Alexei Kapterev
Move!Evolution of dance | Dance of evolution
IQ
EQ
Great metaphor, but… where is BQ?
(emotional intelligence quotient)
(intelligence quotient)
Yes, bodily intelligence
We are so much in the brains…
That we forget about the rest
What’s his EQ?
Zero. None.(no body — no emotions)
We think math is important…
And it’s true.
I think math is important… but so is dance.
Ken Robinson @ TED.com
Dance???
But isn’t dance just a stupid waste of time?
No, it’s a way to reclaim your body
It has many faces…
It was around since forever
It could be an ecstatic trance
An aesthetic endeavor
Means of expressing self
R.G. Collingwood, British philosopher and historian
Dance is the mother of all languages!
Or an extreme sport
But can you have them all?…
Ecstasy Aesthetics
AdventureExpression
Apparently, yes.The form is called...
Contact Improvisation
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.
Dance evolves constantly
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Steve Paxton
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Steve’s recipe
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Steve Paxton @ CI 36th anniversaryBy Paula Zacharias
Standing… this was my practice for 10 years.
Alexei Kapterev, the presentation author
The result was… a dance which was very physical, with unique aesthetics: fluid and animalistic; and also truly democratic.
There’s a great Force acting in the Universe… It is called gravity.
Fluidity
Yield to gravity
Use momentum
Be fluid as water
And light as air
Grounded like a rock
Unique (an unconventional) aesthetics
And sparkling like fire
If you're dancing physics, you're dancing contact.
— Steve Paxton
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.
Anyone can practice CI
It’s a performing art
It’s a social dance
It is practiced at jams
With and without music
Jams
In round-robins
Outdoors
At small workshops
And really big festivals
Warm-up at CI36by Paula Zacharias
CI helps to boost your BQ
And maybe go even further
Because evolution is not over
It’s super easy to find
SF Bay Area: 50 CI teachers
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So… what are you waiting for?
Move!Evolution of dance | Dance of evolution
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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