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Nancy Stark Smith, Co-Creator Of Contact Improvisation, Dead At 68

PEOPLE Posted: May 7, 2020 11:03 am

“Although [Steve] Paxton is credited with inventing, or initiating CI, it was Stark Smith who became the chief educator and organizer. … Whether springing up out of the floor or boomeranging off another person, she made the pleasure of touch visible. She had a wondrous way of talking/writing about the sensations of momentum that drew people in.” – Dance Magazine

PEOPLE Published: 05.05.20

Read the story in Dance Magazine Published: 05.05.20

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