Faces of CI: Conversations on Contact Improvisation

Our guests today are Selena Lo Brooy & Manuel Rochette — hosts of Saltspring Contact Festival.

We danced together for 10 inspiring days of Contact Improvisation at Rhizome Springs — a dancer’s and nature lover’s dream on the hillside of Mt. Tuam, featuring panoramic eagle’s-eye views and a hive-shaped geodesic dome/spaceship, ready for lift-off during Manu’s DJ’d jam sets.

In this episode, we chat about:

✨ The history of Contact on Saltspring Island

✨ Keeping one foot in Contact’s origins and one in its future

✨ Dancing in the dome at Rhizome Springs

📍 Recorded during Saltspring Contact Festival 2023, on the unceded territories of the Hul'ka'menum and Sencoten-speaking peoples in British Columbia, Canada.

🌐 Learn more: contactimprovisationsaltspring.com | www.rhizomesprings.com

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