Updated: 2017-05-09 10:41 EDT

2017 – Ottawa Saturday Contact Improv Dance Jams and Classes

What is Contact Improvisation Dance?

Contact Improv Dance Jams with live music!
Some of our dates below are special dance jams with live music. There is a guided warm-up but no class instruction on these weeks. Multi-instrumentalist Kim Gravelle is our resident live musician for these contact improv dance jam events.

Kim Gravelle is a Canadian musician who is the creator of her own instrument, the Sympathy. This is a bass flute with sympathetic strings which create a natural subtle echo effect. The strings can also be played directly. The result is a highly unique instrument. There is no other like it in the world. See Dappled Sunlight Music).

Cost: Admission for the jams with music is "pay what you can", suggested $10/hour, which means $20 covers our room and musician costs for a two-hour jam but you can pay a bit less if you need to, and nobody is turned away for lack of funds.

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Contact Improv Dance jams are at Arts Court almost every Saturday.
Most start times are 11:15, with some longer three-hour
events starting at 10:15am (see below).
Some dance jams have live music; we have a warm up but no class that day.
Most dance jams are adult-only dance spaces, but we do have occasional
"Family Jam" dance dates.
All Saturday events below end at 1:15pm.

11:15am Sat May        6 2017 - family jam (children welcome)
11:15am Sat May       13 2017
10:15am Sat May       20 2017 - 10h15 start time: three hour blindfold jam with live music
* no jam on May 27 *
11:15am Sat June       3 2017
11:15am Sat June      10 2017 - with live music by Kim Gravelle
11:15am Sat June      17 2017 - LAST DANCE until SEPTEMBER !
* Summer Break: no jams July-August until September 2017 *

Facilitators: May 13 Ken, May 20 Ian!, June 3&10 Elizabeth, June 17 Ian!

Ottawa Contact Improvisation dance events take place almost every Saturday in air-conditioned comfort, usually Saturdays 11h15-13h15 at Arts Court second-floor ODD Studio "B" at 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa. See the table above for the exact dates and times. Arts Court Studio "B" is fully accessible by wheelchair, and there is an accessible washroom on the first floor of the building.

Skill level: All skill levels welcome, especially new and old beginners!

Weekly Class/Jam Fee: free or by donation the first time for newcomers; $8-$10 per jam or by donation for pay-as-you-dance drop-in; "nobody turned away for lack of funds" – talk to us
Jam With Live Music Fee: suggested $10/hour to pay for the room and the musician; you can pay less if you really need to. Nobody turned away!

Time: 10h00 or 11h15 to 13h15 most Saturdays (check dates and times above)
A facilitated warm and introduction to contact improv dance up usually starts the jam.
Location: Arts Court, Ottawa Dance Directive (ODD) Studio "B", Second Floor, - 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa. Arts Court Studio "B" is fully accessible by wheelchair, and there is an accessible washroom on the first floor of the building.

Our jam is run by volunteers and is a non-profit event. You can get involved. If you would like to lead a warm up, please contact us with the dates that you have in mind. If you would like to be a participant in the organization of the jam, contact us for details about the Ottawa Contact Improv consensus group. For more information, drop in to any jam or send us email: Ian! Allen idallen@idallen.ca

• PDF Poster – 1 up
• PDF Flyer – 4 up
• Facebook Ottawa/Gatineau Contact Improv Dance Page
• Facebook Ottawa/Gatineau Creative Dance and Movement Page

2017 – Ottawa/Gatineau Creative Dance Events

For many other Ottawa Creative Dance/Movement/Somatic events, see the Ottawa/Gatineau Creative Dance and Movement Facebook Group.

Carpools to Big Heart Dance Camp, Earthdance, and DNE Dance Camp

Contact Ian! Allen idallen@idallen.ca about car pooling from Ottawa to dance events such as

• Big Heart Dance Camp (north of Toronto)
• Montreal QC contact improv
• Burlington VT contact improv
• Earthdance contact improv in western Massachusetts
• and to various Dance New England events.