322 CONTACT Partnering & Improvisation for Grades 6-12

Thursday, March 31, 2011: 8:45 AM-10:00 AM
Convention Center: Ballroom 20D
Presider: Gladys M. Keeton, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
Speaker: Elisa De La Rosa, Aldine ISD, Houston, TX
Ever wonder how to introduce contact partnering to grade levels 6-12? You might ask: is that even possible? Yes, in this session we explore ways to introduce the form of contact partnering and contact improvisation. Contact partnering is based on the communication between two or more moving bodies in physical contact and their combined relationship to the physical laws that govern their motion-gravity, momentum, inertia.