Let’s Dance Ian!!
Updated September 26 2022 – Mis à jour le 26 septembre 2022
Let’s Dance Ian!!
The best way to read this message is using the Newsletter Web Version that is updated mid-week. Click on your favourite events in the Table of Contents. – Ian! D. Allen
Hello, Ottawa area capital region dancers and movers.
Sanford Lewis’ film about Contact Improvisation is now available for free: An Intimate Dance
A short, powerful observation about non-sexual intimacy (from the facebook): THIS IS INTIMACY
The Ottawa wastewater viral signal is forecast to move up again in September with the Eighth Wave. See the figures in the Ontario COVID-19 Risk Analysis. There are sometimes dances available outdoors; have a look below.
Local CI organizers are meeting to discuss how and when to re-open
Contact Improvisation Dance in Ottawa along the lines of the “Safer
(brave) Space”
consent culture work
of Michele Beaulieux.
Public dances may resume in the usual
Arts Court ODD Studio B in January 2023.
A collection of responses to “Please tell us something you like about Contact Improvisation in two or three sentences.”
The links to images on the facebook may be broken in this newsletter. They must have changed their policy on access, so at some point I’ll have to go through the newsletter and delete all the facebook references. Event organizers: please ensure you have a non-facebook web site with images to which I can link for your event.
Dancers who pursue graceful movement must practice being aware of their bodies and being aware of wordless communication. These skills are particularly important today, when we spend so much time sitting and in virtual realities. Our way of life has taken us further from our own physical experiences and the understanding of the wordless emotional messages of others. For example, contact improvisation makes the dancers listen attentively to the body of their partner. Touch is known to reduce pain, fear and anxiety. – Hanna Poikonen
Events in or originating from the local Ottawa/Gatineau/Wakefield/Lanark/CarletonPlace Region
Events that recur weekly or monthly show only the nearest upcoming event or two. Follow the link for future events.
No COVID-19 precautions are being used at this event.
Come find the life in you that wants to live!
Biodanza is a scientifically based approach to human development that aims to awaken the joy of living!
Set to beautiful world music, it connects us to ourselves, to each other and to the world.
No need to know how to dance!
Yes, bilingual!
Biodanza allows, among other things, to:
This event is wheelchair accessible.
Aucun protocole COVID-19 n’est requis.
Biodanza cours d’initiation en français avec Biodanza Isabelle Burnier facilitatrice de Biodanza.
La Biodanza est une activité qui permet de retrouver le plaisir de
vivre, grâce à la danse, la musique et la relation aux autres.
Aucune expérience de danse n’est requise.
Bienvenue à toutes et à tous.
La Biodanza est une activité hebdomadaire dont le but est de retrouver dans son corps, le plaisir de vivre, grâce à la danse, à la musique et à la relation aux autres. Aucune expérience de danse n’est requise. Tenue confortable, danse pieds nus ou avec chaussures réservées pour la salle. Bienvenue à toutes et à tous.
See the Dance to Nature group on the facebook or contact Alana O’Donnell for current information. Some Sundays have no facilitated dances.
The grassy dance area is not very friendly to wheelchairs, though there are paved paths adjacent. Accessible city washrooms are available in the main building at Mooney’s Bay, but they may be closed during COVID-19.
Les HAPPY VENDREDI de BIODANZA in French and English
Embellir sa vie avec la Biodanza
Une soirée pour se mettre en mouvement grâce à la musique, aux exercices de Biodanza et à la bienveillance du groupe.
Être Soi avec les Autres grâce au plaisir de danser.
Enrich your life with Biodanza
An evening to get in motion thanks to the music, the Biodanza exercises and the benevolence of the group.
Be Yourself with Others, enjoying the pleasure of dancing
Vendredi 14 octobre et 4 novembre
Centre MEREDITH, 23 Ch. Cecil, CHELSEA
19h30-21h30. 20$ payable à l’entrée
Local dances on the Web:
ecstaticdanceottawa.ca has expired and no longer exists.Local dances on the facebook:
Events outside the local Ottawa/Gatineau/Wakefield/Lanark/CarletonPlace Region
Contact Ian Allen about car pooling from Ottawa to some of the above dance events.
Shake! Mornings, afternoons, and evenings
bioLUMINosity Edge of Trance dance
bioLUMINosity: I create a soundtrack to bring you out of your head and into your body, heart, spirit… You ride it wherever it takes you personally. This is about Your LIFE-LIGHT!
bioLUMINosity is:
Recurring Events outside the local Ottawa/Gatineau/Wakefield/Lanark/CarletonPlace Region
I don’t know if these events are now happening online. Contact the organizers.
Groove Tonic PEC hosts a weekly barefoot, free-form movement and dance event in Picton.
We meet every Wednesday evening from 7–9:00 pm for barefoot, free-form movement and and dance. All are welcome! Wear comfortable clothing, bring water to keep hydrated and a $5 donation to cover the cost of the space. Groove Tonic happens at the Picton Town Hall, 2nd floor above the old firehall (2 Ross St, at King St).
(For wheelchair and washroom accessibility information, contact the organizer.)
Contact Arsalan Ahmad for details on what’s happening around Contact Improvisation Dance in Peterborough, Ontario. (For wheelchair and washroom accessibility information, contact Arsalan.)
For other Peterborough dance events, e.g. Ecstatic Dance, see Dance Your Bones
DYB’s purpose is to offer an Ecstatic Dance movement practice in an accessible, respectful and safe environment.
Each Thursday evening, we dance together in a beautiful church hall for 90 minutes without interruption. The music varies weekly depending on the dj. We try to use an interesting blend of world music, pop, blues and even classical.
Dance and celebrate – Danser, se rassembler, célébrer, s’émerveiller …
Classes in Biodanza and Authentic Movement in and near Montréal with Catherine Fabiola Lessard
Dance and celebrate – Danser, se rassembler, célébrer, s’émerveiller …
Classes in Biodanza and Authentic Movement in and near Montréal with Catherine Fabiola Lessard
Freeing the Creative Spirit Teaching people to experience the pulsating sensual energy inside them and awakening their connection to flowing breath, rooted feet and a centered alive pelvis – reach up, root down, live in the heart center. Visit http://www.erik.iversen.ca/ or http://www.5rhythms.com/teachers/Erik+Iversen or contact Erik Iversen for more information. (For wheelchair and washroom accessibility information, contact Erik.)
Dance a weekly Thursday night 5Rhythms class with Lynne Adams in Montréal. (For wheelchair and washroom accessibility information, contact Lynne.)
Contact Improvisation de la ville de Québec
Bienvenue à tous. Les jams de Contact improvisation seront annoncés dans le groupe par le biais d’évènements. Consultez la publication épinglée pour plus d’information.
Classes are facilitated in French (with possible English translation on request): Biodanza Sherbrooke: français and Sherbrook Biodanza: English (The English pages may not be updated; use the French pages!)
Ian! D. Allen via idallen@idallen.ca
