From Contactencyclopedia
Initiated by Dieter Heitkamp and developed by the participants of the Israeli contact festival 2006, a list of terms related to CI was gathered. The structure of the alphabet helped brainstorming without trying to make sense of CI by thinking of contents, categories or other borders.
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A
air
anchoring
axis
anal reach
action / active
authentic movement
awareness
acrobatics
architecture
B
balance
banana roll
bench (crawler)
breath
buoyancy
bodywork
bloodfullness
balls
blindfolds
buttress
bodyscapes
bridging
bodysurfing
be
C
contact
communication
changes
curiousness
catching
centrifugal force
communication skills: refusing, offering, accepting, suggesting
cuddling
counterbalance
counterweight
climbing
calmness
choice
center
commitment
creativity
connection
croissant roll
D
disorientation
danger
distance
differences
diversity
double helix roll
direct / redirect
double duett
draping
E
evolution
exchange
emotions
entrances & exits
expression
experiment
exploration
extension
earplugs
eyes
embracing
evolve
excitement
F
fairness
flow
flight
fall
friction
following
fly
feedback
forecasting
focus
feet
floor
fluency
G
gravity
generosity
gap
grounded
guiding
graphics
H
humor
hitting
heart
honesty
happyness
healing
harvest
headstand
handstand
I
imagination
impulse
in & out of contact
intention
invitation
invisible dances
instrument & player
J
joy
jumps
jam
K
kinesphere
L
levitation
lust
laughter
listening
landing
leverage
liveliness
liveforce
lizzard
letting go
laboratory
learning
language
landscape & explorer
leading / not leading
M
meditation
mouthing
momentum
manipulation
massage
motivation
multidirectionality
moulding
N
nearness
no
narrative
nourishing
O
off balance
obstacles
P
play
peripheral vision
pivot
presence
passivity
permission to touch
perception
perching
physics
proximity
patience
process
plié
push
pull
physio balls
pezzi balls
performance
pleasure
protection
Q
questions
R
resistance
rolling point
release / relaxation
relationship
round robin
rotation
reflexes
reach
reaching into the touch
S
skin
sensuousness
support
sweat
surprise
small dance
sexuality
stillness
state of increased sensitivity
samaritan syndrome
safety
size differences
suggestions
shoulderstand
states
scores
space
skinesphere
slides
starfish
suspension
social
sensory inhibitors
study lab
spiral
T
touch
tickeling
transformation
table (monkey)
two plus one
three ways of going across
transport
transition
trios
toys (earplugs, blindfolds, balls, sheets, blankets)
U
upside down
unfolding
V
vision
vocabulary
vacuuming
vitality
W
weight transfer
weight exchange
wholeness
willingness
wheelchairs
X
X
Y
yes
yielding
Z
zigzagging up and down
