Nita Little is an activist for relational intelligence through improvisational dance practices that began with the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation in 1972. This path was provoked by Steve Paxton. The only remaining Contact Improvisation (CI) teacher who was a member of the initial core of CI pioneers, Nita has remained on the cutting edge of this practice training generations of Contact Improvisation practitioners and teachers worldwide. A performer, choreographer, and dance theorist, Little received her PhD in Performance Studies in 2014. She continues international touring invited by dance companies, festivals, conferences and universities to teach, lecture, and compose emergent events. Intent on framing emergent practices in composition and CI, her work is both practical and theoretical. Her writing investigates ecological actions of attention and the creative potentials present in entangled relations. She directs a growing international network of dance research ensembles - the Institute for the Study of Somatic Communication (the ISSC), somaticcommunication.com.

Specialism: Contact Improvisation, Dance, Ensemble Dance Improvisation

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