Future Plans
- Late 2026 / early 2027, Constellations: A Contact Improvisation Curriculum, Boston Edition. A multi-weekend, ~50 hour workshop series.
Video by Ka-Yanne Cuong, from a contact improvisation workshop in Montréal
Previous Classes
- September 9–30, 2026, From the Ground Up. Four weekly two-hour classes as a part of Contact Improv Boston at St. Mary’s Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- March 6 – June 21, 2026, Constellations: A Contact Improvisation Curriculum, Montréal Edition. Four twelve-hour weekend intensives, Studio Parbleux, Montréal.
- May 14 – June 8, 2025, Spring Contact Improvisation Intensive. Six weekly three-hour classes, the Society Clubhouse, Toronto.
- June 7–9, 2024, Dancing in Gravity: Skills for Flying and Falling. A twelve-hour weekend intensive, ODD/CDC Studio “B”, Ottawa.
- January 19 – May 18, 2024, Constellations: A Contact Improvisation Curriculum, Toronto Edition. Five nine-hour weekend intensives, the Society Clubhouse, Toronto.
- September 29 – October 1, 2023, From the Ground Up. A twelve-hour weekend immersion into contact improvisation principles and techniques, Studio Parbleux, Montréal.
- March 6–April 17, 2023, Synthesis Movement Research. Seven weekly two-hour classes at the Intergalactic Arts Collective, Toronto.
- January 1 – February 25, 2023, Contact Improvisation Skills and Scores. Six weekly three-hour classes at the Society Clubhouse, Toronto.
- December 23, 2022, Formless Connection in Contact Improvisation. A two-hour workshop for the Toronto CI 50 Celebration, a two-day jam at the National Ballet School, Toronto.
- December 17, 2022, Contact Improv Review and Preview. A three-hour workshop at the Society Clubhouse, Toronto.
- November 26, 2022, Being and Doing in Contact Improvisation. A four-hour workshop at the Society Clubhouse, Toronto. Co-instructor with Erin Godfrey.
- November 5–19, 2022, The Garden of Forking Paths: Choice and Possibility in Contact Improvisation. Three weekly three-hour classes at the Intergalactic Arts Collective and the Society Clubhouse, Toronto.
- October 1–29, 2022, Contact Improvisation: Physics & Fundamentals. Five weekly three-hour classes at Intergalactic Arts Collective, Toronto.
- September 10–24, 2022, Flying 101. Three weekly three-hour classes at Downward Dog Yoga Centre and Intergalactic Arts Collective, Toronto.
- September 5 – October 24, 2022, Synthesis Movement Research. Eight weekly two-hour classes at the Intergalactic Arts Collective, Toronto.
- May 28 – June 11, 2022, From the Ground Up, Part II. Three three-hour weekly classes in contact improvisation at Studio RAW, Toronto.
- April 23 – May 14, 2022, From the Ground Up. Four three-hour weekly classes in contact improvisation at Studio RAW, Toronto.
- March 24 – July 30, 2020, Synthesis: Movement Research Integrating Martial Arts, Dance, and Somatics. Two-hour classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays (54 classes altogether), online via Zoom.
- July 19–28, 2019, From Ground to Sky. A ten-day contact improvisation summer camp at North Star Community Hall, Burlington, Vermont. Organizer and co-instructor with Alicia Grayson.
- June 1–2, 2019, Workshop in Contact Improvisation. An eight-hour weekend workshop at the Corner Theater, Bergen, Norway.
- May 26, 2019, Connection and Spontaneity in Contact Improvisation. A three-hour workshop for Elm City Dance Collective at Trinity Lutheran Church, New Haven, Connecticut.
- April 19, 2019, Safety + Play in Lifting + Flying. A two-hour workshop for the 2019 Ontario Regional Contact Jam (ORCJ) at the National Ballet School, Toronto.
- February 23, 2019, Centering and Connection in Contact Improvisation. A six-hour intensive at North Star Community Hall, Burlington, Vermont. Co-instructor with Charlotte Pigeon Tremblay.
- April 29, 2018, Fundamentals of Contact Improvisation. A three-hour workshop at the Bergen Dance Center, Bergen, Norway.
- August 26 – October 14, 2017, Contact Bootcamp. Eight weekly three-hour classes at Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, Washington.
- July 9–29, 2017, Foundations of Contact Improvisation. A two-week summer camp at Leviathan Studio, Lasqueti Island, Canada. Co-instructor with Mark Young.
- October 22, 2016, The Spine and the Pendulum. A four-hour movement workshop at the Changing Room, Seattle, Washington.
- January 13 – February 10, 2015, From the Ground Up. Five weekly two-hour classes in movement fundamentals at the Changing Room, Seattle, Washington.
- December 3–17, 2014, Contact Improvisation Meets Aikido. Three weekly two-hour classes at Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, Washington.
Photo by Ciera Cleary