Gabrielle Revlock
Class Description: Restorative Contact
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Restorative Contact: Restorative Contact is a partner attunement practice designed to cultivate grounding through attention to the present moment. Participants are guided through a primarily floor-based choreography of touch and weight-sharing, using various surfaces of the body. Class moves at a pace where we have time to digest the unfolding experience. Following a set sequence, the workshop will progress into more improvisation and include verbal processing. Through the practice participants will tune their ability to listen through the skin and let go of unwanted tension, emerging with a deep sense of peace and calm. Students are encouraged to participate with a chosen partner or select a partner upon arrival. Beginner-friendly.
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Gabrielle Revlock is a dancer/choreographer and the creator of Restorative Contact, a mindful touch-based movement practice. Her research on the therapeutic applications of CI is published in the 2024 book Resistance and Support: Contact Improvisation @ 50. Revlock was an invited teacher at CI@50, the Embodiment Conference, the Dance & Somatics Conference and the Future of CI Conference. She has studied CI since 2003 and has taught the form at Movement Research, the School for Contemporary Dance & Though, Philadelphia Dance Projects, DNE Dance Camp, Montreal Annual Jam pre-festival, Smith College, Hampshire College, Amherst College, and Salt Spring Island Contact Improvisation Festival. She holds an MFA in Dance from Smith College.