Gwen Ritchie is a dance artist specializing in contact improvisation, ensemble improvisation, and interdisciplinary collaboration based out of Boulder, Colorado. She has danced and toured internationally in several contemporary dance companies, including her own, LABCO dance and has had the privilege of teaching at several universities including Slippery Rock University, Chatham University ,CU Boulder, and Naropa University.

Movement studies over the last thirty years have spanned contact improvisation, contemporary dance, ballet, jazz, hip-hop, yoga, alexander technique, body-mind centering, pilates, and recently movement studies at ApeCo (formerly boulder movement collective). She currently teaches at Naropa University, directs an improvisational performance ensemble, and also teaches in a variety of settings both in and outside of her community.

The cultivation of awareness, presence, and finding freedom in the unknown while co-creating keeps her fascinated and passionate about her research in contact improvisation. Gwen looks forward to continuing to find ways to share that inquiry with others.

Insegnanti significativi

Dr. Nina Martin, Alicia Grayson, KJ Holmes, and Nita Little.