The Emergence Machine

Contact Improvisation

process · Dance · Level 14 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

contact-improvisation emerges from dance. It requires partnering, improvisation-dance.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “contact improvisation” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
contact improvisation
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L10L2L1L0Contact Improvis…Improvisation Da…ChoreographyBalletImprovisationDance SequencePartneringTheater… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLifeActionChangeDistributionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesContact Improvis…L14PartneringL10Improvisation Da…L13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Partnering L10 (requires)
    Contact improv requires partnering
  • Improvisation Dance L13 (requires) Dance sense
    Contact improv is a form of improvisation