estados unidos de america
Keith Hennessy es un travieso, imperfecto y brujo que trabaja en los campos de la danza, la performance, la vivienda asequible, la danza acuática, la resistencia a la tiranía y la sexualidad gay.
Criado en las tierras Atikameksheng Anishnawbek de Canadá y residente en las tierras Ramaytush Ohlone (San Francisco) desde 1982, Keith realiza giras internacionales.
Su trabajo es interdisciplinario y experimental, motivado por movimientos antirracistas, queer-feministas y anarquistas. Se dedica a prácticas de improvisación, rituales, y juegos para responder a las crisis políticas. Centrándose en la política de las relaciones, Keith ha negociado el poder compartido y la creatividad con Ishmael Houston-Jones, Sarah Crowell, Meg Stuart, Brontez Purnell, Snowflake Calvert, jose e. abad, Gerald Casel, Faustin Linyekula, Jassem Hindi, Peaches y muchos otros.
Keith directs Circo Zero, co-founded the dance/culture spaces 848 and CounterPulse, and was a member of Sara Mann’s Contraband. His work has been presented at Ponderosa (Stolzenhagen), ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival, NYLA (New York), Black Box Teater (Oslo), YBCA (San Francisco), HZT (Berlin), SNDO (Amsterdam), Arsenic (Lausanne), Hollins University, Cornell University (Ithaca), mumok – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, New Museum (New York), SFMOMA (San Francisco), CounterPulse (San Francisco), and contact improv festivals in many countries. He earned both an MFA and PhD from UC Davis.
« Soy investigador del movimiento, bailarín y osteópata. Hace más de 21 años me dedico a la danza, al estudio del cuerpo y a la improvisación. A través de este camino, me apasioné por la observación de los detalles del cuerpo, la salud y los procesos que nos acercan a ella.
Contact improvisation has been the core technique that has accompanied me since my beginnings in movement. I have been teaching this practice for 16 years, which has led me to share my work in Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Germany, India, Indonesia, and Thailand.
I am passionate about improvisation and composition, and I enjoy researching them in classes, study groups, workshops, and performances.
Somatic practices are for me a territory for exploring details and connections, embodied imagination, movement, and perception. I am inspired by Body-Mind Centering, the Alexander Technique, and the Feldenkrais Method. I currently teach anatomy at the Latin American Institute of Eutony and at UNSAM, where I teach the course "Anatomy and Biomechanics."
In 2010, I began my studies in osteopathy at the C.E.O.B., from which I graduated in 2012. In 2016, I continued my training at the E.A.O. (Argentine School of Osteopathy), where I completed my studies in 2022 and am currently a teacher.
In recent years, I have incorporated strength training as part of my practice and research on movement, weight training, and the transmission of these experiences in physical training classes.
El contacto, las fuerzas en movimiento, el viaje de lo sutil a lo intenso, el vínculo y lo que se genera en ese encuentro son aquello que me apasiona y me impulsa a seguir explorando. »
argentina
mexico
« I have been involved in dance from various angles: the practice and research of improvisation in movement, stage creation, contemporary dance, teaching, management and event production for twelve years.
I graduated with a degree in Contemporary Dance from INBA at the Monterrey School of Music and Dance (2012). I completed the Visual Theatre-Dance Training programme at KiM Kosmos in Movement (2015 in Chile). As a student, I have participated in festivals, workshops, movement education programmes and gatherings in Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia.
As a teacher, I love interdisciplinarity, approaching CI practice with curiosity to investigate, discover and share, because I understand the practice with an openness to learning by teaching, exploring approaches that can bring together principles, dialogue and the power of the collective. I integrate materials: contemporary dance basics, Chi Kung, somatic movement, composition and laboratory. I have had the honour of teaching at UNAM, UDLA (Chile), La Superior, Foro Carretera 45, Festival Contact & Flow and Festival Dramaturgias Expandidas. I have advised on choreographic movement research for dance, theatre and circus companies; I am currently dedicated to creating my own performative pieces. Since 2016, I have co-managed projects that include contemporary dance, performance, somatic movement and Contact Improvisation, where I have also participated as a facilitator.
Algunos proyectos destacados: Festival Movere, INMERSIÓN, Mazunte Contact Festival, Cuerpo Inteligencia y La Manzana de Paxton. »
Selena La Brooy is a somatic movement educator and certified Rolfer with over 20 years of experience exploring the intersection of anatomy, improvisation, and embodied awareness. She brings a uniquely integrative approach to teaching Contact Improvisation, informed by her deep background in bodywork and movement science.
Selena's movement practice draws from an extensive range of somatic modalities including Structural Integration, Laban Movement Analysis, Body-Mind Centering, Feldenkrais, the Axis Syllabus, Capoeira and partner balancing. Her studies with influential teachers including Martin Keogh, Kira Kirsch, Frey Faust, Nuria Bowart, Andrew Harwood, Anjelika Doniy, and Nita Little, Alicia Grayson, Chris Aiken, Angie Hauser, Leilani Weis, Eszter Gal and many more have shaped her nuanced understanding of Contact Improvisation.
As a certified Rolfer and somatic movement integration practitioner, Selena works one-on-one with clients to repattern movement and find more harmonious ways of inhabiting the body. This hands-on anatomical knowledge informs every aspect of her teaching, allowing her to guide students with precision and insight into biomechanics, fascia, and embodied intelligence.
Selena is passionate about making Contact Improvisation accessible to all bodies. Her teaching emphasizes empowering choice, cultivating deep listening, and inspiring perpetual curiosity about what's possible in movement. She creates learning environments where students can explore their own movement intelligence while developing technical skills and partnering awareness.
Currently, Selena's research explores the weightless possibilities of aquatic movement, the merging of energetic and physical awareness through Qigong, and the dynamic movement patterns of Capoeira—all of which continue to enrich her teaching.
Selena co-produces and hosts the Salt Spring Island Contact Improvisation Festival and founded Rhizome Springs, an off-grid land-based exploratorium on the unceded territories of the Cowichan Nation, Hul'Q'Umi'Num and Sencoten speaking peoples (Westcoast of Canada), where she hosts multi-day retreats for contact improvisation, creative expression and somatic research.
canada