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Earthing
(The 'syllabus' for Get in Contact – a series of classes about CI, from a contemplative perspective) Contact Improvisation is not a...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Oct 29, 20243 min read


Underminding
‘Mind’ is a very loose and vague term we often use to refer to almost anything that is not immediately connected with physical...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Oct 11, 20246 min read


Four Core Ingredients of Contact Improvisation
1. The core gesture of CI is the act of directing attention towards gravity, the earth, and one’s partner(s). 2. Doing CI requires...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Sep 29, 202411 min read


One year into movement
It has been one year or so since I started delving into free conscious movement (I’m still reluctant to use the word “dance” as it has so...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Sep 27, 20244 min read


On CI and avocados without nuts
Back again from Freiburg, this time for the first week of the CI teacher training. The topic of the week was ‘principles’. We gathered...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Sep 16, 20248 min read


Neither one nor two
I’m in Freiburg again, this time to start a year-long program about CI and how to teach it. Asking oneself how to teach a subject is one...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Sep 10, 20246 min read


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


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


A touch of truth
I stepped into the space trembling For answers I could not dare to Listen. The ecstatic southern Sun was sweeping the floor and you Were...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jul 9, 20241 min read


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


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


The Pythia’s voice
In the hot dusty noise of the summer I came to the old ruined shrine, heavy With questions, mine and of my dear ones. We are beings of...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 24, 20242 min read


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


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


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


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


Mirrors
The bell tower points like a finger To the empty sky. Where are all the stars? I have been many things and none Has lasted. Does...
Andrea Sangiacomo
May 1, 20241 min read


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


A minor
I’m a tune in A minor, Dark blue, foggy, without words, But a vibrant tone that leaves No doubts: let me cry, let me Say that I’m weak...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 21, 20241 min read


Death
The body: still warm and seemingly alive. Like the morning bed remembering still Dreams and fancies of the past night. The body: still...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 19, 20242 min read
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