Ontario Regional Contact Improv Dance Jam 2027 in Toronto

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Toronto hosts the annual
Ontario Regional Contact Improv Dance Jam 2027!

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 2026.

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 average attendance of over 200 people in our 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!) We never have enough space to billet everyone.

When (including the Daily Schedule)

Dates not yet announced.

Where

To Be Announced

Full Three Day Jam Fees

We'd love to have you join us for the full three-day jam. You get the best dancing value if you do, and you also get snacks and lunches. Housing is not included, but we might be able to find you some free couch space. See Housing above.
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:

Fees to be Announced

Registration and payment options are below.

Drop-In and Partial Fees

Fees to be Announced

Online Registration is coming soon.

Online Registration for ORCJ 2027 is coming in Fall 2026.

How to register and pay

To Be Announced

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!) We never have enough space to billet everyone.
For all other ORCJ information (including Canadian Interac e-transfers): ontjam@contactimprov.ca

Full Schedule Not Yet Available

2027 ORCJ Details

We are possibly the largest contact improv jam in North America, with an average attendance of over 200 people in our past five years of operation. 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.

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

Dress and Hygiene Guidelines for dancing CI

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

Avoid wearing clothing with buttons, zippers, and snaps: these hard objects don't feel good sliding across the floor or other people. Avoid slippery clothing: sharing weight is helped by a little friction.
Leave rings, especially sharp rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and other jewelry at home. Even smooth rings may be bent if a finger ends up under a descending foot.
We dance in bare feet; please keep toenails and fingernails short or mask them with tape.
Please do not wear scents, oils, or perfumes. Please do minimize your own body odours and the odours in your clothing. (If you handle pets or animals, please keep your CI dance clothes separate.)
Some people prefer to wear knee-covering pants and elbow-covering shirts to facilitate having their arms and legs sliding on the floor. Dance knee pads are also recommended for extended floor work. Some people cut the heels and toes out of thick socks to give their ankles and feet some added padding and sliding ease. (Some people just avoid extended floor work!)
For the safety of all, please be fully present in our dance space. Our CI is a substance-free practice. Don't dance under the influence of alcohol or other decision-impairing drugs.

2027 Open Planning Meetings

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 2027 Ontario Regional Contact Jam, 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

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