Upcoming Events
2026
Performing - Jam House "Grand Gathering", L'Union Française de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, March 21, 18h
Host - Jam du Mercredi, Studio Pierre-Paul Savoie, March 25
Hosting - Contact Improv Research Lab - Tuesdays 4pm - 7pm - Contact for more information
Attending - Ontario Regional Contact Jam (ORCJ), Canada's National Ballet School, Toronto, Canada, April 3 - 5
Performing - Laila J. Franklin’s BABYBABYBABY, Mechanics' Hall, Portland, ME, USA, April 11, 7pm and April 12, 3pm
Nude Character Shoe - BOLD, Moments Collective, Montréal, Canada, June 13
Past Events
2026
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