Welcome to Faces of CI – Conversations in Contact Improvisation I interview Contact dancers, teachers, strangers, and friends about the practice—and ultimately ask about Contact as a mirror for life. We journey primarily through the Contact scenes of Southeast Asia and Canada. I’m your host, Aalia—a lifelong dancer now based in Bali, where I share CI in workshops and retreats. 📸 Instagram @momentumcontact 🪩 Find Aalia: www.aaliadances.com 🏫 Dance Workshops: msha.ke/momentumworkshop ✍️ Learn…
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🎙️ New Solo Episode ~ Aalia here. In this personal solo episode, I share about the complexities of community, healing, belonging, and navigating conflict within Contact Improvisation spaces. ✨ Community conflict & gatekeeping ✨ Belonging, and being "cancelled" ✨ “Healing spaces” vs real human behaviour ✨ Returning to self-trust & humanness 🎧 Instagram: @momentumcontact 🌍 Facilitator Trainings:…
Our guest today is Caiomhe Day Rush, a graduate of our Momentum Contact Facilitator Training, recorded December 2025. Caiomhe reflects on their experience moving from practice into facilitation — sharing what felt supportive, what felt challenging, and how the training helped build confidence to hold space for others in Contact Improvisation. This episode offers a grounded glimpse into the…
🎙️ New Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation In this episode, I’m joined by my longtime friend and fellow Gemini, Ivan Guryanov — a dancer I’ve shared the floor with for years across Thailand and Bali. We sat down in Koh Phangan to speak about: ✨ Dancing with possibility — from technical Contact to Water Contact, Butoh, and Tango ✨ Letting performance arise from presence ✨…
Our guest today is the multi-directional being Leilani Weis — Contact Improvisation teacher of 26 years. Originally from Chile, she helped develop CI scenes in Mexico and Italy, and now resides in Barcelona. In this episode, we discuss: ✨ Her decades-long mentorship with Martin Keough ✨ Dancing into impossible places ✨ Preparing the body-mind for Contact ✨ The dancer superpowers ✨ Our mutual love…
🎙️ New Solo Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation It’s Aalia here. I’m opening up in a raw and real solo episode: ✨ Transitioning to Thailand ✨ The Art of the Pause ✨ Being vulnerably first in new CI communities ✨ ADHD, mold illness & concussion recovery ✨ Getting “cancelled” in community & the lessons that followed ✨ Trusting the unknown + moving forward with grace This…
Today I’m joined by Sasha Bezrodnova (Russia), recorded in Koh Phangan, Thailand. ✨ Her work in the Ocean Dance community — where Contact meets Freediving and Aquatic Somatics ✨ Entering the world of the sea and learning from dolphins ✨ Creating the eco-political water dance film Aquas in Mexico ✨ Reflections on movement, water, and community connection Find out more about Sasha’s work: Instagram…
New Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation Today I’m joined by Andy Chen (USA / Portugal) — our newest graduate of the Momentum Contact Facilitator Training. ✨ Reflections on the magic of CI jams: "I really love the jams where I get to dance with a lot of bodies. Then I had a nice dance. That idea that it's always different, and I get to choose to have another chance of…
We’re coming to you live from one of our Momentum Beginners Contact Workshops — with a twist… our students are the guests! In this special episode, we hear their voices and insights on: ✨ What it means to move authentically ✨ How they see themselves as dancers ✨ The discoveries and surprises that happen in a Contact Improvisation class 🎧 Join Upcoming Trainings: www.momentum-contact.com 📸…
In this episode, we sit with our students in a Momentum Contact Workshop, reflecting on the questions: ✨ What is a dancer? ✨ What is flow in your body? I’m in awe of my students’ shares each time we do this exercise. (Names have been withheld for privacy.) 🎧 Join our upcoming Momentum Contact Workshops 📸 Instagram: @ momentumcontact #contactimprovisation #momentumcontact #contactdance…
New Episode ~ Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation Our guests today are Sunny Zheng (Beijing, China) and Janice Chen (Berkeley, USA) — new graduate facilitators from the first edition of Momentum Contact Facilitator Training. 🎧 Reflections from both graduates on: ✨ Learning CI history & culture ✨ Building facilitation skills for safety and creativity ✨ Gaining confidence to share…
