2008 West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival Video Lab

[gfunk449]

last part seemed like capoeira

[redwoodwonderland]

wow. i just accidentally stubled upon CI while searching for improv comedy classes in moscow and now i really want to do this instead.

[holmpageWebDesign]

Beautiful moments, beautifully filmed.

[AndyRiot]

so cute! beautiful. humans can be sooooo amazing.

[pequenofuego]

it's so positive :) 

[DanaLagomarsino]

4:27....y'all are FIERCE love when moments like that happen, sweet improv :)

[nealmcb]

Marvelous!  The section starting at 3:10 is especially cool.

[ericakaufman1]

this is erica kaufman--hello from pennsylvania!

so beautiful--thank you for sharing. i especially liked the wheelchair/out of chair dance. just fabulous. sometime soon i will make it to you on the west cost. i am in the midst of working with nancy stark smith and nathan wagoner on a ci doc using footage from CI36 . i know how much work it is. again thank you for your wonderful work. what music did you use?

[NeemiasSantana]

Muuito maneiro.

Tô louco para voltar a isso.

[FlyingAngel69]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing it!

[Taisa0Naum]

name of the song, anybody?

[EcstaticFilms]

Kim Hiorthoy - Forskjellige Gode

[gjallarstadir]

@EcstaticFilms haha, at 1:50 i thought i heard the kid said, ''God Morgen'', which means Good morning...and i was like whaaaat? :P very rare with norwegian music here. Anyways great vid! :D

[erratik101]

simply beautiful! I'm excited to attend my first contact improv class in Toronto today :)

[EcstaticFilms]

Welcome to the CI community. Contact Improvisation is the art of listening. It has changed my life profoundly for the better. May you be transformed by it as well.

[dancerying]

love it!

[danielmollner]

Be-a-u-ti-full. Great camera work, shot selection and use of slo-mo in just the right places.

[1AGEL]

Beautiful

[luasanewwoman]

full of grace.. amazingly poetic.  thank you

[Carolena007]

Thanks for the ride. My heart burst open and I Ifound myself in tears watching the dancer in the wheelchair. What grace of spirit to be able to contact with another in this way.

[ArlexPhoto]

Great camera work, lighting, soundtrack. Oh, and the dancers! :)

[PeaceBody]

So deeply lovely! It's amazing seeing all of us in such beauty.

[b23b23]

music is by:

Kim Hiorthoy - Forskjellige Gode

Music added in post. Dancers were moving without music

[autumnSCOGGAN]

truly emotional and beautiful! what is the song playing during your video? it's quite captivating and adds a lot to your work.

[mullecki]

Hy....

what pity that i missed the chance to be in your video lab in the west coast festival...as I was there anyway....my name is Eckhard, organizor of the contactfestival in Freiburg...we are interested in your work...

would you like to contact us???

info(at)contactfestival(dot)de

[babastah]

Hello - who are you - did you do a videolab at the festival? Is very interesting camera etc.

[EcstaticFilms]

Yes, thanks, I shot and edited video. I am a CI dancer of 20 years. I am also a cinematographer

[ArlexPhoto]

Kudos.

[Carolena007]

Thanks for this extraodinary documentation. Just from watching this film my whole body now feels in a state of peace.

[Rolanda4]

That was very intimate..