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yielding to collaboration (CISharingBalance and CISharingTheMoment) is all
well and good, but it's not very specific.  there are many useful physical
skills by which dances deepen in one direction or another, and exercises
which foster these skills.

while some skills build on other skills, there is no single, linear
progression through this list.  activities from weight sharing and falling
inform one another across the categories, for instance, and the small dance
can illuminate stuff from every other category, and vice versa.

Small Dance
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noticing and following the perpetually ongoing, unintentional, often subtle
activity in one's body and in one's partner is, for me, a distillation of
the contact improv connection.

- standing
- finger dance
- head dance

Weight Sharing
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weight sharing is a tool for connecting with your partner to play with the
dynamics of balance.

- balancing prone
- standing
  - (small dance)
  - counterbalance
  - ledges
- prone across
- rolling
- (body surfing)
- tables
- posts
- shoulder supports

Falling Down and Up
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falling together can be like falling in love - it can have a compelling
momentum all its own.

- spiraling to the ground
- spiraling back up
- incremental progression
  - egg-roll
  - sitting
  - kneeling low, high
  - standing and falling back
  - walking ad falling back
  - standing and falling forwards
- brushing
- sloughing
- brushing and sloughing/dance
- perching
- catching and letting go
- rides
  - body surfing
  - gradually finer trading assists up and down
  - walking and falling
  - lofting (injecting energy to your partner's repeated jumps)
  - spiralling together
  - lifts and/vs rides

Composition Inside
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- come-as-you-are
- blindfolded ci
- authentic movement

Composition in Space
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- mirroring and other symmetry/asymmetry
- come-as-you-are
- flocking
- cumulative entrances

Beginnings, Endings, and Everything In Between
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- solo passes/come-as-you-are
- round robin / pass the dance
- phased entrances and exits
- the underscore
- jamming