Falling Into Autumn Jam

About this event

Toronto's Falling Into Autumn is an annual Contact Improvisation festival by REAson d'etre Dance Productions, running October 9–12, 2026. The festival opens Friday evening with a film screening at the Revue Cinema (400 Roncesvalles Avenue), then moves to the Celia Franca Centre (400 Jarvis Street) for three days of classes, jams, and shared meals. Access-focused and intentionally welcoming, the festival accommodates a wide range of bodies and experience levels. Studios are set up with cushions and mats for rest; programming includes a CI elder story time, adult nap time, guided specialty jams, and open jams alongside technique sessions. Morning intensive tracks run Saturday through Monday: Monika Schuberth (Austria) teaches a Contango intensive (CI-tango fusion); Kathleen Rea and Milan Horvay teach flying and basing; Suzanne Liska teaches play-based CI with Alexander Technique principles. Additional workshop teachers include Frank Hull, Sarah Jones, and Dimitri Haddad (Quebec). Musician in residence Lalaina Ravelojaona (Montréal) performs throughout, exploring deep listening and rhythmic improvisation drawn from her French-Malagasy heritage. Saturday and Sunday lunches are catered (vegan with meat option). No catered lunch Monday. Scholarship support available — contact kathleenrea@reasondetre.com. Venue is barrier-free and wheelchair accessible; closest subway: Wellesley Station (elevator access).