Contact Improvisation is a form of improvisation based on the communication between two moving bodies that are in physical contact.The body, in order to open to these sensations, learns to release excess muscular tension and abandon a certain quality of willfulness to experience the natural flow of movement. Practice includes rolling, falling, being upside down, following a physical point of contact, supporting and giving weight to a partner.
American dancer, choreographer Steve Paxton initially developed Contact Improvisation in 1972 bringing together many elements from Aikido and contemporary dance.
