Contact Improvisation events, communities, teachers & venues
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Austria
6. Wiener Winterjam, Anti Gravity – Between Heaven and Earth, Contact in Paradise 2027, Formless Archetypes Intensive, How we move together, Nita Little Workshop, The Roots and Heart of CI
Finland
France
CI New Year's Eve 26, Contact Improvisation Workshop with Matthieu Gaudeau in Lannion, De l'Ancrage à l'Envol, Stage de Contact Improvisation à Nantes, FeldenJamLab, International Contact Improvisation & Butoh Festival en Provence, 17th Edition, L'attention incarnée — Nita Little Intensive
Germany
4-Day Jam Berlin (Winter 2027), 7th Contact Impro Festival Leipzig, CI LongJam Dresden, CI Residency, CI Residency Winter 2027, CI Teacher Training 2026/27 Freiburg, Conscious Dance Festival Berlin 2026 - 10th Anniversary, Contact Improvisation & Body-Mind Centering Jahresgruppe Bonn, Contact Improvisation Workshop with Leilani Weis, Freiburg, Diving Deep, Flying High, Elske Seidel Contact Jahresgruppe Berlin, Falling & Catching, Lightness & Flying — CI Weekend with Vega Luukkonen in Jena, From Zero to Flying, Herbst-Jam 2026, Herbstjam, Irene Sposetti — Tuning Bodies, Movement Artisans - Introductory Module: Finding Paths Through and Between, Movement Artisans - Module 1: At the Crossroads, Movement Artisans - Module 2: The Wave Within, Movement Artisans - Module 3: Nothing Is Lost, Movement Artisans - Module 4: Horizon in Motion, Movement Artisans - Research Days, Nordtanz Festival, Rooted in Motion — Module 2: Spine & Spirals, Rooted in Motion — Module 3: Falling & Catching, Rooted in Motion — Module 4: Group Awareness & Jamming Skills, Rooted in Motion — Module 5: Softness & Dynamics, Rooted in Motion — Module 6: Integration & Expansion, Somatic Movement Arts Festival 2026, The Connected Body in Contact, The Fulcrum – Mechanics versus Organics, The Temporal Dimension, Vega Luukkonen — Falling in Love with Trios, VON HERZeN — Workshop with Ralf Jaroschinski, Well-being, Resilience and Healing
Greece
Diving into the fabric of touch, Hashmurot, Crete, The Ecosystem of Fluids — Contact Improvisation Intensive Workshop, Athens
Hungary
Body of Water and Dirt, Elastic Space, Contact Improvisation Workshop in Budapest, Into the Unknown CI Workshop Budapest
India
Art Of Improvisation Residency — 11th Edition, CounterBalance Gathering, Spanda — Contact Improvisation Intensive, Dharamsala, Training Ground Goa: Feldenkrais & CI
Israel
Deep Contact Retreaton, Deep Contact Retreaton, Deep Contact Retreaton, Deep Contact Retreaton, Deep Contact Retreaton, Deep Contact Retreaton, Deep Contact Retreaton, Deep Contact Retreaton, Rosh - A CI & Partnering Event
Italy
Dolomite Flow, ECITE Italy 2026, Jamazo Italia 2026, Mediterranea CI Gathering, Sicily Contact Impro Retreat, The Vine Tendril Teaching – Spiraling in CI
Mexico
Moldova
Netherlands
Beyond the Duet - Trios, Groups and Improvisation, Dancing the Flowing Arc with Simonetta Alessandri, Fluid Awareness in Flight – Contact Workshop with Elske Seidel, From Ground to Sky – weekend Contact workshop, In Silence Contemplative CI meeting, Mystery & Mastery of Spirals - Contact Improvisation Workshop, Performance & Contact Improvisation Festival, Power to the Pelvis – Contact Improvisation Weekend Workshop, Sensing the Lift - Contact Improvisation Workshop with Noam Carmeli
Portugal
Barriga Improvisation Camp 2026, Confluence — 9-Day CI Art Residency, Nita Little: ISSC Training on Somatic Research for (Life &) Ensemble Practice, Organic Interaction, Portugal Contact Festival
South Korea
Spain
Contact Impro Ibiza Festival, EMOCIE, Enramando — Jugar en Serio (XV edición), FOCUS CI Valencia 2026/2027, Mad Pulse — Contact Improvisation Gathering Madrid, Materiality, Imagination and Action — Charlie Morrissey CI Workshop, Moving Empathy — CI & Nonviolent Communication, The Invisible Weave – 2nd Silent Immersion
Sweden
Ecosomatic Spaces — CI Program Module 4, Gothenburg, Softening Structures — CI Program Module 5, Malmö, Thunder & Tide — CI Program Module 6, Stockholm
Switzerland
CI Basics with Adrian Russi, Bern, CI Basics with Adrian Russi, Bern, Contact Improvisation Advanced Training in Bern (14th Edition), Principles and Practice, Spätsommer Contact-Jam Glarisegg, Tuning Scores and Contact Improvisation, Winter Intensive in Contact Improvisation, Uster
Thailand
Gravitude — Contact Improvisation Intensive Workshop, Heart Plexus, Root & Wind: 5 Day CI Intensive with Bari Kim in Koh Phangan, Silent Conversations — Deep Listening Creative Laboratory Chiang Dao
Türkiye
United Kingdom
Contact Improvisation Upside Down, Contact Improvisation Weekend Workshop with Kirstie Simson, Feeling Connected: Sensory Perception and Desire Space in CI, London Contact Jam, QUARTET - a Weekend of Improvisation & Collective Performance, Togethering at Spirit Horse, Training Ground: a Contact Improvisation Intensive, UK Contact Improvisation Teachers Exchange 2026
United States
Camp Contact @ Burning Man, CI Fundamentals Intensive, Compositional Awareness in CI, Contact Improvisation California Campout, East Coast Jam, Fall 🍁 Jam, Fall Hall Jam 2026, Falling Leaves Jam, GLACIER (Great Lakes Area Contact Improvisation Enthusiasts Retreat), Landing in Delight, Layers of Listening, Long Beach CI Festival 2027, Spiral & Root CI Training, Spiral Weekend — Berkeley
What is Contact Improvisation?
Contact Improvisation (CI) is an improvised dance form. Two or more people move together through shared weight and momentum, rather than fixed steps or a set lead, staying connected through a rolling point of contact. Steve Paxton originated the form in 1972; Nancy Stark Smith became one of its most influential early developers, shaping much of what CI is today. It has since spread worldwide, practiced in studios, festivals, and open-air jams, as both a dance form and a somatic or movement research practice.
For the longer answer, see what Contact Improvisation is, what a first jam is actually like, and whether you need any dance experience. The glossary explains the vocabulary, and the rest of the guides cover finding a jam, festivals, and how CI differs from practices it gets confused with.
About CI Treasure Hunt
CI Treasure Hunt is a global directory of Contact Improvisation festivals, jams, workshops, intensives, and retreats, along with the communities, teachers, and venues behind them. The directory currently lists 153 events, 97 venues, and 290 communities across 68 countries. New: country guides that bring communities, teachers, events, and venues together in one place, starting with Sweden, Austria, Portugal, Germany, Spain, the United States, the Czech Republic and Greece.
Planning travel and want to find a jam or community wherever you go? Looking for your first jam, scouting the festival calendar for your next vacation or journey, or trying to find teachers and community near you? This is where to look.