Fragen eines Autodidakten
Ist mein selbst errungenes Wissen verallgemeinerbar? Mit welcher Lernhaltung ist man bei mir gut aufgehoben? Inspirationen und Fragen durch den Besuch einer Schule für Alexandertechnik
Entries by Joerg Hassmann
What is Contact Improvisation? – The uniqueness of a syncretistic dance form
Contact Jams are partly misunderstood as spaces, where people do whatever they feel like. That’s one reason why many advanced contacters, who’d like to practice Contact Improvisation, don’t go to jams very much. But there is no copyright on the form, no binding definition of what it is. So, what is it?
The ‘unwinding small dance’ – A daily practice for contacters?
I’d wish for a daily practice for me as a Contact Improviser. But I had to realized that CI as a daily practice doesn’t really work for me. I envy people who practice Yoga or martial arts. There is so much deepening possible by just repeating the basics over and over again. There is enough […]
Was ist der improvisatorische Teil der Contact Improvisation?
Bei der Contact Improvisation steht oftmas die Wahrnehmung im Vordergrund, das Wohlfühlen, der Dialog oder auch die Technik. Doch wo kommt das gestalterische Moment der Improvisation zum Tragen?
Teaching and Learning
Learning is improvising on a meta level: Having the choice how to learn and making the decisions, which support it.
‘In & out of Contact’ oder ‘in & out of Solo?’ – Überlegungen zu Jam Strategien
Die Frage „Wie gelange ich auf einer Jam in ein Duett/ Trio hinein?“ oder „Wie mache ich ein Angebot um in ein Duet/ Trio zu gelangen?“ geht meiner Erfahrung nach schon am Wesentlichen vorbei. Meine Frage lautet eher „Wie bereite ich mich auf eine Jam vor?“ Das heisst, wie finde ich mein eigenes Interesse, meine […]
Explorations within The Small Dance
The small dance is – first of all – standing. It has survived from the early days of CI until now. It is highly simple and in a way given by nature. You could just stand and make a million discoveries. Maybe that is the best way. On the other hand the small dance is […]
Performing Improvisation
Why I perform CI In a good Contact Improv dance I experience myself as deeply and highly alive. That is also what I wish to achieve in my life: to find my ways to be alive. I love to invite other people into my enlivening world of dance. That’s why I teach CI. And I […]
