Contents

4- Editor Notes - Present Tense, by Nancy Stark Smith and Lailye Weidman

5 - CQ FOLIO 2 - Contact/Dance Improvisation and philosophical thinking, curated by Romain Bigé, with Lisa Nelson. With photo essay by Mandoline Whittlesey

6- Curator’s Note: Philosophies in Movement, by Romain Bigé

7 - Thinking in Movement, by Maxine Sheets-Johnstone

13 - Philosophical Glimpses: Standing, by Steve Paxton, Elizabeth A. Behnke, and Daniel Lepkoff

14- The Eloquent Torso - Politics and Mobility of the Center, by Alice Godfroy

18 - Philosophical Glimpses: Being Lost, by Charlie Morrissey and Erwin Straus

19 - Mind-Fucking and Other Uncertainties, A dialogue between (philosopher) Romain Bigé & (dance improviser) Charlie Morrissey (and conversely)

23 - seeing is being touched is being changed is being seen is being moved, by Mandoline Whittlesey

24 - Philosophical Glimpses: -Scapes, by Erin Manning and Steve Paxton

25 - RIFF TALK-ing on Identity and Performance, with Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Joy Mariama Smith, Sara Smith and Tara Aisha Willis; moderated by Cassie Peterson

30 - A Certain Kind of Knowing, Interview with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, by Nancy Stark Smith, for CQ

34 - Move When the Spirit Says Move, Contemplative Dance, Witness, and Embodied Testimony, by Christopher-Rasheem McMillan

40 - Michelle Ellsworth: Performance Engineer, essay, interview, and performance texts, by Nancy Wozny, Joanna Rotkin, and Michelle Ellsworth

40 - Ellsworth: State of Ecstatic Anxiety, by Nancy Wozny

44 - Interview with Michelle Ellsworth, by Joanna Rotkin

70 - Dance Map Directory - a dancer’s guide to resources worldwide