Philly Contact Collective
The Philly Contact Collective was a group of unapologetic movement addicts who are fascinated by the body—how it moves, how it interacts with other bodies and how it responds to different spaces and environments. From 2009 to 2011, the collective met weekly to deepen the practice of performance improvisation. Core members included Kate Speer, Lee Fogel, Rowen Haigh, and Jenny Sawyer. Our practice was based in Contact Improvisation (CI) dance, but we also drew from a variety of different dance, movement and performance art traditions including modern dance, clown and neo-futurist performance.
List of Performances
- 2010 mis/match: 50 min. performance improvisation, GLBT Arts Festival, Arts Bank, Philadelphia, PA
- 2010 Get Curious: 10 min. performance improvisation, Studio Series, Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA
- 2010 Truth or Dance: self-produced evening of member’s work and PCC’s performance improvisation, Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA
- 2009 Wellspring: 10 min. performance improvisation, GLBT Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Photo credit Bill Hebert
Photo credit Bill Hebert
Photo credit Nathan Irvin
Photo credit Nathan Irvin