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Hone your habits and sweeten your skills in Contact Improvisation

with Deb Grant

THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL-

If you want to be on a cancellation list,

please send me an email at debagrant@gmail.com

Saturday March 15, 2025 

12 - 4 PM

At Maine Center for Taiji 

(500 Forest Avenue in Portland)

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Awaken your body's natural intelligence through the art and practice of contact improvisation. Throughout this focused yet playful 4-hour workshop, we'll weave technical skills together with authentic connection, enriching our local dance community through shared exploration.

 

Together we'll explore essential CI capacities including:

  • Physical techniques for safe, fluid partner work

  • Deep listening and attunement to self and others

  • Intentional touch and weight-sharing

  • Spontaneous creative response

 

Through guided embodiment practices and partnered exploration, you'll gain comfort and confidence in:

  • Finding and maintaining points of contact

  • Following momentum and gravitational flow

  • Cultivating presence and spatial awareness

  • Giving and receiving weight safely

 

Whether you're new to contact improvisation or a seasoned practitioner, this workshop offers a supportive environment to deepen your practice. We'll take time to develop both subtle awareness and dynamic movement possibilities, allowing natural connections to emerge as we learn and grow together.

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Join our welcoming community of movers as we strengthen our collective abilities to meet, blend and dance with curiosity, playfulness and care.

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Limited to 20 participants. Sliding scale: $45-70 (No one turned away for lack of funds)

(Turns out, Kangas have been studying CI for some time.)

If you want to be on a cancellation list, please send me an email at debagrant@gmail.com

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