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
- Western Canada – WCCI
- Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
- Montréal / Sherbrooke, QC
- Killaloe / Barry's Bay / Madawaska Valley / Opeongo
- Newfoundland
- Ontario Regional Contact Jam in Toronto
- Ottawa, ON / Gatineau, QC
- Peterborough, ON
- Toronto, ON and area
- old Toronto, ON
- Winnipeg, MB
Jump down to:
Canadian Links
- Toronto Contact Improv Mailing List (includes some Eastern Canada and north-eastern USA)
- Association Contact Improv (Montréal)
- Canadian Dance Links (via contactimprov.com)
- April 2007 Toronto video (Flash)
Other Links
- EarthDance (USA)
- contactimprov.com (USA)
- contactimprov.net (USA)
- contactimprov.org [Photos and Videos] (USA)
- Burlington and Vermont (USA)
- Wikipedia: "Contact Improvisation"
- contactquarterly.com (USA)
Archives
- Ontario Regional Jam, planned for Toronto in 2021
- Ontario Regional Jam, CANCELLED due to COVID-19 pandemic
- 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?
International Events (*)
(*) Not exactly Canada; but, close enough for improvisational purposes. See also the CI Global Calendar
2021 April – International Online Conference on the Future of CI
April 23 to April 25 2021 – International Online Conference
Call for Workshop Proposals on The Future of CI – Deadline for submission February 15 2021
The Future of CI: International Online Conferance – Online April 23-25 2021
Join in a global conversation about the future of contact improvisation!
CI is nearing its 50th birthday. The world has changed in many ways, as has dance itself.
- Nancy Stark Smith left us this year.
- The dance field has been deeply affected by COVID-19.
- Most CI jams and festivals have been stopped for nearly a year.
- Many CI artists and teachers saw their practice disappear entirely.
- People and institutions have had to change and adapt.
- The dance field that emerges after the pandemic will not be the same as before.
- We cannot go backwards.
- So we must lean forward.
We have a tremendous opportunity right now. COVID-19 has paused our dancing together and given us time to reflect. Will we step back in right where we left off? Could this be a pivotal moment to make a change?
With presenters from around the world, this conference will offer ideas and reflections on major topics like Equity and Access and CI in a Changing World. From presentations to panels, movement workshops and facilitated conversations, together we’ll broach topics on Consent, Queerness, Equity, New CI Forms, the Pandemic and more.
