I'm a contemporary dancer and researcher with enphasis in contact improvisation, tango, capoeira, playfight, watsu and acroyoga. My main research is in movement semiotics, different "languages" between two or more bodies.

Degree in visual arts in Mexico and studied dance as dancer in Uruguay, Argentina, Brasil and abroad.

Created "Practicas bestiales" collective, in wich we developed a CI practice programm in nature.

I am scene creator, performer and scenographer. Contact Improvisation and the scene, we presented the "atemporal dances" in Centro Cultural de España in Montevideo 2019. I have created and presented a CI contemporary dance play called "Cada ver", a exquisite cadavre, directed by 4 choreographers and presented SODRE Auditorum, Picadero circus studio and in Teatro Solis during 2021 and 2022.

I give workshops of Acrocontact with my partner Joaquin Cruz in Uruguay, Contangoraneo (contemporary tango) with Gaston Mir. Contact Improvisation and somatic training in Mexico city. Contactango workshop in Tel Aviv.

Videodancer, editor and director of several videodances, "Contact Improvisation International Film Festival" with the piece "Directo a las dunas" (acrocontact) and Festivalito Rodante de Coreocinema del Uruguay with "Tres minutos de realidad" (contactango). I have special interest in CI videos in the public space, developing some "documentary" interviews about love and relationships, this project was born in Brazil with Bruno Garrote and taking volume in Tel aviv, with Hofit Rauchberger: where we guide an open researching street jam.

During the pandemic I did a resistance CI festival in Uruguay and a fanzine to keep the memory of this historic moment.

Last year I had facilitate workshops in Tel aviv and Jerusalem. This year (2024) I am in a Latinamerica tour guiding some intensive workshops, giving energy to this beautiful land that has been so exploited by Europe and USA.
We are organizing to build the net in this sacred land. 

For any further info and dates, feel free to writte to:
contactimproresearch@gmail.com

Maestros significativos

Gianni Penna (Uy) Pablo Burset (Ar) Maxi Sondereger (Uy) Cata Chouy (Uy) Graciela Figueroa (Uy)