Contact Improvisation.

Glossary

English
movement pattern
to yield (the weight)
to yield to
to push
to reach
to pull
to lean against
to lift
aerial lift
body tone
floor work
support
to give weight into support
to collapse into support
bodily contact
contact point
movement flow
shift of weight
immediate environment
spatial organisation
momentum
gravity
to utilise gravitational force
inertia
centripetal force
friction
sensation
inward focus
linear
spiral
circular
grounded
premeditation
manifestation
physicality
innate response
to hinder
bodily alignment
planes of balance
energy expenditure
inert state
weight placement
adjustment
posture
rigid
corporeal
axis

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Contact Improvisation. Glossary

spatial positioning
precarious balance
sagittal
kinesphere
vertebrate
primate
off centre
spinal column
umbilical cord
navel
gestalt
neuromuscular
hip socket
solar plexus
pelvis
torso
femur
sacrum
scapula
calf
cervical spine
thoracic spine
lumbar spine
coccyx
ligaments
joints
hamstrings
ribcage
heel
buttocks
forearm
upper arm
the pinky
pivot
hand-stand
cartwheel
weight distribution
weight-bearing
ilium
sensorial
sensual
sensory
kinesthetic awareness
embodiment
palpable
standstill
tedious
exertion
acceleration
to attune

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Contact Improvisation. Glossary

energy pathway
swing
roundabout
resistance
adduction
abduction
concave
convex
mindfulness
to crouch
peripheral awareness/vision
helix
to locomote

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muscle-efficient

energy-efficient
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torsion

shear
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compression

decompression
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proximal

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within support range


the subtlety of the joints angles

lateral bias

plantar surface

bony struts

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cranial

to descend
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ramp

trochanter
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lever-point

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acromion
2. )
Underscore
arriving
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pow-wow
,
pre-ambulation
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skinesphere

bonding with the earth

agitating the mass
,
low kinesphere

high kinesphere

overlapping kinesphere

grazing
,
coincidence

confluence

divergence

Contact Improvisation. Glossary

touch
attraction
repulsion/aversion
intersection
influence
contrast
collision
tangent
empathy, resonance
shearing
engagement
resolution
final resolution of the room
recirculation through the score
open score
observation
disengagement of the whole pattern
reflection, harvest
sharing
non-sequential aspects
streaming
gap
telescoping mind
zoom in/out
idiot button

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