Levitan | Contact Improv and Liberal Arts College
- Title
- Levitan | Contact Improv and Liberal Arts College
- Contributor
- Sadie Levitan
Dublin Core
Collection Items
Underscore Notes
Notes taken on the transmission of the Underscore, a loose schedule of a Contact Improvisation gathering ("jam") originally formulated by Nancy Stark-Smith. The Underscore features symbols for different stages of a jam and events that might happen within a dance.
Contact Quarterly: The College Issue cover
The cover of Contact Quarterly Spring/Summer 83 vol. VIII no. 3/4. This issue focused on Contact Improvisation in college, and featured student and instructor perspectives on what it meant to practice CI in a college setting.
Jam poster 1
A poster for a November 2024 student-led contact improv jam (open dance) at Carleton College
Jam poster 2
A poster advertising a contact improv jam (open dance) at Carleton College in February 2025
Jam poster 3
A poster advertising a contact improv jam (open dance) at Carleton College in November 2025
Collected - Base and Perch Fresh Space 2025 1
Student dancers from Base & Perch perform in St. Olaf's Fresh Space 2025 concert.
Contact Sheet
Artist's Statement:
"Contact Sheet includes photos of one of the first student-led contact improvisation jams at Carleton College; it is for Physical Education course #150, Contact Improvisation. The author intended to convey the feeling of the dance through photo editing, assembly, and the use of risograph printing techniques."
8 unnumbered pages: color illustrations; approx. 5x7 inches
"Contact Sheet includes photos of one of the first student-led contact improvisation jams at Carleton College; it is for Physical Education course #150, Contact Improvisation. The author intended to convey the feeling of the dance through photo editing, assembly, and the use of risograph printing techniques."
8 unnumbered pages: color illustrations; approx. 5x7 inches
Contact Improvisation in 1998/1999 Course Catalog
A course description from the first time contact improvisation was offered at Carleton College in 1998/1999.
Collected - Base & Perch Fresh Space 2025 2
Student dancers from Base & Perch perform in St. Olaf's Fresh Space 2025 concert.
Base & Perch practice 1
Students practice a lift during an early Base & Perch practice in October 2024.









