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Contact Improvisation Dance
Canada
See the left side-bar and choose a region in Canada or International.
Canadian regions
- BC Salt Spring Island
- BC Vancouver Island
- BC Lasqueti Island
- BC Mainland
- BC Victoria (on facebook)
- Collingwood, ON
- Montréal / Sherbrooke, QC
- Killaloe / Barry's Bay / Madawaska Valley / Opeongo
- Newfoundland
- Ontario Regional Contact Jam
- Ottawa, ON / Gatineau, QC
- Peterborough, ON
- Toronto, ON
- facebook: Québec, QC
- Winnipeg, MB
Jump down to:
Canadian Links
- Association Contact Improv (Montréal)
- Canadian Dance Links (via contactimprov.com)
- April 2007 Toronto video (Flash)
Other Links
- EarthDance (USA)
- contactimprov.com (USA)
- Wikipedia: "Contact Improvisation"
- contactquarterly.com (USA)
Archives
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, 2027
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, April 2026
- Ontario Regional Jam, Toronto, April 2025
- Ontario Regional Jam 2024, CANCELLED due to Organizational Insufficiencies
- Ontario Regional Jam 2023, CANCELLED due to pandemic
- Ontario Regional Jam 2022, CANCELLED due to pandemic
- Ontario Regional Jam 2021, CANCELLED due to pandemic
- Ontario Regional Jam, ONLINE, April 2020
- 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?
See the left side-bar and choose a region in Canada or International.
2026 June 16–21 – Big Heart Dance Camp
UniCamp of Ontario – Honeywood (west of Barrie, ON)
The annual Big Heart Dance Camp is a multi-arts, intergenerational, weekend gathering of creative conscious community. Follow the link for details.
We welcome you to experience embodying your full creative self in a safe, supportive and playful environment. A wide array of dance, yoga, music, and other healing arts modalities are shared through playshops and evening events. Big Heart Dance Camp takes place at Unicamp, near Honeywood, Ontario. Beautiful hiking trails, forest, and a swimming pond invites you to take a dip. Meals are eaten in community, lovingly and mindfully prepared by our kitchen team. We invite you to join us in growing our creative, conscious community as we blossom into our 16th year!
Contact Ian! Allen about car pooling to this event from the Ottawa/Gatineau area.
2027 Ontario Regional Contact Jam – ORCJ
Stay tuned for details about the 2027 ORCJ in Toronto.
Follow this link to the Ontario Regional Contact Jam 2027
Contact Ian! Allen about car pooling to this event from the Ottawa/Gatineau area.
International Events (*)
(*) Not exactly Canada; but, close enough for improvisational purposes. See also the CI Global Calendar
2026 June/July – Earthdance Summer Contact Improv Dance Jam
June 25 to July 5 2026 – Plainfield, Massachusetts, USA
Consult Earthdance for the event details: Earthdance Event Calendar.
The Summer Jam is one of the four main Earthdance seasonal jams, it often has around 100-160 participants, offers children’s programming and is open to all movement levels & backgrounds.
Summer is on high during this family-oriented Contact Improvisation Jam. Enjoy brilliant sunshine, grassy fields, fun and games, and dances of all shapes ans sizes. Revel in the bounty and beauty of 40 years of community collaboration!
Contact Ian! Allen about car pooling to this event from the Ottawa/Gatineau/Montréal area.
