In the world of computers there is a revolution happening called open source programming. A piece of software is written and then anybody who wants to can improve the Continue reading →

At the 2nd Annual Contact Festival Vienna there were moments during the festival where dancers could “share their practice.”

Leilani Weis, Sabine Parzer, and I did a score to draw attention to the act of observing contact improvisation. Below is the video with the Continue reading →

Mahatma Gandhi never said these words: “you must be the change you want to see in the world.”

Many people speak this phrase with great authority. Now when I hear it, I’m hearing them say, Continue reading →

It feels good to make a difference.

Last week I facilitated a Contact Improvisation workshop with 22 of Colombia’s foremost dance teachers, choreographers and dance academics, by invitation of the Ministry of Culture.

This was one of the biggest challenges of my 34 years of teaching. These were Colombia’s most Continue reading →

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I’ve heard that farmers who plant domesticated wheat have a vitally important task to do every few years if they want their crops to flourish. They must go into the wilderness and find wild Continue reading →