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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
- 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
- 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)
- Body Time Clock
Archives
- 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
2017 November 18–19 – Montreal International Contact Jam
Association Contact Improv [ACI] presents the 35th Annual Montreal International Contact Improv Jam Saturday November 18 and Sunday November 19, 2017 preceded by a week of workshops and performances. Get the details on the Association Contact Improv [ACI] page.
Contact Ian! Allen about car pooling to this event from the Ottawa/Montreal area.
Coming up in Canada in 2018
- Easter Weekend 2018 – Ontario Regional Jam
- June 2018 – Big Heart Dance Camp
International Events (*)
(*) Not exactly Canada; but, close enough for improvisational purposes.
2017 September – Burlington Contact Improv Jam
September 8 to 10 – Burlington, Vermont, USA
The Annual Burlington VT International Contact Improv Dance Jam:
- Beautiful accessible downtown dance space
- Led warm-ups
- Class on Friday
- Musician Friday night
- Warm-Up Saturday morning
- Saturday afternoon offering
- Outdoor group performance scores
- Saturday Night Event
- DJ Saturday night
- Underscore talk through and Underscore
Come dance with us!
Contact Ian! Allen about car pooling to this event from the Ottawa/Montreal area.
2017 October - Earthdance Fall Contact Improv Jam
October 19-22 2017 - Earthdance - Plainfield, Massachusetts, USA
The Earthdance Falling Leaves Contact Improv Jam:
Autumn's vibrancy of colors, shapes, and forms enters our bodies as we play with a range of approaches to Contact Improvisation and community.
Diversity and Inclusion Scholarships available to support those who self-identify as being under-represented in CI.
Sweetness embodied - dance, play and connect against a backdrop of cool nights and warm, golden days. As with our other jams, those who show up employ improvisation to design a yummy, full weekend of classes, performances and open jam times. If you're new to Earthdance or an old friend, please come join us. All levels of experience welcome.
2017 December – Earthdance New Years Contact Jam
December 28 2017 – January 2 2018 – Earthdance – Plainfield, Massachusetts, USA
The Earthdance New Years Contact Improv Jam: Frosted air, frozen ground, and blazing fires. As winter swirls outside, we come together on the dance floor to find new connections through Contact Improvisation, co-creating five days of magic, intimacy, warmth, and dancing celebration. Workshops, performances, bonfires, and nonstop jamming ring in the New Year with utter joy at our biggest Jam of the year. Bodies radiate heat, fog the windows, and co-create a weekend of magic, intimacy, and celebration.
This Jam tends to fill quickly, so register early!
Experience steamy dancing in the umbrella barn overlooking a snow-filled meadow, a blazing New Year's Eve bonfire under bright winter stars, and rituals of renewal and promise. This is one of Earthdance's largest contact jam events – a dynamic, rich, and meaningful way to ring in the New Year, not to mention a great place to decompress after the holidays. If you're new to Earthdance or an old friend, please come join us. All levels of experience welcome.
The Jam is usually full by Thanksgiving (USA), so please register early.
Contact Ian! Allen about car pooling to this event from the Ottawa/Montreal area.
