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Touch As Bond: Exploring The Use Of Contact Improvisation In An Ensemble Process, J Travis Cooper
Touch As Bond: Exploring The Use Of Contact Improvisation In An Ensemble Process, J Travis Cooper
Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current
This document serves as a contextual and reflective essay detailing the work done on J Travis Cooper’s Honors Capstone Project, Touch as Bond: Exploring the use of Contact Improvisation in an ensemble process. It is a process focused creative project exploring the potential of Contact Improvisation [CI] as a tool for ensemble development and content creation in a theatrical production. Contact Improvisation is a dance practice created by Steve Paxton and other collaborators in the 1970s. The form demands dancers improvise movements while in contact with each other, creating spontaneous lifts and requiring the ability to adapt to a …