About CQ
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CQ/CE Publishing Project Directors
Lisa Nelson
Nancy Stark Smith
Editors
Melinda Buckwalter
Lisa Nelson
Nancy Stark Smith
Editorial/Production Associate
Meredith Bove
Contributing Editors
Marion Barrios Solano
Colleen Bartley
Margit Galanter
Karen Nelson
Andrea Olsen
Lailye Weidman
Newsletter Co-editors
Colleen Bartley
Nancy Stark Smith
Supporting Editors
Steve Paxton
Simone Forti
Christina Svane
Design/Layout
Jill Apolinario
Webmaster
Daniel Lepkoff
Operations/Office Mgr
Jerry Mandel
Advertising/Marketing
Sofia Engelman
Products/Shipping Mgr
Meegan Schreiber
Interns
Em Papineau
CI & CQ Archive Volunteer(s)
Dale Rosenkrantz
Advisory Board
Chris Aiken
Shaina Cantino
James Dowling
Lesley Farlow
Sarah Lass
Marlene Wong
Marlon Barrios Solano (consultant)
Sara Smith (consultant)
CONTACT QUARTERLY, journal of dance, improvisation, performance, and contemporary movement arts, is the longest living, independent, artist-made, not-for-profit, reader-supported magazine devoted to the dancer's voice.
Founded in 1975, Contact Quarterly (CQ) began as a forum for discussion of the emerging dance form contact improvisation. Serving as a meeting ground for a worldwide network of contact improvisers, CQ quickly grew to include writings and interviews on postmodern and contemporary experimental dance, somatic movement practices, improvisational dance, mixed-abilities dance, teaching methods, creative process, and performance.
Providing a platform for seasoned and emerging artists and educators to communicate and dialogue about their work, CQ is a singular record of the developments over the last 44 years (see our Back Issues) and plays an active role in supporting the artists and creative forms that appear in, and reach beyond, our pages.
We invite you to participate in the dialogue that is CQ. See how by clicking through our website. There are opportunities to submit writings and to comment on articles you read online in CQ Unbound, CQ Article Gallery, and CI Newsletter. You can also share your work through advertising in our print publications and online Dance Map Directory.
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CQ is a resource for:
- Artists
- materials about dance-making, creative process, collaboration, teaching and performance practices
- articles by dancers evolving new forms, concepts, and practices
- Contact Improvisors
- a biannual CI Newsletter with reports of CI activities and views from around the world
- CI "shoptalk" articles in print and online
- a CI Contacts List for finding CI events and practitioners worldwide
- Dance Students and Enthusiasts
- information about workshops and trainings
- an inside look at thoughts, practices, and creative work of professional dance and movement artists at all levels of their careers
- source material for academic papers
- an opportunity to feel connected with a worldwide community of dancers
- Dance Educators
- articles about teaching methods, for both young and seasoned teachers
- regular listings of new resources: books, DVDs, references
- Dance Scholars and Critics
- 40 years of original source material by and about prime movers in the field of contemporary dance and improvisation
- Somatic Practitioners and Dance Therapists
- experiential writings about the psychological, emotional, and physical effects of movement practices
- articles about body-mind practices including: Body-Mind Centering®, Feldenkrais®, Ideokinesis, Alexander Technique, Skinner Releasing®, Continuum, Authentic Movement, and DanceAbility