Dialects of Momentum - CI Intensive with Ray Chung - March 2026, Thailand

𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺: 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴
𝟮𝟰 - 𝟯𝟬 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝗞𝗼𝗵 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻, 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

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𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰 is happy to announce the opportunity for practitioners of Contact Improvisation to study with Ray Chung in the upcoming season. Ray has richly contributed to the development of Contact Improvisation through 46 years of involvement with this form, including practice, teaching and performance.
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𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺

Using Contact Improvisation (CI) as a foundation, we will create ways to improvise dancing in duo, trio, and ensemble. A detailed survey of CI essentials, with a focus on efficient, effortless use of technical skills, will develop a facility for, and availability to, changing physical states and levels of touch and weight. We will work with strategies for improvising or how we improvise the way we improvise. Come prepared for focused playfulness within committed practice.
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𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆: 𝗥𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴

Ray Chung is a performer, teacher, engineer who has a passion for dancing which he likes to share with other people. His main focus is improvisation and he has worked with Contact Improvisation since 1979 as part of improvisational performance practice and integrates other movement forms into his work, including martial arts, bodywork and Authentic Movement. Ray has worked with the leading proponents of Contact Improvisation including Nancy Stark Smith, Steve Paxton, Nita Little, Lisa Nelson, Peter Bingham, Chris Aiken, Andrew Harwood, and regularly collaborates with dancers, musicians, and other artists. Ray has also been certified as an instructor of shiatsu by the Shiatsu Education of America in 1982, and has studied with Wataru Ohashi, Ryuho Yamada, and Shizuto Masunaga. His work has been featured at numerous national and international festivals and venues. Currently based in San Francisco & Sweden, Ray regularly teaches abroad.
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𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴

Martin Keogh and Ray Chung, performing at Contact Festival Freiburg 2001 &t=63s

Peter Bingham and guests Chris Aiken and Ray Chung - performance at EDAM Studio, Vancouver, 2012


Chris Aiken, Ray Chung, and Mike Vargas - Movement Research at Judson Church 2013


Mike Vargas, Andrew Harwood, Ray Chung, Nancy Stark Smith performing at Warsaw FLOW 2014 (dance footage from 06:00)
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𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

“Contact Improvisation is an open-ended exploration of the kinaesthetic possibilities of bodies moving through contact. Sometimes wild and athletic, sometimes quiet and meditative, it is a form open to all bodies and enquiring minds.”

– 𝘙𝘢𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨, 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 2009

"a mode of movement which is relaxed, constantly aware and prepared, and onflowing. As a basic focus, the dancers remain in physical touch, mutually supportive and innovative, meditating upon the physical laws relating to their masses: gravity, momentum, inertia, and friction. They do not strive to achieve results, but rather, to meet the constantly changing physical reality with appropriate placement and energy."

– 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘹𝘵𝘰𝘯, 1979



This workshop is open to all levels of movement experience.



𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲
Shared Ground Studio, Chaloklum, Koh Phangan, Thailand
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𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴

320 euro | 12 000 thai baht - Standard Pricing (until 28th Feb)
350 euro | 13 200 thai baht - Last minute ticket (for applications after 28th February)
250 euro | 9 420 thai baht - Low income / artists & dancers price (limited places)
380 euro | 14 330 thai baht - Share the dance (part of the price supports scholarship program)



𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻*

This intensive will consist of one 3 hour session with Ray every day, morning or evening (the other part of the day the venue will be hosting Focused Jam). Please note It’s necessary to fully participate in the workshop, arriving punctually for all sessions.

ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｆｏｒｍ：
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*𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 30 𝘰𝘤𝘵, 30 𝘯𝘰𝘷, 30 𝘥𝘦𝘤, 30 𝘫𝘢𝘯, 28 𝘧𝘦𝘣, 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦.


𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀

We have a limited number of scholarship (pay what you can) places available for dedicated practitioners of contact improvisation who would not otherwise be able to participate, and for Thai or Burmese nationals wishing to study Contact Improvisation.

Ｓｃｈｏｌａｒｓｈｉｐ ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｆｏｒｍ：
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𝗜𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
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