CI history

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How did CI start in the US?

How did CI find its way to Europe? To Japan? To Buenos Aires?

How did CI evolve from an exploration of physics to what it is today?

How did CI leave the field of art and started being practiced in social, spiritual and therapeutical contexts?


The development of CI being the result of the effort of a large community, its documentation is a challenging task.

This site makes it possible to collect historical reports of any size or form and connecting them into a greater network.

Every contribution is valuable! (How to make contributions)

biographies, local or national reports, description of events, encounters, ...

in form of interviews, short articles, personal stories, ...

First contributions

CI history in Berlin

CI in Russia

Harvest: One history of Contact Improvisation