Contact Improvisation Jams

Earthdance has long been a national and international hub for the exploration and development of Contact Improvisation. Many of our founders moved from a CI community in Boston to set up a rural center to cultivate this form in community and in relationship to land. We host annual CI Jams four times a year (New Years, Spring Equinox, July 4th and Falling Leaves) and twice monthly you can find long-time community members and newcomers alike on the dance floor, sharing weight, space and sound at the 1st Sunday Music & Movement Jams and 3rd Sunday CI Jams.

Sunday Music and Movement Jams

Sunday CI Jam and Class

Seasonal Contact Jams

Upcoming Events

4th Sunday CI Jam and Class with Sarah Young

Sunday, May 26, 2013 - 3:30pm - 7:00pm

How can we continually allow for dynamic, easeful responsiveness within clearly articulated structures? Drawing from the Feldenkrais Method, we will begin moving simply to quiet the nervous system...

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2nd Sunday Music and Movement Jam with Stan Strickland

Sunday, June 9, 2013 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm

  Once a month the Umbrella Studio fills with a celebration of movement and music!  A live soundscape is provided by a local musician.     All dance levels and styles are welcome...

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4th Sunday CI Jam and Class with Rythea Lee

Sunday, June 23, 2013 - 3:30pm - 7:00pm

An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation (CI). A Jam is an open improvisational space to dance and move your body.   For each Sunday CI Jam a CI practitioner opens...

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July 4th Jam

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - 5:00pm - Sunday, July 7, 2013 - 3:00pm

The grass is high, bees are buzzing, the garden smells and tastes like heaven, and contact improvisation is our focus in the studios and in the woods. What better way to be patriotic than to dance...

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2nd Sunday Music and Movement Jam with Matt Murphy

Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Once a month the Umbrella Studio fills with a celebration of movement and music!  A live soundscape is provided by a local musician.   All dance levels and styles are welcome.  Bring...

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4th Sunday CI Jam and Class with Moti Zemelman

Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 3:30pm - 7:00pm

An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation (CI). A Jam is an open improvisational space to dance and move your body.   For each Sunday CI Jam a CI practitioner opens...

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2nd Sunday Music and Movement Jam with John de Kadt

Sunday, August 4, 2013 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Once a month the Umbrella Studio fills with a celebration of movement and music!  A live soundscape is provided by a local musician.   All dance levels and styles are welcome.  ...

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4th Sunday CI Jam and Class

Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 3:30pm - 7:00pm

An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation (CI). A Jam is an open improvisational space to dance and move your body.   For each Sunday CI Jam a CI practitioner opens...

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2nd Sunday Music and Movement Jam

Sunday, September 8, 2013 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm

  Once a month the Umbrella Studio fills with a celebration of movement and music!  A live soundscape is provided by a local musician.     All dance levels and styles are welcome...

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4th Sunday CI Jam and Class

Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 3:30pm - 7:00pm

An opportunity to learn and practice the form of Contact Improvisation (CI). A Jam is an open improvisational space to dance and move your body.   For each Sunday CI Jam a CI practitioner opens...

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