Use this guide for your contact improv.
A movement experience where touch, weight-sharing, refusal, and observers can create ambiguity unless expectations are named early.
01Touch and weight-sharing are optional.
Participant-facing expectation
02No photos or recordings without agreement.
Participant-facing expectation
03Partner changes are allowed.
Participant-facing expectation
04Pause, decline, and no are respected.
Participant-facing expectation
Organizer notes
What to make clear before arrival.
Clarify contact level, warmup norms, how to decline touch, photography boundaries, and what support exists if someone feels uncomfortable.
Participant notes
What participants should be able to see.
Check that the room gives you easy language for no, pause, and changing partners.