New York's diverse and vibrant dance environment provided him with new inspiration. Many of the works he was exposed to at that time showed Asian influence, e.g. the incorporation of elements of aikido and taijiquan into "contact improvisation."
他進了紐約大學的舞蹈研究所後，發現一些後現代舞蹈都受到東方影響，例如「接觸即興」就受到合氣道與太極拳的啟發。