Vitali Kononov

Photo by Carmen Alvarez

Vitali Kononov is a movement artist, bodyworker and somatic movement educator, working with improvisation as a performance discipline, therapeutic tool and a contemplative practice. He was born in St-Petersburg, Russia, in 1966. He has been teaching contact improvisation since 1997 in Russia, Europe, USA and Mexico. He studied contemporary dance, physical theater, contact and ensemble improvisation, Somatic Movement Therapy. He taught at Moving On Center – School for Participatory Arts and Somatic Research since 2002. He was a faculty member of ADF (2003-04). He has a private bodywork and ArtSomatic movement therapy practice in Berkeley, California.