Where you are when you don’t know where you are is one of the most precious spots offered by improvisation. It is a place from which more directions are possible than anywhere else. Nancy Stark Smith, ...

Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

Modern dance in a modernist landmark – what could be more logical? It also turned out to be quite enticing as part of a superb interdisciplinary program Sunday at the Crown Center of the Illinois ...

Leslie Parker: “I think of Black Dance Improvisation as a way of approaching a dance aesthetic that gives more space for the relevance of Black and brown bodies and the histories that they bring into ...

SFD+I began in the nineties as a community initiated and curated week-long festival where Seattle-based dancers worked together to bring nationally renowned movement improvisers to Seattle. Throughout ...

Contact improvisation dance has been described as “moving massage,” “body surfing,” “gymnastics,” “post-modern folk dancing.” Rana “Satori” Stewart, who leads a class in contact improvisation dance ...

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