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Constructive constraints
I often hear Contact Improvisation teachers emphasizing the importance of ‘keeping one’s own solo dance’ (variously phrased). What they...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 24, 20246 min read
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Multi-layered kinespheres
At a recent workshop in Vienna, Ralf Jaroschinski proposed to reflect and approach contact improvisation from the point of view of...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 18, 20247 min read
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Not knowing
I’m writing these notes on my way back from the 2024 Contact Improvisation Festival in Freiburg. It has been an incredible opportunity...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Aug 19, 20247 min read
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Authentic connections & CBC
How do we establish authentic connections? How do we get in touch with one another in such a way that we are both honoured in what we...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jul 15, 202412 min read
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Intimacy
What does it mean to be intimate? As most words, ‘intimacy’ brings with it a certain metaphorical gesture, even a bodily scheme. The word...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jul 6, 20248 min read
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On teaching and holding lightly
Turning 38 in a bit more than a month from now, I’m discovering that there is a truth in distinguishing different phases in life. This is...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 26, 20247 min read
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Two ways of holding space
When we interact in daily life, we are often in a sort of business or transaction mode: I do this, you do that; I give you X and you give...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 10, 20244 min read
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Get back into your body!
It is common to hear appeals to ‘embodiment’ or complaints about being too much in your ‘thoughts’ (sometimes in your ‘head’ or ‘brain’,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 4, 20246 min read
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Negotiating gravity and lightness
I spend quite some time without thinking much at anything. Often when I walk, or sit, or just attend to ordinary activities, I like being...
Andrea Sangiacomo
May 26, 20249 min read
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Bitten by reality
I’ve been pondering for quite some time one of Caravaggio’s paintings, the Boy bitten by a lizard. It came to me in a flash of intuition...
Andrea Sangiacomo
May 19, 20246 min read
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The soft revolution of Contact Improvisation
Over the past four months I’ve been discovering and experimenting with Contact Improvisation (CI). I’m primarily interested not so much...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 22, 20249 min read
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On Romantic Love
I’ve heard from a student that it would be interesting to discuss how Buddhist teachings can shed light on romantic love. This is a...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 8, 20247 min read
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A somatic biography
I became interested in contemplative practices six years ago. For some reason, it didn’t remain a side hobby, but quickly became the...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 25, 202412 min read
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Not arrows
Blindfolded by our little stories We roam prisoners of petty desires. Afraid of falling, we forgot how to Stand on earth and roll, and...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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Dynamic meditation: an overview
A bit of background In a couple of other posts (this and this) I have described the general idea behind free conscious movement (or the...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 29, 20249 min read
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Ecstatic freedom
The following notes present a general vision and some practical guidelines for highlighting the potential of embodied conscious movement...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 20, 20249 min read
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Homo homini deus
Experience is always about content and container, life-form and environment, center and horizon. Most often, our attention is focused on...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 12, 20245 min read
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The challenges of embodied learning
This year, I wanted to turn Global Hermeneutics (The Tragedy of the Self) into an occasion for exposing students the idea that genuine...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 17, 202310 min read
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Primary and deep embodiment
Embodiment is a process, not a state. Being in a body, having a body, living through a body are all events, not things. Not only do they...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 12, 20237 min read
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Looking for safety
The feeling of safety may be the most important component of spiritual and contemplative practices. Most attention goes often to how...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Oct 24, 20235 min read
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