Mark Koenig
1985
1996
Having grown up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he competed in and taught gymnastics, Mark Koenig undertook his university education in art and dance at the University of California at Irvine and Santa Cruz, California and at Pau and Paris, France. Mark has been performing Contact Improvisation dance since 1985 and teaching independently and with LeyZokiParl and LAVA, the two improvisational music and dance performance collectives he co-founded, since 1996 in areas including Northern California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minneapolis, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. Mark also co-founded GLACIER, the annual Great Lakes Area Contact Improvisation Enthusiasts Retreat in Willard Wisconsin in 2002, which continues today. He participated in the teachers advisory group of the annual West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival in Berkeley, California from 1998 through 2009. He currently resides in Rio Rancho, New Mexico with his wife Cynthia and their son Luc, who is studying architecture at UNM in Albuquerque. Mark continues to teach a weekly Contact Improvisation class in Albuquerque and a monthly CI Class+Jam in Santa Fe, NM.