by Cheryl Pallant | Jan 16, 2014 | being, contact improvisation
On New Year’s Day, I had the privilege of teaching contact improvisation at an event called Sacred Movement, New Beginnings on the beach in Siesta Key, FL, an eight mile long island off the coast of Sarasota. Joining me was Nia teacher Kathy Oravec and yoga instructor...
by Cheryl Pallant | Mar 27, 2013 | Buddhism, contact improvisation, dance, poetry, somatic practice
Begun in Australia, The Next Big Thing is a campaign that has spread around the world. Authors answer several questions that introduce their next project. Then they tag another author to do the same, a type of web chain mail. I’ve been tagged by poet Joe Harrington....
by Cheryl Pallant | Feb 6, 2013 | contact improvisation, listening, writing
Listening generally refers to the blare of a car horn, jangling keys, a voice or any other source sending a wave of air into the ear canal which vibrates the ear drum and cochlea. My book on contact improvisation devoted several pages to listening. It’s common...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jul 31, 2012 | contact improvisation, dance, poetry
Joe Tranquillo and me Anyone who has tried to assign words to movement immediately encounters difficulty. How do you apply something as seemingly static as words to motion? Early in the process of creating an outline for my book on contact improvisation, Contact...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jan 4, 2012 | contact improvisation
Two emails arrived in my mailbox recently from high school seniors from Mount Rainer High School in Washington. Assigned to write a paper on magical realism for their World Literature class, Tiffany and Manuel chose my short story, “A Touchy...
