RELATIONAL STATES LAB #01- Touch as Trigger

Join us for RELATIONAL STATES LAB #01: Touch as Trigger, where we delve into the fascinating world of movement through TOUCH! 🤲✨ This lab focuses on touch not just as a means of communication or expression but as a vital trigger that initiates movement and reorganizes the body in real time.

Incorporating Contact Improvisation, we aim to uncover the effects of reducing interpretation—transforming touch into a direct impulse for action. Instead of engaging in negotiation or conversation, we’ll explore a more immediate cause-and-effect dynamic: touch → movement.

Key Questions We’ll Explore:

• What shifts occur when we limit choices and follow instinct?
• How does timing supersede intention?
• What types of coordination, momentum, and shared experiences can emerge?

Participants will engage in structured improvisations, transitioning from solo exercises to duet and group contexts, progressively building more complex relational fields. Our focus areas include:

• Clarity of physical response
• Sensitivity to timing and initiation
• Acting on impulse without interpretation

This lab is part of an ongoing exploration into relational states within Contact Improvisation and ensemble dance practices, examining how we organize attention, action, and connections in shared movements.

Who Can Join?
Open to individuals with some experience in Contact Improvisation or those ready to immerse themselves in physical listening and exploration.

Details:

• Date: Saturday 13th June 2026
• Time: 2pm-6pm
• Location: Readymade Studios, Sagem Drax, Quarry Ln, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
• Cost: $50
  Pay ID: 0423158989

About Your Facilitator:

Angi Bowles is an accomplished Contact Improvisation facilitator and bodyworker based in Sydney. With over eight years of experience in the CI community—including four years of teaching—Angi is passionate about how this art form is experienced and shared.

Her current research includes the role of touch as a relational entry point that influences timing, responsiveness, and connection in improvisation. Angi's unique perspective is shaped by her background in dance, martial arts, and bodywork, refining her sensitivity to the ways touch can listen, communicate, and transform experiences.

In addition to her creative practice, Angi works as a Project Administrator at the Brain and Mind Centre, focusing on sustaining embodied practices within everyday life to foster a long-term creative journey.