Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart
With Facilitator: Alexandra Bayeva
First and Third Sundays
4:00-6:30pm (2nd and 4th Sundays in Kingston!)
BYO dinner for a studio-floor picnic afterward
CI Lab 4-5pm
Open Jam 5-6:30pm
Internal States in Contact Improvisation
In this class, we explore how internal states—such as focus, flow, distraction, and play—shape our movement experience and physical expression. Through guided exploration and simple movement tools, we’ll learn to recognize, navigate, and shift between these states. The aim is to support a more grounded, responsive, and expressive CI practice, deepening both self-awareness and connection with others.
Alexandra Bayeva is a professional dancer and a teaching artist originally from Belarus passionate about bringing art of self-expression through dance and movement to adults and children. Alexandra has been involved in contact improvisation practice for the last 18 years and taught CI at Dance Lab, Dance Beyond, Unifier Festival, Hudson Valley CI Jam, and various venues in NYC. Alexandra is the creator of “Let Your Body Talk”—a class that focuses on connection through dance and movement as well as an organizer of “Hiking and Dancing” events in Hudson Valley.https://alexbayeva.wixsite.com/dance
Or if you prefer to pay cash at the door, send us an email to let us know you’re coming, so we can help you find your way to the studio.
Overnight guests welcome (with advance notice). Let us know if you want to make a longer visit to WildHeart… email contact@wildheartcenter.art
Weeks that we’re not Jamming @ WildHeart, Hudson Valley Contact Improv continues in Kingston. Email Hudsonvalleycontactimprov@gmail.com for more on the Kingston Jam
Location- This workshop will take place in the Barn. If you’re coming to WildHeart for the first time, please visit our Directions page for arrival info.
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