The term "acrobatics" comes from greek: "akros" (high, extremity) and "bainein" (to walk). So we could understand acrobatics as the quality of those who "walk high" or from "their hands". Already from the beginnings of Contact Improvisation (CI) some of its members had a blackgroun in sports like Gymnastics, so these qualities and explorations of movements were intrinsically marked in the DNA of this dance form. Especially in the beginnings, CI was a very acrobatic way of relating, dancing and improvising.

     In this workshop we will explore some acrobatic and gymnastic principles and their application in CI. We will put special emphasis on "landing" and "take off". We will study different ways and technical skills that will give us more confidence managing the "fall" from any position and situation. Befriending disorientation, opening our awareness to the spherical space and the only real direction we need as a reference, the others and the down, our balance shared with others bodies and gravity.

     The fundamental goal will be to provide tools that allow freedom and safety exploring any level and dynamic in CI.