Contact Concert is Ira’s collection of compositions written with the movement of improvisational dancers in mind. The pieces can be performed solo on violin, voice & piano, or with accompanying musicians. Their structure embodies the natural dynamic and energetic flow of a group of dancers meeting one another in creative spontaneous physical dialogue. This work is inspired by Contact Improv dance culture and the compatibility improvisational music and dance share. In Contact Improvisation dancers work to cultivate alertness in an energetic state of physical disorientation, trusting in their physical survival instincts. Contact Concert is Ira’s attempt to cultivate alertness in a state of musical distortion, trusting in their musical survival instincts.

Feel free to come to dance, or just to listen. Feel free to lie down, take a nap, wrestle your friend or give a massage. Feel free to make a drawing or write a poem. Come and feel free!