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Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject
Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

Select Bibliographies
Davida, Dena. 1997. ContactImprov.Net Bibilography. contactimprov.net/biblio.html.

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Albright, Ann Cooper (Ed.), David Gere (Ed.). 2003. Taken by Surprise: A Dance Improvisation Reader. CT: Wesleyan Press.

Buckwalter, Melinda. 2010. Composing while Dancing: An Improviser's Companion. University of Wisconsin Press.

Kaltenbrunner, Thomas. 2003. Contact Improvisation: Moving, Dancing, Interaction: With an Introduction to New Dance. 2nd Ed. Meyer & Meyer Verlag.

Novak, Cynthia J. 1990. Sharing the Dance: Contact Improvisation and American Culture. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press.

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Freiburg Contact Improv Video competition. 2011. http://www.youtube.com/user/contactfestfreiburg (1 video per entry)

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Christenson, Neige and Phil Shinnick. 2012. improvised duet: hanging on. Burlington, VT: Annual International Contact Jam.

Harwood, Andrew, Jacob Lehrer, Judit Keri, David Corbet with musicians Rae Howell and Alies Sluiter and videographer Dianne Reid. 2006. Contact Improvisation in performance: Extract from Making Contact. Atlanta, GA: 7Adinkras Creative Media.

Contact Improv on Youtube. 2010. Contact Improv on Youtube. youtube.com

niegedance. 2012. Contact Improvisation duet: leaning into the invitation. (Excerpts from a Contact Improvisation duet with Neige Christenson and Philip Shinnick during the May Jam in Cambridge, MA. Improvised piano accompaniment by a yet-to-be-identified jam participant. We are playing with leaning, falling, redirecting, inviting each other into spiral pathways). Cambridge, MA: May Jam.

Paxton, Steve. 1986. Steve Paxton: MATERIAL FOR THE SPINE. New York, NY: Movement Research.

Schmidt, Juri, Deni Oktofianto and Lisa Becker. 2009. what is contact improvisation?. Göttingen, Germany: osterimprofestival.info.

Yee, Sandra M., and Stephen Katz (original music). 2006. Making Contact: Atlanta Contact Improv Jam. Atlanta, GA: 7Adinkras Creative Media.

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Contact Improv Festival Freiburg. http://www.contactfestival.de/

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