Technique trains instinct

Another definition for Contact

Con -
1. a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association”
2. a verb meaning "to commit to memory" or "to study or examine closely"
3. an adverb meaning "on the negative side" or "in opposition"

4. a verb meaning "swindle", "manipulate", "persuade", or "cajole"

Tact -

1.a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
2.a keen sense of what is appropriate, tasteful, or aesthetically pleasing; taste; discrimination.
3.touch or the sense of touch.

CI is like Champagne

Only bubbly white wine

that comes from the region of 

Champagne, France 

is given the name 

champagne.

Contact Improvisation, some people maintain, is more than just a physical practice.  It is a political movement, a way of life, a way to interact with our fellow humans and the world.  Some might even go as far as to say CI is a social modality that can change the world.

Contact Improvisation was not created in a vacuum.  It arose in the United States during a time of great flux and change.  It was a time of great social and political upheaval.  Therefore, the environment in which CI arose is inherent in the form.

If CI is a political/social/gender/economic etc. movement then to truly understand CI one has to come from the same soil that birthed CI.

Therefore, I postulate, only Americans who were born in the '70s or later are fully capable of understanding CI.

Therefore, I postulate, only we, denizens of the United States of America, are able to fully understand what true self determination in the moment is and how to manifest it corporeally.

(it could also be that all the concomitant -isms that people attribute to the physical form of CI have nothing to with it, that it is purely the physical practice and form.  Yes, CI can be a tool for creating those -isms, but it is not those -isms.  A hammer can be used to build a house, but it is not a house.)