''Contact Quarterly'' (''CQ'') is a

contemporary dance Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in ...

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

established in 1975, with a focus on

improvisation Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...

and performance. In addition to its periodical publications, the magazine sponsors symposia, workshops, and other programmes to support of contemporary movement arts. It is recognized for its role in supporting the " contact improvisation" dance movement.

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''Contact Quarterly'' was launched as ''Contact Newsletter'', during a period when "contact improvisation", a particular type of contemporary dance using improvisation, was a growing trend. It was renamed ''Contact Quarterly'' in 1975 and was a regularly published national magazine. It "collected impressions and insight into contact as well as announcements for upcoming events". Early issues of the magazine are valued as educational reading for dancers and dance teachers exploring the roots of the contact improvisation movement and the techniques of its originators. The headquarters of the magazine is in

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* {{Official website, http://www.contactquarterly.com/ Quarterly magazines published in the United States Dance magazines Magazines established in 1975 English-language magazines Music magazines published in the United States Magazines published in Massachusetts

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