of dance | Dance of evolution
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Contact Improv photos courtesy of Olga Zotova and Konstantin Voschanov
(kphoto.ru) unless otherwise mentioned.
All other photos obtained via sxc.hu and wikipedia.org unless otherwise mentioned.
Text and design by Alexei Kapterev ([email protected])
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