Ivan Gurianov
About
Facilitator of contact improvisation since 2018, teacher and co-organiser of international Contact Improvisation programs, performer, multidisciplinary artist. As a child Ivan practiced acrobatics and football. From 2005 was practicing yoga and meditation, and studying western and eastern philosophy and spiritual teachings. From 2007 to 2009 studied martial arts. Ivan has been trained in different modern dance styles: butoh, hip-hop, popping, house, jazz funk, contemporary dance, tango. Other movement practices he studied: Ideokinesis, Axis Syllabus & Movement Culture, Flow Arts & Physical Theatre. For the first time Ivan encountered contact improvisation in 2013, and has been teaching it since 2018, facilitating in Russia, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and South Korea, and organising international courses and residencies. From 2021 also facilitating Contact Improvisation in Water.