Contact Improv Kuala Lumpur was founded in early 2009 with the aim of building and fostering an improvisation community based in and around the Klang Valley (Kuala Lumpur and beyond) whose primary interest lies in the exploration and development of the art form of contact improvisation. This involves the providing of classes, workshops, and jams to local dancers, the general public, and also to visitors from abroad.

In 2011, Contact Improv Kuala Lumpur was instrumental in making Contact Festival Kuala Lumpur a reality. The festival was the first of its kind in the region, with the aim of transference of skills and knowledge and the providing of networking opportunities for dancers within the region and beyond.

Since then, Contact Improv Kuala Lumpur has been communicating and collaborating more with the greater Asian improvisation community, essentially forming an informal network with like-minded communities in countries such as Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.