A small, donation-based research space exploring impermanence and disorientation.

Visibly Unstable (VU), curated by Exit Map, is an intimate Contact Improvisation intensive offering rigorous practice with world-class teachers for a group of 25 participants. Conceived as a temporary research community, VU invites experienced movers to deepen their physical and relational range through sustained inquiry. Working with a donation-based model, the intensive is grounded in accessibility, shared responsibility and recognition of the decades of embodied knowledge the teachers bring.

VU approaches instability as a generative force: falling, catching, yielding and responding as practices of awareness. As Laura suggests, we are always falling through space and time—what if falling and catching became a practice rather than a failure? Her work cultivates collective negotiation through dances in and out of contact, conversation and stillness, tuning into subtle thresholds where action emerges—spaces that are alive rather than fixed. Kirstie, drawing on over forty years of improvisation practice, proposes embodied intelligence as a source of resilience in uncertain times. For her, improvisation is both art form and ecological practice, shifting us beyond a human-centred view toward recognising our interdependence within a larger field of life.

Through workshops, labs and shared reflection, VU fosters nuanced listening, complex weight exchange and dynamic risk within a culture of care and consent. The small group size supports continuity, depth and a strong collective container. While open to practitioners from diverse backgrounds, the intensive assumes prior experience in Contact Improvisation and a readiness to engage fully.

Info and booking: https://www.exitmap.org/vu