Faces Of CI

Mar 07 2024 27 ep. 42 mins 8
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Welcome to Faces of CI - conversations in Contact Improvisation. In each episode, I interview Contact dancers, teachers, strangers, and friends about the practice, and ultimately ask about Contact as a mirror for life. We journey primarily through SE Asia & Canada Contact scenes. I'm your host Aalia, a lifelong dancer, now based in Bali where I share CI in workshop & retreats. Follow us on Instagram @facesofci and hit subscribe! Aaliadances.myportfolio.com

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ANDY CHEN | Momentum Contact Facilitator Training

Mar 07 2024 26 mins  
Welcome to Faces of CI - the podcast of conversations in Contact Improvisation. We are joined today by our newest graduate of our Momentum Contact Facilitator Training - Andy Chen (USA / Portugal) ● From the episode "I really love the jams where I get to dance with a lot of bodies. There's a little feeling of "ok, I had a dance and it wasn't that great" But I still went back in.

ON AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT | Students of Momentum Contact Workshop

Mar 07 2024 29 mins  
Welcome to Faces of CI - the podcast of conversations in Contact Improvisation. We are joined live from one of our Momentum Beginners Contact Workshops with.. our students! Yes, I wanted to share their voices and insights on the practice about what it means to "move authentically" and "be a dancer". Tune in to find out more. ● ONLINE www.momentum-contact.com & Instagram @faceso

WHAT IS A DANCER? | Students of Momentum Contact Workshop

Feb 09 2024 13 mins  
In this episode we sit with our students in Momentum Contact Workshop, reflecting upon the questions "What is a dancer?" And "What is flow in your body?". I am in awe of my student's shares each time we do this exercise. Names have been withheld for privacy. • Join us for next upcoming Momentum Contact Workshops https://msha.ke/momentumworkshop Find us on Instagram @facesofci - A

SUNNY & JANICE | Momentum Facilitators Training Bali Nov 2023

Dec 23 2023 18 mins  
Welcome to Faces of CI - the podcast of conversations in Contact Improvisation. Our guests today are our new graduate facilitators from the first edition of Momentum Contact Facilitator Training - Sunny Zheng (Beijing, China) and Janice Chen (Berkeley, USA) /// Sunny : "I just completed the 10 day training with so many takeaways. It’s a journey about exploring my inner self and e

STUART PHILLIPS | Victoria, Canada

Dec 21 2023 39 mins  
Welcome to Faces of CI - conversations in Contact Improvisation. Our guest today is Stuart Phillips, Contact Teacher since 1980's joining us from Victoria, BC, Canada. From his wild roots at Bates College in the 1980's all day improvising to contact as charades on steriods. We chat about CI as weirdness, allowance, shadowwork, and therapeutic relief from our everyday lives. His sty

PETER BINGHAM | EDAM Dance Company

Oct 04 2023 38 mins  
Welcome to Faces of CI - conversations in Contact. Peter Bingham is a force within the world of Contact Improvisation, teaching and creating performance works through his company EDAM Dance in Vancouver, Canada since 1980. In this episode we discuss his origin story in dance, the physical mechanics of Contact in terms of choreography, his daily morning class for professional danc

AALIA | Solo Episode #2

Sep 24 2023 17 mins  
Hey, it me Aalia! Hopping on the ramble about : cultivating joy, play, and weirdness in jams to reset and shake habits. Comedy improv and circling as supportive mirrors to contact improvisation. What it means to be an embodied leader of contact. Navigating self compassion within the dance of life. // Follow Faces of CI & Aalia online Instagram @facesofci Upcoming workshops https

OLIVIA SHAFFER | Edam Dance

Sep 21 2023 46 mins  
Welcome to Faces of CI ~ conversations in Contact Improvisation. I am delighted to be joined by my first contact teacher, Olivia Shaffer, dancer and assistant director at EDAM Dance Company. In this episode, we chat about her journey from ballet to Europe to contact to finding her voice, correcting "doing" in contact, staying curious when injured with scores of limitation, pilate

ANDREW HARWOOD | Saltspring Contact Festival 2023

Sep 04 2023 50 mins  
Welcome to Faces of CI - The podcast on conversations in Contact Improvisation. Our guest today is the legendary Contact teacher Andrew Harwood (Montreal). Since 1975 Andrew has been instrumental in spreading Contact Improvisation across Canada. We discuss the roots of his beginnings with Nancy Stark Smith, performance and ensemble in CI, contemplative dance, aging in the dancing

MOMENTUM FACILITATOR TRAINING | BALI

Sep 01 2023 19 mins  
This solo episode I share about an exciting new training I'll be hosting in Bali ~ Momentum Contact Improv Facilitator Training. NOV 4 - 13, 2023, BALI Momentum Contact Facilitator Training will change the way you see yourself, the body, and the world around you, as an initiation into leading the Contact Improvisation movement. Held over 10 days in the south of Bali, we will dee