how do you get to carnegie hall
i first saw «shute» (1972) when leaning tuning scores with lisa nelson. i practice ‘hurtling’ bodies in class; with mats at first, and then without. my contact improvisation practice/training is a little ‘old school’.
the idea is to discover what is simplest to do [paxton]
i have built my own practice on the principles in this video. learning to deal with (un/expected) contact, and utilizing physics (momentum, alignment).
at ci36 steve paxton talked about «magnesium» (1972) the first contact improvisation work. steve Paxton at ci36 discussing «magnesium».
contact improvisation treats space as spherically; so you do not have the horzontal with sky above and floor below. […] from a visual point of view everything is moving around you. [paxton]
again, lots of resonance with my practice and teaching. especially with regards to visual perception. atleast half of my introductory lessons deal with perceptual theory (concepts) and their relationship to practice.
finally, video of a 1983 contact improvisation performance at st marks church: davd appel, robin feld, steve paxton, alan ptashek, peter ryan, kirstie simson and nancy stark smith are performing.
you can buy a copy of «shute», and other seminal ci videos at videoda
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