Contact Improvisation Class, Leicester, 29.03.26

A Contact Improvisation class with Jo Dyer.

Suitable for all levels of experience, this Contact Improvisation class will include individual and partner tasks, exploring varying shifts of weight between dancers. We will walk, run, roll and fall, with a focus on the enjoyment of sharing the space together – dancing alongside, with and in contact with others.

Contact Improvisation is a dance form created by Steve Paxton in the US in 1972, although its roots lie in many developments and experiments in 20th-century dance and culture. An exploration of two or more bodies moving together in physical contact, Contact Improvisation pays particular attention to the force of gravity to explore what is possible when people move together. It can be a gentle practice of attuning to oneself and others, but also can energetic and athletic.

Jo Dyer is a dancer, teacher and performer. She has practised Contact Improvisation for over 20 years, including training with Nancy Stark Smith. She recently completed a Masters in Creative Practice at Trinity Laban, with the help of a Leverhulme scholarship, and she currently teaches in London and the Midlands.

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