Gretchen Spiro is the founding member of Tumblebones Contact Improvisation Collective. Her explorations as a dancer, yoga teacher, Gyrotonic® trainer, and movement therapist keep her busy, happy, and inspired. She received a BFA from Cal Arts and an MA in Dance Therapy from Naropa University. Gretchen began exploring CI in 1982. Primary mentors have been Nita Little, Martin Keogh, Keith Hennessy, and Touch Monkey/Carolyn Stuart. Avidly practicing and teaching for the past 17 years - Gretchen aims to offer herself wholly to the mysteries of liquid dancing. She teaches CI in Boulder and beyond with her husband Steve…teaching with humor, precision, and fiery enthusiasm.