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Cristhy Mattos sharing weight with a partner during Contact Improvisation practice.

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Cristhy Mattos

Contact Improvisation facilitator and community project lead

Cristhy Mattos works with Contact Improvisation as a facilitator and community organizer, leading DIG in Contact Improvisation in Delft and Roffa CI in Rotterdam.

Cristhy Mattos in Contact Improvisation practice · Photo supplied to MSA

About

Practice shaped through attention and inquiry.

Cristhy Mattos is a Contact Improvisation practitioner, facilitator, and community organizer working between Delft and Rotterdam. She leads DIG in Contact Improvisation in Delft and Roffa CI in Rotterdam.

Her practice connects teaching, jam culture, artistic exploration, and the patient work of building local movement communities. At MSA, her profile brings Contact Improvisation into dialogue with the Academy's commitments to consent, attention, agency, and sustained learning.

Classes & courses

Ways to enter the practice.

Class / Workshop

Contact Improvisation Foundations

Guided study of listening, weight sharing, momentum, touch, choice, and composition for participants entering or deepening the practice.

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Community Practice / Delft

DIG in Contact Improvisation

A Delft-based project creating space for ongoing jams, learning, invited teaching, and exchange within Contact Improvisation.

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Community Practice / Rotterdam

Roffa CI

Contact Improvisation practice and community-building in Rotterdam, supporting encounters across different levels of experience.

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Class / Collaboration

Visiting Contact Improvisation Labs

Adaptable learning formats for studios, festivals, and partner organizations interested in relational movement and improvisation.

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Research

Questions carried through practice.

  1. Listening, weight sharing, momentum, and choice in Contact Improvisation

  2. Consent, agency, and accessible entry points within partner-based practice

  3. Jams and recurring gatherings as environments for learning

  4. Community-building across Contact Improvisation networks in Delft and Rotterdam

Archive & references

Selected records from the work.

Delft project listing

DIG in Contact Improvisation

The current DIG programme of Contact Improvisation classes, extended jams and guest workshops in Delft.Visit source

Work with Cristhy Mattos

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