The celebration was a wild success, and the dance goes on...
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We have dedicated a Redwood tree in the Butano State Forest to stand forever as a symbol for contact improvisation and our commitment to the environment.
Now we are raising money to dedicate a second tree so the two can stand side-by-side.
Greetings from CI36 headquarters!
10 + 1 years after CI25...
We are excited to share with you the happenings of CI36 — the special birthday celebration that commemorated 36 years of Contact Improvisation which took place June 8-18, 2008 at Juniata College in Central Pennsylvania, USA. CI36 was graciously hosted by Juniata College in partnership with Contact Quarterly/Contact Collaborations.
On this website you will find many of the details of how this event was organized. For archival purposes the other pages have not been modified since CI36 occurred, however the CI36 Community Site and the CI36 Satellite Events are still live, interactive, and current.
In an attempt to make this a true global celebration, CI36 was and continues to be linked to more then 100 CI36 Satellite Events occurring around the world throughout 2008. If you are interested in organizing such an event, you can still do so. See the CI36 Satellite Events for details.
Nearly 300 dancers from 29 countries and 6 continents came to honor and celebrate the existence of CI at this international gathering of practitioners, teachers, students, performers, founders, and developers of the dance form. CI36’s aim was to make room for the diverse populations that practice and appreciate CI: the grass-roots communities, the performing artists, the academics, the anarchists, those new to the form and the veterans.
CI36 had two main components -- a smaller Training Intensive June 8-12, followed by the larger main event, CI36 Celebration June 12-18, 2008.
Most of the Training Intensive Teachers stayed for the CI36 Celebration — a significant gathering of devoted CI practitioners and teachers and several of the participants from the original Contact Improvisation performance in 1972. See the Events page for details.
CI36 was the culmination of a large collaboration—thank you!
We celebrated this historic birthday and saw Contact Improvisation into the next chapter with wishes of good cheer, curiosity, and momentum.
Happy Birthday Contact Improvisation!
The CI36 Hub: Erica Kaufman (coordinator), Ray Chung, Alicia Grayson, Martin Keogh, Scott Rodwin, Gretchen Spiro and Nancy Stark Smith
