Third and final workshop · 2026
deCONSTRUCTINGCONTACT IMPROVISATION
With Oliver Artur (he/they)
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Three-hour workshop
All levels welcome
About the workshop
What do we do
when we dance?
Where is our attention? What is touch?
We will dive into the foundations and origins of Contact Improvisation together. By taking fundamental concepts apart, we begin with our relationship to ourselves and gravity, exploring the importance of solo dance in Contact Improvisation.
We will work with touch as a relational, informative and technical tool, building trust and clarity for dancing in duets and other group constellations.
Drawing on embryological and anatomical knowledge, Oliver invites a space that is soft and somatic, as well as wild and daring. The workshop is informed by their interpretation of and research with Skinner Releasing Technique® and BodyMindCentering®.
A playful, technical and soft workshop for all levels of Contact Improvisation practitioners.
About the facilitator · he/they
Oliver Artur
Oliver Artur is a queer transgender movement researcher and teacher who discovered Contact Improvisation around a decade ago. Playfulness, physical euphoria, and the wild, soft and queer aspects of CI continue to sustain their curiosity.
Their research and practice draw on the early performances in the United States through which Contact Improvisation developed.
Oliver has learned from and been inspired by Anya Cloud, Lily Kiara, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Makisig Akin, Nita Little, Grégory Chevalier and Defne Erdur, among others.