ECITE 2025
The European Contact Improvisation Teacher Exchange 2025 took place in Warsaw as a special edition dedicated to research and reflection through movement practice. We explored how the physical and improvisational core of CI could act as a catalyst for resilience, creativity, and connection—both personal and collective.
Together, we reflected on the nature of CI: its capacity to develop physical, psychological, and collaborative skills; its potential to nurture empathy and trust; and its relevance in addressing today’s societal and ecological challenges.
RESEARCH PATHS
Five research paths guided the exchange:
GATHERING IN MOTION
How CI fosters community, care, and collective awareness through jamming, witnessing, and group dynamics—shaping relational spaces, ethical engagement, and the experience of being together in dance.
BEYOND THE KNOWN BODY
CI pedagogy as a practice of unlearning ingrained social and perceptual patterns, expanding physical, relational, and spatial awareness, and exchanging approaches to teaching.
CI IN PERFORMANCE
How CI functions as a performance form: the influence of audience presence, and the role of media such as camera, music, and structured improvisation.
THERAPEUTIC TOUCH
The therapeutic dimensions of CI—touch, co-regulation, and nervous system support. How does CI foster safety, resilience, and connection? What role do slowness, attunement, and mindful attention play in healing?
TOWARDS THE WHOLE
The intersection of CI with spiritual and activist practices—drawing on Quaker worship, Buddhist and Eastern philosophies, and non-violence. Exploring deep listening, embodied connection, and dance as a tool for healing, resistance, and alignment with the greater whole.
OPEN EVENTS
SENSITIVE EXPLORATION – about group process in dance | Hanna Jurczak
PANEL DISCUSSION: HOLDING THE UNKNOWN – contact improvisation as a practice of resilience and being together | Panellists: Inna Falkova, Adrian Russi, Thomas Kampe; Moderator: Klara Łucznik
ECITE 2025 Open jam
ECITE 2025 Performative mode
PHOTOS ARCHIVE
Panel Discussion
Open Jam
Morning Jam
Research Paths
Performance Mode
Research Paths’ Sharing
Closing Jam
THE ORGANIZERS
curator / coordinator
Zuzanna Bukowski
curator / coordinator
Klara Łucznik
COORDINATOR
Tomasz Domański
DIRECTOR FOUNDATION PERFORM
Paulina Święcańska
Helpers: Kamila Zięba, Jakub Reda, Natalia Klamann, Olga Skrzypek
Special thanks:
Jakub Zalewski (graphic design)
Bartek Bartosiński (website)
Weronika Chinowska (social media)
Tomasz Jimmy Kowalski (video documentation)
Michał Czarnecki (photos)
Natalia Osiatynska (translations)
and to all those who supported creating and making this event possible during all stages of the organisational process and the festival itself.
ORGANIZATOR
CO-FINANCING
PARTNERS
MEDIA PARTNERS
MEDIA SUPPORT
