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Ontario Regional Contact Improv Dance Jam

  Easter Weekend 2026: April 3 – April 5
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Toronto hosts the annual
Ontario Regional Contact Improv Dance Jam 2026!

Bienvenue au jam annuel de l'Ontario!

Reunión Regional de Contact Improvisación de Ontario

Incontro Regionale di Contact Improvisation Ontario

What

A Contact Improvisation dance jam!
We're back live and in person just like last year: ORCJ 2025.

Early registration includes three lunches and snacks, forty classes and activities in multiple beautiful ballet studios, and continuous open jamming. Late registration gets you everything except the lunches and snacks.

Who
We welcome every body including people with no dance experience and people of all identities, orientations, abilities, ages, and sizes. We are LGBTQIA2S+ welcoming.
Beginners and newcomers and all levels of dance experience welcome. We’ll have lots of options for total beginners.
You will see dozens and dozens and dozens of your bestest dancing friends from all over the world!
We believe that this is the largest contact improvisation jam in all of North America, with an attendance of over 200 people in its past five years of operation.
Babies in arms, or children who dance and are aware of other dancers, are welcome in the dance studios with us. (This is not a safe space for children to run around or play with toys.) Children on the dance floors must be closely supervised at all times, which generally means be in the arms of or within close reach of their caregiver.
How (including Housing in Toronto)
  • Come wearing loose-fitting, non-slippery, yoga-style clothes and be prepared to dance jewelry- and scent-free in bare feet. More information on CI dress and hygiene.
  • Want to learn Contact Improvisation? Come to our Contact Improv Beginner class.
  • For all languages – we'll do our best to find volunteers who might provide translation for you.
  • For housing/billeting requests in Toronto, send an email request to ORCJhousing@contactimprov.ca and we will try to match you with a local resident. Due to overwhelming demand for billeting, please register early. (Really, really, really early!)
When (including the Daily Schedule)
  • Jam starts 9am Friday, April 3 2026.
  • Jam ends 5pm Sunday, April 5 2026.
  • Doors open at 9am each day.
  • We go home at midnight on Friday and Saturday; the jam ends at 5pm on Sunday.
  • Schedule To Be Announced (TBA).
    • Friday: 9am to 12 midnight April 3
    • Saturday: 9am to 12 midnight April 4
    • Sunday: 9am to 5pm April 5
Where
400 Jarvis St. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We dance in the same building as the Canadian National Ballet School, on Jarvis a few blocks south of Wellesley St. East.
Full Three Day Jam Fees

We'd love to have you join us for the full three-day jam. You get the best value if you do, and you get snacks and lunches. Save Money! Register Early! For this large event with people joining us from all over, it helps us plan if you register as soon as possible. Contact Us! If you have a question, financial barrier, or access need, contact us to discuss support at ontjam@contactimprov.ca. Fees are below:

  • $140 in December 2025
    – Very Early Bird price includes snacks and an on-premises vegan lunch every day!
  • $150 in January 2026
    – Early Bird price includes snacks and an on-premises vegan lunch every day!
  • $160 in February 2026
    – Middle Bird price includes snacks and an on-premises vegan lunch every day!
  • $170 in March 2026
    • Late Bird registrations paid before 11pm Thursday March 26 include snacks and an on-premises vegan lunch every day!
    • Hungry Late Bird registrations after 11pm Thursday March 26 are too late for us to order your food; no lunch or snacks for you, but you still get three full days of dancing. Woo hoo!
  • $180 in April 2026
    • Hungry Late Late Bird registrations in April are also too late for us to order your food; no lunch or snacks for you, but you still get three full days of dancing. Woo hoo!

Registration and payment options are below.

Drop-In and Partial Fees
  • Drop-in for any full day for $90 (no food, but you get a full day of dancing)
  • Drop-in any morning or afternoon or evening for $30 (no food, but you get to dance)
  • We prefer online Canadian Interac payment over cash at the door.
  • Financial support is available; contact us.
How to register and pay

Registering is simple: There is NO registration form to fill out. Just send us money:

From inside Canada: Dancers in Canada can register and pay simply by sending a Canadian Interac (email) autodeposit e-transfer to ontjam@contactimprov.ca. We'll get your name from the Interac e-transfer itself. If the Interac e-transfer has someone else's name on it, or if you are paying for more than one person, add a note to the Interac e-transfer and also send us an email to the above ORCJ email address explaining who just registered. Financial support is available; contact us. Jam prices are given above.

From outside Canada: Dancers who can't pay by Canadian Interac (e.g. USA and other outside Canada), or who have any other complications, whether financial or logistical, can register by sending us an inquiry email to the above ORCJ email address and we will arrange other payment options (e.g. PayPal). Financial support is available; contact us. Jam prices are given above.

Late Registration after March 26 2026.

Registrations after 11pm Thursday March 26 are too late for us to order your food; no lunch or snacks for you, but you still get three full days of dancing. Woo hoo!

Paying at the door.

You can pay at the door via online Canadian Interac/email on your own cell phone (preferred) or by using Canadian cash. (USA cash is accepted but may not get a good, if any, exchange rate.) We don't process debit or credit cards at the door; we don't do PayPal at the door. We accept Interac or cash only at the door. Jam prices are given above.

Contact a Human at ORCJ
  • For housing/billeting requests in Toronto: ORCJhousing@contactimprov.ca Due to overwhelming demand for billeting, please register early. (Really, really, really early!)
  • For all other ORCJ information (including Canadian Interac e-transfers): ontjam@contactimprov.ca
The Facebook ORCJ 2026 Event: Ontario Jam 2026 Facebook RSVP

2026 ORCJ Details

Three days of Contact Improvisation on the lovely fourth floor at 400 Jarvis St. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (We dance in the same building as the Canadian National Ballet School, a few blocks south of Wellesley St. E.). The building has multiple beautiful dance studios with huge windows and grand pianos in every room. Possibly the largest contact improv jam in North America, with over 200 people to dance with (2025). We are especially welcoming to new people, non dancers, people of all sizes, ages, shapes, mental and physical abilities. The venue is wheelchair accessible. We are LGBTQIA2S+ welcoming.

If you were dancing here at ORCJ during Easter weekend at ORCJ 2025, you know exactly what to expect. ORCJ 2026 is on the same Easter weekend, in the same venue.

ORCJ Daily Schedule of Jams, Rooms, Events, and Classes

Tanya is preparing our schedule for ORCJ 2026.

Dress and Hygiene Guidelines for dancing CI

Ian! and Eva – photo by John Barrett

Come ready to move in contact with and close proximity to other people:

2026 Open Planning Meetings

We're planning the next Ontario Regional Contact Jam April 3 – April 5 2026. We invite all members of the Ontario contact community to join the planning group, already in progress.

We regularly accommodate out-of-town teleconferencers, so please let us (ontjam@contactimprov.ca) know if you would like to call in.

We want to plan our way forward in an open way with broad involvement from the Ontario CI community. So join us and help guide our common future.

If you'd like to participate, but can't come to meetings, contact us, and we'll get you hooked in with the group.

Call for community assistants and volunteers

This is your volunteer-run, community-run dance jam. Please help us make it happen. Contact: ontjam@contactimprov.ca

Help with Billeting/Housing in Toronto
Can you offer billeting/housing/floor space for our out-of-town dancers? Billets often bring their own sleeping bags and pillows (unless they arrive by air); the jam feeds them lunches; all you need to provide is a floor or sofa. Please contact us at ORCJhousing@contactimprov.ca if your living space has a floor for a CI dancer or two or three.
Help your Community CI Jam

We're organizing the 2026 Ontario Regional Contact Jam, April 3 – April 5, 2026, in Toronto.

We invite all interested and committed community contactors to join in the creation of another awesome contact dance experience.

We're looking for help with all kinds of sub-projects: flyer design, advertising and promotion, billeting, set-up and clean-up, and all kinds of stuff we haven't thought of and you have.

We'd like to invite members of the contact improv community throughout Ontario and neighbourhood to help us pull it all together. If you've got an idea of how you can contribute, please let us know. Contact one of us, and we'll get you hooked in with the group. EMail a Human: ontjam@contactimprov.ca

ORCJ at 400 Jarvis St.

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