Ivan Gurianov - facilitator of contact improvisation since 2018, teacher & co-organiser of international Contact Improvisation programs, performer, multidisciplinary artist.
As a child Ivan practiced acrobatics & football.
From 2005 was practicing yoga & meditation. At the same time, Ivan started to learn different schools of western and eastern philosophy and spiritual teachings. Since 2007 to 2009 studied martial arts. Ivan has been trained in different modern dance styles: butoh, hip-hop, popping, house, jazz funk, contemporary dance, tango.
Other movement practices that he studied: Ideokinesis, Axis Syllabus & Movement Culture, Flow Arts & Physical Theatre.
For the first time Ivan encountered contact improvisation in 2013, and has been teaching contact improvisation since 2018. He has been facilitating Contact Improvisation in Russia, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, China & South Korea and organizing international courses and residencies.

Ivan is passionate to acquire new knowledge about movement & arts, integrating every piece of knowledge into his practice of CI. His unique characteristic is curiosity for self research through direct experience and analytical approach to the movement.

Significant teachers

Artem Markov, Georgiy Popov, Guru Suraj, Maria Grudskaya, Vera Maximova, Vega Luukkonen, Ma Prem Tara, Frey Faust, Ruslan Baranov, Igor Halizev, Sergio Palomares Vicente, Sasha Bezrodnova, Angelica Doniy, Kira Kirsch, Yaniv Mintzer, Bari Kim