This 3.5 day Training Workshop in Somatic research is meant to instill specific research skills for participants intending to study the physicality of Somatic Communication through Improvisational Ensemble Practices by means of methodologies established by Nita Little* for the Institute for the Study of Somatic Communication (ISSC).

The ISSC seeks to develop Relational Intelligence and other transferable skills of Somatic Communication in dancers, affiliate researchers, and ultimately everyday humans for the benefit of peoples in all walks of life. This Training Workshop is meant for dancers to extend their research beyond choreographic choice-making to find that Somatic Communication offers emergent relations of immediate coordination and surprise. Outcomes will include a deeper understanding of the potentials for Co-Creative Practices where new knowledge and data might emerge, as well as access to establishing CoLab research groups under the resource umbrella of the ISSC.