Faces Of CI
By Aalia Hashem
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Episodes: 30
Description
Welcome to Faces of CI – Conversations in Contact Improvisation
I interview Contact dancers, teachers, strangers, and friends about the practice—and ultimately ask about Contact as a mirror for life. We journey primarily through the Contact scenes of Southeast Asia and Canada.
I’m your host, Aalia—a lifelong dancer now based in Bali, where I share CI in workshops and retreats.
📸 Instagram @momentumcontact
🪩 Find Aalia: www.aaliadances.com
🏫 Dance Workshops: msha.ke/momentumworkshop
✍️ Learn Online: www.contactbody.ca
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Ivan Guryanov - Ci, Butoh, Water Contact + Our Wild Weird
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Leilani Weis — The Superpowers of Contact Dancers (Saltspring Contact Festival 2023)
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Aalia Hashem - Moving To Thailand, The Art of the Pauses, & Navigating Challenges in Communities
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Sasha Bezrodnova — Ocean Dance, Aquatic Somatics & Eco-Activism (Russia)
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May 05, 2025 |
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Andy Chen — Mindsets & Choice — Momentum Contact Facilitator Training
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Authentic Movement — From Our Dancers of Momentum Contact Workshop
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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What Is A Dancer? What Is Flow? — From Our Dancers of Momentum Contact Workshop
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Sunny & Janice — Building Facilitation Skills for Safety & Gaining Confidence to Teach CI
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Stuart Phillips — Contact as Therapy, Shadowwork, and Deconditioning (Victoria, Canada)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Peter Bingham — Contact Mechanics and Choreography of EDAM Dance Company, Hypnosis, and Parkinsons
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Aalia Solo — Cultivating Joy, Play, and Self-Compassion in the Dance
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Olivia Schaffer — From Contemporary to Contact at Edam Dance
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Andrew Harwood — Canada's Contact Pioneer (Saltspring Contact Festival 2023)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Aalia Solo — Leadership & Embodiment in Dance Spaces — Momentum Contact Facilitator Trainings
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Manuel Rochette & Selena La Brooy — Creators of Saltspring Island Contact Festival (Canada)
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Aalia Solo — Contact Jam Styles, Discovering Fusion & Nancy Wisdom
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Christina Dohr & Santiago Ortiz Heredia — Contact Architecture to Aikido (Towards CI Conference)
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Tu Anh Le — Pacing & Paradox in Hanoi Contact (Vietnam)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Nitipat Ong Polchai — Physics & Queering The Practice of CI (Bangkok, Thailand)
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Yasukichi Suzuki — Simple is Strongest (Tokyo, Japan)
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Kirstie Simson — Dancing in Resilient Times (Chiang Dao, Thailand)
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Damla Ozcelik — Contact-Tango & Contact for the Blind (Turkey)
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Francisco Borges & Geraldine Acevedo | Philos of Contact and the Water Body (Portugal, Columbia)
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Khuyen Bui — Dancing With The Voices In Your Head (Vietnam)
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Bari Kim — Dancing Landscapes & Performing CI (Korea)
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Anne Cooper — Improvising At A Distance at Edam Dance
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Ubud, Bali — Our Contact Community with Helena, Anika, Fay & Somaji
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Koh Phangan, Thailand — Dolores Dewhurst-Marks, Bernd Vollmer & Astrid Van Zon
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Chiang Mai, Thailand — Vangelis Legakis (Greece) & Man Yee Cheung on Teaching (China)
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Arambol, India — Vega Luukkonen & Dancers — CI as a metaphor for life
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Jun 19, 2022 |