We Rise and Fall Together | Contact Improv | Nathan Dryden | TEDxSaltLakeCity
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2017
- Contact Improvisation is a dance form that evolves from spontaneous communication between moving bodies in physical contact. Touch, weight, momentum, balance, and flow give it a continuously emerging shape.
It’s researched, taught, and performed across the world by dancers from the very birth of the form in 1972: like Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and Lisa Nelson. And carried forward by new generations of "contact-ers". Contact Improv is open to all curious minds and bodies around the globe. From professional and social dancers, differently abled bodies, and people all ages, shapes, colors, genders, and identities, to non-human dancers like dogs, foam rollers, and trees. Contact Improv gives us all the freedom to explore connected movement and learn how to be human together.
Choreography and Performance: Nathan Dryden in collaboration with Cole Lehman, Jasmin Stack, Joaquin Galvan, Nancy Carter, Kiera Lucich, Yasin Fairley, Dat Nguyen, Cheryl Neufville, Nora Lang
Music Performance: David Bower Nathan Dryden embodies a lifetime of wisdom gathered from studying, teaching and performing dance professionally around the world. He completed his MFA in Modern Dance at the University of Utah - with a thesis that illuminated the practice of passive sequencing as a way to bridge the steps between improvisation, setting choreography and final performance. He’s gathered a group of friends from different disciplines to share his love for contact improvisation dance and show how it can teach us all to listen to and move with each other in an ever-changing world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
The really wonderful thing is that CI can be practiced to old age. Abilities change, principles remain.
Indeed, this is one of the many wonderful things. Another is that you can come from any discipline and join in, as long as you have some body awareness, openness and control. But the main thing to me is the playfulness of it, so full of it. The sense of wonder, as the first improviser says.... Etc etc.
Just what I needed to hear. Going to class tomorrow!
As I watched I noticed how that a group of more than 3 were rare to form and trios quickly dissolved into two. From my own experience, many many moons ago, I kind of see the same thing in my memory. Although when more than two came together, they were wonderful moments.
Yes, it does often happen that way, two is often just simpler!
This hit me in the feels for some reason. It's a relationship in dance form. Wow
“Differently abled” bodies is othering. If we disabled people are included, consider saying “bodies of all abilities” to mean “everyone”.
Thank you for such a beautiful encounter. This performance/public play brought tears to my eyes.
Yep, we're all differently abled actually, it's a progressive, mixed and complex spectrum.
Literally me after 4 shots, nobody appreciates that !
Time to change your social environment! 🌟
I've danced it already in my life and it us absolutely pure and sincere dancing ❤
This would be a great idea for a corporate team bonding event.
Yeah, but don't tell HR.
Mind blowing!!!
I did CI and I'm in love with it now...
Found it mentally calming, healing and connecting..
This. Is. BEAUTIFUL!!
Beautiful! You guys are Inspiring and amazing! 💛💓
Aliki Horton thank you ❤️
Wow that made me cry
me too, I feel like i'm touch starved and this just hit me in the feels
Beautiful. Excellent presentation! 😘
Lisa Lightner thank you!
Me and my SO did contact improv and now we're best friends
Wow! This has all the healing in it that we could ever need.
I've been practicing it for 20 years and it has an embodiment of truth that is deeply powerful on many different levels. The longer I study it the more mysterious and magical it becomes.The journey one must take to be open to it can be challenging at times. But it's an amazing practice to adopt.
Lisa Lightner thanks
Bravissimi!
Can someone foot subtext? It's soo beutiful,Everyone will love to understand
There are people that can't hear
salut marlou jazz super
This is how old stoners used to dance to Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man.
Had to be SaltLakeCity.....Morman Loving
Darn hippies
LOL
This is one of the funniest videos I have ever seen!
Too bad for these people that it's real and not an SNL sketch..
haha ! only if cringe and awkwardness was in a video format, i wish i could have what they're having
@@pratikshetty9236 A dose of freedom? We wish you would have it, both of you.
Have you ever experienced vulnerability?
Nah gotta be pretty privileged to just be vulnerable
This is all very disturbing.
This is the most cringeworthy thing I've seen all week.
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Oh, boy are you missing out!