Embrace the awkwardness!
Contact Improvisation Dance
Canada
See the left side-bar and choose a region in Canada or International.
Canadian regions
- BC Vancouver Island
- BC Lasqueti Island
- BC Mainland
- Collingwood, ON
- Montréal / Sherbrooke, QC
- Killaloe / Barry's Bay / Madawaska Valley / Opeongo
- Newfoundland
- Ontario Regional Contact Jam
- Ottawa, ON / Gatineau, QC
- Peterborough, ON
- Toronto, ON
- Winnipeg, MB
Jump down to:
Canadian Links
- Association Contact Improv (Montréal)
- Canadian Dance Links (via contactimprov.com)
- April 2007 Toronto video (Flash)
Other Links
- EarthDance (USA)
- contactimprov.com (USA)
- Wikipedia: "Contact Improvisation"
- contactquarterly.com (USA)
Archives
- Ontario Regional Jam 2023, CANCELLED due to pandemic
- Ontario Regional Jam 2022, CANCELLED due to pandemic
- Ontario Regional Jam 2021, CANCELLED due to pandemic
- Ontario Regional Jam, ONLINE, April 2020
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, April 2019
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, March 2018
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, April 2017
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, March 2016
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, May 2015
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, May 2014
- Ontario Regional Jam, Kitchener-Waterloo, May 2013
- Ontario Regional Jam, Ottawa, May 2012
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, May 2011
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, May 2010
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, May 2009
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Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, April 2007
2007 Documentary - Ontario Regional Jam, Ottawa, April 2006
- Burlington International Jam, March 2006
Start here: What is Contact Improvisation Dance?
See the left side-bar and choose a region in Canada or International.
International Events (*)
(*) Not exactly Canada; but, close enough for improvisational purposes. See also the CI Global Calendar
2023 March 15-19-20 – Earthdance Spring Contact Improv Jams
The Earthdance Spring Equinox Contact Improv Jam and CI Collaborative Lab take place March 16-19 and March 19-20.
Contact Ian! Allen about car pooling to this event from the Ottawa/Gatineau/Montréal area.
2023 June 24 – Global Underscore CI Dance Jam
The Global Underscore long-form Contact Improv Dance Jam takes place for four hours simultaneously, world-wide at 10am-2pm EDT (14:00-18:00 UTC) on Saturday June 24 in 2023. Follow the link for a location near you. You can find events in other communities on the facebook Global Underscore page.
The Underscore is a long-form dance improvisation structure developed by the late Nancy Stark Smith. It has been evolving since 1990 and is practiced all over the globe.
The Underscore is a vehicle for incorporating Contact Improvisation into a broader arena of improvisational dance practice; for developing greater ease dancing in spherical space—alone and with others; and for integrating kinesthetic and compositional concerns while improvising. It allows for a full spectrum of energetic and physical expressions, embodying a range of forms and changing states. Its practice is familiar yet unpredictable.
The practice—usually 3 to 4 hours in length—progresses through a broad range of dynamic states, including long periods of very small, private, and quiet internal activity and other times of higher energy and interactive dancing.
2023 August 2–13 – DNE Summer Dance Camp
Dance New England annual Summer Dance Camp
Camp Timber Trails, Massachusetts, USA
Dance New England Summer Dance Camp: This August, experience Dance New England Dance Camp for ten wondrous days, where together we build an alternative world to nourish our creative spirit. There is of course dance: African, ballroom, contact improvisation, Biodanza, salsa (teen favorite), and more. Dance with snakes, humans, and your glorious self. Dance to live music. Dance all night to excellent DJs. Sweat prayers, breathe transformationally, beat drums, learn multiple styles of yoga and massage from master teachers. Or find a peaceful spot at the private beach from which to contemplate woods and sunset. Eat, converse, sing, schmooze. Dance Camp is ours to co-create. Join us!
For a preview of the types of classes that may be offered in 2023, see last year's 2022 Dance Camp pages:
Contact Ian! Allen about car pooling to this event from the Ottawa/Gatineau/Montréal area.
