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Upcoming Events

2026

Nude Character Shoe - Featured Artist Showcase, Queer Mvmnt Fest, Disco Riot, San Diego, CA, USA, June 6

 

Host - Jam du Mercredi, Studio Pierre-Paul Savoie, Montréal, Canada, June 10, 18:30h - 21h

Teaching - From Floor to Partner: Core-Distal Pathways in Contact - ARCS Festival, Montréal, Canada, June 12, 9:30h - 12:30h

Nude Character Shoe - BOLD, Moments Collective, Montréal, Canada, June 13

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CAMPING IN CONTACT

September 1 - 4, 2026 - La Mauricie Park, QC, Canada

Gathering people & practices around contact improvisation

Past Events

2026

Views - omArt at the Hive, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 15 -16

Class and Jam - Fall to Fly - Contact Improv Boston, Saint Mary's Church, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 12

Performing - Laila J. Franklin’s BABYBABYBABY, The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA, USA,  May 9 - 10

​Class - Queer Contact - Queer Dance Boston, SomArt at the Armory, May 7

Nude Character Shoe - DIX DIX, Proto Studio, Montréal, Canada, May 2

Host - Jam du Mercredi, Studio Pierre-Paul Savoie, Montréal, Canada, April 29

Hosting - 5 week Contact Improv Research Lab - Tuesdays March 31 - April 28​​

Performing - Laila J. Franklin’s BABYBABYBABY, Mechanics' Hall, Portland, ME, USA,  April 11, 7 pm and April 12, 3 pm

Teaching - Ontario Regional Contact Jam (ORCJ), Canada's National Ballet School, Toronto, Canada, April 3 - 5

               -April 3 From Floor to Partner: Core–Distal Pathways in Contact

               -April 5 Limits & Possibilities: A Contact Improvisation Score Lab

Class - Hip Hips Hooray! - Association Contact Improvisation, Cours du Dimanche Matin, Studio 303,  Montréal, Canada, March 29, 12h

Host - Jam du Mercredi, Studio Pierre-Paul Savoie, March 25

Performing - Jam House "Grand Gathering", L'Union Française de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, March 21, 18h

Attending - Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI), Space Camp, Brooklyn, NY, USA, March 17 - 19

Private Class - Contact Improvisation, Big Bang 17, Studio Outremont, Montréal, Canada, March 11, 12

Host - Jam du Mercredi, Studio Pierre-Paul Savoie, March 4

NATURE I AM, MOTIV "Body Language", Espace Carte Blanche, February 21

2025

 

Nude Character Shoe, Big Bang 16, Espace Ouvert, November 27

Workshop - Bodywork for Dancers - Midday Movement Series, November 9

Performer - Laila J. Franklin’s BABYBABYBABY, Motion State Arts, Wilbury Theatre Group, November 8

Performer - Laila J. Franklin’s BABYBABYBABY, Philly Fringe Festival, Performance Garage, September 13

Performer - Laila J. Franklin’s BABYBABYBABY (open rehearsal), MAGMA Gloucester, July 26

NATURE I AM: seed, Midday Movement Series “Rough Drafts”, Arrow Street Arts, July 19

Class - Contact Improvisation as Composition - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, July 15

Performer - Laila J. Franklin’s BABYBABYBABY (excerpt), Cambridge River Festival, June 21

Performer - Aliza Franz’s “Handle with Care”, SomArt at the Hive, June 13

exit strategy (excerpt), Salem Arts Festival, Old Town Hall, June 8

Class - Momentum and Transformation! - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, May 27

NATURE I AM: seed (work-in-progress), Showing and Feedback, Midday Movement Series “Rough Drafts”, Jackson Dance Lab, May 26

NATURE I AM: seed (work-in-progress), Ebb and Alchemy, Spontaneous Celebrations, May 11

Teaching Residency, Midday Movement Series "Rough Drafts", Jackson Dance Lab, May 5, 12, 19

Workshop - Contact Improvisation for the Professional Contemporary Dancer -  SomArt at the Hive, May 3

Performer - Juliet Paramor’s “residue”, WIP, NoHo School of Contemporary Dance and Thought, April 12

Class - Hip Hips Hooray! - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, April 1

Nude Character Shoe (work-in-progress), NACHMO Boston, The Foundry, March 14

Performer - Aiden Marshall’s Be No Rain (work-in-progress), Gavin McDowell Closer to Wind, NACHMO Boston, The Foundry, March 14

Warm Up - Vortex Ecstatic Dance “Spring Opening”, First Church Cambridge, March 7

Class - Back to Basics - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, March 4

Performer - Amelia Estrada’s Spanky, “Dancing en lo Sucio”, Dance Place, February 28

Class - Attention! - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, January 28

 

2024

 

Performer - Ryan Landry’s The Gold Dust Orphans’ Rosemary’s Baby Jesus, Iron Wolf Theater, December 4 - 22

Class - Back to Basics - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, September 24

Performer - Dara Capley’s Eucalyptus and Amelia Estrada's Spanky, Midday Movement Series “Rough Drafts”, Arrow Street Arts, July 13

Class - Hip Hips Hooray! - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, July 2

Class - Making the Floor you Friend - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, May 28

Performer - Laila K. Franklin’s BABYBABYBABY, Boston Center for the Arts, Dance Makers Residency, Martin Hall, May 16, 17, 18 

exit strategy (excerpt), Modern Connection’s “Dances in Progress”, Jackson Dance Lab, May 3

Performer - Dara Capley's Eucalyptus, MELLE “Boston WiP”, SomArt at the Hive, April 6

exit strategy, Boston Center for the Arts, Dance Lab Residency, Martin Hall, March 29

Palatial Ranch Project, NACHMO Boston, The Foundry, March 28

Class - Sharing the Weight! - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, March 26

Performer - Abilities Dance Boston “WBUR: Celebrating Accessibility in the Arts”, March 19

​Performer - Jessi Stegall’s The Theremin Vignettes, Global Arts Live, Institute of Contemporary Art, March 15

Class - The Space In-Between - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, January 30

Performer - Dara Capley’s Eucalyptus, Midday Movement Series “Rough Drafts”, Arrow Street Arts, January 28

 

2023

Class - Crescent Rolls - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, December 12

Performer - Abilities Dance Boston “The Banned Ballet”, The Strand Theater, November 3 - 4

Class - Hip Hips Hooray! - Contact Improv Boston, First Church Cambridge, October 3

Aweirdness, Jamaica Plain PorchFest, August 19

Improvised performance collaboration with Emiliano Lopez, “MEET I”, SOMART Space, June 24

Performer - Abilities Dance Boston “Better Beaches”, August 19 - 20

Performer - Abilities Dance Boston “Branches”, Virtual Show. July 15

Performer - Dara Capley’s “Eucalyptus”, Somerville Arts Council “ArtBeat”, July 15

Performer - Jesse Stegalls’s “The Theremin Vignettes”, Boston Center for the Arts Dance Makers Residency, Martin Hall, May 25 - 28

exit strategy (work-in-progress), MELLE “Boston WIP”, Jackson Dance Lab, May 12

Performer - Abilities Dance Boston “Intersections v2”, Cambridge Multicultural Art Center, April 21 - 22

 

2022

 

Performer - Ryan Landry’s The Gold Dust Orphans’ The Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors, Iron Wolf Theater, December 8 - 22

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