Decolonizing Contact Improvisation: Doors of Subtle Perception

"Decolonizing" here means questioning inherited assumptions about how bodies should meet, move, and relate. It invites a return to listening before leading, to curiosity before choreography, to consent as an ongoing conversation rather than a given. ________ This is an open-level exploration of Contact Improvisation. Lesson one in my approach to CI is LISTENING. 👀 Before entering the field of another, I want to pause and ask: "May I? Can I? Should I?" 👀 Before assuming what the other person is, I want to question my own self-image. 👀 Before assuming how contact improvisation should look (I lift you, you lift me), I want to ask: "What does improvisation mean in my body today?" 👀 Before seeking the high of flow states, I want to ask: "What else is possible?" 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚. 𝙉𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙. ________ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? Contact Improvisation is a contemporary dance form that emerged in the early 1970s, exploring movement through physical contact, shared weight, gravity, and real-time decision-making between partners. Initiated by Steve Paxton in 1972 and developed with dancers and thinkers like Nancy Stark Smith, it has become both a performance practice and a research field into how bodies listen, relate, and move together in the present moment. ________ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗲 I am a Feldenkrais Method practitioner working with somatic intelligence, embodied awareness, and relational presence. My work is equally grounded in Aletheia Coaching, an unfoldment-based practice oriented toward presence, inner maturation, and sustained engagement with lived process. I am interested in parts work, field dynamics, craniosacral and subtle body processes, and how touch, awareness, and improvisation support regulation, authenticity, and creative connection. ________ 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼 & 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 📆 Jan 3rd ⏰ 10:30 - 13:30 📍 SatiYoga 👉 Bring: Long sleeves, 1.5L of water, 3 pieces of paper, and a blue pencil. 🏷️ Register before Jan 3rd: 600THB 🏷️ At the door: 1000 THB 👇 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 👇 https://nativestate.co/contact-improvisation-thailand/ 🚀 Not ready yet? Join the Somatic Circle WhatsApp group for updates: https://chat.whatsapp.com/I3cEUbHNTJd4lZDb7MSO3K ✨