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Paul Singh (dancing here with Jack Blackmon) is one of our featured teachers for the NYC Contact Improvisation Festival happening May 29-31, 2026 on Governors Island!

Three days of glorious dancing overlooking the New York City skyline and ample green grass for lounging (and also dancing.)

Full fest and day passes available at NycCiFest.com >>link in bio.
Only a handful of spots remaining!

@paulsinghdance @baldbimbobaby

#contactimprovisation #contactimprov #contactimprovnyc #nyccifest #dancenyc by @paulsinghdance

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Paul Singh (dancing here with Ryan Yamauchi) is one of our featured teachers for the NYC Contact Improvisation Festival happening May 29-31, 2026 on Governors Island!

Three days of glorious dancing overlooking the New York City skyline and ample green grass for lounging.

Full fest and day passes available at NycCiFest.com >>link in bio.

@paulsinghdance

#contactimprovisation #contactimprov #contactimprovnyc #dancefestival #dancenyc taken in Governors Island by @paulsinghdance

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The dynamic Paul Singh is one of our featured workshop teachers for the 2026 NYC Contact Improvisation Festival, May 29-31 on Governors Island. Register: nyccifest.com

Paul Singh, who holds a BFA in dance from the University of Illinois, has danced for a diverse range of choreographers and companies including Gerald Casel, Risa Jaroslow, Phantom Limb Company, Stephanie Batten Bland, Douglas Dunn, Christopher Williams, Kathy Westwater, and Faye Driscoll. Singh was featured in the inaugural cast of Punchdrunk’s American debut of Sleep No More. During his international ventures, Singh performed in Peter Sellars’ opera The Indian Queen (Madrid) and Peter Pleyer’s large-scale improvisation work Visible Undercurrent (Berlin). Singh’s choreographic works have been showcased at various venues in New York and Berlin, including a presentation of his solo piece Stutter at the Kennedy Center in 2004. Most recently, he premiered two new works on A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in 2024. In addition to his performance and choreographic endeavors, Singh is an experienced educator in contact improvisation (CI), teaching intensives and workshops worldwide for both teacher training and beginner studies. He teaches a range of technique classes, including CI, floor work, contemporary, and partnering, at Movement Research, Sarah Lawrence College, and The Juilliard School. Singh was program manager at Baryshnikov Arts Center from 2021 to 2023.

NYCciFest.com

#contactimprov #dancefestival #contactimprovisation #partnerdance #dance taken in Governors Island by @paulsinghdance

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7 months ago

❄️Winter MELT Week 3: Join Paul Singh for ‘Gravity, Timing, and Imagination: Contact Improvisation for Focused Partnering’

Learn more: https://movementresearch.org/workshops/2950/ or visit the #linkinbio

When: Mon-Fri, Jan 26-30, 2026 | 4-6pm
Location: MR Studios at 122CC (150 First Avenue)
Price: $150-$225

Gravity, Timing, and Imagination: Contact Improvisation for Focused Partnering with @paulsinghdance
The class begins with foundational Contact Improvisation practices, emphasizing comfort, trust, and safety as we share weight at low, middle, and high levels—first on the floor, then seated, and eventually standing. From that groundwork, we will layer in the inquiries above, allowing precision and play to coexist. The aim is to cultivate a partnering practice that is both technically rigorous and creatively alive.If you are a contemporary/modern dancer who wants to improve your partnering skills, a dance-maker hoping to explore different modalities of connection in your work, or a mover from any background looking to enliven your instincts, this would be the class for you.

What to expect:
Participants should have an active personal movement practice, whether recreational or professional. This class will include conditioning exercises, solo improvisation scores, weight-sharing and partnering skills, and time for open practice. We will focus on foundational elements of Contact Improvisation, emphasizing attentive listening, continuous flow, and the development of stamina.

(IDs and photo credits in the ALT text/comments.) Paul Singh is catching Jack Blackmon as their shared weights collapses, Paul wears a long sleeve burgundy shirt, and Jack is in a white t-shirt. Photo by David Gonsier. taken in Movement Research by @paulsinghdance

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10 months ago

☀️Register today for Morning Classes happening November through December!

For more info, including teaching schedule click the #linkinbio or visit
https://movementresearch.org/class_type/morning-classes/

☀️Artists are listed in order of teaching schedule:
Jordan Demetrius Lloyd
Paul Singh
Vicky Shick
Wendell Gray II
Jennifer Nugent
nia love

Happening throughout the week at various times of day, Morning Classes offer the opportunity to learn a Teaching Artist’s movement practices, investigations, and histories. This movement experience may include somatic practices, improvisation techniques, and movement phrase exercises. If dance experience is recommended, it will be indicated in the description of the class.

(ID and photo credit in the comments/ALT text) taken in Movement Research by @paulsinghdance

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a year ago

Following Movement:
Paul Singh
The Field Center Library
July 2025

Music: Crested Ibis 🎶
Musician: Outland

Paul came in & turned the lights up in the "Cave" and all the cave dancers scurried away seeking the low light again, but we needed the change. I felt an energy surge as the light increased. This small act changed the trajectory of energy in the room. He has the energy for us all. Loved taking class with @paulsinghdance (Pace yourself 😉)...Thank you again for the short 📽️ session.

#improvisation #thisisit #pov #movementobservation #onetake #yourmovement #paulsinghdance #energizer #vermont #artist #dancers #teachers #performers #bitsandpieces #improveverywhere #itsjustadance #alittlemovement #followingmovement #artsicklabs #changingperception #changingtrajectory #filmingdance taken in The Field Center by @paulsinghdance

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Improv Scenes:
Jesse Zaritt (@jessezaritt ) and Paul Singh (@paulsinghdance )
📍 Vermont | July 2025
@_thefieldcenter

Witnessing Paul and Jesse dance together for the first time☺️☀️ #bitsandpieces

Grateful to spend 10 wonderful days of learning/growing with Jesse, Paul, and the rest of the PANDA crew. ☺️ My legs are still feeling it lol 🙏

#perspective #nobigdeal #thisisit #adancedate #awitness #movement #followingmovement #movementexploration #pov #improvisation #changingperception #jessezaritt #paulsingh #contact #excerpts #3min #vermont

☯️ ☮️💟 taken in The Field Center by @paulsinghdance

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Ok I’ve converted : I love dancing CI to pop music
Here is a clip from today’s dance date with Paul, The Field Center, July 26 25. Filmed by @jo__warren Music is by Flume feat. Kai by @paulsinghdance

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Every day for the past several days, Paul and I have danced for 15-30 mins at some point during day. Here is yesterday’s practice. What do you see ? (The Field Center, July 2025, Sky Room Studio. Filmed by @jo__warren) by @paulsinghdance

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#PANDA2 is in full swing and what an incredible first day. Morning class with @jessezaritt, a sunny lunch on the deck, and afternoon class with @paulsinghdance kicked us off with the momentum to carry us through the week!
More coming soon… ⚡️ taken in The Field Center by @paulsinghdance

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a year ago

Surviving Change Together: A Contact Improvisation Workshop with setGO | AUGUST 18 - 24
This workshop is built on composition, connection, and touch— where each of these elements takes center stage at different moments, supported by the others.
We intentionally complicate our teaching, allowing five voices to speak as one, mirroring the fluid and unpredictable nature of a jam setting. Here, everyone is responsible, everyone is accountable, everyone is awake. The process is thorny, tangled, and sometimes disorienting—but within that complexity lies the deepest satisfaction.
What to Expect
Each session unfolds through discussion, discovery, and dancing. Different members of SetGO will take turns facilitating, shifting perspectives and approaches to challenge how we learn and move together.
We build and dismantle physical architectures with our bodies, inviting a wide range of physical textures to do so: crumbling, colliding, unfurling, gazing, pausing, extending, retracting, pushing, pulling, and yielding. Through these actions, we refine our instincts in real time, training how we meet a moment, and make choices that serve both ourselves and the dance.
Why We Do This
Our curiosity is collective—we embolden one another to take risks, in dance and in life. Our practices are informed by the diverse communities we engage with, learning from dancers of manyall backgrounds and movement histories.
We recognize that Contact Improvisation is, at its core, political. It requires us to meet resistance with deep listening, test edges together, and trust our instincts to move through uncertainty. In a time of rapid change, these skills are more necessary than ever.
This is the work. Let’s move.

Registration options include taking the Intensive Only, Weekend Pass only, or a FULL FESTIVAL PASS with camping options available. This event is limited to 40 participants including campers.
Arrival for the Weekend Pass is Thursday at 4pm. taken in The Field Center by @paulsinghdance

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Concrete offers students the chance to build there craft and learn from each other alongside some of the best physical theater artists and mentors out in today’s world! Dozens of tools are taught throughout the three week program and the opportunities are endless! 🔑🪑🎉

@paulsinghdance
Paul Singh holds a BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois, USA. He has danced for a diverse range of choreographers and companies including Gerald Casel, Risa Jaroslow, Phantom Limb Company, Stephanie Batten Bland, Douglas Dunn, Christopher Williams, Kathy Westwater, and Faye Driscoll.

Read more @concrete_immersive or concreteimmersive.org

@dorchelhaqq
Dorchel Haqq, raised in Harlem, began to embody history at the Dance Theater of Harlem. With experience from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts then later at the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College SUNY, Haqq initiated her discovery of the body as a political statement.

Read more @concrete_immersive or concreteimmersive.org

@sbb_land @concrete_immersive @lesliekraus @dansafer @sbb_roll @themyerskid @amanda.edore by @paulsinghdance

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