Points of Contact—CI reflections with Carolyn Stuart

Welcome to our 12th episode of Points of Contact, the podcast where we explore the dance from of Contact Improvisation and so much more with Carolyn Stuart. In this concluding episode of Season 1, we reflect on the insights and experiences shared throughout the series. We also look to beginnings, as I start my journey into parenthood and grad school. Carolyn is starting to feeling into what a seas...

Welcome to our 11th episode of Points of Contact, the podcast where we delve into Contact Improvisation with Carolyn Stuart. Each month she shares her experiences, philosophy, and shadings of this unique dance form. This episode focuses on language in Contact Improvisation. Leave us a comment. We are curious about what you enjoyed or found relevant in this episode. We welcome feedback, reflections...

Welcome to our tenth episode of Points of Contact, the podcast where we delve into Contact Improvisation with Carolyn Stuart. Each month she shares her experiences, philosophy, and teachings on this unique dance form. This episode focuses on co-creation in Contact Improvisation. Leave us a comment. We are curious about what you enjoyed or found relevant in this episode. We welcome feedback, reflec...

Welcome to our ninth episode of Points of Contact, the podcast where we delve into Contact Improvisation with Carolyn Stuart. Each month she shares her experiences, philosophy, and teachings on this unique dance form. This episode focuses on trust in Contact Improvisation. Leave us a comment. We are curious about what you enjoyed or found relevant in this episode. We welcome feedback, reflections,...

Welcome to our eighth episode of Points of Contact, the podcast where we delve into Contact Improvisation with Carolyn Stuart. Each month she shares her experiences, philosophy, and teachings on this unique dance form. This episode focuses on habit and presence in Contact Improvisation. Leave us a comment. We are curious about what you enjoyed or found relevant in this episode. We welcome feedback...

Welcome to our seventh episode of Points of Contact, the podcast where we delve into Contact Improvisation with Carolyn Stuart. Each month she shares her experiences, philosophy, and teachings on this unique dance form. This episode focuses on come as you are in Contact Improvisation, and how this connects to how we are in relationship with ourself and others. Leave us a comment. We are curious ab...

Welcome to our sixth episode of Points of Contact, the podcast where we delve into Contact Improvisation with Carolyn Stuart each month. She shares her experiences, philosophy, and teachings on this unique dance form. This episode focuses on identifying your 'yeses' and 'noes' in Contact Improvisation, and how they connect to our felt experience of being present. Leave us a comment. We are curious...

Welcome to our fifth episode of Points of Contact. Each month, in conversation with Carolyn Stuart we dive into her experience, philosophy, and teachings of Contact Improvisation. Carolyn has spent decades to distilling ⁠seven options⁠ available at the point of contact. In this episode, we cover the last four of these seven options. If you if you have not had a chance to listen to seven options, p...

Welcome to our fourth episode of Points of Contact. Each month, in conversation with Carolyn Stuart we dive into her experience, philosophy, and teachings of Contact Improvisation. Carolyn has spent decades to distilling seven options available at the point of contact. In this episode, we cover the first three of these seven options. These first three options are: 1. ENTER / LEAVE Touch to leave o...

Welcome to our thrid episode of Points of Contact. Each month, in conversation with Carolyn Stuart dive into her experience, philosophy, and teachings of Contact Improvisation. This episode, about one of my favorite Carolyn saying, "the point of contact is the point of contact". Three questions from this episode are: 1) What are we (you and me) doing? 2) What is being served? Are we getting what w...

Welcome to our second episode of Points of Contact. Each month in conversation with Carolyn Stuart, we'll dive into her experience, philosophy, and teachings of Contact Improvisation.  This episode we would like to talk about how Steve Paxton has influenced Carolyn’s practice of Contact improvisation. Known as the founder of contact improvisation Paxton, passed away February 20, 2024. As a fou...

Each month we’ll dive into Carolyn’s experience, philosophy, and teachings of Contact Improvisation. This episode is about introductions—an introduction to Carolyn, her decades of dancing, and her experience weaving together research on the dance floor with life off the dance floor. Leave us a comment. We are curious about what you enjoyed or found relevant in this episode. We welcome feedback, re...

Hello! A beginning to our beginning. Over the course of this year (2024), I’ll interview Carolyn Stuart once a month. We’ll dive into her experience, philosophy, and teachings of Contact Improvisation. Look for a new episode the last day of each month. A devotee of Contact Improvisation since 1984, Carolyn’s research and development of the dance form spans 17 countries, hundreds of projects, and d...