Contact Improvisation Charter of Consent
Assembled by Martin Keogh
We honor that every body is sovereign.
No movement, no touch, no connection is owed.
We know that consent is not a one-time yes.
It breathes. It shifts. It can vanish mid-dance.
And we listen for it, with reverence.
We remember that strength, skill, and charisma
do not grant invisible authority.
Every body meets the floor equally.
We recognize that saying no is a form of dance.
Stopping is a form of communication.
Disengagement is not failure, it is an act of trust.
We admit that we will make mistakes.
Miss a signal. Move too fast. Misread a touch.
And we will stay,
to repair, to recalibrate, to learn.
We know that injuries can happen,
We do not romanticize risk.
We ground in awareness, care, and choice.
We acknowledge that bodies come wrapped in histories.
Histories of hurt. Histories of healing.
We tread lightly. We move with respect.
We hold consent in how we land,
in how the community catches us,
and how we, in turn, hold the floor for others.
We cast off the illusion that Contact is always safe.
We cast off the illusion that Contact is always connection.
We choose to build safety through ongoing, imperfect attention.
We dance with an entwined awareness,
the luminous and the shadowed. Once again
returning to sensation, returning to the dance.
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