Beginner-friendly Contact Improvisation with artist Noelle Lee at Fort Langley Community Hall.
Explore movement, touch, and connection. No experience needed. Adults only.
This workshop is an introduction to contact improvisation through the lens of spirals.
Contact improvisation is a movement practice that explores listening through the body, using touch, weight-sharing, momentum, and attention to ourselves, our partners, and the space around us. It is less about learning choreography and more about developing awareness, curiosity, and responsiveness.
Together we will explore spiral pathways that already exist within the body through guided movement exercises, partner work, and moments of rest. We will begin with individual explorations before gradually moving into simple partnered activities, including exercises that investigate spiraling through the arms, spine, and whole body, followed by gentle craniosacral-inspired touch practices that encourage participants to slow down, sense, and support one another.
No previous dance or contact improvisation experience is needed. The emphasis is on exploration rather than performance, and participants are always welcome to work within their own comfort level.
Participants can expect to leave with a greater awareness of how spirals support efficient movement, a deeper connection to their own bodies, and new ways of relating through movement, touch, and rest.
Participants need to be 18 years of age or older.
Anyone who is unable to pay for the fee can make a request to waive the fee. Please send an email to fortgalleryarc@gmail.com
